Hexworks admits its clear inspiration from the FromSoftware saga and they have sought to make an action RPG that is a worthy successor to Dark Souls.
The sequel to Lords of the Fallen has been in development for almost 10 years but if there is no change in plans The Lords of the Fallen will be ready in 2023 for PC, Xbox Series and PlayStation 5. Hexworks has worked on this soulslike or action RPG with a very clear idea, as revealed to the EDGE publication: create a ” Dark Souls 4.5 ” that is up to the FromSoftware games.
From the beginning the studio sought a spiritual sequel to Demon’s Souls and the three Dark Souls , and did not budge after the success of FromSoftware’s open-world RPG Elden Ring. The connections to the original Lords of the Fallen are thin and it has grown a lot in ambition, with a five times greater spread of interconnected locations.
One of its newest mechanics is the Threshold, the world of the dead. His atmosphere of him has been inspired by the work of H.R. Giger, Zdzisław Beksiński and Olivier de Sagazan . Sometimes the real world and the Threshold will get mixed up, and the player will be able to switch between them to discover new routes – a similar idea to the change of planes in Soul Reaver . When you die you will return to the equivalent of the bonfires and you can try to recover the “coin” of experience, but there is also the possibility of entering Umbral to return to the real world; Of course , in this world, healing items are not as effective and an insanity indicator will increase.
