So, has anyone here gotten their hands on the 'Souls-esque' Lords of the Fallen?...being a Souls fan, I'm interested in it, see if it's a worthy appetizer till Bloodborne.

I've got it for pc and played around four hours of it. So far in my opinion the art style is like a diablo/WOW. The character itself is like a slightly less "mean" version of Kratos.

Combat is very slow, and movement is as well. Though everything feels quite smooth. The bosses so far aren't too imaginative with the first three just being dudes in amour. Camera angles are better in some ways, but also zooms in and out in certain shoots, and in backstabs the camera angle can be so bad that you might not even so what is going on. Doesn't seem like there is that much customization so far either.

Overall a okay game

I'm going to pick this up when it's like £20 but from what I've heard, it's quite good.

So it's a very melee oriented H & S? No ranged at all and fairly linear with new worlds opening up as you progress I read. Any idea on play time? I'm interested obviously but maybe not till it hits $40.

Im on NG+ already, its a good game but its easier than what I expected, going warrior with heavy armor you can pretty much tank a bunch of the blows thrown at you. Exploration is a fun aspect in the game, there are lots of hiden paths leading to treasures to be found. The lowest aspect of the game are the bosses imo, they arent much imaginaive at all, most of the fights are fun but the design itself is weak .

Story is also completly random and makes nos ense at all but I wasnt playing this for the story to begin with.

For the guy above me playtime is about 15 hours if youre exploring and not rushing things. And than theres NG+ and ++ after that if youre up to the chalenge orwant to get trophies/achievements.

I got it for my PS4. I think it's good. Nothing special about it, but if you like the souls series and you're waiting for Bloodborne it should be just fine. It's a very western game, so don't expect the japanese quality weapons, armors and enemies. The story is lame but the gameplay is good. Maybe a little too easy. I give it a 7.5... It has a lot of potential for a good sequel. 

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My opinion, but it is important to say I've never played Dark Souls or similar games, and am not very experienced to compare it to other, similar games. Also, this all is based on about 5 hours if play time...

The game is good, I like the numerous options for customization of every aspect of your character. Plenty of stats to use your XP for, and the progress can be felt as you upgrade.
I like the idea of weight, trading off protection and/or atrack speed for mobility.

You do have ranged attack (gauntlet shooting explosives of sorts).

The game is not linear completely, there are many sidequests you can do, and a lot of areas to go to explore and get sidetracked in. However, there is no map (at least I cannot find it), and unless you follow the main mission, it is easy to get a bit lost, as many areas look very similar. I often got turned around, as often you exit through a previously locked door in an earlier area as you search the underground.
Plenty of loot and collectibles, in this short time I already have a decent selection of armor pieces and weapons.

But... The game is slow. Much slower than I'm used to. Even if you go with lighter setup, it still takes time to get around, and for your character to move/strike/dodge. Not intolerably bad, but ties in to another point...enemies are tough and require patience (which I generally lack), and respawn should you die even if you resurrect at a later checkpoint. Meaning that while exploring, you tend to have to fight same enemies, even after you kill them, and some of those are very tough... Not unbearably tough, but when you need to attack/parry/defend for a few minutes to chip away their health/armor, it starts to get tedious...

There could be more, if there are questions, I'll gladly answer, but I decided to give the game a few months rest after 5 hours, just started to get a bit tedious, cumbersome and repetitive...

But as I said, I'm not a fan and never really played games like this, so.... 2.5/5

^^Glad to hear it's not that difficult! Now I think I will actually buy sometime down the line.

Was in the Bloodborne Alpha and know I'm not buying that lol, couldn't get past the first big area...

You should really play Demons souls, Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2. And then Bloodborne. You are missing an entire piece of world!