Lords of the Fallen is kind of a middling, Dark Souls stepchild. It has some technical issues that were pretty annoying. There was a long-term audio glitch that disabled dialogue for hours. There was another time a boss grabbed me from across the arena and I clipped through the wall and saw the whole map. There are some embarrassing spelling errors in BOSS NAMES (Worshiper?!) and items (Tyrany). All this adds up into a solid feeling that not a lot of polish and refinement went into this. All that being said, it's an easier, SLIGHTLY more accessible Soulslike experience. Getting good loot and fighting the big bads was pretty enjoyable. Figuring out how to utilize your skills to best deal with a new enemy is satisfying and fun. There is plenty of incentive to play multiple times and I probably will. It's usually on sale cheap AF, so if you like the Souls games, but for some reason don't want to play them (lol?), then this is worth a shot.

By the way, the most ludicrous mechanic this game has is revealing hidden walls. You cant hit them with light or heavy strikes. There is no hit animation or even an audio cue to indicate there is anything there. You cannot press the action button, jump into it, or smack it with your shield. The only way to do it is to sprint at the wall and lift the shield at the last second. How would anyone know that? Really stupid.