Summary

  • Get ready, Xbox Game Pass subscribers! Lords of the Fallen, a fantastic Soulslike RPG, is coming to the platform in 2024.
  • Microsoft's commitment to offering a variety of games, old and new, ensures subscribers always have something exciting to play.
  • With updates fixing its bugs, Lords of the Fallen is now the perfect game to play while waiting for Elden Ring's DLC.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers are reportedly in for a treat as a fantastic Soulslike RPG may soon make its debut on the platform. As a part of its promise to consumers, Microsoft goes to great lengths to ensure that its service is always stocked with dozens upon dozens of games old and new and during the quieter months of the industry, it's often a good idea to provide users an opportunity to play any games they may have missed. Given the amount of excellent games released in 2023, it makes sense that folks may have slept on this RPG.

Per Bankier.pl, a contract between publisher CI Games and Microsoft seemingly confirms that Lords of the Fallen will make its Game Pass debut at some point in 2024. The excellent Soulslike, developed by Hexworks, offered plenty of action-packed combat and challenging boss encounters but was unfortunately criticized at launch for the buggy state of its launch. Now that several updates have been issued to correct the technical problems, it seems like there isn't a better time to try Lords of the Fallen, especially since Game Pass subscribers won't need to pay extra for it.

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Serving as a reboot of the 2014 game of the same name, Lords of the Fallen will be instantly familiar to anyone who's played the Dark Souls games as it wears its inspirations on its sleeve for better or worse. With slick combat that's both faster but no less impactful and intentional, Hexwork's title boasts plenty of excellent boss encounters that are only really let down by excessive common enemies. Fortunately, many of these complaints were addressed in balance updates so the game should be significantly less frustrating now than it was at launch.

Given that the highly-anticipated expansion for Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, is still a few months away, fans of the Soulslike genre looking to scratch that itch are in luck because Lords of the Fallen doesn't deviate much from the established formula. That may be frustrating to some but it replicates the style of FromSoftware's excellent titles with aplomb, even if it doesn't quite reach the heights of those that inspired it. A lengthy experience that's riddled with secrets and a unique plane-switching mechanic, it's definitely worth playing for curious RPG lovers.

Lords of the Fallen isn't the only CI Games title coming to Xbox Game Pass in 2024. The unearthed contract also suggests that the popular shooter Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 will also be available on the subscription service in the future. Whether it will release alongside the aforementioned Soulslike remains unknown but it should serve as a fun counter-balance to the slow-paced action of Lords of the Fallen.

Source: Bankier.pl