‘The Lords Of The Fallen’ and ‘Elden Ring’ may share some accidental similarities
nme.comThe Lords Of The Fallen have revealed they accidentally used several ideas from Elden Ring, despite never playing the game.The Lords Of The Fallen is a reboot of 2014 action role-playing game Lords Of The Fallen and has been developed by CI Games studio Hexworks, who worked on the original.Announced last year, The Lords Of The Fallen is a soulslike dark fantasy game with a core feature being the split between the realm of the living and the dead.
The RPG is due for release at some point in 2023 and fans are already making comparisons to FromSoftware’s Elden Ring.“There is some pressure, as you can imagine,” Hexworks creative director Cezar Virtosu said in an interview with Edge Magazine [via GamesRadar]. “People have asked, ‘Do you guys have horse combat?
Do you have an open world?’”CI Games has also realised some similarities between the two titles, even though development on The Lords Of The Fallen started long before Elden Ring was released.
Virtosu admitted the studio “braced for impact” as FromSoftware started revealing details about its revolutionary soulslike.“Our breakthrough weapon, the flail, was showcased in the Elden Ring trailer, and that killed us inside,” Virtosu continued.
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