Lords of the Fallen Gets New Stunning Gameplay Showcase

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During yesterday's Future Games Show Summer Showcase (part of the official Summer Game Fest 2023 schedule), CI Games and Hexworks presented a new gameplay showcase of Lords of the Fallen, the upcoming Soulslike successor to 2014's installment.

Featuring colossal boss battles, fast challenging combat, and deep, immersive storytelling, players will journey across two parallel realms in this expansive RPG experience. The world of the living, Axiom, and the world of the dead, Umbral, each featuring its unique pathways, characters, enemies, and, of course, treasures. While Axiom presents its own challenges, untold horrors await in its nightmarish counterpart.

Thanks to the Umbral lamp, Lords of the Fallen players can enter this lightless world at any time in one of two ways. When slain by the foes of Axiom, at which point you'll resurrect in the same location albeit in Umbral, or by performing the Umbral rift and willingly sacrificing one of your two lives. 

But the lamp holds yet more power, granting the ability to flay the soul from an enemy for some high damage attacks, and even manipulate the very environment of the Umbral world.

However, the longer you spend in this wraith-ridden plain, the great number of spectral terrors that will hunt you down. But as harrowing as the hellions of Umbral are, they pale in comparison to the game's brutal boss battles. 

Towering above the ever-burning city of Calrath, this gargantuan monstrosity doesn't take kindly to would-be adventurers, the demonic presence within ready to devour any and all within sight.

A merciless torturer prepared to carry out any atrocity in the name of his faith, Tancred, Master of Castigations, is the devout Chaplain of the Hallowed Sentinels. Though