Soulslike Lords of the Fallen Shows Off Impressive Graphics and Character Customziation

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A technical presentation of Lords of the Fallen from developer Hexworks showcases the game's impressive visuals, including a brief look at character customization. The development of Lords of the Fallen, once known as Lords of the Fallen 2, has been a tumultuous venture. Hexworks took the opportunity presented by Epic's State of Unreal GDC keynote to provide a reintroduction to its upcoming action-adventure game. To say it was impressive would be an understatement.

The Lords of the Fallen sequel, or at least one version of it, was announced as far back as 2014. The project has jumped from developer to developer, however, with current development team Hexworks only inheriting the project in 2020. An official announcement for Hexworks' rebooted Lords of the Fallen follow-up was made in 2022, with a tentative release window of 2023. Despite the quickly approaching launch, much of Lords of the Fallen remains to be shown.

Soulslike The Lords of the Fallen Reveals Impressive New Screenshots

Today, perhaps, marks Hexworks and publisher CI Games' initial effort to begin sharing more about Lords of the Fallen. During the State of Unreal GDC keynote from Epic Games, part of the presentation intended to showcase Unreal Engine 5 projects, Hexworks shared a 4-minute technical showcase trailer for its game. The trailer showcases howLords of the Fallen uses several Unreal Engine 5 features to create its visual powerhouse of a game.

Hexworks starts the video by briefly showcasing part of its character creation system for Lords of the Fallen. It says it uses a mix of 3D scans of real people and UE5's character customization tech to implement a simple scaling interface allowing players to customize their character's bodytype. The sample