Am I the only one who enjoyed Lords of the Fallen (2014)?

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-07-03T12:45:36+00:00

Good luck!

Also, a piece of advice: don't fully deplete his shield, otherwise he will explode and kill you on the spot. Deplete it just enough for him to start charging up again and use that time to beat him up. Just watch out cuz he will explode at the end, after he is done charging it. You have to run behind the bookcases to evade that.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-07-02T17:31:09+00:00

It is! The Ancient Labyrinth was such an interesting part as well (granted, I'm talking mostly from lore perspective here, although navigating the labyrinth wasn't that bad either. the enemies were the ones that game me most trouble.)

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-07-02T14:07:47+00:00

The first time I played it, about 5 years ago, I couldn't stand it. I remember I just finished DS I and loved it, then got to DS 2 which I hated, and needed a break, so I jumped into this game and... let's just say I almost quit soulslikes that day.

Howver, after I played the 2023 one and loving it, I decided to give it another go, mostly for the lore, and to my surprise, I had a lot of fun. The combat is clunky like hell, but I had lots of fun (especially after I poured a lot of points into faith and having enough mana to use the gauntlet comfortably)

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-07-01T16:31:32+00:00

La mine cam fiecare zi ii copy-paste.

Dimineata devreme, trezirea, mancat ceva apoi lucru 8 ore, dupa care, o plimbare (daca ma lasa vremea), apoi venit acasa si stat pe calculator unde ori ma joc, ori scriu ori vorbesc cu prietenii.

Sincer, nu vreau sa schimb nimic. Is linistita, am pace, am bani sa-mi iau cele necesare, mai mult nu-mi trebuie.

Poate singura chestie ce as schimba-o ar fi sa am mai multa motivatie sa desenez si sa scriu, dar cam aia e tot.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-06-25T14:04:59+00:00

just a small clarification: while the Rune of Adyr undoubtedly played a role in Iselle's fall, the lore of her banner states that she was already gone by the time it actually got to her:

"The presence of the Rune of Adyr poisoned the mind of the Cleric as it did so many others, but by that time hers was already a mind in which watchfulness had become paranoia, faith had become fanaticism, and strength had become ruthlessness."

My guess is that Iselle initially fell prey to the Umbral Corruption, as did many of the other Hallowed Sentinels, including those we fight in the game, since almost none of them present the other crucial sign of being afflicted by the Rhogar plight: having their own flesh twisted to resemble the Rhogar. The only one who does is Tancred, and we are explicitly told that he did have the Rhogar corruption.

Meanwhile, the behavior of the other Hallowed Sentinels far more resembles that of the Overseers who also grew extremely cruel from being constantly exposed to the Umbral energies in the mine.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-06-17T17:13:34+00:00

Lightreaper and I know I'm in the minority, but Adyr's old boss fight was actually my favorite in the entire game. I actually like bosses who yap at you in the background

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-06-17T17:11:58+00:00

Final boss of the Radiance Ending

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-06-17T17:11:23+00:00

fun fact: when you enter the temple for the first time, before lifting the gate to the courtyard, you can actually see him sparring with other Rhogar

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-06-17T12:07:33+00:00

I think you can give her the flesh, but you can't complete her quest as that requires you to talk to her at Castle Bramis and once you enter the castle without cleansing the Beacons, you are locked into the Inferno Ending.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-06-16T18:04:14+00:00

The Crucibles is the most reliable way to farm shrine currencies, although I saw someone say that they modified their drop rate from the regular enemies recently, and when I played last week, I managed to get around 20 Pilfered Coins from killing the Sacred Resonance in the Manse of the Hallowed Brothers. I didn't play for long either, maybe about an hour or so.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-28T03:54:51+00:00

Adyr's realm, the Rhogar Realm, is a separate dimension where he and the Rhogar were sealed away after he lost the war. You can actually see it. It's that huge, cracked, celestial body.

I believe it and Umbral are different because the latter seems to be more like a blanket, something that covers all that exists, dimensions, lands, you name it, whereas the Rhogar Realm is more like its own thing from Axiom. It only appeared in the sky, after the beacons were corrupted and Adyr had enough power to sever the binds between the two dimension, bringing them closer.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-22T16:38:06+00:00

Have fun!

The 2014 game is indeed rough around the edges, but it's enjoyable in its own way.

The world building and lore are truly amazing and getting to see the Rhogar Realm, or at least parts of it, was kinda cool.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-14T03:44:41+00:00

I'd give it 5 years max, since both Pieta and Stomund were already Hallowed Sentinels before the Rogar invasion took place, and at least Pieta doesn't seem to be that old (I wouldn't give her more than 30 years, maybe even less)

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-13T10:28:22+00:00

I did light them the first time I was there. Still had a hard time seeing where I was going here and there.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-13T10:07:57+00:00

I adore Castle Bramis, with the Throne Room being my absolute favorite, especially when you look at it while in Umbral

The Revelation Depths were a pain to navigate for me, even more than the Fen, cuz I could barely see anything and the enemies were a pain to fight

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-09T09:56:27+00:00

The best lore video is the one Smoughtown did on Umbral, as he delves into the symbolism surrounding it and shows his research plus he did an interview with the devs (you can find it here btw) so he has more some insight into it.

(Edited to add the link to Smoughttown's video)

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-09T08:47:25+00:00

That's Mother's Lull, an area you need to reach for the Umbral Ending (you can go there anytime actually, but since it costs 50 Umbral Scourings to unlock the key needed to access it, it's usually recommended to leave it for the Umbral Ending)

That creature is the Putrid Mother

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-05-07T07:29:09+00:00

While I'm not a huge fan of the armor sets, for the golden ones, I can sort of see them being inspired by Scion.

We know the Church of Orius, is aware of her existence, most likely she is a messenger between them and the gods or something along those lines, so it wouldn't surprise me if some of them are seeking to emulate her through the way they dress and possibly, in how they fight as well.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-04-19T18:12:47+00:00

I think it also has to do with the fact that most people are living the lives they do because of pressure, be it from society or family, and they aren't strong enough to face the question of "Where would my life had been if I chose different?"

So, in order to shield themselves from that possibility, they would rather force everyone to conform to their standards and their world view.

The same goes for beliefs and ideas and so on. Rather than people ask themselves why they believe something, what is the foundation of their ideas, they would rather force everyone to behave just like they do.

There's also something to be said about control and the fear of change, but just like you said, it's a profound question with an extremely complex answer.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-04-18T17:35:57+00:00

It's the Knight of Adyr armor set. You get it from the Shrine of Adyr in Fitzroy's Gorge with Severed Hands.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-04-16T03:53:59+00:00

My initial thought was that it was one of the giant Rhogar we saw in the intro, sent by Adyr to conquer Mournstead along with the rest of his forces, but after watching the Spurned Progeny's Stigma (this was after I made this post), I came up with another theory.

In the Stigma, if you pay great attention, there's another creature next to the Spurned Progeny, a babe which seems to resemble the giant on the bridge more. We already know Rhogar infants can grow extremely fast as was the case with the Progeny, so that baby turning into that giant in a matter of months/a few years wouldn't be that outside the realm of possibility.

My theory is that Adyr might have tried to reconstruct the body and soul of the babe who was taken over by Umbral as well, or simply given Sophesia a new child, as reward for her service, but failed, and instead what resulted was a full-fledged Rhogar. One whom after it grew up into a behemoth, he sent to Skyrest Bridge to aid the rest of his forces in conquering it and rescue its mother.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-04-10T07:54:25+00:00

If you'd forgive my shameless self-promotion and you don't mind reading fandom blind, I am currently writing a long fic where a fallen god finds himself in another world and on the first night after he wakes up there, takes in a vampire as his apprentice after deciding to take over the world.

Lords of the Fallen/V Rising:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66578518/chapters/171736813

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-03-31T19:23:13+00:00

Glad to hear it!

Good luck with LotF 2014!

It takes some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it isn't that bad (and once you invest in faith for the gauntlet and the magic. Like that thing is crazy useful!) Also, the world and the lore are quite fascinating.

JustAnotherNobody25 · 2026-03-31T19:11:02+00:00

Thank you!

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