Review After 100% Achievements

Lords of the Fallen has definitely carved its own slice out of the souls-like genre with this entry. This has been a title that I knew I would enjoy from the moment they announced a sequel to their previous game released almost a decade ago. After spending around 140+ hours in this game so far, I can confidently say that it has exceeded my expectations and more. Level design absolutely blew my mind, music is great, build variety is awesome, axiom/umbral realms work really well, and the natural progression/story of the game was extremely fun to play multiple times to achieve all endings. Coming fresh off of Lies of P, almost all of the bosses felt super easy to me but I play a ton of souls-likes. Performance was pretty solid in my experience as well, with very little fps drops and a few crashes. Major shoutout to the dev team for constantly updating the game and listening to the community! Crossplay was disabled at release, but since the new update I’ve done another playthrough with my brother who is on PS5 and everything worked flawlessly. All of the achievements are what you’d expect from a souls-like with majority coming from either fallen bosses, side quest completion, weapon upgrades, item collections, and endings. I’m definitely a fan of multiple endings and the side quests were really cool; although a lot of them being super easy to miss. I was a bit skeptical about the no vestiges in NG+ feature, but now the option of going NG+0 with the new update is a quality-of-life improvement and it makes achievement hunting less of a chore. The collection achievements were a grind to say the least, collecting the weapons, armor and umbral stigmas took me a few sleepless nights to track down. This year has been awesome for souls-like fans. I’m just glad we were fortunate enough to get another heavy hitting title in the mix that will only push this genre to the next level! Well done Hexworks, can’t wait to see what’s next!

Achievement Count: 63
Time to 100%: ~110hrs
Difficulty: ★★★★✩
Genre of Game: Souls-like, RPG, Action, Co-op
Fun Rating: 10/10

Review After 100% Achievements

Fires of Rubicon was my entry to the Armored Core franchise and one of the few “mech” games I’ve ever played. Now I am hooked. After playing through the game multiple times to get all the endings and unlock all the missions, I have to say that this is one of the coolest games I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. The weapon/build variety is absolutely insane and that goes hand-in-hand with the option to play PvP if you are interested in even more combat. AC6 has been on my radar ever since I heard about them bringing the series back, so I decided to give it a try. Was not expecting to get as addicted to the gameplay as much as I have. All the mechanics flow extremely well and the actions become second nature the more time you put into the game. The story seemed very vague at the beginning (which I love btw) but as you reach the end of your first playthrough and make certain decisions, all the pieces start coming together forming this awesome world around you. Finishing the game three times gives you the true ending and enables you to unlock all the missions that you need to obtain Rank S for in order to 100% this game….that is the most challenging achievement in my opinion. The grind almost drove me mad. Performance is rock solid, music is phenomenal, and customization is other worldly. Playing this game was an experience I’ll never forget.

Achievement Count: 30
Time to 100%: ~50 hours
Difficulty: ★★★★✩
Genre of Game: Mechs, Action, Combat
Fun Rating: 10/10