Lords of the Fallen’s Approach to Healing is a Step Forward for Soulslikes

Playing any Soulslike typically brings with it certain expectations of genre staples. There’s the anticipation of methodical combat and substantial difficulty, stat management and buildcraft, boss fights absolutely bursting with spectacle, and experience gains that can be lost first temporarily and then permanently upon repeat deaths. Lords of the Fallen cribs plenty of influence from Dark Souls to be one of the most “Souls” feeling games in the Soulslike genre, but it does add some innovations to the formula to stand on its own two feet. One of these is Lords of the Fallen‘s multi-faceted healing mechanic, which mixes Soulslike tradition along with the novelty of the game’s dual-worlds to great effect.