Lords of the Fallen and Lies of P Are Two Sides of The Same Soulslike Coin

Not to be outdone by last year’s landmark entries into the genre, 2023 has seen two incredible Soulslikes arrive within a month of each other. Both the recent Lords of the Fallen reboot/sequel and September’s Lies of P are commendable attempts from new studios to create compelling Soulslikes, each with their own clear inspirations drawn from the catalog of titles in the library of the genre’s forebear: FromSoftware. However, outside both titles being new Soulslikes inspired by the games that helped to define the growing genre, Lords of the Fallen and Lies of P couldn’t be more different in how they approach the intertwined elements of accessibility and difficulty.