Writer CI Video games has revealed that work on a sequel to Lords of the Fallen has already begun, and the sport will characteristic a extra “westernised” story than its predecessor. In a current investor Q&A, CI Video games advertising and marketing director Ryan Hill spoke about how the subsequent title, at present codenamed Venture 3, will incorporate participant suggestions in relation to gameplay in addition to story.
“Venture 3 will tackle all core participant suggestions from Lords of the Fallen (2023) whereas additionally doubling down on the options gamers liked most,” mentioned Hill. “It is going to take a top quality over amount strategy, with better attraction to a wider addressable market with improved onboarding, a extra inviting visible model, and westernised storytelling.”
Whereas it’s unclear what Hill means when he refers back to the sequel’s storytelling to be “westernised”, we will assume that the excellence is close to FromSoftware’s titles, which characteristic extra esoteric storytelling strategies involving copious quantities of studying, digging by way of merchandise descriptions and decoding unusual NPC dialogue. Hill may be referring to the concept the Lords of the Fallen sequel may find yourself having cutscenes with extra accessible storytelling.
In the identical Q&A, CI Video games additionally revealed that it has no plans on slowing down on the post-launch assist for Lords of the Fallen. Actually, the corporate plans on persevering with releasing not solely updates and bug fixes, however new content material as nicely all through 2025. With the sport at present being on model 1.7, CI Video games has said that it desires to assist the sport at the very least till it hits model 2.0.
Hill said that this was thanks largely to the optimistic reception the sport obtained for its a number of updates for the reason that recreation’s launch. Since this long-term assist has led to optimistic suggestions from gamers, the corporate plans on persevering with its assist of the sport.
Lords of the Fallen was initially launched again in 2023, and noticed crucial and business success. The sport rapidly offered greater than 1 million copies in its first month alone, and gross sales have gone up because of the continued assist supplied by its builders.
For extra particulars on Lords of the Fallen, take a look at our evaluate from again when the sport first got here out.
