Deck13's Michele Giacalone gives his opinion on DirectX 12, Mantle and using Async Compute for great improvements.
April’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup features three games available to all PlayStation Plus members*. Battle your way to a demonic god in Lords of the Fallen, relive (or discover) Lara Croft’s first adventures with Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, and battle foes solo or together in co-op action game Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream.
Lords of the Fallen has sold over 2.5 MILLION copies!
As of end of February 2026, the game has officially broken even.
Huge thanks to every player, supporter, and fan who made this possible. More to come – stay tuned!
I don't understand why it's only 2.5m sales, the game was very good even when it launched.
Struggled with past reputation maybe, I think a lot of people were against the reboot from the start even though it was a solid game to say the least. I think the new game will do well, it's the first of theirs I'd consider buying day one.
Multiple reason i would say. It was Decent game, even with its issues on launch.
- The confusion of the title, as it is a semi-reboot/sequel, but with the same title as the first game.
- Because the original was so unpopular it had a hard time finding its audience through it.
- Because it is a soulslike, it has a hard time finding an audience.
- The noise on how the performance was on launch will always turn people away.
- The Game director is quite the personality, which has turned many off trying it out after all the fixes.
- The director going on about not having turned a profit on the game yet, making people think it isn't worth their time.
- The sequel going epic games exclusive, makes many not wanting to support the devs, because games can't be anywhere but steam apparently.
- probably several more reasons, but those are quite a few.
Multiple reason i would say. It was Decent game, even with its issues on launch.
- The confusion of the title, as it is a semi-reboot/sequel, but with the same title as the first game.
- Because the original was so unpopular it had a hard time finding its audience through it.
- Because it is a soulslike, it has a hard time finding an audience.
- The noise on how the performance was on launch will always turn people away.
- The Game director is quite the personality, which has turned many off trying it out after all the fixes.
- The director going on about not having turned a profit on the game yet, making people think it isn't worth their time.
- The sequel going epic games exclusive, makes many not wanting to support the devs, because games can't be anywhere but steam apparently.
Probably several more reasons, but those are quite a few.
This game is actually so good. Miles ahead of the 2014 game. I'd say its to dark souls what Lies of P os to bloodborne
I can't wait for Lord of the Fallen 2. I liked the first one better than Lies of P and I am glad I bought it day one. Certainly better than the 2014 one. Hell, it wasn't even from the same developer. Lies of P forces you to pretty much parry all the time, meh.
Barbie Project Friendship, Lords of the Fallen, both Octopath Traveler games, and SteamWorld Build will exit Xbox Game Pass on November 30.
Of course it's not magic it's Technology !
That's the unfortunate thing, to truly exploit DirectX 12 developers will need to put extra effort - and I'm sure not every one is going to do it.
Still, good to hear about Async Compute. Too bad it can't be properly employed on PC since NVIDIA architecture is so different.
Curious to see if Uncharted 4 is using Compute or not. By the way, Lords of the Fallen looks great
I hope that more and more games will adopt Mantle. My friends talk about it just fine.