If you’ve liked what you’ve seen so far of HexWorks’ Lords of the Fallen and wanted to try it before you buy, we have some bad news for you, as the studio has no plans for a Lords of the Fallen demo — at least for the time being.
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This was confirmed to us by HexWorks head of studio Saul Gascon and Creative Director Cezar Virtosu in an interview.
MP1st: Will we get a demo for the game before release?
Virtosu: While the idea of a demo is currently shelved for the time being, we are still discussing this internally.
Now, for those hoping to see the game launch on last-gen (PS4, Xbox One), that’s not going to happen, and it’s due to Unreal Engine 5.
MP1st: Why is the game only available for current-gen platforms? Is this a technical issue where the PS4, Xbox One, etc., can’t handle the game or something else?
Virtosu: We’re using Unreal Engine 5. It uses Nanite & Lumen and the requirements for the GPUs are quite high. The PS4 and Xbox One, cannot handle Unreal Engine 5. We are one of the first AAA games to launch with Unreal Engine 5.
While that might be the nail in the coffin for a last-gen version of the game, the devs did say that there is a chance (even if it’s a super small one) that it can get ported.
Cezar Virtosu – We are one of the first AAA games to launch with Unreal Engine 5. We’re trailblazing; let’s see how technology evolves. Maybe there will be a port, but right now, it doesn’t seem very likely, and we cannot engage with this at this time.
Saul Gascon – We’re a studio where we hear a lot of the player feedback. We’ve done it for every iteration of our game. Like we’ve done play testing with actual players, with mock reviewers, with different externals, and we’ve adapted a lot of the objectives of our game based on that. And so the feedback from the first game, the original game, if we see a high demand for those provisions, we might put an extra effort to downgrade the game to fit on those platforms.
Mind, while the devs haven’t committed to a Lords of the Fallen demo just yet, we’re still a few months off from its October release date, so things could change.
Stay tuned to our interview hitting the site this week.
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