The story wants to be something greater, but never quite attains it. When the plot tries for a shocking twist near the end of its roughly 17-hour story, it's hard to care about anyone involved. Even the big bad guy behind it all gets only around three minutes of screen time. We’re never told the nature of his crimes, however, and Lords repeatedly introduces other characters with only a modicum of characterization.
Lords of the Fallen’s formulaic story follows Harkyn, a gruff criminal who's pulled from behind bars to save the world from interdimensional monsters called the Rhogar.