🚨 BREAKING FURY: MoDeRn AuDiEnCe DEMANDS BOYCOTT of Lords of the Fallen 2 – “Sexy waifus & anti-woke vibes” REJECTED after TGA reveal! 😱 Devs FIGHT BACK: “Attractive women in revealing armor” – Journos MELT DOWN calling fans “WRONG PEOPLE”! Gruesome dismemberment, epic bosses… but HOT CHICKS = BIGOTRY?! 💀 Pre-orders EXPLODING, woke tears FLOODING… Click for the BATTLE that could CRUSH the agenda!
As 2026 gaming lineups take shape, Hexworks and CI Games’ Lords of the Fallen 2 has become the latest flashpoint in the industry’s culture wars. Fresh off a gruesome gameplay trailer at The Game Awards 2025, CEO Marek Tyminski doubled down on player demands for “attractive female characters” in “revealing outfits,” prompting progressive outlets and online activists to decry the title as pandering to the “wrong people.” YouTuber Doctor Disaster captured the uproar in a viral December 20 video: “The MoDeRn AuDiEnCe wants a BOYCOTT… but these people are DELUSIONAL.” With the Soulslike sequel eyeing a full 2026 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Epic Games Store exclusivity on PC, is this anti-woke pivot a savvy fan service or a recipe for division?
The original Lords of the Fallen reboot, released October 13, 2023, marked Hexworks’ debut as a CI Games subsidiary. A punishing action-RPG echoing Dark Souls with dual realms – the living Axiom and deathly Umbral accessed via lantern – it launched amid technical woes: stuttering frame rates, crashes, and optimization nightmares on PC and consoles. Metacritic scores hovered at 77-80 for critics, but user marks dipped to 7.0 amid launch gripes. Yet, post-launch patches, culminating in the April 2025 “2.5” overhaul, transformed it: seamless co-op, balance tweaks, new game+ modes. Sales surged past 2 million units by August 2025, with 5.5 million players reached via Game Pass and discounts – 83% of CI Games’ 2023 revenue.
Feedback poured in: 6 million players craved deeper builds, gorier combat, and visual appeal. Early character models used ambiguous “A/B body types” to sidestep gender specifics – a move Tyminski later blamed on “political correctness and leaks” stifling decisions. Sequel development ramped up in late 2024 with Tyminski’s hands-on role as studio director.
The Game Awards trailer dropped December 12, 2025: Omeuras as protagonist in a realm-splitting dark fantasy. Highlights included lightning-fast dodges, parries yielding dismemberment executions – limbs flying in visceral glory – and colossal bosses like Heartroot Warden’s chainsword swings, teleporting knight Koydreth, and dragon Lingao the Souring Storm. Four biomes promised variety: lush decays to infernal wastes, all in high-fidelity Unreal Engine 5 glory. Day-one co-op, endless builds, and Umbral depth returned amplified.
Tyminski ignited the firestorm December 15 via X poll: “How important are sexy beautiful characters in RPG games?” Over 80% voted “very.” He confirmed: “Yes” to revealing outfits, male/female body types, immersive dark fantasy armor. “Lords of the Fallen II is being developed with feedback from real players,” he tweeted, reversing first-game concessions. Marketing head Ryan Hill echoed: Player joy over agendas, as forced inclusivity risks sales like Helldivers 2’s stance.
Enter the backlash. TheGamer’s Jade King penned December 18: “Lords Of The Fallen 2 Needs More Than Sexy Women To Be A Success,” slamming CI as “bigoted” for courting “chuuds” – a slur for incel-like gamers. King argued anti-PC is a “new agenda,” ignoring Baldur’s Gate 3’s 20M sales with diverse casts, blaming flops like Concord on greed, not “woke.” Sequel risks “7/10 Soulslike” status, memorable for ridicule over polish. Forbes’ Paul Tassi drew ire for critiquing devs, later backpedaling amid community pushback. X erupted: #BoycottLotF2 trended faintly, but memes mocked “libs melting down.”
Tyminski clapped back December 19: “According to The Gamer, you’re ‘the wrong type of gamer.'” Listing trailer feats – epic bosses, co-op, biomes – all player-driven. Post garnered 10K likes. Fans rallied: Wishlists spiked on Epic, Reddit threads hailed “anti-woke win.” Doctor Disaster’s rants – “Sh*t libs MELT DOWN over HAWT female characters” – hit 50K views.
Epic exclusivity fueled separate fury: First game on Steam/GOG, sequel skips them at launch for funding, per insiders. “Stabbing fans in the back,” Steam forums raged.
Soulslike Title
Release
Lifetime Sales/Players (Est.)
Metacritic (Critic/User)
Key Notes
Dark Souls III
2016
10M+
89/9.2
Benchmark success
Elden Ring
2022
25M+
96/8.0
Open-world revolution
Lords of the Fallen (2023)
2023
2M sales/5.5M players
80/7.0
Patched to acclaim
Lies of P
2023
1M+
84/8.4
Pinocchio twist hit
Stellar Blade
2024
2M+
82/7.5
Sexy lead controversy win
Defenders cite Stellar Blade: 2M sales despite similar “male gaze” flak. Critics warn: First game’s bugs linger in memory; sexy skins won’t fix jank. CI bets on escapism – dark fantasy sans sermons.
As unedited gameplay looms, Lords 2 tests waters: Will “wrong gamers” propel it past 2M, or will boycotts and Epic gripes doom it? In Soulslike hell, appeal slays demons – or drags you under.
