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Lies of P is gearing up to be 2023’s best soulslike (The Loadout)

Find out what awaits you in Krat with Neowiz and Round 8 Studio making a fascinating soulslike.

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Flawlessmic357d ago

Jedi survivor has that title.

Played the demo though it seems like it'll be a decent little title, definitely like the theme and the graphics aren't to shabby either. Combat was a bit ehhh for me, but not terrible.

It'll be on gp so I'll get to it at some point though, lots of good games releasing around that time of the year, starfield, spiderman, hopefully forza and a few other titles

Bobertt357d ago (Edited 357d ago )

I played the Lies of P demo. It's good but not as good as Bloodborne and has a lot it can improve on. The combat is lacking. There are no running attacks or jumping attacks. There isn't really any stealth aspect for backstabs the enemies can randomly be oblivious even as you kill someone right near them and you can just run from enemy to enemy for backstabs if you come up from behind because they don't seem to hear you when you do a backstab. The heavy attack doesn't do any extra damage and the charging attack is really just for when enemies with more health are open to a groggy effect. The boss is cool but i feel like the dodging could be better especially with most blocks still letting you get damaged. It feels like they want you to focus more on parrying to not take damage and that has been something i didn't like in other games as well because it forces you into a play style instead of letting you come up with different ways to win. I absolutely hate the durability aspect of the weapons too. In the open world you can always find a corner to use the grinder. But in the boss battles it can screw you over because they take a lot of hits so depending on your weapon you will have to try and escape and use the grinder or it will break in the middle of the fight. It feels more like an annoyance than something for difficulty. I also personally don't like the weapon arts because if you use them in a boss fight and die you have to go kill regular enemies for it to refill or you have to waste the consumable. It should refill at the stargazer it messes up the flow of trying to beat the boss when you have to stop each time you die to go grind it back if you used it during the fight.

HeliosHex357d ago

@boberrt. Thanks for the detailed mini review. Was looking forward to this game, now not so much. Hopefully some of your complaints will be ironed out.

Rutaprkl357d ago

I tried the demo, I liked the artstyle and setting but the combat was just too difficult for me. I have no problem with ie Elden Ring but ofc it's easier. Also the level design was a little meh to me.

GoodGuy09357d ago

Played the demo and wow. Really good quality bloodborne knockoff. I typically enjoy most of the souls clones and this seems to be of the highest quality with Nioh.

CBaoth357d ago

don't sleep on Remnant 2. Looks like Gunfire Games got a AAA budget

Viljong357d ago

Before any1 spread any positivity you should know it coming to xbox gamepass day1

shinoff2183357d ago

That's cute. Nice way to try to ignore any downplay.

gleepot357d ago

This only makes it better for me.

GhostScholar357d ago

Since the second I laid eyes on this game it’s just seemed dumb. Nothing about it looks interesting to me. Maybe I’m just tired of souls like games.

shinoff2183357d ago

It looks interesting to me but at the same time not. I'm not much into souls like games. If there was a more sci fi type one I'd have a little more motivation but I'll atleast check the demo and see how I feel.

GhostScholar357d ago

You should try the surge series. It’s my favorite souls like because it is sci fi

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Lies of P DLC Set to Be Released in Second Half of 2024

According to Neowiz, the Lies of P DLC is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2024, and is being developed in-house.

toxic-inferno15d ago

Great news.

If anyone is still deliberating picking this game up, I highly recommend it.

derek15d ago

Love this game, picked it up later than I should but was hooked on it.

robtion15d ago

Nice. Wizard of Oz DLC incoming!

toxic-inferno14d ago

The predictions are that the sequel will be Wizard of Oz. I read theories that the DLC would be Peter Pan.

__y2jb13d ago

I’ve enjoyed the game game and I think I’m just about to fight the end boss. The Pinocchio / puppet angle is the weakest part of the whole package imo. They should have just made their own world.

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‘Stellar Blade, but good’ is here, and it came out seven months ago

Stellar Blade might be the hot game right now, but we already got a better version of it more than half a year ago.

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VersusDMC36d ago

Stellar blade is currently higher than lies of p on metacritic with 40 more reviews. No shade on Lies of P but just pointing that out.

But i don't even know why compare them? Because both are souls type games?

Then you can just reuse this article all the time and say Elden Ring is "whatever new souls game" but good for every new souls game.

Stellar blade hate articles must be rolling with clicks...

Tacoboto36d ago

Everyone in here now is clicking and commenting on this post.

Whoever the "community" is that approved it (Doubt it), contributors should report this article and any other from this low-quality click-bait website for being exactly what it is.

Remember that the reviewer loved the combat too. But because of the character and physics he wrote it off immediately.

Levii_9236d ago

Not that it even matters but both of those games are way better than their metacritic scores.

SubtilizZer36d ago

@VersusDMC “Stellar blade is currently higher than lies of p on metacritic with 40 more reviews“
This is actually misleading as Stellar Blade has only been reviewed on one platform. Both technically sit at 82… and Lies of P has about 30 more reviews right now.

VersusDMC36d ago

You are correct. Especially if you look at open critic. Just wanted to point out that Lies of P is not higher rated critically overall for the first paragraph and did some slight exaggeration not accounting for PC and Xbox reviews.

TwoPicklesGood36d ago

To be fair, Stellar Blade had a lot of hype and isn’t an indie game like Lies of P. So Lies 80% vs Stellars 82% only proves good good Lies was. That said, you all need to stop getting so upset over review scores. If you want the hame you’re going to get it, if you don’t you won’t and those supposedly claiming they are “on the fence” will wait for a sale regardless.

Crows9036d ago

Not really. I view all games with the same eyes. Don't care if indie or not...a game is a game.

Aussiesummer36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

the only things that are pointing out are the nipples in stellar blade.

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CrimsonWing6936d ago

I mean… it’s like saying we have a better NieR with Devil May Cry. Yea, there’s some similarities, but Lies is really hardcore in the sense of emulating a FromSoft game almost perfectly, where Stellar has some Souls-like elements, but I’d say it’s closer to Sekiro than say a Dark Souls game. This almost feels click-baitey

Psychonaut8536d ago

What if, and hear me out, they’re both really good? Mind blowing, I know.

Christopher36d ago

Listen here you, that's not how this is supposed to work. You choose a side and you defend it. None of this little "what if there's more than one good game out there" nonsense.

Fishy Fingers36d ago

Bro that behaviour is whats paying N4G's bills.

Christopher36d ago

It helps. But, as an individual, I still have my own opinion. I do wish conflict didn't sell as well as it does.

jambola36d ago

No wonder n4g is the cesspool that it is
Uses to be good but you'd rather clickbait low quality crap
Straight from the horses mouth, you really don't give a shit

Christopher36d ago

I said the opposite, jambola. But I don't think you're really reading what I say, only what you want me to say.

jambola36d ago

"I do wish conflict didn't sell as well as it does."
you put this story here

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Barlos35d ago

Stop it. There's only room for one good game at a time and you know it. Any more than that will literally melt people's minds.

Crows9036d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Oh geez...this is why journos suck...they can't even see differences between games.

Stellar blade is nothing like lies of P. Didn't these guys give stellar a bad score? Geez they really hate it. Stop the hate! Lol

Friendlygamer36d ago

It's kinda bizarre what gaming journalism has become

Crows9036d ago

It's called gaming activisim

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Lives of P hits 7 million players

7 MILLION reasons to celebrate.
Thank you for being part of our journey.

darthv7273d ago

this reminds me... I have to get back into this one. Really well made and I like the story.

CrimsonWing6973d ago

Well deserved! I honestly feel this is the closest a Souls-like has gotten to emulating a FromSoft game to the point where I feel it was a FromSoft developed game.

toxic-inferno72d ago

It really has that classic Souls-like feel of the Bloodborne and earlier From Software titles. There's so much to love about the game, and easily one of the strongest first entries in a new franchise I've seen in a long time.

Some have criticised it for taking too much from the Soulsbourne games, but the additions and changes it makes are brilliant. It probably has the best health system of any game I've played in the genre.

Armyofdarkness73d ago

I played it and it's awesome, but what does this mean. Do they count the players that started it on GP and played 5 mins in these numbers? Last I checked this game sold 1 mill (October).

Furesis73d ago

It does say "players" and not copies sold so i think you are correct

Petebloodyonion72d ago

It would be nice to have an actual established norm for "players count" as it can be anything.

A player could be someone who cumulates at least 30 min of playtime in the game.
Also, it would be nice to understand why a single-player-only game would need a player count to measure the success of a game.
For example, it would be understandable if each player counts for some monetization like Youtube that MS has to pay the studio.

Sgt_Slaughter72d ago

Anyone who has booted up a game on Game Pass counts as a "player", which is why Microsoft and others have been using those kinds of buzzwords because they sound better than the lower "copies sold" number would be

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Gr8Vngnz72d ago

I played this on GamePass, 1000G'd it, then bought it on the PS5 and Platinum'd it, all in the space of about a month or so. Was absolutely addicted to it and highly recommened it for any on the fence. Can't wait for either some DLC.

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