Lies of P, is what you get when you cross the story of Pinocchio with the mechanics of Bloodborne, in this Victorian steampunk world humans are served by mechanical automatons or puppets as the game keeps calling them. Things in this world have gone very wrong though and the puppets have broken their programing and killed pretty much everyone in the city in a murderous rampage.
You play as P a puppet with the unique ability to Lie and to think for yourself, one of the founding rules of puppets is that they cant lie, (they also must never harm a human or let a human come to harm, and must always obey how very Asimov). It's your job to find out whats happened as the streets are full of robot butlers with shotguns, candlestick wielding servants and Marry Poppins style cockney chimney sweeps that try and skewer you with their brushes. From the central hub of Hotel Krait Gepeto will send you off to the four corners of this hellscape to try and piece together what has happened, the hub seems to open up more after each mission giving access to new ability's and ways to spend your puppet souls.
The saying 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' works well here as if you have ever played a souls game its systems will be very very familiar. it even has blodbornes aggressive rally mechanic where you can get energy back if you attack quickly after taking a hit. That's not to say it doesn't have tricks of its own to add to the mix, the perfect block system is like a super quick parry and feels really good to get right it also has the added bonus of breaking enemy weapons.. I especially liked the sub weapon you get a robotic arm that can be upgraded with various tools. The hook shot is great for pulling enemy's towards you and is a great way to close distances and pull enemy's out of the pack. Aiding you along the way is your trusty talking lamp Gemini, a lady that will convert the power you take from the puppets into power for yourself, a blacksmith for weapon upgrades and various vendors where you can spend your robot loot, so yeah so far so hub world souls game.
One thing I've found so far is its a fair bit easier than the likes of bloodborne, it has its challenges and you still have to be careful as your life energy is precious, but i found it a lot more generous with its shortcuts. Nothing has felt like the relief of opening that first gate back to the lamps in bloodbourne as so far its never really made me run the gauntlet. If you've always bounced off souls games this could be a good start with its easier difficulty. and you can play it how you like (block, parry or dodge). It's currently on game pass and if it wasn't i think id of happily paid full price for this.
in summery a modern take on blood borne with an interesting story and world to explore for next gen systems that runs far better than bloodbone ever did with a solid 60fps 2160p on series x.
You play as P a puppet with the unique ability to Lie and to think for yourself, one of the founding rules of puppets is that they cant lie, (they also must never harm a human or let a human come to harm, and must always obey how very Asimov). It's your job to find out whats happened as the streets are full of robot butlers with shotguns, candlestick wielding servants and Marry Poppins style cockney chimney sweeps that try and skewer you with their brushes. From the central hub of Hotel Krait Gepeto will send you off to the four corners of this hellscape to try and piece together what has happened, the hub seems to open up more after each mission giving access to new ability's and ways to spend your puppet souls.
The saying 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' works well here as if you have ever played a souls game its systems will be very very familiar. it even has blodbornes aggressive rally mechanic where you can get energy back if you attack quickly after taking a hit. That's not to say it doesn't have tricks of its own to add to the mix, the perfect block system is like a super quick parry and feels really good to get right it also has the added bonus of breaking enemy weapons.. I especially liked the sub weapon you get a robotic arm that can be upgraded with various tools. The hook shot is great for pulling enemy's towards you and is a great way to close distances and pull enemy's out of the pack. Aiding you along the way is your trusty talking lamp Gemini, a lady that will convert the power you take from the puppets into power for yourself, a blacksmith for weapon upgrades and various vendors where you can spend your robot loot, so yeah so far so hub world souls game.
One thing I've found so far is its a fair bit easier than the likes of bloodborne, it has its challenges and you still have to be careful as your life energy is precious, but i found it a lot more generous with its shortcuts. Nothing has felt like the relief of opening that first gate back to the lamps in bloodbourne as so far its never really made me run the gauntlet. If you've always bounced off souls games this could be a good start with its easier difficulty. and you can play it how you like (block, parry or dodge). It's currently on game pass and if it wasn't i think id of happily paid full price for this.
in summery a modern take on blood borne with an interesting story and world to explore for next gen systems that runs far better than bloodbone ever did with a solid 60fps 2160p on series x.
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