Lies Of P - Preview

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Lies of P Demo Impressions/Preview

Soulslikes are my go-to genre, which means I’m never without a new game to try. Games following the template set by FromSoftware appear with ridiculous frequency, but let’s be real, only a few are good enough to stand out. FromSoft’s secret sauce of gameplay mechanics — the perfect blend of challenge and accessibility, impactful combat, and character progression — eludes easy imitation. Lies of P is on the near horizon. As the recent demo reveals, it might be on track to satisfy us fans of action RPGs with a Soulslike flavor.

Puppet Master
As many gamers will know, Lies of P is loosely — I mean, really loosely — based on the story of Pinocchio, that famous puppet with a hankering to be a real boy. Forget the gosh-darn cute version spawned by Disney. Lies of P sets the narrative in an 18th-century Italian city called Krat. It’s moody, dark, and gothic, overrun by monstrous gear-punk puppets, now animated and mad. You play as Pinocchio, half machine and half living being, tasked with making your way through Krat to discover what the hell happened and find Geppetto.

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