Lies of P is a Souls-like Masterpiece, But... | A Souls Nerd's Review 

Hey peeps. This is my first review-type video, so hopefully I did the game justice. One thing I think I, and others, seem to have got wrong is the publisher/developer. I believe the developer is actually Round8 Studio, and Neowiz being the publisher. If this is the case I'll be sure to remedy this in build guides. Yes, there will be build guides! Since I finished off the script for this vid (everything's moving very fast with this game, so I drew the line then), the developer has already announced a big update is being worked on, and has committed to a roadmap for the game's future. They did all of this in the apologetic tone usually reserved for AAA studios when they've released a broken mess, when in fact, they've smashed it out of the park with this one. Love this studio and can't wait to see what's next. Hope you like the vid!

Saying that you show spoilers but that the audio is spoiler free is something that most other reviewers fail to mention. Your review is 10/10, you were born for this job.

My only real complaint with the game is the total lack of hyper armor when charging heavy attacks...

Some of Lies of P bosses are in that difficulty area where I know I'll be able to beat it eventually, but I really just don't want to because I'm not having fun. But I have to if I want to progress. Which is a shame because most of the game is fantastic

I personally never had a problem with the parry window, The only real problems I had was not seeing some enemy attacks, camera when your pushed up against a wall and run backs to main bosses

Lies of P was my first ever soulslike game and it honestly became like a drug. For the first time in a very long time I had a game I was looking foward to playing after work. This game felt amazing in every category because to me I had no frame of reference for the parry system and it honestly felt hard but balanced and rewarding at the same time. It is because of this game that I have discovered a love for an entirely new genre of game and I cannot wait to dive into more

the runbacks to the mini bosses are actually extremly short , there is a trick to it wich is a bit wierd , usually the shortcut is very close but AFTER the mini boss so what you have to do is: run past the boss , and unlock the shortcut and then come back to fight him when you have the shortcut or next checkpoint unlocked

As someone who has never played a souls like game before and just beat the game only using summons on one boss I gotta say while at points it was definitely frustrating, the feeling you get when you actually learn a bosses patterns and get the correct perfect guard timings is unmatched. My game of the year so far.

This was my FIRST EVER SOULS LIKE COMPLETION. I finally get what makes them special.

Such a good game. It did something no FromSoft game has ever done: made me regularly use consumables like throwing items.

Shot puts can break a white healthbar and open up the enemy for a fatal attack. Total game changer for when you can’t get a charged heavy attack off

Calling Laxasia one of the easier bosses is criminal man💀

this video is honestly a work of art man. the music and editing is fantastic.

This is round 8 studios second game ever and first soulslike. I loved lies of p. I dont think the game is perfect but its incredible how such a new and small team was able to create a game like this. Great video!

Great review. 100% agree with you on most everything. I do wish the parry window were slightly bigger, because that is my absolute favorite thing about it. Not all of us have Ultra Instinct reflexes like Ongbal.

I think one of the things Lies does really well, is the reward for getting good at parrying, in that you break enemy weapons, including some bosses.

I never really thought of myself as an expert gamer and I've been gaming for about 20 years. I've never played a soulslike before because I was too intimidated. I got this game because I thought the story was interesting. I struggled of course but it still didnt stop me from loading up new game plus. It easily fit right into one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. If someone like me can beat this game then anyone can. ❤

The problem with the parry system isnt necessarily the window itself, though it is stupidly brutal, but the lack of intuitive telegraphing and the position of that window, time wise. Enemies will do Elden Ring style long wind ups and then the actual follow through will be blazing fast. The window in ER is at the apex of the windup PLUS the very short time you see the arm/weapon start to move forward, in LoP the window is small and only at the apex of the windup which isnt fair. You can only parry by knowing the timing vs actual visual cues, and thats not good design IMO. You shouldnt *have* to get pummeled several times until you learn the exact timing of the attacks, you should be able to see the windup and reasonably tell when to parry first time around. If they added just a little bit of extra telegraphing, the balance in parry vs dodge would remain and you'd make it more fair/accessible. As it is, it feels a little cheap. Still a fantastic game.

WOW, this video was absolutely briljant. The music was amazing, and your story about this game was really good! You did a awesome job with this one!!

This video deserves more views and likes. From the choice of background music to the tone of your voice, the quality of your review is a state-of-the-art, similar to the quality of Lies of P when it comes to Soulslike genre.

The thing that is really annoying about the perfect guards above and beyond the strict timing is that certain elite enemy and boss attacks will knock you back a good distance even if you perfect parry them, forcing you to waste time and stamina running back to the enemy, preventing a punish window and giving the enemy more time to recover and rev up another attack. I’m on the King of Puppets and I have all his parry timings down for the most part but half of his fucking attacks will *still* knock you back when perfect guarded. Getting punished like that for executing your parries consistently feels awful, and having to constantly get back into attack position afterward is incredibly annoying!

Man your videos are just so cozy to watch and listen to. Like a fireplace should be going while watching them 😂

This was a really well put together review. Excited to see what new stuff you have coming.

You have a talent for making reviews, dude. Well done! You should do them more often. I'm also curious about your opinion on Lords of the Fallen (in case you tried it), so far reception seemed to be quite mixed on it but I personally have had fun with it.

I was cruising along until I hit the Archbishop, then sh*t got real 😂. Had to farm a little and upgrade, learn his patterns, then finally beat him. Reminded me of souls games. Loving this game so far

Honestly this game felt great for me for the most part. My main complaint being the mini-bosses just felt incredibly overtuned and their runbacks were annoying as hell. Luckily many of the mini-bosses late game are reskins or exactly the same as previous ones. The bosses were very challenging but never felt unfair, until I reached the final few bosses. I struggled a lot with the deflect timing throughout the game and it felt like you needed to deflect to beat these bosses. Where as many of the previous bosses dodging was a super viable strategy. In combination with their ridiculously fast moveset, high health, and insane damage they just felt completely unfair and I really didn't enjoy any of them. Bosses like the Archbishop and King of Puppets were brutally difficult but I felt like they were fair when I ended up finally beating them. After I beat the final three bosses I was like "F-ing finally" because they just weren't fun. Theres a fine line between difficult and fun and difficult and and absolute nightmare. I felt like these bosses were specifically designed to just be insanely difficult without balance in mind. Especially the first main one in the final area. This boss just felt like they designed it to be bullshit and annoying. The first phase was hard enough, then the second phase was even harder and more bullshitty.

I'm so glad at 20:15 you're mentioning issues about leaving the camera. I was curious if I was the only one who found it frustrating to perfect parry an attack I literally could not see. I think it's an oversight more than anything, but it feels pretty obviously there

This truly a beautiful review bro really appreciate the time and effort 🙏🏿. Love your approach on how you explain it thoroughly. I was a little not interested anymore in the game but your video and vibes gives me hope. Won't get it anytime so9n but definitely before the year ends. I cannot wait for your builds and epic montages man 😅😂 let's go! See you soon 👊🏿💯

My only issue is the parrying; the window to perform one is almost nonexistent

Man I have to say that for being your first review-type video, you did a hell of an awesome job, I got exited and motivated to keep playing the game, awesome video keep up the good work!!!

One of my biggest complaints with this game is that it doesn't really have any "boss cool down" areas. Like whenever I hit a particularly frustrating boss in the game, there's never another area I can go visit that potentially has another boss to fight, some enemies to farm, items/upgrades to discover, etc. The game's levels are all one after another so if you get stuck on one then you're gonna bash your head against that boss until it breaks, which heavily contributed to me burning out in the final quarter of the game. These types of games NEED side areas that allow players feel like their progress isn't 100% halted if a boss is too hard. Not asking for an Elden Ring sized world (cuz that's ridiculous) but Bloodborne and the Souls games all generally had branching levels that let you explore different places if you ever felt stuck.

what an underrated masterpiece is this video , congrats u made me like lies of p even more

Great video, I’m on last chapter of P, and loved every minute of it, right up there with my favourite Fromsoft games.

I'm not gonna write an essay on why i love Lies of P, even with some of it's flaws (you already did that haha)...I'm just gonna say that this was one of the best reviews i've seen! Absolutely amazing blend of emotions, music and insight. Thank you :)

Fantastic video. Insightful and very well written and presented. Great job!

This video was like hearing someone voice all the thoughts I've had on this game. Love it!

You forgot one thing in critiques imo. Having to teleport back to hotel krat every time I want to level up is one of the most annoying things in the world to me for some reason. Only takes like an extra 15-20 secs, but it's entirely unnecessary. Wouldn't make the game any harder by letting us level up at the stargazers. Edit: I don't know if this changes or not in late game, I'm only about halfway through the cathedral

By the end of NG++ (third playthrough) I had capacity at 86, weight ratio was around 150~/298 or something like that, and there's some ng++ skill tree abilities which make you far lighter, so I was able to use several weapons, several legion arms and several hefty rings whilst still being light weight which is pretty fun ^^

I also loved reading all the pick ups, plaques, and posters to gain insight on the lore and the story progression. It was done super tastefully imo and I was never to the point of just skipping the text to get on with the combat. It was plentiful enough to get its lore and point across without being overbearing and a slog to get through. One of my Fav games now. The atmosphere and the familiar yet twisted and new take on an old classic was just brilliant and I can’t wait to see what these developers do next. Especially with the ending😉! Superb job NeoWiz and Round8! You have gained a huge fan!

The parry window is actually fine. It takes hours to get used to, but once it clicks you start parrying subconsciously. It also is a sort of thing that demands perfection but also doesnt punish you if you just do a normal guard.

Another thing to add that in addition to parrying or dodging, just blocking an attack is viable as well, especially when learning a boss. The regain system is really great - it gives you some breathing room, rather than needing to parry every attack like in Sekiro. I'm midway through my playthrough right now, and I honestly haven't been perfect guarding all that much, and have been able to beat the bosses in less than 5 tries. It's really great how any playstyle you want to adopt is viable in this game!

this is what I call a high quality video. informative. unbiased. the ending gave me goosebumps man. 24:04

Damn... awesome video. You had me hooked the whole time. Amazing. Very well done... Didnt they just release a patch making some of the bosses much easier?

This is the greatest video I’ve ever seen and heard and it’s hyped my excitement to start playing this game unlike anything else as your tone and energy is simpel superb and now after watching this I don’t wanna watch anything else other than guides or whatever if or when I get stuck and I’m serious man this was incredible !

Wow! This is the best youtube video ever! Beautiful work! Can’t wait for your builds run videos!

My only issue is how linear it is. In other souls games, there's something else to do when you're frustrated with a boss. In this game, it's fight the boss or grind an already explored area

Great review!!! I just got back to Chapter X on NG+ and wanted to see what other people thought of the game! And apparently I was right in thinking this game is amazing! You summed it up perfectly! Easily in my top 10 of games! 🙏🏽

Great review video. Thoroughly enjoy your content & style I wasn't decided on this game, but now I am.

Im at the point where nearly every encounter feels like relief to be over with. Im even exploiting two phase bosses because seriously the best part of this game is not the bosses.

To be honest, this is a top 3 soulslike to me, including fromsofts games. It really clicked for me about halfway. The game doesn’t want you to parry everything, nor does it want you to dodge everything. The game wants you to learn the moveset and pick two to three attacks you’re confident you can parry, and dodge or otherwise avoid the rest. Build up that stagger meter and punish whenever possible. This game is the most beautiful blend of all the combat systems in souls games with its own twists. With p-organs, weapons, legion arms, and amulets there are sooo many play styles that are equally powerful at your disposal. The game perfectly encapsulates what a boss fight is supposed to be. It’s a test. They don’t rely on insane damage output nor extremely tanky healthbars or hyper aggression and speed to be difficult. They’re purely just unique and must be learned. Could they adjust the parry window a few frames? Yeah, but it definitely shouldn’t be on the level of sekiro as that would make parrying a one size fits all situation which I think would ruin the blend that this game has.

great video and, above all, great musical choices. hearing dream cave in a souls like review at 2x speed brought me some kind of strange pleasure that i can't quite explain. thank you very much

Phenominal review! personally, when i faced the creatures you called as mini-bosses, I thought of them as more of an elite style enemy. when you first encounter them, it is a big thing, but not as big as the mini bosses like mad donkey or some of the other stalkers. those i would consider mini-bosses as they had no cinematic, but were unique enemies you did not find anywhere else in the game. I've also fallen in love with the lore and aliterations that they have carefully constructed for LoP. some of the late game informatino you receive is so cool when you think about it in a pinocchio setting. The last thing i'd say is, try the P-organ skill-tree mechanic, it helps drastically as you progress through the game. the abilities that you can unlock "fill the gaps" so to speak and allow you to flesh out your playstyle. Cheers!

Definitely a Masterpiece. Amazing Atmosphere & Gameplay.

This game is so good. I don't think it's getting as much recognition (because of difficulty and many people coming from Elden Ring not being able to handle it) but over time this game is going to solidify itself as a classic Soulslike. Excited to see the direction this studio is going.

Beautiful review! Truly enjoyed watching it and agreed with everything you said! I absolutely suck at guarding and parrying so it's a relief for me that dodging is an option too. I played Sekiro too and did quite well in it but for the sole reason that blocking (at least in NG) does not deplete your health bar unlike in Lies of P. This is something I am really struggling with when I actually do try and guard/parry. Re if the parry window should be opened, I feel that this is a difficult question to answer... Coming from someone who sucks at parrying, in my case it would be nice if i had a greater window, but at the same time I agree about what you said that if they made it larger, it would be pure Sekiro and will remove from the uniqueness of Lies of P. Like you rightly said too, no souls game has yet offered so much flexibility when it comes to choosing whether you want to parry or simply stick to dodging. I do think the game is really hard, but not TOO hard. I am struggling with some of the bosses, though to be fair I always do in any souls game in my first playthrough, so I am not really letting it discourage me :) I am confident that my second playthrough will be better! :D

The puppet ripper fabel attack have hyper armour. Thank me later

only thing that holds this game back for me is how linear it is, if it had multiple routes with some mini bosses here and there with rewards for exploring would be fantastic

Appreciated, good job on this video I enjoyed it and can tell you worked hard 👏

Wow!!!!, i have to say, you are terrific at this.. I just started playing the game, but don't really read those letters. After watching this, i will read everything i come across so i get an immerse experience. Thank you and keep on posting and i will keep watching and liking

First of all, great video man. I really enjoyed it. I disagree with some of it though, or just want to share my own opinion on a few things. 5:30 I will say I have way too many hours in these games so my experience might make me an outlier I will admit that, but I did the entire game with no dodging other than dodging on the ground with roll up because that was the only way to not get 1 shot by certain mobs early on. Other than that I learned every boss and enemy just perfect block them. Takes some time, but with a little practice for example the 2nd to last boss took me about an hour and a half iirc. I have all the achievements already and my impression the entire time was perfect blocking is 100% king in this game. Aggression is the best way to break this game. Other than consumables apparently.. I wish I knew that just as a side note. It was so fun to Sekiro style dance with these bosses. Am I saying dodging is bad? No, not at all it is very much viable which is good for player variety. However, perfect guarding truly had that Sekiro rhythm that you can sink into, and personally that is my personal favorite and probably most optimal way to play the game. Once people fully learn the bosses patterns I assume they will all swap to perfect blocking everything because it is just speeds up the fights, and there is no better way of skill expression in the game IMO. However I completely agree with you in the 7 minute segment of the video. 10:20 I would say that I agree with you on repeat playthroughs after learning the bosses it does get easier. If you go into NG+ though you have to have them down almost perfectly because they all pretty much 1 shot you. Any mistake is pretty much a reset. 17:58 nah bro, BRB repeat fight was a gank fight done greatly. Especially when you consider FromSoft ruined gank fights for me with godskin duo. I loved this fight. Once you realize only one of them agros to you at once, and the others are for the most part passive. The fight is very manageable in comparison to gank fights as of late. It is a similar fight to O&S from DS1. You even have pillars and junk in the arena to separate them just like O&S. That fight was a sick gank fight. I don't really mean to tell you to git gud. At least I don't mean it like an asshole. I just mean that I personally think that was a gank fight done correctly and personally I enjoyed it better than the first fight. 19:45 that isn't the last boss that is the 2nd to last boss, but I agree with your camera angle take. That was mad annoying personally. I didn't like not being able to see what was happening, and just have to put it on a mental timer. I agree that was poorly designed with some attacks.

Amazing review

Awesome video. My only real complaint is that the stamina recharge rate. For a game where the two main defense options both consume stamina rapidly, even with the stamina regen amulet, i found myself backing off and just waiting when I should have been fighting. Broke me out of flow

Really great video! You did a great job explaining the game

I’m waiting to try it. This reassures me

Epic soundtrack as it seems, epic review that did the game justice and then some. Made me wanna play it; it's gonna be next! Respect!

I enjoyed the video, thank you. I’m currently on my first play through and took a decent bite out of chapter 8. The first chapter I honestly felt a bit disappointed but as I progressed and opened up the various mechanics, it hooked me little by little with each new feature. To answer your question, so far anyway, the difficulty is perfect for me. Only a few bosses caused me to switch things up a bit but most I’ve been able to barely eek out a victory on my first go. You are spot on with the level design which reminded me a lot of Codevein with its ease of navigation, and I’m okay with it surprisingly. My only real critique I guess would be the atmosphere has a contrast between kid friendly enemies and downright horrific ones which can be jarring, not in a good way. My preference would have been for them to pick a lane and lean into it. Anyway, great game and I’d recommend it to those on the fence. It’s easy to miss being pinned between bg3, Starfield, Cyberpunk and the upcoming Lords of the Fallen.

Lies of P is my very first souls like and i honestly fell in love with the game, i just beat the third boss (The big fire guy) and while it was challenging i felt great finally beating him learning the timings of his atttacks to dodge and parry when at first i just got curb stomped being unable to avoid any of his first attacks. This game is amazing and i cant wait to contuine with the game.

You did a great summary of how I feel about this game. I'm not sure how close to end game i am, but I'm currently at the grand exhibition. So far, I've had more trouble with the mini bosses than the main bosses. I also felt that the parry window was too small at the start of the game. Now, it doesn't really bother me. Who's to say how I'll feel after a few more tough fights. All I can say for certain is that this game is incredible, and a must play for every souls fan

Great review and great video. I pretty much agree with everything you said here. I chose to play with a pure parry playstyle, and let me tell you learning some of the late game boss attack patterns (looking at you, sword and shield person) was soooooo satisfying. I honestly rank the combat system (if not the whole game overall) higher than DS2 and possibly even DS3. As for the question of it being too hard, I think the first patch 1.2 that came out after this video addressed some of the outliers and problems. For the most part you can get by with learning a boss just enough and using consumables/throwables. The throwable items are EXTREMELY strong, and they even included a summon mechanic for people to use if that's their jam as well. The fact that you couldn't outright cheese or over-level your way through bosses and the game forced you into learning the fight is what I most like about these games, and Lies of P hit it so well. Also shoutouts to all the content creators posted in the description. Seeing you around on twitch in a few places makes me realize we have a lot of taste in common lol

Sick video and great presenting style, Man. I don't own this game, but you've opened that door. Thank you ⚡

Dude, I freaking love yo videos!!! You're legit Thingfishy

what I love about lies of p more than the souls games was that the story was such a big part. The whole reason I wanted to play this game, was because of the source material, pinocchio. I payed three times through it and am thinking of going for NG+3 In the end I am so in love with this game as I haven't been for a long time with any other game.

Great review man, I really enjoyed listening to it! Just defeated the perilous Puppet King 👑 Making my way through the Grand Exhibition now!

My first ever soulslike/ souls in general im at the clown puppet, I admit the difficulty scares me but i am enjoying myself! Got elden ring today so I wounder how I'll do on there compared to this?

Great video! This is my first souls game and I’ve loved it. I’ve put about 35 hours into the game and ive been stuck on the final boss for a day now, his second phase is absolutely brutal

What a glowing review... Great job!

Do you have a music list for the background music you used? I recognized a couple but loved it. Good review

I can't wait for the build guides.

Love the review man. Definitely subbed

Fable arts of 3 now have 100% hyper armor Also The most op build avalible is one that came to me naturally The Elusive Crackhead build Choose balnance build at the start of the game Pour all your points into HP Until you hit vitality 31 Then pour your points into vigor until its 17 Then up motivity and technique by 3 Then capacity by 2 The Pour more into Vitaility Uograde your favorite weopon The strat for this build is Don't get hit in the words of piccolo "dodge" If you do get hit its cool cuz it did no damage

subbed, enjoyed this video, I'll watch out for more

Honestly his mechanics and combat notes is so spot on, I'm immensely bad at the perfect block so my game has been primarily done on dodging, strafing and normal blocks. P-organ has some upgrades further developing these play styles, such as less damage while dodging etc.

Loving the game, I'm currently at the final boss. Some bosses did gave me some trouble. After the Archbishop the difficult started to go up dramatically. I'm using a tecnique build rather than a force focus one. Between mixing weapons, level up, rings and plenty of other stuff I find this game to have a great customization even better I'd say to most FS games. Though, I'm trying to play like a Sekiro play-style would, rather than Bloodborne styled one. And a bit of help when it's the boss or enemy going to stagger would help a ton.

I think the only thing they really should change is making the parry window just a little bit larger or make the damage received when blocking a lot less because if you don’t parry perfectly blocking is essentially pointless.

Patch 1.002.000 is out (PS5) and the patch notes talk about balance adjustments. I hope they've not nurf'd the stuff I rely on :) Edit: Lowered the HP of certain bosses. Increased HP and damage of the spectre. And other "adjustments"

been totally loving this game and ive been playing with pretty much no parries besides a fury attack that i cant get out of the way in time, the bosses are really fun to dodge and it gives you waaay more openings tto hit them, by not parrying i miss out on maybe one stagger fatal during a fight so its not really that bad, but i do agree with the quality of life stuff. great video!

Bro thanks for all your videos you really became my fav RU-vidr in no time hope this helps and motivate. I know you never teased it or anything but I hope you’ll do a bloodborne and ds1 guide one day 🤞

I'm at my third playthrough (NG++) and I'm still having fun. It's one of my favorite souls like, I mean by that including FS games. I had more fun with this one than Dark souls 3 for example. You nailed it in your review. For the balance between parry and dodge if you change the parry window, well dodge window is approximately the same so they would enhanced both I guess. Dodge would still be relevant, especially on attacks that knock you back when parrying, and there's more and more later in the game. A question : what is the hardest boss for you ? I don't think you mentioned it. The on that took the most attempt was Laxasia in my first playthrough. The second one it was Simon Manus and the Nameless ... something.

Stumbled across this. Absolutely phenomenal video man. Good job on this one. Almost done my 2nd play through I love this game to pieces and I completely understand why you feel the way you do about reaching a wider audience. I just believe the difficulty is what makes it that much more satisfying and amazing with every win and every story beat that is perfectly paced. Imo. Again. Fantastic video

I wouldn't say the parry window needs to be wider, because blocking is already pretty good and you can get most if not all of your health back by attacking after the blocks so parrying to me feels more like a bonus and not a necessity. I think maybe a better solution would be to add a visual or audio cue to the red attacks so it would be easier to tell when you're supposed to parry, some of them are really hard to figure out the exact timing. Also most of them you can just avoid completely so idk. I found it funny that you mention the capacity thing, I certainly did focus a lot of points into that and I used 2 different weapons for the king of puppets fight for example. I wasn't really meaning to do it from the beginning, but at some point I was satisfied with my other stats so I thought having the ability to carry more was the only limiting factor for me.

Brilliant review, made me realise a few things about the game and I appreciate it even more now. Can’t wait to finish my first playthrough!

Hey ThingFishy I watched your Elden Ring video and my god your game looks beautiful. Can you tell me your reshade settings? Thank you!

As someone who has dabbled in Souls games over the years but never beat one due to multiple reasons, this game is one of my favorite games of all time. It took me almost 2 months of playing here and there an hour or two when I got the chance to finally beat this game and wow.. I’m so glad I stuck with it. By day 2 I was convinced I wouldn’t be able to do it, but the game kept drawing me back. Like you mentioned, once combat “clicked” for me I couldn’t play anything else. I still got smashed consistently time after time (my wife can attest to the rage this induced at times 😂) but after finally beating each boss it was so rewarding. I may get hate for not being a fanboy for the series but I can confidently say I am gonna go back and try Dark Souls and Elden Ring and actually try and beat them this time. Not sure how many people get introduced to those games through this game, but I’m not mad about it at all.

Very good review. Very classy - no swearing, intelligently written, relaxed voice over, gentle music. Excellent. The game was too difficult for me. I gave up at the Puppet Master yesterday, so imagine my joy when I heard that a patch has been releases today to make the game easier, including a Puppet Master nerf. Hope renewed. Hurrah! (I'll probably still get annihilated.)

I'm super impressed that this is your first review. You nailed it. Put everything i feel about this game into words perfectly, and i agree with pretty much everything said, which is rare. It obvious you put a ton of thought into what makes ganes good. The depth of understanding what makes a good game is so rare in reviews these days, and I love the categories you broke it up into. I wish all games were reviewed like this. The only thing more I would like to say about the game that you didn't mention directly is how impressive the level of detail in the environments is. I found myself constantly admiring the little details in the architecture and interior design of some of the grander buildings. It did a ton to paint the picture of a once prosperous society fallen into disaster. It's similar to how Gears of War 1 made me feel.

What a great summary and I am happy that I happened to stumble here. Lies of P is just phenomenal and I was thinking to myself when playing that can this really be this good in this and age and it really was just as amazing as I thought

It is a fantastic and beautiful game, and it is also a game that takes frustration levels to another dimension. I am not sure I have played many games more difficult, but I am glad I kept going with it. It is a very rewarding feeling.

Absolutely beautiful video, and is the reason I’m downloading as I speak so when I get done with landscaping I can torture myself in the most fascinating way thank you

they did adjust the dodge from the demo to the final release. I think the parry window should be wider sure, but not that much. it needs just a very very small adjustment. what i believe needs adjustment is the P-organ and get some of the perks moved away and turned into intrinsic perks such as the double dodge and the rise dodge. I truly believe the build variety would be far more interesting if we didn't feel "forced" to get these specific perks to make dodging a bit more reliable funnily enough they adjusted the weight of certain amulets to compensate as well as give you more capacity per capacity level that you level up. I'm curious to test this today. On the other hand and this is probably controversial, the damage of throwables needs to be tuned down a bit. I see far too many people relying on that as a strategy to beat a boss and I think that takes away from the experience. Nevertheless, due to the skill ceiling of this game I can't really blame people for doing it. Maybe with the adjustments I described people would feel less inclined to do this? I don't know. Not a game developer, I'm a backseat developer and a games enjoyer :) With all that being said I absolutely love this game. I'm currently stuck at the green monster of the swamp boss but I'm rapidly learning his move set on the second phase . It's my favorite non-souls game and I'd rank it in my top 3 including the ones developed by From Software. Tried Mortal Shell and Nioh and I absolutely hated those games. Can't wait for sequels or DLC (they have been hinted at so I'm very very curious to see what they will do)

I’m really enjoying this game, yes I think you’ve brought up some really good points especially with the field of view on the bosses. I’ve not gotten very far I’m on chapter three. I’m dealing with the flame furnace, and I know they say you can’t dodge certain attacks I find strafing and then dodging at the right moment is very helpful. If I can see where the attack is going that is.