Lies of P - The Complete Story Explained | Lies of P Lore 

27:01 Thank you for pointing this out! Too many people give Geppetto a pass for what he did because 'he missed his son and it was out of love' and they don't realize how at the end of the day, he only wanted to make himself feel better. Rather than reflect on his actions and let his son rest in peace, he chose to defile him (both his body and his memory) and 'fix' him into his own version. He didn't love Carlo, he loved the IDEA of Carlo. And in turn he only valued the idea of P, which is why he rejected P the moment he didn't obey his command. Geppetto was never a good man, he was just good at pretending.

I love that you mentioned some stuff in the lore that most others don’t mention. It makes it far more interesting than just recounting the main story to pad view time

You could have talked about Camille, Carlo's mother. Her ergo was put into a maid puppet. She made the Saintess Statue.

Lies of Peak is my second favorite game of 2023... It's amazing

This is an incredibly done work and I'm inspired to say why. I often appreciate the world-building and storycraft more than the mechanics of souls-likes, so I seek out these distilled narrative pieces. This is truly the gold standard of lore videos, and I hope future contributors to the genre use this as inspiration when crafting their own work. Your narrative was concise, you identified the driving relationships between characters and the factions, and your choice of accompanying footage and cutscenes were dynamic and non-repetitive, which is a pitfall a lot of novice documentarians succumb to. A lot of these more complex narrative games do force players to grapple with philosophical concepts, which means that secondhand retellings can get caught up in their attempt to describe all avenues of interpretation, often to the detriment of the story. But good stories use vagueness as a tool. You and your team did an excellent job understanding that principle, and weaved the questions of agency and uncomfortable truth in a very non-distracting way. Good lore summaries require excellent storytellers. For the sake of art, I hope everyone involved in this piece keeps expressing their creative minds.

Lies Of P is just breathtaking. I almost missed it! Whew that was close!

Subscribed initially for MtG stuff, but this game was so much fun! Glad y'all are covering it.

This video is exactly what I was looking for. I would like to see more regarding characters met in Lies of P, like the sisters, or Venigni, or Alidoro and the people from the cave at the swamp. Great video, subscribed :)

You deserve more subs! This video is beautifully made! Lies of P deserves more love and I cant wait for what Neowiz cooks up next.

Because of this video, I'm definitely going to play it for myself now! The way you told it's story, WOW!

I wasnt interested in this game when it first came out but damn, you made me realize how beautiful it is

I'm on ng+4 and 1 boss away from the platinum trophy :) it's a masterpiece

Amazing video! This is the best story analysis I have watched regarding this game, thank you!

such an amazing video. loved every second of it!! no joke

What a cool story. It can go real dark or real hopeful and almost fairytale-like with those endings.

Damn you didn’t cover the post credit scene where we discover he may be the Tinman in another character’s story

Coming in blind to a game’s lore this time around. Thank you! For some reason, around 4:30 I was expecting to see the hand of Adyr lol.

I was heavily biased on Spider-Man 2 being my favorite game of last year but I finished this once the new year started and what a way to bring in the new year. Shot up to my top 10 no contest

This is a great summary!! Thanks

Great vid. Just played it. Story makes the gameplay worthwhile.

This video didn't have to go as hard as it did 😭. Great job man 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

So it's Bloodborne meets Stephen Spielberg's A.I even down to the Pinocchio theme

Finally, a good lore dump of the game, and non-bias. MFs be putting out lore videos like "Well, I really hated these characters because they really annoyed me" like??????

This video deserves way, waaay more views

Lore daddy with another one

Great video 💪

Love the video! I've been working on finishing a playthrough of LoTF2 and Lies of P is next up. I'm a sucker for the lore on the Souls genre and this was great. I'm curious though, what's the piano music you use (the one that starts at 4:00)? It's really touching and I like the atmosphere it brings to the story.

You really opened to my eyes up to how incredible the writing in this game is; I love that it's all actually in-game and doesn't require something as ridiculous as VaatiVidya's overactive imagination to fill in gaping plot holes. Your voice is fine by the way- much better than most narrators on RU-vid as it's neither forced nor nasally- and I love how you pronounced Geppetto as it shows an effort to respect the source material. Wonderful video and I hope you realize you're doing a great job at making something of value for others!

Such a great game thank you

i really appreciate this video and this game. my fav game with similar theme would still be nier automata though

I envisioned a twist where we get to tell the characters about Geppetto's betrayal and that drives them out of the hotel, where they meet their demise one by one. Alternatively, if you don’t tell them which would be lying to them, they stay in the hotel but, they still meet a tragic end, highlighting their inevitable fate from the moment they meet you."

Thanks

I didn't have any expectations for this game, but it blew me away. Fell in love with it. Only downsides are, ot ends and no arm of god legion arm

The audio could use a bit of tweaking for the next vid, the in-game dialogue segments were louder than you talking

Ah, he shed a tear when Geppetto died. I didn't know that because I wore a mask. Good to know...

A great discovery and one of best games of 2023. Way better than Lords of the Fallen.

Did you ever think about doing Warhammer 40k content? Has some damn dope lore

Love this game! (still cant beat the clown robot and im in despair)

Honestly I really hope this game gets a Nutcracker based DLC with the Rat King as the final boss

This would make an awesome movie

Damn. Look how your channel has grown.

Quality content for sure, but I think I just got spoiled(spoilered) 😢😅

The P stands for Paul Atreides. Just look at him.

Baller

Why do you think he was just "unconscious" in the true ending? I definitely read that as him giving up his life for Sophia. Fantastic video though.

Blud is not italian 💀

Bloodborne #1 🥇 Lies of P #2 🥈

This is Yoko Taro level

I feel like you're taking the piss when you say Geppetto like that.

I need to start by saying that you have done an excellent job with this video as it definitely describes the lore and the story the way it actually is. Here's the problem, I think whenever the story and lore gets narrated the way you have done it, the game sounds lackluster, overly complicated, and too far up its own @$$. It's really a beautiful game, a very VERY beautiful game that i recommend for eveyone to play. But really, you do not have to know all of this to have a deep and thoughtful understanding of this game... Experiencing it first hand will let you have that 😊 This story is a rather distant backdrop to what the game is really about which is much more simple and relatable. It is a deconstruction of Pinocchio, and fairytales in general, and I think it's done brilliantly. That's the brilliancs of it, it's that it's done in an artistic amd stylized manner 😊 You will think about stuff while you're playing it, but they won't be non philosophical or psychological in nature.... You don't need the full lore enjoy it, heck I'd argue you don't need any becasue even without the plot, the gameplay mechanics, level design, art direction, and sountrack are top notch. The plot? It's the adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Have you watched the Disney movie or are familiar with the synopsis? Good because that's all you need. I still appreciate all the effort you'be put into this video, and I highly recommend it to people who have already finished the game and are wondering "WTF did I just play?" 😂 This and many others that go into a deeper discussion about the symbolism and the references in the game because, like a true Souls, it's more than meets the eye.

Why do you say his name like that? Do you separate names by syllable? Gepp-et-to 😖

Bring Magic back man. Wtf...

I havent fi ished alll the chapters...i shouldnt watch 😮

Hi I'm Poof the 🐔👊 er 💨🃏

Take a shot everytime he says Gepppatttoo Spoiler: You'll die of alcohol poisoning

Bro. You gotta give an audio warning holy shit that was loud as fuck.

*sigh* I love you guys. I really do. I believe I brought this up in another video. The main character isn't P, he's Marco. He's referred to as such throughout the entire game. The P in the title is a misdirection. The story of Pinocchio does play out in some fashion throughout the game, but at the end it's revealed the Cube restock character was actually Paracelsus. It's his lies that have brought about all the misfortune of the game, by giving the alchemists the Arm of God and seeing what they do with it. Ultimately searching for other sources of immortality. I haven't watched the whole video yet, so it's possible you're calling him P at the start as a misdirection for a later reveal. But if you aren't, then that is a mistake - and a big one. Not trying to be disparaging, just trying to help. If I'm incorrect and this is mentioned later, feel free to yell at me :).

oh, and y' all know who Sofia or Sophia is supposed to represent? Go watch or read the ' true ' oldest and most complete " story'' of Creation that Archeologists have found in those Naghammadi texts some sheepherders boy uncovered accidently.. Sophia, first Light.

Intro too long

I didn’t like the story of the game because from the beginning the game tries to pretend to be a game with a traditional method of storytelling, there is even a dialogue box and choices to lie or not. But then the game throws everything into the trash, by the end new dialogue options stop appearing, the characters don’t comment on important details of the story, and all the choices to lie or not are ruined by one not at all obvious “wrong” random choice and don’t affect anything.

When the script is written by an English major but not a Communications major

what is that intro. What is with these lore channels using the most eloquent vocabulary they can muster to tell absolutely nothing. Just talk specifics in normal language and you will get the point across way better. pretentious stuff, this.

Good story, not great, but good. I feel the petrification disease plot wasn't properly structured. Story wise, which led to it being virtually uninteresting, weak, and borderline confusing. Lies of P is littered with cool concepts, but their story execution needs some work. Simon Manus was a waste of potential, in fact the last act was a waste of potential

So,same story as just like every final fantasy game until ffx... And

The way you say gipetto seriously pisses me off

5:56 isnt it absolutely intriguing, that the two entities he is describing Are basically Jesus Christ and The serpent Jesus being the sacrificial God that was ripped to shreds because he loved us so much that he wanted to give us eternal life I mean you don't even have to be familiar with the biblical account to understand that is type and Shadow of the savior By his stripes we are healed For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever should believe on him should have eternal life.... That should sound familiar from what he just discussed at that time stamp And the serpent is obvious, the oroboros, aka Satan, aka the snake in the garden of eden, thrown down to eat the dust of the earth, to constantly repeat the cycle of evil until his time is up It's pretty clear that the makers of the lies of p are familiar with this biblical account The greatest story ever told is continuously rehashed over and over in many forms, sllight changes are made here and there so as to give freedom of expression to the designer but inevitably.... The crux of the matter is, smart story will always be retold, because it is written into our very DNA 🧬 are we not all puppets of the master? P was different because he had free will He was different because he was above the law He was different because he could lie...

There is no story for this game just bare bones set up but people seem to love lack of story in these dark souls clones

I'm sorry, I can't listen to your voice for 45 minutes 😢