We Didn't Deserve Lies of P 

Who was your favorite boss in Lies of P? Who was your least favorite? Thanks so much for watching! Bonus: what records did I use in this video?

FUN FACT : it's called P Organ bcuz the studio is Korean, in Korean P means blood, Blood Organ = heart ❤️ 😊👍

Lies of P is a masterpiece. Genuinely on par with FromSoftware.

is it just me or is this game getting more love all of a sudden? maybe its the elden ring dlc trailer but ive been hearing more people talk about it, deserved tbh

I do absolutely love this game (enough to have decided to 100% it) but I'd argue there is very much a "That Part" in Lies of P with the cathedral in Chapter 4. That Carcass throwing slop at while I was tiptoeing along the beams caused me more grief than any boss ever did.

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Best souls-like for me. I love the linear style. The combat. The weapons. The bosses. The aesthetics. Everything! It feels like a game made for me. Still playing it today for the 3rd time and already planning my next run.

I'll always have a soft spot for dark souls 3 as it was my first fromsoft game. Other than a couple of the Armored Core games on ps1 and ps2. But Lies of P was amazing and I couldn't put it down. My only mild criticism of it would be that I wish there were more hidden areas in the game. Similar to something like Cainhurst castle in Bloodborne. Nonetheless, I'll be more than happy to give them some money for whatever it is they do next.

One thing I liked about this game was how it told its story through cutscenes and not item descriptions it made me actually get attached to the characters. This is something I do not do when playing a regular souls game as the characters there I do not feel attached too

I love it. My best personal game of 2023 that I only got around to playing last week.

Can't stress enough how EVERYTHING about this game is FANTASTIC! You could tell a fan of Dark Souls this game was made by FromSoftware and they would believe it 100%, by that alone you could tell how great the game is, but my mind was really blown when you get to know every single reference in the lore from the original story of Pinocchio, it is AUSTONISHING how much they paid homage to the original work. I'm gonna repeat myself but everything about this game is incredible! I'm glad they sold over a million copies. I'm excited for the DLC and the next games this company will make. And as Palpatine once said: We will watch your career with great interest.

TRUE words , UNDERAPPRICIATED.. one of the best soulslike and one of the best storytelling in games out there...

It boggles my mind that people dislike this game for various reasons. (Mostly game play) this is so good.

Lies of P is one of the most underrated games ever, amazing story, atmosphere, characters, combat and the game is simple unlike Lords of the Fallen where you can easly get lost and miss many details, i have only 4 hours and really love this game

Im gonna say that Lies of P did something that Elden Ring lacks. Boss Fights are actually enjoyable. EDIT: I think the developers didn't consider the difficulty of Elden Ring carefully enough; it feels like they took shortcuts to make it challenging. Many bosses rely on repetitive, overly fast attacks that often leave little room for effective dodging. In contrast, other Souls-like games offer more manageable enemy behaviors and attack patterns that allow for strategic anticipation and response.

I loved it so much I have finished through ng+3. It's just a great game in general. The story, music, combat, all so much fun

This game was overshadowed in 2023. It deserved recognition

This gave me the Rise of P ending.

Very True! I was like trying this game half heartedly just to check it out then it change when I got the first track record named "Feel" damn that eargasm. I started to love it and played 3 playthroughs.

Lies of P helped me get through a tough time, it might have a couple of flaws but I would consider it a masterpiece, up there with Elden Ring, Dark Souls and Super Mario Bros 2 in my books.

Love this video! It’s odd to me that you talk about Sekiro having more generous parry timing because I literally cannot get that timing down at all, meanwhile I have no issue with the timing in Lies of P - it just instantly made sense to me.

Holy shit, this lunatic actually beat NP with the Frozen Feast. Mad respect.

I just got to the Arcade section right after the opera house. As a huge Bloodborne fan, Lies of P is almost literally a spiritual successor to Bloodborne. I'm surprised you didn't make more comparisons of the 2 but I appreciate your vid. Good coverage of an awesome and well done game.

One day, the masses will understand the greatness of Lies of P… I hope NeoWiz keeps cooking

The OST of this game on top of all the praise this game deserves just cannot be overstated. Some of the best music in this medium

Great video! My favorite boss is Laxasia and my least favorite is either the Door Guardian or the second Black Rabbit Brotherhood fight.

Simply one fo the best games I played that year. Sad to see alot of RU-vidrs or streamers write it off because they couldn't appreciate it.

You can trigger the stun not only with charge heavy but also with feble arts and legion arm arts .

I love this game to dwath, but wish they'd focused more on making unique and bizarre puppet enemies

I absolutely loved Lies of P. Great video man!

You can roll through fury attacks btw, with the amulet from the first boss merging with the puppet halfway as you mentioned in your video. very smart to pick if you want it a little easier and like other fromsoftware games.

amazing video, amazing game, also you should try ds1

thx for the passion

This game is amazing! It simply oozes love from the developers! The Pinocchio references are spot on, though more the 19th century books, not the Disney movie. Combat didnt click with me, until the last boss. After that, decided to get the platinum.

You should do a colony sim game review - Rimworld, Kingdoms and Castles, Oxygen not Included, all that jawn

Bro, you did my boy DS2 dirty with that intro. On the context of what you were saying I understand why you skipped it but it hurts my lil' ol' heart. Also, the editing on this video is beautiful.

I love the video so much, i started playing LoP sometime last week or 2, so the timing is great. I LOVE THE TURNTABLE. This is kinda like a better version of the Bloodborne video. it's great.

Great video. This is my first souls like and is getting me into fromsoft’s stuff. Still need to beat Lies but got DS1 DS3 and Elden Ring in my library ready to go!

This video is exceptionally well made.

I enjoy watching your video.. and to well made

This game is amazing. I have only platinum a handful of games this is one of them. The story/atmosphere and the music truly a masterpiece. I can listen to feel ok repeat

Lies of P is really good and so is your video. Fantastic video.

This game didn't work for me but I am very glad it exists; I think it will inspire others to make something that will work for me :D

Love lies of p beat it now on second play through I got board of elden ring after 300 plus hours can’t wait for the dlc for both games

Great video! I would like you to look at Dishonored series, one of my favourite games :)

Rn, i have started bloodborne, and god, i just love that game a lot . I recently stsrted it, and i beat micolash today . Lies of P seem to have the same kind of aesthetic. So is it worth to get it?

I absolutely love this game. I'm so enamored with this world and the lore it's unbelievable! My favorite boss is hard to choose but my LEAST favorite is a mini boss: walker of illusion. The first game it took me 30 tries to get past her. It the small room lol.

I have to admit, this game really grew on me, mechanically and story-wise. That studio really managed to crack the FromSoft formula.

Great video mate

Looks interesting. So far i have only played trough ER, Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro (relatively new souls gamer still) . Sekiro being my favourite. I wonder if Lies of P is for me

after lies of p, i started nioh 2 to scratch that itch

100% Agreed!

0/10 video, outer wilds NOT mentioned.

Hmmm, I can only speak for myself and the consensus of high reviews but... Lies of P was most certainly appreciated!

If Lies of P had a remake or another game in the same universe, I would want Round8 to add more explorable areas instead of having it be super linear. But this is their first game like DS so it’s all good

Thanks for a great and detailed appraisal for a game that will go down in history as the most overlooked title of 2023, not a single award nomination in any category, which perhaps highlights the hollowness of awards in general and that the industry just can't handle a maiden voyage project that far exceeds expectation and raises the bar for the entire game genre. The only element I would add, although I understand you had to avoid this in order to avoid spoilers, is the emotional experience the game gifts the interested player, for example, being able to cuddle Spring the cat felt like you'd finally conquered an invisible boss, as well as several other touching moments of npc interaction, the broken puppet in the Swamp chapter springs to mind, havens of humanity amidst the violent chaos. I am glad you avoided any reference to Lies of P being just a "Bloodborne 2" a ridiculous criticism and churlish comparison that seemed to flood social media after the demo dropped. For one, the era of lies of P, which you do point out, is historically at least a century after the Yharnam's more mythical presence. Aesthetically different in every way, unless a few darkened cobbled streets are enough to justify the "copying" comparisons, which of course they aren't. Having played and corresponded with others concerning every Souls game including Sekiro and Bloodborne over the years, there does appear to be an unjustified elitism among players who basically feel that if it's not FromSoftware, then it must be crap, or within the context of Lies of P, I read so much "hate" purely because of the more challenging play style, requiring more than dodge, hit dodge... or a tanky set of armour or spamming spells at a distance and to me it's clear Round 8 probably sat down at some point early in development and said "So, how do we make combat in Souls games less pedestrian and side quests less unnecessarily over convoluted ?" My favourite boss was Laxasia as she took me the longest to read and actually take control of the fight when doing a no Spectre NG+ run. I don't really have a least favourite, although Manus felt tame positioned between what came before and what awaited us thereafter.

The music in this game alone makes it better than a lot of games I’ve played

I still believe the parry timing needs to be a tad more generous, trying to use the parry weapon arts is a pain

Lies of P was my first souls-like. I dont even remember what made me play it, but i don't regret a single second of it. I hope elden ring doesn't disappoint me after this masterpiece

The King of Puppet was a pretty good example of how Lies of P is trying to communicate that not everything can be solved by perfect guarding or dodging. The first phase has incredibly telegraphed attacks, which encourages you to perfect block them, while dodging is kept at a minimum due to the bosses incredibly long sweeping attacks. However, following the second phase, a completely new moveset is brought, the attacks are more aggressive and the boss actively punishes overly defensive behavior by doing a pull attack. This ultimately encourages you to dodge most of the attacks in the second phase, and you realize that by dodging, you have a lot more windows to attack than if you had attempted to perfect dodge (and ultimately lose a portion of your health because of how insanely tight those block windows of the second phase can be).

Was a nice vid. Ty 😸

Little to no accolades? Did you notice in the Bless description in was published by Bandai? The same publisher for From Soft haha, years before they broke their working partnership, Round8 was, and is, a subsidiary of Neowiz….a massively successful corporation lol. So yes, they broke their teeth on Bless while communicating and working with Bandai Namco. While being funded massively…being developed by 20 people with infinite resources and call to materials no other studio would have is, well, nothing special. The only thing that makes it the sad specialty it is is the fact that we live in a corporate society, even in the video game world, so devs getting say in their vision is often rare. I’m so glad it exists, but it’s a flawed masterpiece AAA game. To call it anywhere near indie is just playing into their “indie-AAA” marketing Bandai is good for.

Romeo is one of the best bosses I've ever faced and Laxasia is worthy of being considered alongside Fromsoft's dex queens like Malenia, Maria and Friede

Loving Lies of P right now. Definitely the most fun I've had with a difficult game. I've tried some of thr fromsoft titles, and they're hit or miss for me. Elden Ring was great, but Sekiro felt too hard for me. I haven't hit a difficulty wall in Lies of P that I can't get through yet though, and I've nearly finished the game. Only used a spector/summon twice : once on Romeo and once on Black Rabbit Brotherhood. All the other bosses felt fair and surmountable with a few hours practice. The open areas aren't too hard, which is honestly what kills Sekiro for me. And the game is just beautiful and loads of fun. Great video about a great game. I hope everyone gives this title a shot.

Damn, my dude literally didnt even reference DS2 😂

I'm only halfway through this game, and the depth of it is what kills me. There's so much, there's just so much in every inch of this game that you have to take a breather and look. Sure, you can walk through the game and just fight stuff, but if you put even an ounce of emotional investment into this game, it will crush you. I do agree with you, good sir. We did not deserve this game.

Quick question.. im wanting to buy this, however.. ive never played Sekiro, i returned Elden Ring because it was stupid hard and i didnt like DS because there's no clear Story or reason to it.. but i love games like Forbidden West, Bioshock and Witcher3, but not too easy.. Thanks

Favorite was eldest brother since he forced me to learn to parry rather than just roll/dodge every move. Least favorite was Fuocco, the fight was very underwhelming but it had a cool design at least.

I never played any souls games before, not a fan of the genre, but I tried Lies of P because it looks so cool like that’s literally the reason. Now I’m invested with the combat mechanics and will definitely consider trying games like Elden Ring or Sekiro next.

Your next video should be a deep 30 minute analysis about the worldbuilding and story in PacMan

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new game ++ done ... love this game

Best souls-like

Damn, had I seen this yesterday, I’d probably have bought this but I went with Granblue Fantasy: Relink. Both look great~

Tried it a couple times and it hasnt been sticking with me but i do plan to try it more. Im not sure if its just my mood or not.

I never in my life played a new modern game and then went back to play the developers older titles. I played most games when they were in their prime. I finshed Elden Ring this year and immediately bought DS3 and finished that too. I am now a full soulsborne fan and bought Lies of P yesterday. Very good game

I’ve played and beaten the recent FromSoft catalogue many times. Sekiro, Bloodborne, and DS1 are my comfort food. And to say that Lies of P astonished me would be an understatement. I’ve been trying out a lot of the “souls likes” over the years and am often disappointed. The ppl making them don’t understand what makes up the magic that is FromSoft. And to be fair I can’t completely put a definition on it either despite my 1000s of hours playing em, they’re just art in video game form. And for Lies of P, from some unknown Dev to get it, polish it, and build on it ,borderline confused me with its quality. I thought it was the best game I played last year. And in my opinion it absolutely holds up with FromSofts greats and that’s considering, while Bloodborne is not my favorite FromSoft game, I believe it to be one of the greatest Video games ever made.

0:12 why didnt you mention Dark Souls 2?????

I still haven't fully mastered the perfect block, but I still managed to complete the game four times. For all of its difficulty, it does give you additional tools to help get through the tougher parts of the game. And I agree, playing a Soulslike with a linear design is a breath of fresh air after playing something as huge as Elden Ring. As far as I'm concerned, Lies of P deserved more love, as the game itself is clearly made with alot of heart put into it. Neowiz made a game that matches a Soulsborne game and, as far as I'm concerned, is better than many AAA games out there now.

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Lies of P is one of the best games I've played in the last year. It's a shame that the only thing anyone does is compare it to the souls series. It's enough of a departure that the comparison falls flat for me. I enjoyed your take. Thanks for sharing.

Why one call as Pinokio in whole game. I don't finish yet so maybe I missing something but it is strange. I think we are not Pinokio.

MEGAMAN!!!!

I still can't decide which one I like more: Laxasia or Romeo. Both are S-tier bosses with flawless balance and these two are the kind of bosses that I want to fight again and again. Like Malenia, Mogh and Radagon from Elden Ring. DS3 unfortunately has none. All bosses are very weak, most defeated first or second try and approaching second time they become very boring. Nameless puppet is good too, feels like ma boi got seppuku double katanas build😁

Very nice

Lies of P is a masterpiece. To make a so good soulslike on their first try is good news for the future of the game genre. i never understood fromsoftware fans going out of their way to hate on Lies of P because they see it as some kind of competitor. just like the CS fans hating on VAL. More games in a genre you love is not a bad thing, its awesome!

I find it better than all fromsoft games and I really love those. I think it's perfect and it's now my favourite game. 12/10

For me, on the Tier list of Soulslikes, you have the Fromsoft games at the top and then you have Nioh 2 and Lies of P on the next tier. All the others live below that somewhere. This and Nioh 2 are the only Soulslikes where I've stopped making comparisons to the OG games and have just enjoyed them for what they are.

I.... don't like Elden Ring....👀👀👀👀 (loved this video though)

Lies of P deserves the attention Bloodborne got and Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time

lies of P is my game of the year

About LoP being "underrated": I feel like LoP did a lot of the heavy lifting to establish soulslikes as a genre, especially that year. I feel like a lot of the conversation I saw around release time was either plagiarism accusations or just generally dismissive, LOP kinda really took the brunt of that skepticism and... hostility, even? to soulslikes, and come LOTF (the other major soulslike that came out that year) I think the conversation had moved on from whether or not soulslikes were even a genre to whether or not the game was *good*. Obvs LOP wasn't the first soulslike ever made but that's just the general vibe that I got. And yeah I've also noticed people either seem brighter about it now or it's just that timeframe where most people are finishing up the game and have had time to really digest it. I'm really not sure how prevalent the term "soulslike" was as a *marketing* term before LOP. There is Asmon who seemed taken aback that the LOP director was straight up calling it a "soulslike".

i love you sm for this video. lies of p is truly a masterpiece that gets too much unnecessary hate. i’ve never agreed with everything someone said in my entire life lol

my favorite boss in lies of p was the outer wilds anglerfish!!!

Lies of P became my favorite game ever. Beating anything by fromsoft. And that's saying a lot cause I've loved from for many years. I do think that if neowiz keeps making games with the quality of lies of p they will surpass fromsoft. I love lies of P so much and I can't say anything other than it's perfect. I don't have a single complaint about this game. It is truly my favorite and the best game I have ever played. This was an amazing review and I would like to say that I did like and sub. Thanks for the great video!

I enjoyed Lies of P more than Elden Ring. Way more. There, I said it.. After finishing Lies of P, I immediately went in to new game plus, while halfway through Elden Ring I was bored and ready for it to be over.

Poor dark souls 2 not getting a mention in the intro 😢

speak for yourself I was a good boy who ate my veggies and went to bed on time I know I disserved it

One advantage Lies of P has over Souls-likes and Soulsbornes (or anything else really): You can honestly say repeated playthroughs make your P-organ bigger.

I deserved Lies of P because I have played the F out of it.