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This game is definitely a combination of both Bloodborne and Sekiro. With the prosthetic arm Pinocchio has to do some crazy combos. Definitely a game worth playing.
You open the video saying the game is pretty close to Bloodborne. And, aesthetically, you're not wrong. But it's definitely just as much Sekiro, perhaps mores-so, in regards to combat mechanics. It's like they took every mechanic from Bloodborne and Sekrio and mixed them together while changing up the quantity of the ingredients or when they get added into the mix. I made a list a while back and it's insane how many mechanics and crossovers are in the game. Hell, even the trick weapons are here and the Sekiro grapple.
That Todd Howard's cameo was a nice touch. LOL. Anyway, a great review. I've discovered your channel two weeks ago and managed to watch almost all of your reviews since then. Hi from Czech Republic. :)
I played the demo when it dropped and it floored me with how much they were willing to show off so early. I can't afford both this and Armored Core 6, and it pains me to say that I may actually choose a Soulslike over a true Fromsoft title 😥
I love how much of a love letter this is to fromsoft games. I literally just came up an elevator from deep in the woods to return to the bonfire of that area. An NPC said some weird shit them asked if there was a safe place to take refuge I currently have a greatsword that just happens to have the weapon art of the blasphemous blade. And I swear the animations are so close to bloodborne its ridiculous. But the way they inckuded the perfect guards the fact you have to break posture THEN land a charged attack is so much deeper than pressing one button at the right time. Then I put a goddamn FLAMING DAGGER blade onto a glaive handle for a longer flaming dagger weapon. Which is sick. Game is just incredibly good. I love it.
Really enjoying this game, the brutal gameplay and for me is challenging and I'm enjoying grinding and working on my build and searching every alley and pipe lol nearly every chest found is something nice, so exploration is needed in my opinion a game with no need to rush,if one goes into any boss battle under leveled and you're not perfect guarding like a pro,then it gets tough lol
I'm confused about the Gemini almost being annoying comment since he barely says anything besides brief exposition when entering a new area. I always liked hearing him break up the silence/ horrifying puppet screams
The two major issues I have with the game from my experience are 1. The perfect guard which is supposed to be a key part of gameplay has an incredibly tight window. And 2. They don't tell you what the stats actually do. Not sure if demon's souls did or not but dark souls 1 let you see what the stats actually do. A game coming out over 10 yearsafter dark soulsand not having that bare minimum is unacceptable in my opinion.
They did, you can press select and highlight the stats and it'll tell you what it does. Armored Core 6 has this as well. So yeah, there's no reason they couldn't do this.
@@Grasses0n ac6 was in development before lies of p so you can't compare it as a standard. Dark souls 1 was out over 10 years before lies of p started development so that's why it'sa standard
This game is remarkably more difficult in my opinion. Or I still haven't gotten used to it I'm 2/3 done with the game at this point and still get wrecked
@@rvnhtythis games been decently challenging but not unfair in my opinion as well as my friends playing it. If you're having trouble with the perfect block I'd recommend some weapons with a parry or block fable art. Like the great sword handle fable let's you perfectly block for instance.
So far I’m got the early edition and I’m enjoying it so far. 15 hours in and no major glitches. Denuvo hasn’t been a problem for me and I’m enjoying the combat. I think the bosses are challenging and I can see myself definitely doing a new game plus run once all is done.
I don't think this game is getting the credit it deserves. It does almost everything better than From. Way more fun, better graphics, and the story is actually provided to the player, which is refreshing.
Honestly, while the game does bring it’s own spin on things, I have no problem with how much this feels like FromSoft. It’s like they carefully put Souls, Sekiro, and a healthy heap of Bloodborne into a blender with some of their own seasoning and cooked it to perfection. If you had told me FromSoft had made this game, I would have believed that lie (lame pun intended). We get so few good soulslikes, and with FromSoft having a respectable souls schedule but still with a lot of downtime in between, getting something that cribs it so closely is actually amazing and I have no issues with this. They are the best for a reason, and this unknown studio has come the closest of any other to replicating the feel of their games. It’s quite a feat as so many others have failed. And since Sony is intent on letting Bloodborne rot, this really is the next best thing to a Bloodborne sequel we could ever ask for. Def have my eye on this studio moving forward. How they came from one failed mmorpg to this is truly astounding. And the game is well optimized to boot. Really awesome to see. Any fan of FromSoft, this is a must play. They hit all the right notes and it’s full of the same mystery, combat, secrets, and charm that we’ve come to love. With their own twist thrown in. A love letter to FromSoft, as many have said, and you couldn’t ask for a better one. We’ll see how Lords of The Fallen turns out, which is also looking excellent, and this could be the year of the Soulslike. Especially insane since FromSoft released Armored Core, also excellent, and studios picked up the slack for our souls fix. Couldn’t have worked out any better.
"If you're friends with P, well then you're friends with me. If you're down with P, well then you're down with me. Friends of P, friends of P, friends..."
This game is really well optimised. Can run it at highest settings on my laptop 3050Ti and get over 100fps and no stutter. All games should be this way.
@@maran947 I mean the parrying window also is extremely tight, it’s satisfying to pull off but sometimes not practical if you can’t tell when they’re going to attack
Great vid. Never played any of the Dark Souls, just couldn't get into the setting and story, but i completed Lies of P on Gamepass and cant wait for the DLC and sequel. It's not a perfect game but definetly worth trying if you have gamepass or enjoy the genre 8.5/10
I was stuck at King’s Flame Fuoco for two hours. It’s not even that he’s mechanically complex, but I for the life of me couldn’t get the perfect guard timing right. Overall, great game
I found myself trying hard to use dodge as it had such a bloodborne feel, but found that movement isn’t nearly as fast and the dodging distance is very small. Worth playing? I’m sure, but not at full price for me. It felt a lot like Dark Souls II is to the others. B team that didn’t QUITE get the formula that made the others as good as they are. Great video as usual.
@@muppetpoppet216 I won’t bore you with history, but my nerves are shot and I have the reaction time of a sloth, so I wasn’t able to beat the first “micro boss” in that game. So I probably should steer clear of this one.
The game wants you to do perfect guard, that's why dodge is weak. It actually punishes you for relying on dodge, if you are physically unable to consistently parry then I suppose you won't have good time with it.
Pretty wild that there's been a demake and a spiritual successor to Bloodborne before the game itself even got a straight PC port. Hell, it's looking like BloodborneKart is going to come out before 60FPS Bloodborne.
Bloodborne is not getting a PC port any time soon. Demon's Souls is 6 years older and has also never been ported. At most Bloodborne will get a PS5 remaster or remake.
One thing I'm not sure wether I like or dislike yet is how they spoon feed you what to do in the side quests. Like this one time there's an earthquake and Jimi y says it came from the station. So I try to fast travel to the station immediately but the game doesn't let me. Then after I've beaten the next boss NOW the game says it's time to go to the station and an npc just happens to have a friend who went missing at that location. It just feels so... Gamey, you know?
Im enjoying the game, but the perfect parry system is breaking the fun for me. The timing feels too tight, and it has led to me dying in ways that feel unfair. I would still highly recommend the game, but just know that you will have issues with several bosses. Also, the lying system is frustrating because I didnt even know I was lying. Some of the questions are formulated in such a way that even if you answer in an honest way it still counts as a lie. I didnt even understand that one of the options available was a lie until after I answered and I was given an ominous message about my gears. How can an honestly answered question be a lie? Besides those two issues, the game has been a blast.
Hi Boulder Punch, thanks for your video. By the way, did you play Visage? It's a survival horror game worth checking out. Take care of yourself. Kind regards from Switzerland. 🙂
I have played bloodborne 50 times , and the dlc . Which is all amazing. All souls games , and probably just about every "souls like" lol Amazing journeys. Lies of p has been amazing to me so far , can't believe how well optimized it is on PC as well. Looks beautiful, plays smooth , and it actually is the only game , that even remotely reminds me of bloodborne. If anyone is curious also - 6650xt speedster / Ryzen 5-3600 / 32 gb ram. Playing on max settings 1080p I'm easily getting my locked 80fps "personal pref" and only using a little over half of my resources. Crazy. So mid range systems should have NO issue. Devs did amazing! Good video to man!
I hope they altered some things going from the demo i to the full game. I was positive about the game but had a few issues. It felt like a Bloodborne clone in visual design, but it felt like a worse Sekiro in terms of gameplay. For bosses and larger enemies, the game expects you to perfect deflect their attacks and avoid damage and stay on the offensive to eventually break their posture/stance to open them up for a critical hit. My problem from the demo was multipart: 1. Attack animations can't be cancelled with a guard, leading to less aggression as you need to give yourself a gap to react to enemy attacks. 2. The stamina bar limits how aggressive you can be which is at odds with the expectation you need to be constantly attacking to both regain health like Bloodborne and break the enemy's posture like Sekiro. 3. Sub-optimal guards are punished way too harshly, taking away chips of your health rather than a seperate posture bar like in Sekiro. 4. The timer to regain health is too strict and you regain too little health per swing to make it worth it, if you take a hit from a basic enemy, you basically had to take him from 100 to 0 health to earn back that lost HPand if the enemy was at partial health already, then a full regain is impossible.
I'd agree with most of these. The other beef I have with the final game is the camera. More than once I've gotten trapped in a corner and beaten to death because even a "perfect" parry still results in stunlock and being pushed back. That means even a "perfect" defense can leave you stuck against a wall while the camera freaks out.
The demo for this left me pretty disappointed honestly. The gameplay felt quite sloppy when compared to its contemporaries, enemies were sluggish with wonky attack timings, and its own version of the 'rally' mechanic from Bloodborne incentivsed me to play more defensively (with hit and run and defensive poking) in order to regain charges for the healing battery as opposed to the rally in Bloodborne incentivising the player to rush back into combat to restore their health immediately. Overall I just thought it was okay, better than something like The Surge or whatever, but it could end up being something that I might play in a year or so when it goes on PS+.
I felt the same on demo, but I do believe the actual game is less clunky from what I've been playing, it still is a bit less fluid than souls but much better
it takes some good parts from souls games and other part it just fks it up. the controls are wonky. the guard is extremely punishing as well as no stagger meter present you just gotta wing it until they are ready for a stagger att and even then you have to hit them with a heavy which is hell for str builds. and before anyone says git gud or talks shit ive beaten literally every souls game that fromsoft made. this is a good game dont get me wrong especially for their first souls like but if they can take feed back they can perfect it. Im looking forward to their next game in about 3 or 4 years time. kinda sad we have to wait so long lol.
@@soulrebelstudios3185 The controls are not wonky. Its just that the Attack and Dodge Cancel Windows are very small. Same with the Perfect Block and Dodge Invincibility frames
I'm confused as the controls are the tightest out of all the soulslike games. It is so close to FromSoft's tight controls. The rolling and parrying windows are questionable but the control itself is tight
It's pretty good so far but my god, there's a difference between influence and flat-out theft. This is WILDY derivative of FS souls games, especially Bloodbourne. Like cease and desist levels and what isn't a near replica of BB is just Sekiro lol. These games really do need to stray from the formula and stop the FS worship and experiment and try to innovate more. It does a couple of things like the skill tree, weapon handles, etc but it's not enough. You have ready have the blueprint you're drifting...do more with it!
It's definitely on-the-nose for sure. Weird hybrid of game mechanics from Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Sekiro. Like they mashed up what they liked in all those games into P. I'm still enjoying it, but it's very derivative of those works. At least with The Surge games, they brought their own interesting mechanics to the table like chopping off specific limbs to gain armor upgrades, the risk/reward of holding more "souls" giving you an attack buff, and directional parries instead of just your standard riposte. Nioh added stances. Mortal Shell did the shell hardening thing.. etc.
IMO the Diablo style loot is a more vital part of Nioh, especially the second game has some really bonkers set bonuses to go for (like the one that allows you to go into anima debt, which turns the strongest demon abilities a lot more viable) Stats are a lot more boring than the ability combination shenanigas Nioh lets you mess around with, you can do some really drastic playstyle tweaks
@@GameDevYal Interesting. I didn't know that about Nioh. I ended up just sticking with a single armor set I liked by mid-game. I was more intriqued by the stances and which stances to choose based on enemy type or enemy stance switches. Made the combat much deeper and more strategic and it becomes this 1 on 1 game of who can get you to the tired state first for the big hit blow. Nioh even did this kinda thing before Sekiro. I also really enjoyed Wu-Long even though it wasn't as polished and obviously more low budget.
Puppet King's second phase with his Melania bullshit was filtering me for 3 hours. I feel like the perfect block is incredibly unforgiving at times and could be a bit more lenient if it's how the game expects you to play since dodging/rolling punishes you more than it saves you from danger and should only be used situationally.
I found myself using the shield legion with the grenade upgrade against that attack when I felt like I miss read his flame attack. It helped out a bunch when beating him.
Liza Minelli spends her whole career out in the open. No secrets. Now Liza P wants to come around, tryinf to be mysterious and steal her thunder. No thanks. I stick to Liza M. The original.
you can't make a souls-like game without all humans being monotonous, boring, and flat, but having one inanimate object show more dynamics on their voice than any other human character.
I just couldn't get into it. It's not hard if you're a souls vet but it is more frustrating as it tried to be everything From has made without any of the focus. Enemies attack like Elden Ring but you sometimes need to deflect like Sekiro but your abilities are Bloodbourne but aggression is not rewarded. So what you have is a lot of counterintuitive design imo. From always seems to try to build a game around central mechanics while this feels the reverse. Like even though I really started to hate the enemy mechanics in ER I understood why it was like that as the game gives you way more overpowered options. I just personally chose not to do those things since I never found it fun to call in help in these games or just blast my problems away with magic. But in LIP, bc you can do everything, nothing is consistent or built around it. I wish they came up with their own unique gameplay loop and focused on that.
Yes, it did. And that health bar which requires potions? Yep. FromSoft did that, too. They are pioneers. I even like their real-time weapon change mechanics.
Great video! This game definitely gives me strong Bloodborne vibes, but I'd be surprised if it comes close to that masterpiece. I hope you someday get the chance to play Bloodborne, as that game is easily my favorite FromSoft game and one of my favorite titles of the 8th generation. I've noticed that you tend to cover a lot of my favorite games, so I'm curious what some of your favorite games of all time are. Currently, this is my top 10: 1. Deus Ex (2000) 2. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) 3. Thief II: The Metal Age (2000) 4. Thief: The Dark Project (1998) 5. Planescape: Torment (1999) 6. Disco Elysium (2019) 7. Blood (1997) 8. Persona 5 Royal (2020) 9. Chrono Trigger (1995) 10. Bloodborne (2015)
Honestly I wish more souls-like games would follow the footsteps of actual Souls games this closely. I end up disliking most souls-likes because they deviate too much from a borderline perfect formula and just end up feeling janky in one way or another. Just like Bethesda games I largely want the same thing each time with a different coat of paint, new items, and new bosses. That's it. However, I won't be getting this one, as much as I want to, since they decided to add Denuvo in last minute. To me that says they aren't confidant in their product being good enough to sell, so they wanted to surprise people with Denuvo last second. I'll wait half a year until it's either cracked or they remove it (since a lot of games seem to do that nowadays for whatever reason).
This basically a Bloodborune clone. Like it's good, but there's no point in copying FS to the letter. What's the point? Like no one is going to play this over the OG, so try to actually do something different. These games could use more deviation.
It felt a bit weird that the lies don't end up having more consequences in the story progression, apart from would-be enemies becoming definitely enemies; when you have characters who ask for your help to get to safety and you purposefully give them bad advice, there should be more reactions then just "You were mischievous! But okay, I forgive you". I can chalk this up to gameplay limitations due to the number of other inputs you'd have to add. Furthermore, knowing that the True ending relies on the puppet telling only lies, what exactly is the game saying about attaining free-will - or growing up or the world - with this mechanic? Lie your ass off through life, that is what humanity is about; what the "new brother" of mankind is all about and that's why it beats the so-called next step in human evolution? Personally, it shouldn't have been the amount of lies we tell but who, when and why we would say them: tell the lady in the quarantine zone that the puppet is her baby, tell Antonia that she still is as beautiful as her portrait or even Manus that what he is doing is positive BUT tell Geppeto he is a bad father, give Sophia peace, tell the puppet butler that puppets can love... Try to build a Pinnochio who is both a lier and a truth-teller who acts according to a sense of *humane* empathy and understanding, who therefore earns the ability to cry and the desire to help Sophia of his own volition. P.S: Anyone else feel that "Lies of P" also fits well with Paracelsus?
For me the pinocchio twink thing is the biggest turnoff here, but definitely seems like a fun game. Something to pick up from a steam sale like 2-3 years from now.
meh, I don't mind copying a style, as long as at least ya do your best to make something interesting. Hey, not being afraid to admit when a formula works & use it is what got us Dead Space, as an example
Really good video! I agree with you and my biggest piece of advice for people playing Lies of P would be that you HAVE TO LEARN TO PARRY. Like you, I always have been more of a dodge type guy. This game is all about the perfect guard/parrying.
8:25 I think almost if not all bosses in the game have those delayed moves with instant attacks or just a stupidly long string of attacks. It's super annoying and extremely cheap.
I love the souls games but honestly I’m tired of every new action rpg taking elements or just straight up ripping the souls gameplay and adding it as their own. Lies of P admittedly does souls very well but that’s all it is just another dark souls game. Lies of p has a cool world but I can’t help but feel disappointed playing the game I knew what I was getting into which is why I didn’t buy it and just installed it through game pass.
My only question is why the hell did they make up stat names and not do like in souls games where you can hit select and go through every stat with an explanation of what each is. So now i have to stop playing, pull up a guide, figure out what the hell to level up.
Good game absolutely ruined by slow and clunky combat. They took everything that makes a souls game good and threw it in her except buttery smooth combat! How can you f..k that up?
A boss holding off it's attack for an extra split second to throw you off is not an issue, just don't spam roll the second you see the boss flinch its arm I'm not sure why you even mentioned that
Seems like they copied several existing systems hijacked an Ip that is no longer protected. I refunded. Felt too heartless and a mash up of other souls games. Bosses look like sponges.
Miyazaki never capped leveling yet these goofballs decided to do just that. And no NPC summons help? Neat ideas but I think they failed in their game design & difficulty. Miyazaki just offers better help for those less skilled imho. Guess PC would be best where one could use mods to tune the game . 6/10 too hard . I concede that I do suck
NOTE: Forgive me for the audio cutout @ the 05:02 mark. Silly Vegas Pro.
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i though my headphones died
You got cutoff at that point. What were you saying?
@@vaaaasahaha got me too
That cutoff shit me up..thought someone was calling me
@@fearofchicke I think it was about how much I loved the umbrella weapon.
Audio cuts at 5:04 for a few seconds like he hit the stop record ⏺️
Caught that too.
Damn I thought my headphones were fucked
thank you also thought my headphones died or something
I love how people keep saying "this is a dark new take on Pinnochio!" when the original story was dark.
Iirc, the original had the likes of: murder, slavery, mutilation, backstabbing, and the like.
@@Urd-Vidanyeah true, a classic children story for those times 😂😂😂
Point to an Italian story that isn't either 1) very dark or 2) very dramatic.
so everything that this game had?@@Urd-Vidan
@@lilpullout yep
I love how you use star fragments to ask for help in a boss fight...like your literally wishing upon a star for help. I thought that was a nice touch.
I love the style and theming of the game. Pinocchio seems to fit so well
This game is definitely a combination of both Bloodborne and Sekiro. With the prosthetic arm Pinocchio has to do some crazy combos. Definitely a game worth playing.
You open the video saying the game is pretty close to Bloodborne. And, aesthetically, you're not wrong. But it's definitely just as much Sekiro, perhaps mores-so, in regards to combat mechanics. It's like they took every mechanic from Bloodborne and Sekrio and mixed them together while changing up the quantity of the ingredients or when they get added into the mix. I made a list a while back and it's insane how many mechanics and crossovers are in the game. Hell, even the trick weapons are here and the Sekiro grapple.
That Todd Howard's cameo was a nice touch. LOL. Anyway, a great review. I've discovered your channel two weeks ago and managed to watch almost all of your reviews since then. Hi from Czech Republic. :)
I played the demo when it dropped and it floored me with how much they were willing to show off so early. I can't afford both this and Armored Core 6, and it pains me to say that I may actually choose a Soulslike over a true Fromsoft title 😥
I love how much of a love letter this is to fromsoft games.
I literally just came up an elevator from deep in the woods to return to the bonfire of that area.
An NPC said some weird shit them asked if there was a safe place to take refuge
I currently have a greatsword that just happens to have the weapon art of the blasphemous blade.
And I swear the animations are so close to bloodborne its ridiculous.
But the way they inckuded the perfect guards the fact you have to break posture THEN land a charged attack is so much deeper than pressing one button at the right time.
Then I put a goddamn FLAMING DAGGER blade onto a glaive handle for a longer flaming dagger weapon. Which is sick.
Game is just incredibly good. I love it.
Really enjoying this game, the brutal gameplay and for me is challenging and I'm enjoying grinding and working on my build and searching every alley and pipe lol nearly every chest found is something nice, so exploration is needed in my opinion a game with no need to rush,if one goes into any boss battle under leveled and you're not perfect guarding like a pro,then it gets tough lol
Neowiz is definitely on my radar now
I could easily watch a 10 hour BoulderPunch video
Easily I’d love longer vids
You could turn the video speed to 0.0000000001%
Easily
Chris Redfield says hello
Like the look of that.
You do a very good job of bringing unknown (to me) titles to my attention.
Keep it up..
If you like souls titles, this one is a must play.
Shame it usues denuvo
I'm confused about the Gemini almost being annoying comment since he barely says anything besides brief exposition when entering a new area. I always liked hearing him break up the silence/ horrifying puppet screams
The two major issues I have with the game from my experience are 1. The perfect guard which is supposed to be a key part of gameplay has an incredibly tight window. And 2. They don't tell you what the stats actually do.
Not sure if demon's souls did or not but dark souls 1 let you see what the stats actually do. A game coming out over 10 yearsafter dark soulsand not having that bare minimum is unacceptable in my opinion.
They did, you can press select and highlight the stats and it'll tell you what it does. Armored Core 6 has this as well. So yeah, there's no reason they couldn't do this.
Yes in the demo I've had real issues with the parry and the dodge otherwise I enjoyed the game
@@Cold_Zero_The_Wise it's not a parry, it's a perfect block. Very big difference
@@devastatheseeker9967 lol that's kinda what I ment
@@Grasses0n ac6 was in development before lies of p so you can't compare it as a standard. Dark souls 1 was out over 10 years before lies of p started development so that's why it'sa standard
Only just started playing but I'm loving the world. Love the dark souls and that and this is definitely is one to play
Never played a souls game. This will be my first time. I think I will enjoy it.
missing out if your actually starting with this game and its the game that made you want to start.
This game is remarkably more difficult in my opinion. Or I still haven't gotten used to it I'm 2/3 done with the game at this point and still get wrecked
Don’t. This game is incredibly unfair with it’s perfect parry.
@@rvnhtythis games been decently challenging but not unfair in my opinion as well as my friends playing it. If you're having trouble with the perfect block I'd recommend some weapons with a parry or block fable art. Like the great sword handle fable let's you perfectly block for instance.
So far I’m got the early edition and I’m enjoying it so far. 15 hours in and no major glitches. Denuvo hasn’t been a problem for me and I’m enjoying the combat.
I think the bosses are challenging and I can see myself definitely doing a new game plus run once all is done.
I don't think this game is getting the credit it deserves. It does almost everything better than From. Way more fun, better graphics, and the story is actually provided to the player, which is refreshing.
Honestly, while the game does bring it’s own spin on things, I have no problem with how much this feels like FromSoft. It’s like they carefully put Souls, Sekiro, and a healthy heap of Bloodborne into a blender with some of their own seasoning and cooked it to perfection. If you had told me FromSoft had made this game, I would have believed that lie (lame pun intended).
We get so few good soulslikes, and with FromSoft having a respectable souls schedule but still with a lot of downtime in between, getting something that cribs it so closely is actually amazing and I have no issues with this. They are the best for a reason, and this unknown studio has come the closest of any other to replicating the feel of their games. It’s quite a feat as so many others have failed. And since Sony is intent on letting Bloodborne rot, this really is the next best thing to a Bloodborne sequel we could ever ask for. Def have my eye on this studio moving forward. How they came from one failed mmorpg to this is truly astounding. And the game is well optimized to boot. Really awesome to see. Any fan of FromSoft, this is a must play. They hit all the right notes and it’s full of the same mystery, combat, secrets, and charm that we’ve come to love. With their own twist thrown in. A love letter to FromSoft, as many have said, and you couldn’t ask for a better one. We’ll see how Lords of The Fallen turns out, which is also looking excellent, and this could be the year of the Soulslike. Especially insane since FromSoft released Armored Core, also excellent, and studios picked up the slack for our souls fix. Couldn’t have worked out any better.
"If you're friends with P, well then you're friends with me. If you're down with P, well then you're down with me. Friends of P, friends of P, friends..."
This game is really well optimised. Can run it at highest settings on my laptop 3050Ti and get over 100fps and no stutter.
All games should be this way.
game looks really good, will definitely check it out when I can
Glade every one noticed the resemblance to Timothy chalemet
(Including the audio cut out)
10:25
All of this video just works - Todd Howard
Great point of view, I look forward to your stuff!
Congratz on 100k in advance man! Awesome vids
JESUS CHRIST MADE ME THINK MY EARBUDS BROKE LMAOOO
At first I liked it but not 100% sold. Now I'm 30 hours in and i can't put this game down. Truly the best Souls like ever made.
haha on the nose
Great review, except i thought my speakers exploded for a second there.
Im going to say it its as good as Dark Souls IMO. I love the atmosphere the music the bosses, weapons i love it all. Its an amazing game 🔥
Gemini sounds like a YIIK voice actor.
8:24 clearly he hasn’t gone through the later half of the game, cause almost all bosses have the delayed attacks
even the standard puppets in the beginning have it so not sure... one of the main reasons imo why the parrying doesnt seem as flowy as sekiro
@@maran947 I mean the parrying window also is extremely tight, it’s satisfying to pull off but sometimes not practical if you can’t tell when they’re going to attack
@@basedbasil9261 yep
I have never seen that red circle for the fatal attacks lol
lol I forgot earthen peak/iron keep ds2. Like a literal world and lake of lava hidden in the sky above a windmill fortress with no visual indication.
Awesome job
Great vid. Never played any of the Dark Souls, just couldn't get into the setting and story, but i completed Lies of P on Gamepass and cant wait for the DLC and sequel.
It's not a perfect game but definetly worth trying if you have gamepass or enjoy the genre
8.5/10
I was never going to play this until I got an email that it's in Gamepass.
I was stuck at King’s Flame Fuoco for two hours. It’s not even that he’s mechanically complex, but I for the life of me couldn’t get the perfect guard timing right. Overall, great game
I found myself trying hard to use dodge as it had such a bloodborne feel, but found that movement isn’t nearly as fast and the dodging distance is very small. Worth playing? I’m sure, but not at full price for me. It felt a lot like Dark Souls II is to the others. B team that didn’t QUITE get the formula that made the others as good as they are. Great video as usual.
Supposed to parry like Sekiro
@@muppetpoppet216 I won’t bore you with history, but my nerves are shot and I have the reaction time of a sloth, so I wasn’t able to beat the first “micro boss” in that game. So I probably should steer clear of this one.
The game wants you to do perfect guard, that's why dodge is weak.
It actually punishes you for relying on dodge, if you are physically unable to consistently parry then I suppose you won't have good time with it.
@@therogueridertiming beats speed
Pretty wild that there's been a demake and a spiritual successor to Bloodborne before the game itself even got a straight PC port. Hell, it's looking like BloodborneKart is going to come out before 60FPS Bloodborne.
Bloodborne is not getting a PC port any time soon. Demon's Souls is 6 years older and has also never been ported. At most Bloodborne will get a PS5 remaster or remake.
Subbed & Liked! Enjoyed the video! Good work!
I really hope they remove Denuvo. That was a scummy move that probably hurt their reputation.
Really helpful video
Sounds great. Will wait for a 90% discount once Denuvo is out of it.
Absolutely worth playing right now.
One thing I'm not sure wether I like or dislike yet is how they spoon feed you what to do in the side quests.
Like this one time there's an earthquake and Jimi y says it came from the station. So I try to fast travel to the station immediately but the game doesn't let me. Then after I've beaten the next boss NOW the game says it's time to go to the station and an npc just happens to have a friend who went missing at that location.
It just feels so... Gamey, you know?
The Todd piece was funny
Im enjoying the game, but the perfect parry system is breaking the fun for me. The timing feels too tight, and it has led to me dying in ways that feel unfair. I would still highly recommend the game, but just know that you will have issues with several bosses. Also, the lying system is frustrating because I didnt even know I was lying. Some of the questions are formulated in such a way that even if you answer in an honest way it still counts as a lie. I didnt even understand that one of the options available was a lie until after I answered and I was given an ominous message about my gears. How can an honestly answered question be a lie? Besides those two issues, the game has been a blast.
Hi Boulder Punch, thanks for your video. By the way, did you play Visage? It's a survival horror game worth checking out. Take care of yourself. Kind regards from Switzerland. 🙂
I played on a 970 and it ran basically flawless so I would consider this a massive win considering most new games run like doodoo on my PC.
I have played bloodborne 50 times , and the dlc . Which is all amazing. All souls games , and probably just about every "souls like" lol
Amazing journeys.
Lies of p has been amazing to me so far , can't believe how well optimized it is on PC as well. Looks beautiful, plays smooth , and it actually is the only game , that even remotely reminds me of bloodborne.
If anyone is curious also -
6650xt speedster / Ryzen 5-3600 / 32 gb ram.
Playing on max settings 1080p I'm easily getting my locked 80fps "personal pref" and only using a little over half of my resources. Crazy.
So mid range systems should have NO issue. Devs did amazing!
Good video to man!
I hope they altered some things going from the demo i to the full game. I was positive about the game but had a few issues.
It felt like a Bloodborne clone in visual design, but it felt like a worse Sekiro in terms of gameplay. For bosses and larger enemies, the game expects you to perfect deflect their attacks and avoid damage and stay on the offensive to eventually break their posture/stance to open them up for a critical hit. My problem from the demo was multipart:
1. Attack animations can't be cancelled with a guard, leading to less aggression as you need to give yourself a gap to react to enemy attacks.
2. The stamina bar limits how aggressive you can be which is at odds with the expectation you need to be constantly attacking to both regain health like Bloodborne and break the enemy's posture like Sekiro.
3. Sub-optimal guards are punished way too harshly, taking away chips of your health rather than a seperate posture bar like in Sekiro.
4. The timer to regain health is too strict and you regain too little health per swing to make it worth it, if you take a hit from a basic enemy, you basically had to take him from 100 to 0 health to earn back that lost HPand if the enemy was at partial health already, then a full regain is impossible.
I'd agree with most of these. The other beef I have with the final game is the camera. More than once I've gotten trapped in a corner and beaten to death because even a "perfect" parry still results in stunlock and being pushed back. That means even a "perfect" defense can leave you stuck against a wall while the camera freaks out.
If I could make a character and didn't have to play as him, I'd be all over this
It doesn’t really matter, unless you absolutely hate wearing masks or helmets
Oh so you are one of those people who does not cover their character in armour in the first 5 minutes. I respect that
The demo for this left me pretty disappointed honestly. The gameplay felt quite sloppy when compared to its contemporaries, enemies were sluggish with wonky attack timings, and its own version of the 'rally' mechanic from Bloodborne incentivsed me to play more defensively (with hit and run and defensive poking) in order to regain charges for the healing battery as opposed to the rally in Bloodborne incentivising the player to rush back into combat to restore their health immediately. Overall I just thought it was okay, better than something like The Surge or whatever, but it could end up being something that I might play in a year or so when it goes on PS+.
I felt the same on demo, but I do believe the actual game is less clunky from what I've been playing, it still is a bit less fluid than souls but much better
it takes some good parts from souls games and other part it just fks it up. the controls are wonky. the guard is extremely punishing as well as no stagger meter present you just gotta wing it until they are ready for a stagger att and even then you have to hit them with a heavy which is hell for str builds. and before anyone says git gud or talks shit ive beaten literally every souls game that fromsoft made. this is a good game dont get me wrong especially for their first souls like but if they can take feed back they can perfect it. Im looking forward to their next game in about 3 or 4 years time. kinda sad we have to wait so long lol.
@@soulrebelstudios3185 The controls are not wonky. Its just that the Attack and Dodge Cancel Windows are very small. Same with the Perfect Block and Dodge Invincibility frames
@@soulrebelstudios3185most people have beaten those games, that’s not a flex 😂😂
I'm confused as the controls are the tightest out of all the soulslike games. It is so close to FromSoft's tight controls.
The rolling and parrying windows are questionable but the control itself is tight
cant decide which side to listen to some people think its stands on its own some think it relies to heavily on its inspirations.
How about both?
It's pretty good so far but my god, there's a difference between influence and flat-out theft. This is WILDY derivative of FS souls games, especially Bloodbourne. Like cease and desist levels and what isn't a near replica of BB is just Sekiro lol.
These games really do need to stray from the formula and stop the FS worship and experiment and try to innovate more. It does a couple of things like the skill tree, weapon handles, etc but it's not enough. You have ready have the blueprint you're drifting...do more with it!
On the bright side, nobody is claiming this is Lovecraftian.
Unlike Bloodborne.
a remove gemini mod is all I want, jesus christ this game is amazing but that annoying bug makes me wanna quit, hate when games do these companions
Easily the biggest downfall of this game is the soft caps and scaling
Who ever said this a 28 hour game needs to tell me which grandmaster he studied with because im on 4th boss and im 20 hours in.
It's definitely on-the-nose for sure. Weird hybrid of game mechanics from Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Sekiro. Like they mashed up what they liked in all those games into P. I'm still enjoying it, but it's very derivative of those works. At least with The Surge games, they brought their own interesting mechanics to the table like chopping off specific limbs to gain armor upgrades, the risk/reward of holding more "souls" giving you an attack buff, and directional parries instead of just your standard riposte. Nioh added stances. Mortal Shell did the shell hardening thing.. etc.
IMO the Diablo style loot is a more vital part of Nioh, especially the second game has some really bonkers set bonuses to go for (like the one that allows you to go into anima debt, which turns the strongest demon abilities a lot more viable)
Stats are a lot more boring than the ability combination shenanigas Nioh lets you mess around with, you can do some really drastic playstyle tweaks
@@GameDevYal Interesting. I didn't know that about Nioh. I ended up just sticking with a single armor set I liked by mid-game. I was more intriqued by the stances and which stances to choose based on enemy type or enemy stance switches. Made the combat much deeper and more strategic and it becomes this 1 on 1 game of who can get you to the tired state first for the big hit blow. Nioh even did this kinda thing before Sekiro.
I also really enjoyed Wu-Long even though it wasn't as polished and obviously more low budget.
Hehe, hehe... "p-organ" I am mentally 12 and this makes me giggle so much.
Definitely some things I disagree with. Tired at the time of writing, but may say more later.
love your videos man, absolute legend
Puppet King's second phase with his Melania bullshit was filtering me for 3 hours. I feel like the perfect block is incredibly unforgiving at times and could be a bit more lenient if it's how the game expects you to play since dodging/rolling punishes you more than it saves you from danger and should only be used situationally.
I found myself using the shield legion with the grenade upgrade against that attack when I felt like I miss read his flame attack.
It helped out a bunch when beating him.
Liza Minelli spends her whole career out in the open. No secrets.
Now Liza P wants to come around, tryinf to be mysterious and steal her thunder.
No thanks. I stick to Liza M. The original.
you can't make a souls-like game without all humans being monotonous, boring, and flat, but having one inanimate object show more dynamics on their voice than any other human character.
Being vaguely Victorian isn't enough. Bloodborne can't be imitated.
I just couldn't get into it. It's not hard if you're a souls vet but it is more frustrating as it tried to be everything From has made without any of the focus.
Enemies attack like Elden Ring but you sometimes need to deflect like Sekiro but your abilities are Bloodbourne but aggression is not rewarded. So what you have is a lot of counterintuitive design imo.
From always seems to try to build a game around central mechanics while this feels the reverse.
Like even though I really started to hate the enemy mechanics in ER I understood why it was like that as the game gives you way more overpowered options.
I just personally chose not to do those things since I never found it fun to call in help in these games or just blast my problems away with magic.
But in LIP, bc you can do everything, nothing is consistent or built around it. I wish they came up with their own unique gameplay loop and focused on that.
C'mon...FromSoft didn't invent dialogue dude...
Yes, it did.
And that health bar which requires potions?
Yep.
FromSoft did that, too.
They are pioneers.
I even like their real-time weapon change mechanics.
@@lucascoval828no I don't believe they did
@@falleking9332
Real.
Time.
Weapon.
Change.
And it happens during gameplay.
Doing the game right now I will not watch the video to avoid spoilers 😂 but I will give it a like waiting for the next horror game video !
Great video! This game definitely gives me strong Bloodborne vibes, but I'd be surprised if it comes close to that masterpiece. I hope you someday get the chance to play Bloodborne, as that game is easily my favorite FromSoft game and one of my favorite titles of the 8th generation.
I've noticed that you tend to cover a lot of my favorite games, so I'm curious what some of your favorite games of all time are. Currently, this is my top 10:
1. Deus Ex (2000)
2. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
3. Thief II: The Metal Age (2000)
4. Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
5. Planescape: Torment (1999)
6. Disco Elysium (2019)
7. Blood (1997)
8. Persona 5 Royal (2020)
9. Chrono Trigger (1995)
10. Bloodborne (2015)
Honestly I wish more souls-like games would follow the footsteps of actual Souls games this closely. I end up disliking most souls-likes because they deviate too much from a borderline perfect formula and just end up feeling janky in one way or another. Just like Bethesda games I largely want the same thing each time with a different coat of paint, new items, and new bosses. That's it. However, I won't be getting this one, as much as I want to, since they decided to add Denuvo in last minute. To me that says they aren't confidant in their product being good enough to sell, so they wanted to surprise people with Denuvo last second. I'll wait half a year until it's either cracked or they remove it (since a lot of games seem to do that nowadays for whatever reason).
This basically a Bloodborune clone. Like it's good, but there's no point in copying FS to the letter. What's the point? Like no one is going to play this over the OG, so try to actually do something different. These games could use more deviation.
It felt a bit weird that the lies don't end up having more consequences in the story progression, apart from would-be enemies becoming definitely enemies; when you have characters who ask for your help to get to safety and you purposefully give them bad advice, there should be more reactions then just "You were mischievous! But okay, I forgive you". I can chalk this up to gameplay limitations due to the number of other inputs you'd have to add.
Furthermore, knowing that the True ending relies on the puppet telling only lies, what exactly is the game saying about attaining free-will - or growing up or the world - with this mechanic? Lie your ass off through life, that is what humanity is about; what the "new brother" of mankind is all about and that's why it beats the so-called next step in human evolution?
Personally, it shouldn't have been the amount of lies we tell but who, when and why we would say them: tell the lady in the quarantine zone that the puppet is her baby, tell Antonia that she still is as beautiful as her portrait or even Manus that what he is doing is positive BUT tell Geppeto he is a bad father, give Sophia peace, tell the puppet butler that puppets can love... Try to build a Pinnochio who is both a lier and a truth-teller who acts according to a sense of *humane* empathy and understanding, who therefore earns the ability to cry and the desire to help Sophia of his own volition.
P.S: Anyone else feel that "Lies of P" also fits well with Paracelsus?
For me the pinocchio twink thing is the biggest turnoff here, but definitely seems like a fun game. Something to pick up from a steam sale like 2-3 years from now.
Got to appeal to the ladies.
I don’t understand. You’re calling a normal good looking kid a twink. That assumption is gayer than you.
meh, I don't mind copying a style, as long as at least ya do your best to make something interesting.
Hey, not being afraid to admit when a formula works & use it is what got us Dead Space, as an example
This feels like it's got a bunch of spoilers!
wow im here 1 minute after upload
Really good video!
I agree with you and my biggest piece of advice for people playing Lies of P would be that you HAVE TO LEARN TO PARRY. Like you, I always have been more of a dodge type guy. This game is all about the perfect guard/parrying.
8:25 I think almost if not all bosses in the game have those delayed moves with instant attacks or just a stupidly long string of attacks. It's super annoying and extremely cheap.
Is this on neogeo?
NEO GEO Pocket
Good video but you're going to hell for that title
It's just like Little Witch Nobeta but less anime. like, a LOT less.
i want to like this game but i can’t get over how goofy the main character looks
That joke was dumb and u know it 💀
Where malenia 😮
I love the souls games but honestly I’m tired of every new action rpg taking elements or just straight up ripping the souls gameplay and adding it as their own. Lies of P admittedly does souls very well but that’s all it is just another dark souls game. Lies of p has a cool world but I can’t help but feel disappointed playing the game I knew what I was getting into which is why I didn’t buy it and just installed it through game pass.
Accidentally fat fingered the dislike button before correcting it to a like, commenting to fix that algorithm ❤
Love this game it’s great
My only question is why the hell did they make up stat names and not do like in souls games where you can hit select and go through every stat with an explanation of what each is. So now i have to stop playing, pull up a guide, figure out what the hell to level up.
What? Each stat tells you what it increases on the right side of the screen
Shut up you mong
I don't get all the praise for this game. Nioh 2 was 100x better but for some reason it was never really mentioned.
Good game absolutely ruined by slow and clunky combat. They took everything that makes a souls game good and threw it in her except buttery smooth combat! How can you f..k that up?
A boss holding off it's attack for an extra split second to throw you off is not an issue, just don't spam roll the second you see the boss flinch its arm I'm not sure why you even mentioned that
Seems like they copied several existing systems hijacked an Ip that is no longer protected.
I refunded. Felt too heartless and a mash up of other souls games.
Bosses look like sponges.
5:04 lol , next time look over your vids
Miyazaki never capped leveling yet these goofballs decided to do just that. And no NPC summons help? Neat ideas but I think they failed in their game design & difficulty. Miyazaki just offers better help for those less skilled imho. Guess PC would be best where one could use mods to tune the game . 6/10 too hard . I concede that I do suck
Yet another souls like
YAWN
It'll be ridiculously overrated by people who get an endorphin rush from finally beating a boss and cloud their judgement