Lies of P
Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows (Steam Deck YMMV)
Current goal: Beat the final boss.
While there’s certainly an avalanche of games coming as 2024 gets into full swing, we’re in a bit of a lull period right now. There are games I’m stoked about, such as Tekken 8 (January 26) and Granblue Fantasy: Relink (February 1), but really, I’m saving my money and time for March 22, when both Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin come out. So, as I’ve done in previous editions of Kotaku’s weekend guide, I’m going through my backlog. And this time I’m returning to Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio’s Lies of P, one of last year’s best Soulslike games.
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A hardcore action-adventure RPG based on Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinnochio, Lies of P had its mechanical strings embedded in me when it launched on September 19, 2023. Not only was the world fascinating, but the combat was satisfying and the characters were intriguing. The narrative was also as terrifying as the boss fights, which were the main culprits for my putting it down; some enemy encounters really took it out of me, so I needed some distance lest I broke a controller in rage. However, now that I’ve had time away, I’m ready to jump back into the macabre world of Krat to finish what I’ve started: killing the final boss. Wish me luck out there, dear readers, I’m seriously going to need it with this one. — Levi Winslow
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