Lies of P

Play it on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows (Steam Deck: YMMV)
Current goal: Beat this one stupid boss
Buy it from: Amazon | Best Buy | GameStop

Although it gets on my nerves sometimes, I’m thoroughly enjoying Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio’s Soulslike RPG Lies of P. It’s got an evocative setting centered around 19th-century France, a raft of eclectic characters with charm, humor, and verve, and a pretty neat weapon customization system that lets you build your own murdering tools. It’s also got some aggravatingly cheap enemies that will beat you into oblivion enough times to make you rage.

Read More: Lies of P: The Kotaku Review

To that last point, I’m currently stuck on the game’s Chapter 8 boss, the Green Monster of the Swamp, a Lovecraftian spider-like creature that’s becoming the bane of my existence. It’s erratic, fast, and punishing, with a second phase that exacerbates all those problems. It sucks, especially since I need to kill it to get to the next main objective. But mark my words: I will kill it and then move on to the subsequent boss, which, too, will no doubt wreck my shit. Onward. — Levi Winslow