There’s a genuine narrative to follow, too, with a few twists in the tale, interesting, flawed characters, and some very decent writing despite one or two localisation hiccups in the flavour text. Your quest is to find out the truth behind the Petrification Disease and the Frenzy, while doing your best to pass as human when out in the world.Īs a setting for a Soulslike it’s both unique and inventive. You play as the titular P, otherwise known to you or me as Pinocchio, a unique puppet invented by Gepetto, one of the Founders of the Workshop Union and the genius behind Ergo. And meanwhile humanity itself is in the grip of the Petrification Disease, which slowly turns them to stone while robbing them of life. The puppets have become afflicted with the Frenzy and turned on humanity in brutal fashion. As predictably as the sunrise, this reckless invention has backfired. It’s a place of staggering technological advancement, where alchemists have discovered the power of Ergo, a substance that can give artificial life to puppets as well as power any number of scientific marvels. It takes place in the city of Krat, a fictional amalgam of several European cities circa the late 18th to early 19th century. And this is the philosophy behind Lies of P, the new Soulslike from Neowiz and Round8 Games. Whether you’re telling your best friend that their new baby’s name is totally cool and there aren’t enough babies named Engelbert anyway, or you’re calling a banana a female aardvark just for fun, sooner or later you’re going to lie – it’s a simple fact of life. It’s a fundamental part of being a human. We’ve all told a lie before, right? In fact if you tell me you haven’t, I’ll know you’re lying and it’ll cancel it out anyway.
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