Lies of P

Now I’m not going to say I cheesed Walker of Illusion but I merely wanted to see if it was still a thing so… eh, yeah. It’s still possible.
Corrupted parade master was a bit tricky too. Ended up just baiting his leap and getting hits in that way.

I’m sure I’ve seen something in the upgrades that makes you have attacks that you don’t get stunned out of. Might be wrong though.

Now on the bone saw +7. Damage is slightly less than the pipe wrench but it's slightly faster. It's still so slow but the pipe wrench was ridiculous. I need to Google this potential stragger upgrade. Just in the swamp or what ever it's called. Stopped leveling strength now at 45 as the increase is now tiny.

Yeah I've already noticed how quickly it needs fixing. Happens mid boss battle.

Bloody hell i need to level more. I’m on chapter 10 and only 62.

Just got to chapter 10. That's enough for today.

Would be good but From/Miyazaki are top tier genius level so would be a feat for another team to match. Likely to be imitated but never equalled.

Lies of P is one of the best efforts. Especially as the studio hasn’t done anything else except work on revamping an old Korean mmo.

If you get to the end of the game and watch the credits there is a cool epilogue which teases where they are going next. It could be really cool and hopefully they will have learned a lot for future games etc

One thing that disappointed me a little was the number of times you went out of your way to get to a collectable that was out of reach... only to find it's another bloody Urgent Repair Tool.

Would also have liked them to add perks to the wearables - no incentive to change outfit other than visual as it stands. Though I have to admit it was nice not to have to start every new area/boss with a few minutes in wardrobe.

All soulsy games bar From's seem to be made by inexperienced devs as their first game, which is probably a factor in why they tend to feel less inspired or special. They're people who want to make a Dark Souls and are always trying to imitate, usually just adding a different theme or a new mechanic here and there

Nioh doesn't suffer from the same issues likely due to it being made by a studio with a lot of experience making action games. If anything, the gameplay in Nioh is much tighter and the game is more polished in general than From's games. I don't think it's impossible for people to match From (especially from a technical point of view), it's just that the only people making them are stuck in From's shadow and don't seem to have the confidence to deviate from the rule book (they all go for the same gloomy tone as well) so it's inevitable that people will compare them

The constant rebalancing due to community feedback is probably a part of that as well. Far too eager to please. The balancing in From's games is all over the place anyway - Capra and the Anor Londo archers are good examples of terrible balancing. Some bosses are so easy you can only assume they knew and just left it like it

Didn't the Lies of P dev make a significant change to the movement or dodge or something after the demo due to feedback? Seems likea fundamental thing to get wrong and change so late into development

I really struggle to shake the 'Dark Souls but not as good' feeling about most of them

I think they mean they changed the dodge after everyone complained about how useless it was in the demo. They also changed the cancel windows, I think.

Everything was just a bit tighter and felt a bit nicer on the full release.

I was considering giving the game a miss entirely because in the demo the dodge felt deliberately shit to force you to parry which would have been awful.

Have they made bosses easier? I thought it funny because I saw someone involved with making LotF come out on Twitter, in response to Lies of P toning down the health for some bosses and being like "We'll NEVER do that in our game" in a bid to appeal to the diehards.

Home from my night shift. Time for a nice breakfast then get cracking! Will likely try a non summon run next, not sure what build though. I'll have a look at what weapons I have. Is there Ng+ then I could just re spec (I assume).

bichii2 No, it doesn't, you have to initiate NG+ at the gazer.

Also, make sure you have anything you need out of storage such as weapons, materials etc (if you used it) before starting NG+, as I think it takes a while to access storage again in NG+ and you may end up short.

Yes, always. Fuck that guy.