Ah yes, the P organ. What every man wishes they could upgrade

"With no strings attached..." I see what you did there. 😁

Really pleased at all the quality mid-budget titles this year tbh. It feels like a niche in the market that was solely lacking during the Live Service Gold Rush period that I think has started to wind down.

This developers outdone themselves, phantastic world, amazing bosses, great way of use for Pinocchio in this dark violent world. And doesn't feel like a Clone to any previous Soulslike game. I'm honestly surprised, and I want more from this guys! Miyazaki I'm sure is proud of this guys! Yes, bloodborne fans including me went in to get that itch scratched. But I end up loving this game as it's own, and want to see more👍🏻 (No Lies) Cheers!

Giving this game the same score as Starfield is criminal. If From made the exact same game I bet it'll get at least a 9.

Only an 8 is crazy!

My first time watching a vid from this channel. IGN and Gamespot didn’t do video reviews. Wow your content is awesome. Better than the big guys. Well done.

Nice, timely review here. Excited to play through this next week.

Said it before but this is far the best voice on youtube.

Lies of P has a mechanic you can easily spot several times throughout this review: vial regen. The ability to replenish a single health vial when youve run out is someething i want to see more Souls games add. Being able to have an opportunity to replenish health in some capacity gives more wiggle room, and since you have to attack enemies to replenish it, it teaches you to stay aggressive. Small things like that.

Great review Brad, I really loved the demo. So I can see myself picking this game up eventually, just too much to play right now, it's insane!

"No strings attached" is the best Lies of P review pun so far

I was waiting for this. Thank you for getting it out in time!

If you are like me, all you need to know is there's a boss called Mad Donkey in this game and it's a guy with a donkey head and a giant woodsaw. I have high hopes for this.

A beautifully written review, Brad

I just got the true ending and it pushed it from an 8 to a 9 for me. Such a great game.

This game is such a love letter to bloodborne and doing it through the Pinocchio story is a great idea.

I played the demo and some enemies didn't make a sound whej they hit the ground. Also dodge felt weak. Did they change something?

Nice work, Jones and Team!

this review is pushin' p

I can't believe how good this game is. What an interesting world they created. The combat is as good as bloodborne or sekiro in my opinion. And my favorite thing is the records! The music is so beautiful. 9.3/10 for me

Hey guys, is there a Baldur's Gate 3 review coming? Or is that a no go? Great review btw as always.

What a great year for games

Honestly more curious to know if it has a map like Dark Souls & Bloodborne, much of my enjoyment doesn’t come from combat - though I do like it - it’s the big interconnected map, with shortcuts & secrets. More in the genre for the Castlevania/Zelda roots that the Souls style of map design pulls from.

Nice. Happy its not super block/parry focus. Will definitely pick this up as a fan of BB/Souls

This game is such a surprise,I had basically written it off after seeing the first couple of trailers. 2023 rules.

Timothee Chalamet Puppet Murder Simulator

Ooooof! Nice one there at the end, Dad. *Brad 😂

I'm glad to hear this game is actually good because the demo was very unimpressive to me. Watching more footage of the full game and it seems like what we got in the demo was one of the least interesting areas design wise. Surprised to see how much depth there is to the combat systems in the full game too.

I absolutely love this game but a huge flaw for me in the combat is how erratic and poorly telegraphed the attacks are in a game that really wants you to parry in order to deal significant damage. Its something I never felt once during my entire playthrough of sekiro. And the way that every boss in every second phase just ends up doing the same moves but with slightly different timings ends up feeling extremely cheap because you essentially have two different timings to associate with what is visually the exact same attack. So much of the boss fights just feel like banging your head against the wall until you intuitively understand the timings instead of using visual and auditory cues to be able to actually read what the enemy is going to do.

Quality review. Thank you.

I’m glad this game turned out well! It looks sweet.

I've never heard it referred to as a "pee organ" before, but it's good to know it can be upgraded.🤔

Prioritizing Cyberpunk this month, believe it or not. But I’m excited to get my hands on Lies of P.

You just had to get that pun in at the end.

The game is freaking amazing. Glad there are developers changing the way we knew Dark Souls games. I hope Neowiz makes a Sleeping Beauty soulslike game in the future

For comparison, these guys gave Bloodborne 9.6 back in the old GameTrailers days.

If Brad likes this soullike, then im in.

I love the aesthetics, and I really really like that main character design (There are so many tropes for main characters these days). It is a shame I am not a souls player, not my style of play, makes me wish they offered something like a final fantasy action style of play as an alternative.

Tim Chalamet as Pinocchio

Best non-FrimSoft Soulslike

I feel like in a normal year this game would be 9, no questions asked. For me, honestly, feels like it's gonna be that anyways. Great review, Brad.

8/10! that is better than I was expecting. Going to play this through Gamepass.

my concern was it would be a cheap rip off of bloodborne......and I guess really, if we're being honest, it still is. I enjoyed the demo but found the bullshit combat issue problematic - that hasn't gone away apparently. Stupid boss tracking remains which means dodging is useless because even if you learn the random patterns, and time a dodge....the boss move at the last minute swings with you and suddenly turns camera tracking toward you....this is some annoying BS which we got at times in previous souls games but nowadays it's not seen much. I'm all for learning bosses and the difficulty curve but this is shame because the boss just hitting you mid track swing despite you've dodged or moved....is just nonsense. Other than that yeah, it looks great and it's being overhyped but this is the first real honest review I've seen. 8 seems fair.

That Archbishop was ROUGH

If I see that GD blue butterfly one more time...

I want a new Blade game

With an upgraded pipe organ maybe I can finally play In the Garden of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly

Just as some feedback, at times this sounded a bit like a gameplay overview trailer for the game, rather than an actual review of it. All the detail about how your swords have special attacks, what the gadgets can do etc, it just sounded a bit soft, and basically just described standard RPG mechanics.

8/10

Played the demo and that was it for me! It really felt like a poor mans Bloodborne.. It was a lot ugglier, the controlls were a lot clunky and slower, the gameplay was not that fun and the level design was so so at best...I dont understand peoples obsession for this game...Its miles from a From Software game

with no strings attached 😂 awesome

I wonder if anyone ever tried to tell the Dev team that P sounds funny in English...

Can someone tell me how good the story is on scale of 1 10

It's on game pass but I'am just gonna buy It as I belive more and more that the Idea tho great on paper Is overall harmfull for games.

Best of the souls clones although thats not difficult.

The surprise hit of 2023?

looks too dark, where is the lighting?

Love the game but one thing noone mentions: the final levels are very bland and somewhat too linear.

game looks great but i still haven't caught up on past souls games, so that is my priority before playing any more souls likes

Looks like Timothy Chalamet

Really looking forward to playing this. Also with lords of the fallen and black myth wukong coming out next, it feels like soulslikes are finally going to be good

Every review says the studio is a diff studio lol. Some say Round8, some say NeoWiz

Dishonored 2 influences?

Yet another great game released day one on game pass. Got it pre-installed, ready to give it a go 👍

Good

>skill trees Oh no

"hidden second phase trick"? You mean how every boss in just about every soulslike works? Uhhhh k

Everything on GT is 8/10 these days.

Normally my favorite thing about an Easy Allies review is listening to it and knowing what the score will be before it shows. Because the words match up perfectly with the numerical score given. You know a 7 is a 7 before the score even pops up. This time I was listening and I heard a 9 the entire way through to be surprised by an 8. Still a good score no doubt but it really feels like this game is paying a “Soulslike that is not made by From Software” tax, and even though From Software is one of my favorite developers that doesn’t seem fair. And I don’t think this is the only review that feels that way. In contrast Armored Core 6 may have got that .5 bump (normally only reserved for Nintendo games) earlier this year.

Playing this game on PC right now. I must say: 1. The Dodge is slow, gets better after you buy 2 upgrades in P-Organ; 2. You MUST learn the perfect parry, I don't see a way to play this game without it; 2.1 You'll get frustrated with the very small window to do the perfect parry in some enemies. 3. Feels like Bloodborne in many areas... sometimes feels TOO MUCH like Bloodborne (remember in BB a enemy that kills you when she screams? we have it here too) ALSO: 4. 20 hours in, no bug/crash/slow etc. Running 60FPS smooth; 5. It's a fun game, beautiful in many areas; 6. Having fun when not frustrated with perfect parries; 7. I really want to see what's going to happen in my next steps!

got 10 hours to go !!!!!

Great Value Bloodborne

It'd be funny if your swords got longer the more you lie :P

So happy that Chalamet Souls is coming to Game Pass. Definitely going to give this a go... After I've managed to finish Starfield and Baldurs Gate.

8/10 not bad

Played the demo like a week ago. I just want to say one thing to Microsoft. Those who are responsible for cracking deals related to third party games on Gamepass deserve a raise. Seriously, WHAT A GET!! Really looking forward to play the full game.

Pee organ??? I have one of those…..

Am I too late for the “Pee-organ” jokes?

How bizarre 🎶🎶

GOTY

Lies of Pee

Algo

Can't wait for the devs' next games: Lies of P 2: The Missing Inches Thoughts of Pooh

Gotta be honest I really hate this one love souls games but they are usually fluid this game is slow and clunky no matter what.

Seems like the most dead-on 8/10 game ever

Timothée Chalamet performance in this role is really something else, eh?

I don't see any negatives mentioned in the video , yet why 8/10?

Denuvo. That is all that needs to be said until it's removed. Do not support that shit.

Only one instance of word play in the script? Disappointed.

FUCK IGN TAKE ME BACK TO 06 when GAMETRAILERS AND G4 were on top baby!

FInal score: Black friday sale....after you finish spiderman 2.

What is this, steel rising 2.0? I'll grab it when it hits 10$. Done with alternate universe puppet worlds after steel rising and that russian game that I can't remember its name now.

meh

8/10 makes no sense

Did fromsoftware approve this game? It's al literal clone

Barely heard any negative points in that review. 8/10 ? what ?

People still watch EA?

another overhyped game

Honestly if From Software made this game you wouldn't even think twice. The fact this got an 8 seems like absolute bullshit to me. I hope the docked points aren't because it's "already been done before" because if that's an argument then TOTK should get a 4. This game is incredible, and it drives me nuts that people can't seem to see it.