Hey peeps. This is my first review-type video, so hopefully I did the game justice. One thing I think I, and others, seem to have got wrong is the publisher/developer. I believe the developer is actually Round8 Studio, and Neowiz being the publisher. If this is the case I'll be sure to remedy this in build guides. Yes, there will be build guides! Since I finished off the script for this vid (everything's moving very fast with this game, so I drew the line then), the developer has already announced a big update is being worked on, and has committed to a roadmap for the game's future. They did all of this in the apologetic tone usually reserved for AAA studios when they've released a broken mess, when in fact, they've smashed it out of the park with this one. Love this studio and can't wait to see what's next. Hope you like the vid!

Saying that you show spoilers but that the audio is spoiler free is something that most other reviewers fail to mention. Your review is 10/10, you were born for this job.

My only real complaint with the game is the total lack of hyper armor when charging heavy attacks...

I personally never had a problem with the parry window, The only real problems I had was not seeing some enemy attacks, camera when your pushed up against a wall and run backs to main bosses

the runbacks to the mini bosses are actually extremly short , there is a trick to it wich is a bit wierd , usually the shortcut is very close but AFTER the mini boss so what you have to do is: run past the boss , and unlock the shortcut and then come back to fight him when you have the shortcut or next checkpoint unlocked

Lies of P was my first ever soulslike game and it honestly became like a drug. For the first time in a very long time I had a game I was looking foward to playing after work. This game felt amazing in every category because to me I had no frame of reference for the parry system and it honestly felt hard but balanced and rewarding at the same time. It is because of this game that I have discovered a love for an entirely new genre of game and I cannot wait to dive into more

As someone who has never played a souls like game before and just beat the game only using summons on one boss I gotta say while at points it was definitely frustrating, the feeling you get when you actually learn a bosses patterns and get the correct perfect guard timings is unmatched. My game of the year so far.

This was my FIRST EVER SOULS LIKE COMPLETION. I finally get what makes them special.

Calling Laxasia one of the easier bosses is criminal man💀

Such a good game. It did something no FromSoft game has ever done: made me regularly use consumables like throwing items.

Some of Lies of P bosses are in that difficulty area where I know I'll be able to beat it eventually, but I really just don't want to because I'm not having fun. But I have to if I want to progress. Which is a shame because most of the game is fantastic

I never really thought of myself as an expert gamer and I've been gaming for about 20 years. I've never played a soulslike before because I was too intimidated. I got this game because I thought the story was interesting. I struggled of course but it still didnt stop me from loading up new game plus. It easily fit right into one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. If someone like me can beat this game then anyone can. ❤

this video is honestly a work of art man. the music and editing is fantastic.

Shot puts can break a white healthbar and open up the enemy for a fatal attack. Total game changer for when you can’t get a charged heavy attack off

This is round 8 studios second game ever and first soulslike. I loved lies of p. I dont think the game is perfect but its incredible how such a new and small team was able to create a game like this. Great video!

WOW, this video was absolutely briljant. The music was amazing, and your story about this game was really good! You did a awesome job with this one!!

This video deserves more views and likes. From the choice of background music to the tone of your voice, the quality of your review is a state-of-the-art, similar to the quality of Lies of P when it comes to Soulslike genre.

Great review. 100% agree with you on most everything. I do wish the parry window were slightly bigger, because that is my absolute favorite thing about it. Not all of us have Ultra Instinct reflexes like Ongbal.

The problem with the parry system isnt necessarily the window itself, though it is stupidly brutal, but the lack of intuitive telegraphing and the position of that window, time wise. Enemies will do Elden Ring style long wind ups and then the actual follow through will be blazing fast. The window in ER is at the apex of the windup PLUS the very short time you see the arm/weapon start to move forward, in LoP the window is small and only at the apex of the windup which isnt fair. You can only parry by knowing the timing vs actual visual cues, and thats not good design IMO. You shouldnt *have* to get pummeled several times until you learn the exact timing of the attacks, you should be able to see the windup and reasonably tell when to parry first time around. If they added just a little bit of extra telegraphing, the balance in parry vs dodge would remain and you'd make it more fair/accessible. As it is, it feels a little cheap. Still a fantastic game.

You have a talent for making reviews, dude. Well done! You should do them more often. I'm also curious about your opinion on Lords of the Fallen (in case you tried it), so far reception seemed to be quite mixed on it but I personally have had fun with it.

I think one of the things Lies does really well, is the reward for getting good at parrying, in that you break enemy weapons, including some bosses.

The thing that is really annoying about the perfect guards above and beyond the strict timing is that certain elite enemy and boss attacks will knock you back a good distance even if you perfect parry them, forcing you to waste time and stamina running back to the enemy, preventing a punish window and giving the enemy more time to recover and rev up another attack. I’m on the King of Puppets and I have all his parry timings down for the most part but half of his fucking attacks will *still* knock you back when perfect guarded. Getting punished like that for executing your parries consistently feels awful, and having to constantly get back into attack position afterward is incredibly annoying!

what I love about lies of p more than the souls games was that the story was such a big part. The whole reason I wanted to play this game, was because of the source material, pinocchio. I payed three times through it and am thinking of going for NG+3 In the end I am so in love with this game as I haven't been for a long time with any other game.

As someone who has dabbled in Souls games over the years but never beat one due to multiple reasons, this game is one of my favorite games of all time. It took me almost 2 months of playing here and there an hour or two when I got the chance to finally beat this game and wow.. I’m so glad I stuck with it. By day 2 I was convinced I wouldn’t be able to do it, but the game kept drawing me back. Like you mentioned, once combat “clicked” for me I couldn’t play anything else. I still got smashed consistently time after time (my wife can attest to the rage this induced at times 😂) but after finally beating each boss it was so rewarding. I may get hate for not being a fanboy for the series but I can confidently say I am gonna go back and try Dark Souls and Elden Ring and actually try and beat them this time. Not sure how many people get introduced to those games through this game, but I’m not mad about it at all.

I was cruising along until I hit the Archbishop, then sh*t got real 😂. Had to farm a little and upgrade, learn his patterns, then finally beat him. Reminded me of souls games. Loving this game so far

Man your videos are just so cozy to watch and listen to. Like a fireplace should be going while watching them 😂

This was a really well put together review. Excited to see what new stuff you have coming.

Another thing to add that in addition to parrying or dodging, just blocking an attack is viable as well, especially when learning a boss. The regain system is really great - it gives you some breathing room, rather than needing to parry every attack like in Sekiro. I'm midway through my playthrough right now, and I honestly haven't been perfect guarding all that much, and have been able to beat the bosses in less than 5 tries. It's really great how any playstyle you want to adopt is viable in this game!

Honestly this game felt great for me for the most part. My main complaint being the mini-bosses just felt incredibly overtuned and their runbacks were annoying as hell. Luckily many of the mini-bosses late game are reskins or exactly the same as previous ones. The bosses were very challenging but never felt unfair, until I reached the final few bosses. I struggled a lot with the deflect timing throughout the game and it felt like you needed to deflect to beat these bosses. Where as many of the previous bosses dodging was a super viable strategy. In combination with their ridiculously fast moveset, high health, and insane damage they just felt completely unfair and I really didn't enjoy any of them. Bosses like the Archbishop and King of Puppets were brutally difficult but I felt like they were fair when I ended up finally beating them. After I beat the final three bosses I was like "F-ing finally" because they just weren't fun. Theres a fine line between difficult and fun and difficult and and absolute nightmare. I felt like these bosses were specifically designed to just be insanely difficult without balance in mind. Especially the first main one in the final area. This boss just felt like they designed it to be bullshit and annoying. The first phase was hard enough, then the second phase was even harder and more bullshitty.

Man I have to say that for being your first review-type video, you did a hell of an awesome job, I got exited and motivated to keep playing the game, awesome video keep up the good work!!!

I'm so glad at 20:15 you're mentioning issues about leaving the camera. I was curious if I was the only one who found it frustrating to perfect parry an attack I literally could not see. I think it's an oversight more than anything, but it feels pretty obviously there

What is the song you have playing in the background at the beginning of the video?

By the end of NG++ (third playthrough) I had capacity at 86, weight ratio was around 150~/298 or something like that, and there's some ng++ skill tree abilities which make you far lighter, so I was able to use several weapons, several legion arms and several hefty rings whilst still being light weight which is pretty fun ^^

My only issue is the parrying; the window to perform one is almost nonexistent

This truly a beautiful review bro really appreciate the time and effort 🙏🏿. Love your approach on how you explain it thoroughly. I was a little not interested anymore in the game but your video and vibes gives me hope. Won't get it anytime so9n but definitely before the year ends. I cannot wait for your builds and epic montages man 😅😂 let's go! See you soon 👊🏿💯

The parry window is actually fine. It takes hours to get used to, but once it clicks you start parrying subconsciously. It also is a sort of thing that demands perfection but also doesnt punish you if you just do a normal guard.

what an underrated masterpiece is this video , congrats u made me like lies of p even more

this is what I call a high quality video. informative. unbiased. the ending gave me goosebumps man. 24:04

Anyone know what the music in the last section of this vid is?

One of my biggest complaints with this game is that it doesn't really have any "boss cool down" areas. Like whenever I hit a particularly frustrating boss in the game, there's never another area I can go visit that potentially has another boss to fight, some enemies to farm, items/upgrades to discover, etc. The game's levels are all one after another so if you get stuck on one then you're gonna bash your head against that boss until it breaks, which heavily contributed to me burning out in the final quarter of the game. These types of games NEED side areas that allow players feel like their progress isn't 100% halted if a boss is too hard. Not asking for an Elden Ring sized world (cuz that's ridiculous) but Bloodborne and the Souls games all generally had branching levels that let you explore different places if you ever felt stuck.

This game is so good. I don't think it's getting as much recognition (because of difficulty and many people coming from Elden Ring not being able to handle it) but over time this game is going to solidify itself as a classic Soulslike. Excited to see the direction this studio is going.

I'm not gonna write an essay on why i love Lies of P, even with some of it's flaws (you already did that haha)...I'm just gonna say that this was one of the best reviews i've seen! Absolutely amazing blend of emotions, music and insight. Thank you :)

This video was like hearing someone voice all the thoughts I've had on this game. Love it!

Do you have a music list for the background music you used? I recognized a couple but loved it. Good review

You forgot one thing in critiques imo. Having to teleport back to hotel krat every time I want to level up is one of the most annoying things in the world to me for some reason. Only takes like an extra 15-20 secs, but it's entirely unnecessary. Wouldn't make the game any harder by letting us level up at the stargazers. Edit: I don't know if this changes or not in late game, I'm only about halfway through the cathedral

Great video, I’m on last chapter of P, and loved every minute of it, right up there with my favourite Fromsoft games.

Wow!!!!, i have to say, you are terrific at this.. I just started playing the game, but don't really read those letters. After watching this, i will read everything i come across so i get an immerse experience. Thank you and keep on posting and i will keep watching and liking

This isn't a comment on lies p or the review because I really love this game already...I only stumbled upon you but this editing and sound design and clear effort you put into the video is amazing and it's unique. You're like vatividiya but also still your own thing. I love this type of content and you are very good

Wow! This is the best youtube video ever! Beautiful work! Can’t wait for your builds run videos!

Definitely a Masterpiece. Amazing Atmosphere & Gameplay.

Great review video! Parrying has always been a bit of a struggle for me but giving me great practice before I get into sekiro. How were you getting a perfect guard everytime an enemy swung at you while just holding block?

Fable arts of 3 now have 100% hyper armor Also The most op build avalible is one that came to me naturally The Elusive Crackhead build Choose balnance build at the start of the game Pour all your points into HP Until you hit vitality 31 Then pour your points into vigor until its 17 Then up motivity and technique by 3 Then capacity by 2 The Pour more into Vitaility Uograde your favorite weopon The strat for this build is Don't get hit in the words of piccolo "dodge" If you do get hit its cool cuz it did no damage

Im at the point where nearly every encounter feels like relief to be over with. Im even exploiting two phase bosses because seriously the best part of this game is not the bosses.

My only issue is how linear it is. In other souls games, there's something else to do when you're frustrated with a boss. In this game, it's fight the boss or grind an already explored area

I also loved reading all the pick ups, plaques, and posters to gain insight on the lore and the story progression. It was done super tastefully imo and I was never to the point of just skipping the text to get on with the combat. It was plentiful enough to get its lore and point across without being overbearing and a slog to get through. One of my Fav games now. The atmosphere and the familiar yet twisted and new take on an old classic was just brilliant and I can’t wait to see what these developers do next. Especially with the ending😉! Superb job NeoWiz and Round8! You have gained a huge fan!

Great video! This is my first souls game and I’ve loved it. I’ve put about 35 hours into the game and ive been stuck on the final boss for a day now, his second phase is absolutely brutal

To be honest, this is a top 3 soulslike to me, including fromsofts games. It really clicked for me about halfway. The game doesn’t want you to parry everything, nor does it want you to dodge everything. The game wants you to learn the moveset and pick two to three attacks you’re confident you can parry, and dodge or otherwise avoid the rest. Build up that stagger meter and punish whenever possible. This game is the most beautiful blend of all the combat systems in souls games with its own twists. With p-organs, weapons, legion arms, and amulets there are sooo many play styles that are equally powerful at your disposal. The game perfectly encapsulates what a boss fight is supposed to be. It’s a test. They don’t rely on insane damage output nor extremely tanky healthbars or hyper aggression and speed to be difficult. They’re purely just unique and must be learned. Could they adjust the parry window a few frames? Yeah, but it definitely shouldn’t be on the level of sekiro as that would make parrying a one size fits all situation which I think would ruin the blend that this game has.

The puppet ripper fabel attack have hyper armour. Thank me later

What is the music you used for this video?

great video and, above all, great musical choices. hearing dream cave in a souls like review at 2x speed brought me some kind of strange pleasure that i can't quite explain. thank you very much

First of all, great video man. I really enjoyed it. I disagree with some of it though, or just want to share my own opinion on a few things. 5:30 I will say I have way too many hours in these games so my experience might make me an outlier I will admit that, but I did the entire game with no dodging other than dodging on the ground with roll up because that was the only way to not get 1 shot by certain mobs early on. Other than that I learned every boss and enemy just perfect block them. Takes some time, but with a little practice for example the 2nd to last boss took me about an hour and a half iirc. I have all the achievements already and my impression the entire time was perfect blocking is 100% king in this game. Aggression is the best way to break this game. Other than consumables apparently.. I wish I knew that just as a side note. It was so fun to Sekiro style dance with these bosses. Am I saying dodging is bad? No, not at all it is very much viable which is good for player variety. However, perfect guarding truly had that Sekiro rhythm that you can sink into, and personally that is my personal favorite and probably most optimal way to play the game. Once people fully learn the bosses patterns I assume they will all swap to perfect blocking everything because it is just speeds up the fights, and there is no better way of skill expression in the game IMO. However I completely agree with you in the 7 minute segment of the video. 10:20 I would say that I agree with you on repeat playthroughs after learning the bosses it does get easier. If you go into NG+ though you have to have them down almost perfectly because they all pretty much 1 shot you. Any mistake is pretty much a reset. 17:58 nah bro, BRB repeat fight was a gank fight done greatly. Especially when you consider FromSoft ruined gank fights for me with godskin duo. I loved this fight. Once you realize only one of them agros to you at once, and the others are for the most part passive. The fight is very manageable in comparison to gank fights as of late. It is a similar fight to O&S from DS1. You even have pillars and junk in the arena to separate them just like O&S. That fight was a sick gank fight. I don't really mean to tell you to git gud. At least I don't mean it like an asshole. I just mean that I personally think that was a gank fight done correctly and personally I enjoyed it better than the first fight. 19:45 that isn't the last boss that is the 2nd to last boss, but I agree with your camera angle take. That was mad annoying personally. I didn't like not being able to see what was happening, and just have to put it on a mental timer. I agree that was poorly designed with some attacks.

only thing that holds this game back for me is how linear it is, if it had multiple routes with some mini bosses here and there with rewards for exploring would be fantastic

Awesome video. My only real complaint is that the stamina recharge rate. For a game where the two main defense options both consume stamina rapidly, even with the stamina regen amulet, i found myself backing off and just waiting when I should have been fighting. Broke me out of flow

That intro almost had me trying to box you 🤣🤣

I definitely have a few criticisms. Pretty much every boss after a certain green fella is too hard. They're all doable, with some luck, but I have spent literally 30-40 tries on some of them and leaves you feeling like the skill needed to beat the boss is unattainable. The reason is the perfect block system. Yes, it is necessary to widen that window, because the bosses force you to perfect block, especially the late game ones. They all do a crazy combo, rest for one second, then do another combo. There is no chance to recover stamina unless you perfect block. The bosses also have false telegraphs, no telegraphs and extremely delayed telegraphs on most attacks which are intended to throw you off your block game. That means you have to rely on reflexes to get those necessary perfect blocks, but unfortunately the boss attacks are faster than you can raise your weapon. This in turn means you have to predict attacks, not react to them, but you can't predict a lot of them, creating a circle of problems. The damage a boss can do is ridiculous. Even with high HP most bosses you fight are capable of killing you in one combo, or two heavy strikes. So failure to predict attacks for perfect blocks results in most of your health bar dipping out. Lastly, and this is a big one, the ergo economy. I never felt like I could properly grind levels to overcome a boss. You can't backtrack a bit and just kill enemies who gain enough ergo to make it worth your while, because even late game enemies only drop 1-300 ergo. The larger ones only drop 1500. That makes grinding for that 16k level up a chore. And leveling up once barely produces results, so if you need to grind for levels to beat a difficult boss, be prepared to do a LOT of grinding. It can take hours to see results. In short, the game is really terrific, until late game, when all of the little issues start piling up and ruin the experience.

A few things I've noticed from Lies of P I rarely see people mention: - Enemy damage is comparatively low. My Vitality is 20 right now so I have put quite a few points in it, but one thing I have noticed is that enemies, even bosses, typically have to hit me twice before I have to heal even if it was what is a very slow, telegraphed attack. Coming from Bloodborne where a heavy attack from even some random non-boss enemy could chunk you so hard you have to heal twice, there were times where I didn't even realise I got hit after a failed dodge because the attack did such little damage to my health bar. This is especially true for red attacks. You would think they are very dangerous "all or nothing" moments but red attacks tend to do significantly less damage than the other attacks bosses have, they just have an extremely long and punishing knockdown effect which can lead to you getting wombo comboed. - Consumables, particularly throwing items, are very strong. There's a reason why farming consumables in this game can be so frustrating with the drop RNG and you have a consumable limit: The designers seem to have realised on some level that they are very powerful. I would save my consumables for the second phase and suffice to say it made a lot of boss fights very easy. Lies of P also actually gives bosses weaknesses. - Unlike other souls games where you will go the wiki to see a bosses resistances and you will find they are practically immune to every single condition you can inflict in the game, Lies of P not only gives you decent options to inflict conditions but they also give bosses meaningful resistances and immunities. For example, the Bishop is weak to fire but resistant to acid, and you can screw his second phase over by throwing fire bombs or using a fire grindstone. The closest thing I've found to this was in Bloodborne where there were some kinda-sorta existing rules like "celestials are weak to lightning attacks" and whatnot, but it wasn't super impactful because the game didn't really give you many options for something like that unless you had an extremely specific build.

Phenominal review! personally, when i faced the creatures you called as mini-bosses, I thought of them as more of an elite style enemy. when you first encounter them, it is a big thing, but not as big as the mini bosses like mad donkey or some of the other stalkers. those i would consider mini-bosses as they had no cinematic, but were unique enemies you did not find anywhere else in the game. I've also fallen in love with the lore and aliterations that they have carefully constructed for LoP. some of the late game informatino you receive is so cool when you think about it in a pinocchio setting. The last thing i'd say is, try the P-organ skill-tree mechanic, it helps drastically as you progress through the game. the abilities that you can unlock "fill the gaps" so to speak and allow you to flesh out your playstyle. Cheers!

I'm super impressed that this is your first review. You nailed it. Put everything i feel about this game into words perfectly, and i agree with pretty much everything said, which is rare. It obvious you put a ton of thought into what makes ganes good. The depth of understanding what makes a good game is so rare in reviews these days, and I love the categories you broke it up into. I wish all games were reviewed like this. The only thing more I would like to say about the game that you didn't mention directly is how impressive the level of detail in the environments is. I found myself constantly admiring the little details in the architecture and interior design of some of the grander buildings. It did a ton to paint the picture of a once prosperous society fallen into disaster. It's similar to how Gears of War 1 made me feel.

Fantastic video. Insightful and very well written and presented. Great job!

Great review!!! I just got back to Chapter X on NG+ and wanted to see what other people thought of the game! And apparently I was right in thinking this game is amazing! You summed it up perfectly! Easily in my top 10 of games! 🙏🏽

Is the parry window really more tighter than Sekiro? I just defeated the Secret Final Boss without cheese/throwables, but I have yet to defeat Isshin in Sekiro. Left Sekiro 6 months ago.

That multi boss fight was rough. I remember fighting them for the first time, getting into the fourth guy before dying, and telling my friend "this'll take 2 more tries tops." it probably took another 25 tries and when I finally beat them the next day I screamed and cheered and was legitimately surprised I won but it felt amazing

Damn... awesome video. You had me hooked the whole time. Amazing. Very well done... Didnt they just release a patch making some of the bosses much easier?

I never thought this game was hard, after playing every souls game through the years, this is quite a relaxing game esspecially with the parry mechanic

I absolutely blow at Soulslike games. Played ds1 and 2 for a collective 3 hours. Put a decent amount of time into ds3 but my friend who bought me the game carried me though 4 of my playthroughs while teaching me how to play. Didn't even last an hour into Bloodborne. But this? I just started playing it on Monday and I already have about 42 hours in. I love it. This game feels way less unfair than any souls game, I very rarely ever feel like I'm being cheated or I died unfairly. Biggest bumps in the road for me were Fuoco, Swamp Monster and that fuckin jester down in the wine cellar. The designs for the Black Rabbit Brotherhood are perfect imo. This game fucks. To anyone that doesn't like Soulsborne games, I urge you to give this one a try.

Thanks for your in depth analysis and view. Just a questin; What platform is this? Game looks good!

This is the greatest video I’ve ever seen and heard and it’s hyped my excitement to start playing this game unlike anything else as your tone and energy is simpel superb and now after watching this I don’t wanna watch anything else other than guides or whatever if or when I get stuck and I’m serious man this was incredible !

Very good review. Very classy - no swearing, intelligently written, relaxed voice over, gentle music. Excellent. The game was too difficult for me. I gave up at the Puppet Master yesterday, so imagine my joy when I heard that a patch has been releases today to make the game easier, including a Puppet Master nerf. Hope renewed. Hurrah! (I'll probably still get annihilated.)

Finishing my New Game Plus Plus run tomorrow. I absolutely love this game. The combat, the build variety, the touching characters and story. It's a surprising masterpiece that I originally picked up only for "Bloodborne but with cute twink". I recommend this game to everyone. Those who love a challenge, those who love a story, and those who just love some cool music and fashion. And mister youtuber, never seen you before but this was an amazing video which I will be using from now on to recommend this game to my friends. You've found a skill and I'm happy for you! Keep being amazing.

Mobu village in Sekiro is beautifully haunting.I am wandering there,getting my toes nibbled by buried villagers.

I hope they never change the difficulty everr

I think the only thing they really should change is making the parry window just a little bit larger or make the damage received when blocking a lot less because if you don’t parry perfectly blocking is essentially pointless.

Hey ThingFishy I watched your Elden Ring video and my god your game looks beautiful. Can you tell me your reshade settings? Thank you!

Sick video and great presenting style, Man. I don't own this game, but you've opened that door. Thank you ⚡

Stumbled across this. Absolutely phenomenal video man. Good job on this one. Almost done my 2nd play through I love this game to pieces and I completely understand why you feel the way you do about reaching a wider audience. I just believe the difficulty is what makes it that much more satisfying and amazing with every win and every story beat that is perfectly paced. Imo. Again. Fantastic video

What game is shown on 00:40 ???? I need to know

I feel like they could double the parry window and it wouldnt hurt the game. Parrying is often too risky to be worth the reward, hence why so many players are running and dodging around mid and late-game bosses rather than parrying. Clearly the devs want you to parry; it builds stagger, it destroys enemy weapons, it activates a 20% damage bonus when you're wearing the right amulet etc, but its too hard for many players and the cost of getting it wrong is brutal. If you miss a parry in the middle of Laxasia's 13 hit combo, you're toast. I'm halfway through NG+ and even now, there are some enemies I just cant get the timing on. Like I block at what feels like the right moment but the perfecf guard doesn't activate.

I would absolutely love wider parry windows. I finished the game, but I have to admit that I got really frustrated and almost dropped it quite a few times. I second the notion that it would open up the game to a broader audience. I also see absolutely no problem with difficulty settings. You don't need an easy mode, but some tweaks like parry would be very welcome, like that parry window size or maybe game speed in general - think of players with disabilities, for example. Have an achievement for players who do it without any of the tweaks (I seem to remember Steelrising adding this in later with a patch?) if you want to please the hardcore fans - no harm done.

Patch 1.002.000 is out (PS5) and the patch notes talk about balance adjustments. I hope they've not nurf'd the stuff I rely on :) Edit: Lowered the HP of certain bosses. Increased HP and damage of the spectre. And other "adjustments"

20:44 the run backs aren’t even that bad. You said there was only 1 run back that was fine when like all of them are except for the 2nd black brother hood fight and maybe the scrapped watchman. Parade master is like extremely close. For fuoco you can literally run past all of the enemies and they will just go back to where they were. For arch bishop Andreas he is quite close as well especially because of the shortcut. For the black brotherhood boss fight 1 you can literally just run past everyone. For the king of puppets he is in front of you after you get the shortcut. For the swamp monster he is also quite close with no enemies. For corrupted parade master it is the same as the parade master run back just a slight bit longer. Laxasias runback is extremely short since it it right in front of you and Simon manus he is also in front of you. Edit: I forgot to include the door guardian who is really the only one who has a bad runback

Really great video! You did a great job explaining the game

is any of the Lies of P boss harder than Sword Saint or Malenia?

Love the review man. Definitely subbed

What game is at 0:39? Also I do agree that it's the hardest compared to any FromSoftware game BUT just like Sekiro, getting the parry system down feels so satisfying so it's worth going through the trouble IMO

Items are huge in this game, for example when an enemy healthbar glows you don't have to use a charged heavy, you can just throw a shot put to stagger them immediately, it's way quicker and usable at a distance.

Are their really bosses in Lies of P which you think are harder than Sword Saint Isshin?

I’m an older gamer, been gaming since the Atari first came out and started with TV tennis. I watch reviews of every game I buy and for most of those I don’t buy and play. I have my favorite content creators. Unquestionably this is the best review of any game I have ever seen. Great job. I’m subscribing!

Hyper armor after B ranking on modality weapons, ease parrying by 25 percent. Lengthen Iframes on dodge for technique weapons for rank B and up. Decrease damage by 5 percent. That's how I would fix it

Brilliant review, made me realise a few things about the game and I appreciate it even more now. Can’t wait to finish my first playthrough!

Lies of P is my very first souls like and i honestly fell in love with the game, i just beat the third boss (The big fire guy) and while it was challenging i felt great finally beating him learning the timings of his atttacks to dodge and parry when at first i just got curb stomped being unable to avoid any of his first attacks. This game is amazing and i cant wait to contuine with the game.