Lies of P review - master of puppets
Review info: Platform reviewed: PS5 Available on: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC Release date: September 19, 2023 Neowiz’s third-person action RPG soulslike Lies of P is full of puppets - that are very much not toys. These gone-bad mechanical enemies are creepy, often disgustingly half degraded, and violent, yet still toy-like and superbly mechanical. There’s something deeply unsettling about violently smashing up and dismantling enemies that, in some form, might have been in many of our toyboxes growing up. However, the satisfaction - even to me, a relative stranger to soulslikes with bad reflexes - of landing everything from a standard blow to executing a fatal attack has a tangible feeling of metal on metal that’s weighty and moreish. However, there’s much more here. A gorgeous but dark steampunk nightmare of a setting, a deeply intriguing reimagination of the story of Pinocchio, and an arsenal and level of customization options that would make eve...