![]() ![]() Let’s address the elephant in of the room: Lies of P is clearly indebted to FromSoftware’s dark fantasy opus Bloodborne. Indeed, we see a range of approaches to attack, dodge, and defend in the game’s 40-minute gameplay trailer, with a plethora of weapons and abilities with which to fight the city’s wandering enemies all delivered in a manner that encourages players to be aggressive. Of course, if it’s Souls-like then combat we expect to be deep and intricate. Lies of P will be playable in third person and is said to be a Souls-like action RPG with fast paced combat. ![]() Gameplay is fast-paced, action-RPG in style There’s a nod to Jiminy Cricket in the Gamescom trailer too the talking cricket in Collodi’s original fable isn’t as prominent a character as in the 1940s Disney adaption where he’s appointed as Pinocchio’s sidekick by the mysterious blue fairy, balancing wisecracking remarks with pearls of wisdom as Pinocchio’s conscience. His appearance in the recent Gamescom live trailer is somewhat shadowy though a semblance of unfamiliarity hangs over his interaction with Pinocchio, so possibly we’re looking at a heart-breaking reunion. He’s somewhere in the city, with players tasked with finding his whereabouts. Wretched amusement parks, the ocean, and inside a whale’s belly are all locations iconic to Pinocchio’s tale (at least, in the Disney version), and whilst there’s no confirmation yet as to whether Pinocchio in Lies of P will venture outside of Krat’s city limits, the fact Neowiz’s director states openly Pinocchio’s diversity in locales is an attraction to adapting the character to a video game means we’ll likely see a raft of imaginative environments to explore.Īlongside Pinocchio, we’ve glimpses of the marionette’s maker Geppetto. ![]() A world once beautiful has become a crumbled hell filled with – in Neowiz’s words – unspeakable horrors.Īnother reason Pinocchio was chosen as source material by the devs at Neowiz is for the sheer variety of locales in which Pinocchio visits. Lies of P is said to begin with Pinocchio waking up in an abandoned train station in the Euro-stylised city of Krat, itself a city once prosperous during the Belle Epoque era of the late 1800s, now fallen to ruin, its citizens degenerated to madness and bloodlust. This, coupled with Pinocchio’s already established familiarity, are principal reasons Neowiz chose to build a game around the character. As explained by Lies of P director Choi Ji-Won in interview, the Disney iteration of Pinocchio is more family friendly, whereas Carlo Collodi’s original story is much darker and macabre by comparison. ![]() Perhaps most interesting is Neowiz choosing Pinocchio for its first foray into Souls-like action, for most Westerners’ frame of reference for the character comes from the mischievous puppet’s depiction in the 1940s Disney movie. In an ever-bloating sub-genre of video games, what can Lies of P offer to stand out from the crowd of Souls-like games? Instead, it’s Lies of P’s obvious Soulsborne influence – complete with direct, sometimes mirror image comparisons to Bloodborne – that is turning heads. Twisting a childhood fable such as Pinocchio into something murky and macabre isn’t an entirely new concept no, children’s stories often flirt with darkness. Of course, another of Pinocchio’s characteristics - lying - factors into gameplay as well, tying into procedural quests that will affect the story of Lies of P.South Korean developer and publisher Neowiz created quite a stir with the release of Lies of P’s gameplay trailer last month. Neowiz also teases that enhancements can also provide “several other unique and useful features.” Set in the city of Krat, Pinocchio will fight through a “once-beautiful city that has now become a living hell filled with unspeakable horrors.” Pinocchio is effectively a steampunk Mega Man, and players can change parts of his body to access new skills and battle abilities. In Lies of P, you are Pinocchio, “a puppet mechanoid” on the hunt for Gepetto and in pursuit of gaining his own humanity. The game will also launch on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft confirmed. Lies of P, the upcoming action role-playing game that combines the story of Pinocchio with the vibes and gameplay of Bloodborne, is coming to PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X in 2023, publisher Neowiz confirmed Tuesday in a new gameplay trailer revealed at Gamescom. ![]()
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