It ought to come as no shock to any fan of Souls-styled video games that Neowiz’s motion RPG Lies of P has drawn comparability from followers with FromSoftware’s Bloodborne. In an interview with VGC, recreation director Jiwon Choi stated that the studio felt honoured by the comparability between the 2 titles.
“Firstly, it’s an honour, as a result of we’ve got quite a lot of respect for these video games,” stated Choi about evaluating Lies of P with Bloodborne. “And second, it motivates us as a result of we respect these video games and people comparisons result in an expectation from our followers.”
Comparisons between Lies of P and Bloodborne largely happened due to the similarities in some gameplay parts, in addition to how shut the visible aesthetics of each video games are. Nevertheless, it’s value noting that whereas Bloodborne’s world focuses extra on parts of gothic and cosmic horror the place werewolves can typically be seen moreover Lovecraftian horrors, Lies of P as a substitute focuses extra on a way of dread created by the uncanny valley impact by all the non-human enemies in its world.
Talking of the respect Choi feels for the works of FromSoftware, he had beforehand spoken concerning the upcoming Elden Ring: Nightreign, and the way Neowiz as a studio doesn’t wish to attempt to predict how the Soulslike style will evolve going ahead. Nevertheless, Choi did say that “When it comes to our future endeavours, we’re positively open to any form of consideration sooner or later.”
“I’ve tried [Nightreign] and it was very refreshing and new,” stated Choi. “In order that clearly gave me the impression that they’re good builders, they at all times push their boundaries, their creativeness and imaginative and prescient, and it reveals. In flip, that for some cause motivated me to ship the Overture expertise pretty much as good because it might be.”
Neowiz is at present engaged on an growth to Lies of P. Dubbed Overture, the growth will convey with it a bunch of latest content material, together with new enemies to battle. Talking about Overture, Choi stated that the growth serves as a completion of the studio’s targets to create a high-quality single-player expertise.
“Our main focus from the idea of this recreation was to ship a top quality, premium motion recreation that’s single-player,” he stated. “There have been quite a lot of learnings for us [from the base game] and we did our greatest to mirror these enhancements. The growth is the completion of that.”
Whereas it’s simply an growth to the bottom recreation, in response to Choi, Lies of P: Overture will take gamers round 15 to twenty hours to complete. He stated that this play time is for “skilled gamers,” which probably signifies that these newer to the style may find yourself needing far more time to complete the growth. He did point out that Neowiz is making an attempt to make sure that the Overture growth is welcoming to each veterans of the style in addition to newer gamers.
“We wished to essentially make the content material accessible and pleasurable to the veterans of the sport, in addition to new customers,” stated Choi. “So we made a recreation that satisfies each segments of shoppers. Our prioritisation is extra targeted on the general recreation expertise.”
For extra particulars about Lies of P, take a look at our overview. Within the meantime, additionally take a look at particulars concerning the new issue choices coming with the Overture DLC when it comes out this Summer time. Lies of P is obtainable on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X/S. A sequel to Lies of P can be at present within the works.
