[Lies of P] Pinnochio in your Bloodborne Out Now!

Aegeri

I have been keeping an eye on this game since its original announcement and now they have actual gameplay footage, which confirmed to me what I needed to know: Literally this game is Bloodborne where you play as Pinnochio. It seems that Gepetto has come to this place searching for something and left Pinnochio at a train station, where he wakes up and tries to find "father".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLosJxHQiQc

The game looks very Bloodborne. Almost to the point where if you had told me this was a sequel to it I wouldn't have been surprised. The combat looks very fluid and the arm attachments remind me of Sekiro, with the ability to have different abilities on it including a very handy looking hook shot. Overall I'm now really interested, to the point I'm making a thread about it.

Rhesus Positive

Based on that aesthetic I'm predicting that any wish to become a Real Boy will involve ripping bits off plague victims

Cantido

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Mickey Mouse should be public domain.

KoopahTroopah

Well this looks fucking crazy. Even if the story is dumb as a rock, it's bound to at least look great. Hope it plays well too!

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Endless_Serpents

I wonder if someone’s love of the Plain Doll was extrapolated into this entire game.

Lord_Asmodeus

This is the hypest I've been for a game I just found out existed in a long time. I really hope this lives up to the premise. If it's half as cool as it looks it'll be amazing.

Fencingsax

Aegeri wrote: »

I suddenly do want a brutal gothic Mickey Mouse.

It is a shame they cannot do a creepy version of “I have no strings” for this.

Epic Mickey, but Epic?

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MegaMan001

Holy shit this looks amazing

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jungleroomx

Just so we're clear

We're getting a Bloodborne'd up Pinnochio game, and then a Nioh'd up Sekiro set in China from Bloodborne and Nioh people

Oh god I'm going to explode

Golden Yak

Aegeri wrote: »

A new trailer for Gamescon came out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eghRcO16Zig

So there are NPCs in this and a bunch of weirdos, who remind me of the animalistic circus folk from the original book carrying coffins, weird old ladies with skin conditions and so much more Bloodborne like imagery you would be mistaken for thinking this was Bloodborne 2.

A blue-ish skin condition! The Blue Fairy?

Actually, she's probably the final boss and an eldritch abomination or some shit.

Anyway, I'm into it. American McGee's Pinnochio, sure.

Etiowsa

jungleroomx wrote: »

Just so we're clear

We're getting a Bloodborne'd up Pinnochio game, and then a Nioh'd up Sekiro set in China from Bloodborne and Nioh people

Oh god I'm going to explode

There's also steampunk robots in the french revolution bloodborne, can't forget that one.

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KoopahTroopah

Yep, this is a bloodborne ass bloodborne clone and I am here for it.

rahkeesh2000

Yeah I guess I expected to see souls bent in a dark Pinnochio direction. Instead this just looks like the exact same game with a dark Pinnochio skin. They could have at least shown a little more originality in the UI.

MegaMan001

Bloodborne with the serial number filed off looks great.

I wonder if the story will be any more coherent than your usual From Software jam.

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tastydonuts

I would just say you should probably temper your expectations with this game, and definitely wait for reviews before buying it.

Neowiz (and by extension their studio) Round8 are incredibly seedy. Though, it's entirely possible that Lies of P is where they were funneling all the money were getting from Bless Unleashed into. Hopefully as a single player game they can't possibly release another incomplete product, poor support and then subsequently abandon it. But yeah, I thought the dudes that came around to warn us about Neowiz with Bless Unleashed were just jaded ex-Bless Online people until they did the exact same thing they were warning people about.

Golden Yak

Yet more P!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8gE3UbRUnk&ab_channel=IGN

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KoopahTroopah

Played like 20m of the demo, and that's enough for me. I am in. Lots of polished gameplay and combat, feels very VERY bloodborne. I am most curious on how the story will go.

OneAngryPossum

Calling it now - Protagonist revealed as an unreliable narrator towards the end of the game, as you look into a reflective surface for the first time and discover your nose is miles long.

Deans

I'm impressed, it feels real polished. First boss took a few attempts until I suddenly was able to perfect guard every attack and demolished it like a Sekiro mook, which is a good sign.

Etiowsa

This feels kinda slow coming off Elden Ring, healing takes like a second longer than it should. Weapon durability is also kinda eh, don't really like that kind of forced downtime in fights. There's some other nits to pick, but honestly it's a pretty good showing. Looks nice too.

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Golden Yak

Looking forwards to this. Haven't ever really done a Souls-game before, just some games with souls-like elements (Remnant etc.) I loved the look and lore of Bloodborne, but well... exclusive.

Krathoon

Deans wrote: »

I'm impressed, it feels real polished. First boss took a few attempts until I suddenly was able to perfect guard every attack and demolished it like a Sekiro mook, which is a good sign.

Ok. So you have to block every attack? I was stuck on it.

Etiowsa

Nah, you can dodge stuff, as long as you don't get stuck on their body like I did, then you're fucked. The end boss is a goddamn slog though. Once you get to phase 2 your attack window is tiny because of all the lightning to dodge. It would also be nice to know how close enemies are to stagger. As is you just wail on them and hope the blinking starts eventually. Or apparently skip the blinking and just knock them down with a big enough attack.

Rhesus Positive

I played the demo for a few minutes last night and it is very pretty

Haven't died yet, but I'm only just past the first big lad

The backstab seems a bit finicky, but I guess that's the payoff for the extra damage

My main concern is that I keep on thinking that it's called Life of Pi, despite the lack of shipwrecked tigers (so far, anyway)

jungleroomx

It felt like powering through molasses with the big sword, was not really impressed with this.

Fencingsax

Rhesus Positive wrote: »

I played the demo for a few minutes last night and it is very pretty

Haven't died yet, but I'm only just past the first big lad

The backstab seems a bit finicky, but I guess that's the payoff for the extra damage

My main concern is that I keep on thinking that it's called Life of Pi, despite the lack of shipwrecked tigers (so far, anyway)

Don't worry, the studio probably won't go immediately bankrupt, despite winning a bunch of awards

Golden Yak

I'm told the demo will be taken down tomorrow, I guess to turn the screws on the anticipation for the release later this month. So, have at it now.

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Carpy

It's also dropping on Gamepass on release

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KoopahTroopah

80-85% on Opencritic which is kind of where I expected it.

Mondaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

jimb213

Maybe they've done some rebalancing since the demo, or maybe I'm just bad at the game compared to the reviewer, but I had a lot of difficult sections outside of the boss fights in the demo. Definitely looking forward to the full release!

Viskod

Aegeri wrote: »

I am excited for this game, I just wish it wasn't in this month where I have both Starfield AND Baldurs Gate 3 to play.

I’d just skip Starfield.