Lies of P was already one of my favourite non-FromSoftware soulslikes—partially because I’m a big Sekiro freak, but also because it was just very well put together. Then its DLC released and it blew my freaking socks off.
It’s done good by developer Neowiz, too—not only selling well, but also pulling in an award for Best Game Expansion during the Golden Joystick Awards. Speaking to GamesRadar via interpreter, director Choi Ji-won is honoured to receive the accolade:
“I’m so happy that I’m lost for words right now … we didn’t just view it as just pure expansion, but almost as a sequel and a brand new project.” As for the actual Lies of P sequel that’s in the works, Choi Ji-Won asks fans to “please stay tuned for it; we are working really hard, and I will not disappoint you at all.”
Overture is, in my humble opinion, one of the best DLCs released for a soulslike game period—it’s imaginative and well-designed, sure, but it also marks Neowiz finally finding its legs after a game that initially struck critics (including us, I’m sorry to say) as a Bloodborne carbon copy.
Overture also takes a somewhat-wonky but competent story and elaborates on it so directly that it had me tearing up—and look, god bless FromSoftware, but I’m not likely to get misty-eyed unravelling a yarn I need a video essay to follow properly. The tragic tale of Lea, Romeo, and Carlo is some damned fine work, and has me hopeful that Neowiz’s sequel will continue to set the studio apart from its contemporaries.
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