Highlights
- Lies of P is a popular game with secrets to uncover in New Game Plus and a dedicated speedrunning community, making it highly regarded among fans.
- Bloodborne is revered by fans, but Lies of P has the potential to surpass it by expanding into a shared dark fairy tale universe, potentially with a game inspired by The Wizard of Oz.
- While Lies of P may receive DLC like Bloodborne, it would be a mistake to not give The Wizard of Oz its own full sequel, considering the potential and excitement surrounding the IP.
Spoilers Ahead for Lies of P
Lies of P may be in a lot of fans’ rearviews now if they have found other games to move on to in such a bustling fall for game releases. However, with many secrets to uncover in New Game Plus and a speedrunning community for Lies of P that is still discovering the most cursed zip skips it has to offer, it is easy to see why Neowiz’s Pinocchio Soulslike is as popular as it is. It’s not that every Soulslike made by someone other than FromSoftware is expected to be bad, but Lies of P demonstrates a quality that fans maybe weren’t expecting, and how much it correlates to FromSoftware games such as Bloodborne have still been a boon for it.
Likewise, not every FromSoftware game is considered perfect, even by fans deeply rooted in Soulslike communities. That said, Bloodborne is revered for multiple reasons, and a lot of that reverence might be a result of it being an untouched IP that fans have longed to see more of since it was originally conceived and launched in 2015. FromSoftware games have easily become popular after Bloodborne, too, but none have been able to match the unique experience Bloodborne afforded. Now, while Lies of P may have achieved that, it even has an opportunity to succeed where Bloodborne has failed.
Lies of P’s Ending Explicitly Establishes a Shared Universe, Not Just a Sequel
Lies of P tells a wonderfully dark fantasy take on the source material it adapts, and if that’s all it was it would still be an incredible, distilled experience. Rather, once players complete the game, they will be made aware that Neowiz has plans to craft a dark fairy tale universe of sorts and Lies of P is only the stepping stone for its larger narrative.
The post-credits stinger explicitly informs fans that a Soulslike—or Lies of P-like—of The Wizard of Oz is in the works, where players would likely swap protagonists from Pinocchio to Dorothy and potentially traverse a dreadful take on the Emerald City. Bloodborne fans have been desperate for a sequel, remake, or remaster, let alone a patch that would give it a higher framerate, and Lies of P releasing a sequel before Bloodborne receives anything of that ilk would be incredibly impressive.
Still, it’s unclear whether this would be a dedicated sequel or not, but Neowiz’s Korean job posting details may have also revealed Lies of P DLC. If true, it’s fully possible that The Wizard of Oz might simply be a DLC expansion, and that would be a mistake.
Lies of P’s Wizard of Oz Tease Deserves a Full Sequel, Not DLC
The potential for the Lies of P IP has become outrageously exciting with this knowledge, and Neowiz hopefully won’t squander that by restricting The Wizard of Oz to DLC. It will be fantastic if Lies of P receives DLC like Bloodborne’s Old Hunters, where players are sent back in time to perhaps explore the exploits of Carlo, Romeo, or someone else that the base game touches upon.
Nonetheless, properties as large as The Wizard of Oz’s musical whimsy should absolutely deserve to be featured in their own games as sequels if not spin-offs. Bloodborne had a phenomenal DLC expansion and Lies of P’s has a chance to be equally terrific, though if a branching universe is truly being woven it would be great for Lies of P to already exceed what Bloodborne has achieved with a full-blown sequel.
Lies of P is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
