Lies of P, the hit Soulslike inspired by the story of Pinocchio, has received update 1.3.0.0, which gives players a leg up early on in their adventure through Krat. As one of the most anticipated games of 2023, Lies of P has sold over a million copies in under two months and has just recently been nominated for Best Art Direction and Best RPG at the Game Awards. It's been widely considered as one of the best Soulslike games not developed by FromSoftware.

Lies of P puts players in the shoes of Geppetto's puppet Pinocchio as they traverse the Paris-inspired Belle Epoque city of Krat, which has been ravaged by a gruesome puppet frenzy. The game may stylistically evoke FromSoftware's Bloodborne with its dark and dreary city environments, but its brutally challenging, fast-paced gameplay is more in line with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Players still receive some damage when blocking, which they can regain by landing hits, but Lies of P's Perfect Guard essentially functions as a parry. With the right timing, players won't take any damage and can build stagger on the enemy or even break the enemy's weapon.

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Nearing two months since launch, Lies of P has revealed update 1.3.0.0, this time aiming to help alleviate players' struggles in the earlier hours of the game. Perhaps the most important change comes to the Rising Dodge ability, which lets players dodge back up after they've been knocked down. It previously had to be unlocked through the P-Organ system, but it's now available to players from the start of the game. The update also puts two more Quartz, the material needed to upgrade the P-Organ, in Polendina's shop at Hotel Krat during the game's earlier hours. Additionally, the update decreases the difficulty of all field enemies, among other tweaks to various weapons, Fable Arts, and status ailments that air in favor of the player.

Update 1.3.0.0 also generously gives Lies of P players four new cosmetic items for free, along with a new short gray hairstyle for Pinocchio. It's possible that Lies of P's more hardcore Souls community might be turned off by the balance changes brought with this new update, as most of them seem to help make the player's early journey a bit easier with Rising Dodge, more Quartz to spend on the P-Organ, and easier grunt enemies. That said, Lies of P is quite a long game, and its latter half will certainly remain as supremely challenging as it's ever been with some of those intense late game boss fights.

Time will tell whether these changes to Lies of P will stick or if they'll be reverted in favor of a more brutal early game experience. Since Lies of P is nominated in two categories at the Game Awards, perhaps fans will get to learn about what's next from developer Neowiz, whether it be Lies of P's DLC or its next game.

Lies of P Update 1.3.0.0

New costumes have been added to the game. After installing the latest update, the following items can be found in the 'Equipment' and 'Bag' menu.

• 'Alchemist’s Hat'
• 'Treasure Hunter’s Mask'
• 'Treasure Hunter’s Hunting Apparel'
• 'Illusory Emerald Glasses'

Added a new category to the Costume menu.

• Now players can equip the 'Mask' and 'Accessory' together in the Hair section in the costume menu.

Short Grey Hair' has been added to the game.

• Available after reaching any of the game's ending for the first time.
• Available at 'Geppetto's Tools'.

Add a new option to adjust the Subtitle's size.

• Can be adjusted by [Settings -> Gameplay -> Subtitle size]

Balance and Content Improvements

Decreased Field Difficulty

• Adjusted the attack speed of some monsters to make their attack more intuitive.
• Increased the duration of stance breaks for some monsters.
• Adjusted the spawn locations of some monsters and traps to fit better with the flow of the game.

The P-Organ, 'Rising Dodge' has been changed to a default ability

• Retain Guard Regain upon Pulse Cell use' has been added to the P-Organ system to replace 'Rising Dodge'.

Combat Balance Adjustments

• Increased the damage of some weapons.
• Increased some weapons to trigger stance breaks to monsters more frequently.
• Now relatively lighter Blades will gain more 'Guard Regain', while heavier Blades gain less 'Guard Regain'.
• Decreased the delay after an attack and the time to charge a 'Charge Attack' for some heavy handles.
• Now some heavier handles will have a faster attack speed depending on the assembled blade.
• Adjusted the 'Destruction Damage' inflicted to monsets by a 'Perfect Guard'.
• The weapon 'Puppet’s Saber Blade' will now have increased stats after enhancing.
• Increased the movement distance while using the 'Proof of Humanity' weapon's attack skill.
• Increased the damage reduction rate while guarding the weapon 'Etiquette' but reduced the fable’s charge amount for a set period of time when attacking.
• Enhanced the attack tracking mechanism after successfully performing the Fable Arts, 'Guard Parry'.
• Increased the damage buff of 'Bell of Provocation' to the player.
• "The Attribute Status Ailments will now stack faster for the following Fable Arts: 'Thunderstrike', 'Flamestrike', 'Acid Slash'"
• Increased the damage of Fatal Attacks to better scale with the players stats.
• Increased the attack radius and tracking mechanism of the Legion Arm, 'Aegis III - Counter Charge'.
• The pillars in the 'Kill King’s Flame, Fuoco's room will now only be destroyed by Fuoco's Fury Attacks.

Added new itmes to the NPC 'Polendina's Shop.

• 2 more Quartz can be purchased during the early stages of the game.
• After expanding the shop for the 1st time, 1 additional 'Quartz' can be purchased. (Yes, 1 more Quartz.)
• After expanding the shop for the 3rd time, 2 additional 'Full Moonstone of the Covenant' can be purchased.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the character to shoot into the sky while using the Legion Arm 'Puppet String III - Attack Link'.
• Fixed a bug while continuously pressing the guard button during the Guard stance Legion Arm 'Aegis' would trigger Perfect Guards every time.
• Fixed a bug that allowed some weapons to perform Perfect Guards unintentionally.
• Fixed a bug that caused some Electric Blitz attacks to be unguardable even with Perfect Guards or Guard Parry.
• Fixed a bug in which the Guard Regain would not reset after performing a successful counter-attack with the weapon 'Two Dragons Sword's charge attack.
• Fixed a bug in which arrows fired from traps could not be guarded.
• Fixed a bug in which the 'Monnphase Pocket Watch' could be used during boss fights.
• Fixed a bug in which attacks from some monsters would not register correctly to the player character.
• Fixed a bug in which the P-Organ ability 'Naturally recovers Durability of inactive weapons' reduced the weapon's durability while inactive during certain situations.
• Fixed a bug in which having the P-Organ 'Lower Damage while Dodging' activated and a specific Amulet equipped would trigger the player's stamina regain earlier than intended.
• Fixed a bug in which the deceased NPC 'Belle' at the 'Attacked Hotel Krat'.
• Fixed a bug in which players were able to abnormally approach certain areas of the map.
• Adjusted the Camera Rotation speed while using controllers to be not affected by the framerate.
• (Specific for Asian Regions) PS4 Controller Settings Resetting Issue has now been fixed and can be save regardless of the PS4's system settings.
• "Updated some translations and typos for the following languages: 'English', 'Chinese', 'Japanese'"
• Updated a typo in the in-game EULA.
• Improved game stability and bugs related to in-game UI.

Lies of P

Neowiz's Lies of P is a Soulslike based on Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio. Set in Krat, the eponymous puppet finds themselves going up against a range of mechanical enemies that now roam this city's once lively streets. Lies of P has multiple endings, a crafting system, and a wide range of weapon types.

Platform(s)

PC , PS5 , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Xbox One

Released

September 19, 2023

Developer(s)

Round8 Studio , Neowiz

Publisher(s)

Neowiz

Genre(s)

Soulslike