I expected Lies of P to be a competent soulslike rehash, joining the roster of games like Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty as a fun but fleeting taste of its inspiration. What I didn't anticipate, however, was a dash of spice from Neowiz Games that's actually an improvement over its source material.
It's a subtle change, but it addresses a huge pain point in the boss fights of FromSoftware's rogue's gallery. In Lies of P your Estus Flask equivalent—Pulse Cells—work exactly how you'd expect. You press a button, you get a chunk of healing back, you rinse and repeat until you either win or are pulverised. The twist comes when you run out of heals: you can scrape back your last Pulse Cell charge by dealing damage to enemies.
