One of the very first movies I ever recall watching as a child was Disney’s Pinocchio, an animated movie made in 1940 adapting Carlo Collodi’s “The Adventures of Pinocchio” novel for the big screen. It was a charming (and surprisingly scary at times) tale that followed a young puppet’s journey to becoming a real boy while meeting a host of quirky, often sinister characters along the way.
Little did I know that many decades later I would revisit this classic tale but in the form of a twisted and dark videogame with steampunk aesthetics called Lies of P. Lies of P is an upcoming Soulslike action-RPG brought to you by NEOWIZ which is slated to be released later this year on Sept. 19, 2023, for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC platforms. When I first saw Lies of P, I was intrigued by its visceral combat and art style as it reminded me of FromSoftware’s Bloodborne, which is considered by many Soulslike fans (myself included) to be one of the best games in the genre.
