Lies of P is unashamed of its obsession with FromSoftware video games – the soulslike isn’t solely closely impressed by them, nevertheless it had the purpose of turning into an all-time nice within the style. To an extent, I’d say it achieved that purpose – whereas possibly not as distinctive as Elden Ring or Bloodborne, it delivers all of the darkish, difficult RPG motion you’d need, whereas wrapping it up in a novel setting with a definite model. With its Overture DLC coming this yr, Lies of P’s director has been revealing a couple of extra particulars about it, in addition to admitting how his latest admiration for Elden Ring Nightreign has made him “open to contemplating” making co-op video games – and I’m wondering if which may be an omen for Lies of P’s in-development sequel.
As talked about, Lies of P has a DLC on the best way this yr which seems to be very attention-grabbing certainly. However it’s not going so as to add a lot in the best way of gameplay innovation, as a substitute being a story prequel to the bottom recreation with a few new weapon varieties thrown in. Nevertheless, I’ve received a hunch that its sequel could look to shake issues up a bit, and these new feedback from the underrated soulslike’s director have me hoping for some co-op motion.
Talking to journalists at GDC, Choi Ji-won has been gassing up the latest public playtest of Elden Ring Nightreign – one thing he totally loved.
“I’ve tried [Nightreign] and it was very refreshing and new,” he tells Eurogamer. “In order that clearly gave me the impression that they’re good builders, they at all times push their boundaries, their creativeness and imaginative and prescient, and it exhibits. In flip, that for some purpose motivated me to ship the Overture expertise nearly as good because it might be.”
He goes on to say that whereas Overture was at all times destined to be a single-player growth that slots into the story of Lies of P’s base recreation, he’s “open” to supporting co-op in “future endeavors.”
Comparable sentiment arises in Choi’s dialogue with TheGamer, stating: “We needed to actually deal with delivering a premium single-player recreation expertise. So it actually didn’t come to us in a means that incorporating one thing like co-op was one thing that we might do. It wasn’t a part of the scope. However shifting ahead, I believe we’re positively open to contemplating that as a result of we now have extra time.”
Now that is purely speculative on my half, and completely nothing official has been stated about Lies of P 2 (or no matter title it should go by), however I’ve received a sneaking suspicion Choi could also be eyeing up co-op assist for the sequel. Whereas many of the high soulslikes preserve issues single-player, there are multiplayer bangers like Remnant 2 on the market, and naturally Nightreign will doubtless increase the profile and demand for extra co-op experiences later this yr.
Away from the co-op hypothesis, Choi has talked about that Lies of P’s Overture DLC might be “seamlessly” accessible from chapter 9 of the bottom recreation, and that he expects skilled gamers to get between 15-20 hours of play outing of it.
The Lies of P Overture DLC is ready to reach in summer time 2025. Till then, you possibly can dip into another sensational RPGs, or try what else is on the horizon with our upcoming PC video games information.
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