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 aim of turning into an all-time nice within the style. To an extent, I’d say it achieved that aim – whereas perhaps 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 fashion. With its Overture DLC coming this yr, Lies of P’s director has been revealing a number 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 ponder 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 way in which this yr which appears very fascinating certainly. But it surely’s not going so as to add a lot in the way in which of gameplay innovation, as an alternative being a story prequel to the bottom recreation with a few new weapon varieties thrown in. Nonetheless, I’ve bought a hunch that its sequel might 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 completely 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 all the time push their boundaries, their creativeness and imaginative and prescient, and it reveals. In flip, that for some motive motivated me to ship the Overture expertise nearly as good because it might be.”
He goes on to say that whereas Overture was all the time destined to be a single-player enlargement that slots into the story of Lies of P’s base recreation, he’s “open” to supporting co-op in “future endeavors.”
Related sentiment arises in Choi’s dialogue with TheGamer, stating: “We needed to actually give attention to 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 feel we’re undoubtedly open to contemplating that as a result of now we have extra time.”
Now that is purely speculative on my half, and completely nothing official has been mentioned about Lies of P 2 (or no matter title it’s going to go by), however I’ve bought a sneaking suspicion Choi could also be eyeing up co-op help for the sequel. Whereas a lot of the prime soulslikes preserve issues single-player, there are multiplayer bangers like Remnant 2 on the market, and naturally Nightreign will seemingly elevate 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 shall 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 season 2025. Till then, you could possibly dip into another sensational RPGs, or take a look at what else is on the horizon with our upcoming PC video games information.
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