Best Games: Lies of P

Another game enters the Best Games of the 2020’s today, and a great sequel falls off.

Lies of P (2023) goes on as #18

I bounced off of every souls and souls like game until Elden Ring finally unlocked my brain in 2022. I don’t know the true origin of the genre, but at a minimum Demon Souls came out in 2009. That is a long stretch of me trying and bouncing off of these hard on purpose games and all games they spawned.

To be fair Elden Ring is a fantastic game, but it’s difficulty curve has been filed down a bit. So I hadn’t actually tested my “unlocked” brain on the real thing. Until Lies of P. It follows the souls model, looks gorgeous, is set in an interesting world, and really makes your earn every step of progress. And there is DLC coming later this year.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023) is off the list. As sequel to Fallen Order, this game is the better of the pair. Kind of like original Assassin’s Creed, filled with good ideas, but needed a polish pass.