Lies of P - A fantastic Souls-like

I was optimisic about this game because of all the good reviews (especially from trusted reviewers) but boy oh boy was it even better. While not by any means a perfect game (is there even such a thing), Lies of P might just be the best the best Souls-like I've ever played (with Nioh being a close second, most likely).

To me, it's biggest merit is that the devs managed to solve the biggest flaw with most souls-likes = identity. Most souls like are great but they seem to be trying SO hard to chase that dark souls high that they do EVERYTHING the same (medieval setting, "after the end" apocalypse story, obtuse and vague lore, etc) including art direction.

Lies of P has a lot of personality, from the setting, art direction, music direction (chef's kiss to some of the songs, I find buthering the French lyrics constantly <3).

And of course, gameplay-wise it's also great. It executes all the combat standards very well while shaking things up just enough that it feels fresh and has, again, it's own identity.

The only negative I would point out to some people is the game is very very linear. Exploration is basically: Path A > small side path B > back to A > small side C > path A... and so forth. While *for me* this is actually a very positive aspect of the game and makes exploration snappy and less of a hassle, I know some people really enjoy having a more open and "labyrinthic" map to explore, so you probably won't like this aspect of the game if that's you.

Anywyay, just finished the game yesterday and I think I'm going for the plat cause that's how much I'm enjoying it!