Elden Ring gives you the sweeping, majestic (and brutally hard) open world to explore, and Dark Souls pioneered the entire genre, perfecting and popularizing it after Demon's Souls. Those two games remain the staples of the entire soulslike world, but Lords of the Fallen, The Surge, and Remnant have all twisted and tweaked the mechanics and aesthetic - and Lies of P goes a little further. Injecting the FromSoftware formula into the grimdark world of classic fairytales, Neowiz's 2023 opus feels like a Souls game crossed with a steampunk RPG, combining grounded melee combat with more fantastical flourishes and flair. If you haven't played it yet, now might be the time, as a fresh report suggests a new Lies of P DLC could be coming very soon, and that Neowiz and co-developer Round 8 are moving onto survival horror.
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