Allie<p>September 19, 2023 - Day 262 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 283</p><p>Game: Lies of P</p><p>Platform: Xbox Game Pass PC<br>Release Date: Sep 19, 2023<br>Installation Date: Sep 19, 2023<br>Unplayed: 0d <br>Playtime: 32m</p><p>Something a little different today. A review of Jodie Whittaker's Australian accent.</p><p>OK, not really (although it's passable, and justifiable with her backstory of having been living in the UK and returned to Australia).</p><p>As far as I remember, this is the first time I've reviewed an Xbox Game Pass game, which means I get to play Lies of P without dropping A$100 or more on it.</p><p>Lies of P is a third-person soulslike set within a retelling of the Pinocchio story. You play as P (ie. Pinocchio), who's suddenly awakened, seated in a train, in what very much appears to be mostly-human form, with the exception of a mechanical arm.</p><p>A voice calls to you to meet her at a hotel, but to get there, you first need to escape the train station, which is full of mechanical people determined to kill you.</p><p>You're presented with one of three initial playstyles, and I chose the one with the (seemingly) most straight-forward attack style (and the most HP).</p><p>Lies of P is set in the Belle Époque era. I had no idea what that was, but it's basically late 19th Century Europe through to WWII. The environment is beautiful.</p><p>One of the most lessons I learned the hard way, is don't make the mistake of skimming each of the tutorial pop-ups. Turns out they're kind of important.</p><p>Even so, by the time I hit the 32 minute mark, I'd traversed the same set of mobs five or six times, and died on the first boss repeatedly.</p><p>Blocking is incredibly important, both for restoring energy, and for staggering the mobs. Unfortunately, it requires very good timing, and I don't quite seem to be able to pull it off yet.</p><p>This is where XGPU is most useful to me. If I put in another couple of hours, and it's not a game I'm going to improve at (some of them aren't, thanks hand-eye coordination!), then nothing lost.</p><p>Not quite sure what I'll do when I have to start paying full price for XGPU, but that's a problem for 2027 Allie.</p><p>For now, Lies of P is:</p><p>4: Good</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/LiesOfP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiesOfP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThirdPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Soulslike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Soulslike</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastodonGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonGaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>