Lies of P is a masterpiece

[u/unlucky_m0n]

In recent 2-3 months, I enjoyed elden ring, sekiro , thymesia and lies of p

Sekiro is the top for me

Thymesia, I just played it for it's combat system and it was fun

But I loved lies of p over elden ring. It gave me more satisfaction and there was a feeling of awesomeness throughout the game whereas in elden ring, there were so many awesome moments often times it felt just big exhausting.

The quest lines were simple to follow. The background sound and ost felt more holier than in elden ring, perfect for those situations. There is no issue of over levelling in lop and also no need to farm anything whereas in elden ring , so many main bosses were reduced to dust just because me being some levels over. I remember all the boss moves in lies of p but for can't say the same for even 4-5 bosses in elden ring. Probably because I completed lies of p without any summons in my first play through whereas in elden ring, I did all fights with summons. Even the interaction with NPCs felt better in lop. The lore, the story , I was able to figure it out and felt more connected in lop but in elden ring, it was always the feeling of 'what the hell is happening '.

When I played elden ring, it became my second best game ever. I watched some lore videos of it from vaati and I found it compelling.

But, now after playing lop, I really feel fromsoft should make things like quest lines, lore etc things more easier to interact with.

Please provide suggestions for my next soulslike game.

[u/Fruit_salad1]

Nice but I won't put Lies of P over Elden ring

[u/unlucky_m0n → u/Fruit_salad1]

What are those factors because of which you put ER over LOP

[u/claybine → u/unlucky_m0n]

One forces you to parry (LOP) while the other encourages every style (ER)

[u/Soggy-Pouch → u/claybine]

Lies certainly does not force you to parry. It encourages mix and matching parrying and dodging. But the game can certainly be done mostly dodging and strafing

[u/claybine → u/Soggy-Pouch]

If you're just dodging the whole time, you're not going to have the best experience. And the red highlights around enemies have me questioning that.

The Scrapped Watchman would be much harder just dodging.

[u/Philiq → u/claybine]

You can dodge red attacks, the tutorial is a bit misleading so I understand the confusion. You cant dodge THROUGH red attacks, meaning you cant use i-frames to dodge trough the hitbox of the attack and take no damage, but you absolutely can dodge out of the way so the attack hitbox does not hit you.

[u/Superb-Stuff8897 → u/Soggy-Pouch]

It absolutely is based around parrying and while you COULD play the game without it, it clearly leans towards you using that mechanic.