Lies of P

Очень приятная игра. Мне элден ринг не понравился, но вот эта игра как бы собрала для меня все приятное из солс-лайков. Не буду говорить что мое мнение объективно, но советую вам взять, попробовать. А если не понравится - просто вернуть.

This is easily my favorite Soulslike, and I have played every FromSoft game and nearly every well-received Soulslike out there as well. This is also one of my favorite games in general. It is actually the game that got me into the Soulslike genre. Combat is so tight, potentially even tighter than some FromSoft games, and gives you such a sense of satisfaction every time you land a perfect block or stagger your enemy at the perfect time. Enemy variety is immense and never stops growing throughout the game. The bosses are some of the best bosses I've seen in any Souls or Soulslike game, and the game just never stops being entertaining. The lore is fascinating and is fed to the player at the perfect rate, unlike some Souls or Soulslike games where you feel you can go forever without encountering lore. The graphics are simply amazing and are so well optimized you will never lag, I'm playing this game most recently on a Mac with an M1 Pro chip and I am well above 60 frames per second at all times. The fact that a game like this is available natively for Mac and runs so fluidly is a testament to how far Mac gaming has come and how much love developers have started to show to Macs. But well and above all I want to emphasize that if you even remotely have an itch to play a Soulslike game, this game will satisfy you through and through. I have literally nothing bad to say about this game. The only thing I wish were different is the Star Fragment aspect, some of the bosses are so hard they can take 20-30 attempts and the fear of using up all of my Star Fragments is a constant weight on my mind. They are just a bit harder to find than necessary considering that a good deal of the fun of a Souls game is fighting awesome bosses again and again until you win. Yes, I know you can get Star Fragments from one location in the game but it is harder to get them there than it could be. But truly, that is a drop in the bucket for a game that nails literally every aspect of Soulslike gaming, and potentially even establishes itself as a standout from Soulslikes to the point that it needs its own superior nomenclature. Never do I feel like the difficulty is unfair or unwarranted, it is always the perfect amount and with persistence and improving one's skills you can always pull through the challenge. The game is simply perfect, I can't say enough good things about it. Better than so many AAA releases I would take it over virtually every AAA release I've encountered in recent years. Do yourself a favor and pick up Lies of P, you will not regret it. Note: This game was so good that it led me to believe that all Korean developers must be good. I know, that wasn't a great way to think about it, but I couldn't help but naturally feeling an affinity for Korean developers after this. I then gave Crimson Desert a shot, at full price, and have never regretted a purchase more in my entire 20+ years of gaming. Do not make the same mistake as me. Crimson Desert is the worst game I have ever played relative to the hype and good reviews it has received. I need to warn people everywhere I go because the reviews will make you think it is a masterpiece of open world gaming. It is worse than trash, the entire game could have been written by a computer set to the function of "make the most generic fantasy open-world game you could possibly come up with," and honestly AI would have done a much better job. If you have even a sliver of the refinement in gaming tastes that it takes to enjoy Soulslike and Souls games, and expect your combat to make even a slight degree of sense, you will hate Crimson Desert. There are so many things wrong with it I can't even spell them out, and I feel bad for using my Lies of P review to say more about it but the game is so bad it has revolutionized my feelings about bad games, to the point where I can't just let them lie, I have to go out of my way to warn as many people about them as possible, especially when they appear to be well-received and the realistic reviews about the game are hidden as deeply as they are for Crimson Desert.