General gaming discussion

Yeah some of the bosses in Lies of P are absolute bastards. I struggled a good bit with the final boss, but the Green Monster of the Swamp gave me a worse time than nearly any other Soulsborne boss. I just could not get that fight locked in at all.

As for the possible sequel…

One thing I really thought was a great idea in Lies of P though, was the icon on the fast travel menu that shows when someone wants to talk to you to progress their side stories. I'm playing through Dark Souls 3 at the minute and have already locked myself out of a bunch of NPCs/side stories because I'm not following a guide, and FromSoftware really went to town on making these ones as obscure as possible to follow. "Talk to this character, then fast travel here, then make sure you see this other character BUT DON'T TALK TO HIM OR HE'LL DIE, instead gesture by pointing at him then bring the thing to this other character but make sure you're embered or the NPC won't invade, then reach the bonfire BUT DON'T SIT AT IT, then interact with this NPC but refuse their offer for no reason, and if he's not there then that's because you didn't find the secret item behind 3 illusiory walls back in a previous area." Figuring these out yourself is like trying to put together an Ikea wardrobe but instead of an instruction manual they just give you all the pieces for more Ikea furniture mixed together.

Not that it matters or that I'm going for a particular ending or anything, but any time I have looked up where to go next or what to do with an NPC it's often turned out I missed something earlier or already did something in the wrong order and will have locked myself out of completing their side content.

I think with the success of Elden Ring, a lot of companies will really try to push towards that type of game rather than the usual open-world model that Ubisoft really pushed. Unfortunately, I'd say Ubisoft will also try get their own version of Elden Ring made which will be so Ubisofted that it will just be pointless.

Imagine an Elden Ring with Timesaver Upgrade Packs, Hidden Secrets Maps and a Preorder Bonus Item that reveals illusory walls when you're near them.

I'd say if they looked at Elden Ring's budget v sales and that of most of their recent games, it'd change minds sharpish. Though as with when they did Immortals: Fenyx Rising, their take on a Zelda BOTW game, they'll strip it for parts to sell off separately as mtxs and DLCs and ruin what they were trying to emulate (I enjoyed Immortals FR, but there was definitely a Ubisoftness to it that I had to try block out and ignore).

Need to get around to it too. Played the first hour or so on Steamdeck but it just felt slightly off and I wasn't able to maintain any sort of rhythm (story of my life). Bought again on PS5 but haven't gotten round to it.

Still might not get to it for a while, because I've decided once I'm finished Dark Souls 3 I'm going to finally give Dark Souls 1 a try. Plus when the PS5 Pro comes I'm going to replay Demon's Souls on it. Actually just typing this I've realised this will have meant I'll have played DeS, DS1, DS3, Bloodborne and Elden Ring all within this year (well, even within the last 6 months of the year). **** do I have to do DS2 now as well?

I'll see if I'm burned out on the games by then. Probably not helping by playing them in a f*cked up order. I'm sure I'll probably get around to it eventually, especially if I do DS1 which will mean DS2 will be the only one I won't have played.

I doubt I will. One of the things that was putting me off about playing DS1 was I've seen videos and the game looks so outdated compared to Bloodborne onwards (even the Remastered version). I doubt I'll start going back to PS1-era FromSoftware games.

Certainly may not sell out, but there'll be no discount any time in the first year at least. It's being sold as a premium item and it's likely Sony won't be losing any or much money on each unit, so no need to drop the price so long as gamers as a whole are still playing within the PS5 ecosystem.