Lies Of P - Announced

A Souls-like game inspired by the story of Pinocchio - Lies of P - has been announced:

Lies Of P

You wake up at an abandoned train station in Krat, a city overwhelmed by madness and bloodlust. In front of you lies a single note that reads:

"Find Mr. Geppetto. He's here in the city."

Play as Pinocchio, a puppet mechanoid, and fight through everything in your path to find this mystery person. But don't expect any help along the way and don't make the mistake of trusting anyone.

You must always lie to others if you hope to become human.

Inspired by the familiar story of Pinocchio, Lies of P is an action souls-like game set in a cruel, dark Belle &Eacuteoque world. All of humanity is lost in a once beautiful city that has now become a living hell filled with unspeakable horrors. Lies of P offers an elegant world filled with tension, a deep combat system and a gripping story. Guide Pinocchio and experience his unrelenting journey to become human.

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A Dark Fairytale Retold
The timeless tale of Pinocchio has been reimagined with dark and striking visuals.Set in the fallen city of Krat, Pinnochio desperately fights to become human against all odds.

Visual Concept
The city of Krat was insipired by the Belle &Eacuteoque Era in Europe (late 19th Century to the early 20th Century) and is the epitome of a collapsed city bereft of prosperity.

'Lying' Quests and Multiple Endings
Experience interconnected procedural quests that play out depending on how you lie. These choices will then affect how the story ends.

Weapon-Making System
You can combine weapons in a multitude of ways to create something new altogether. Research to find the best combinations and make something truly special.

Special Skill System
With Pinocchio being a doll, you can change parts of his body to gain new skills and hopefully an edge in battle. But not all of the enhancements are for fighting though, they can also provide several other unique and useful features.

More information.

Either those devs were exposed to some horrible childhood trauma that they're now trying to come to terms with, or they once engaged in a drunken bet with the developers of that "Dante's Inferno" thing about who could come up with the most ridiculous mad-lib combination of classic literature and generic action combat gameplay.

Either way, the juxtaposition just serves as a reminder of how barren and unimaginative game design and writing can be compared to literature.

A few more ideas for the taking:

- After the death of his friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh sets out to seek the secret of immortality BY FIGHTING SCORPION-MEN!
- Having sought out all worldly and intellectual pleasures in a ceaseless strive for fulfillment, Faust is now facing his greatest challenge: To wrest back his soul from Mephistopheles IN COMBAT! (Special DLC: Bar brawling minigame in Auerbach's Cellar!)
- Having witnessed the castration of her lover Abelard, Heloise joins a secret order of assassins masquerading as nuns and exacts terrible revenge in a series of exciting ONLINE SQUAD-BASED REAL-TIME BATTLES against Fulbert and his minions.

Also, this (though not literature):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ega5Rcct2s

It's the usual concept of "you have something cute and childish ? Let's turn it into a horror movie then !"
And this is exactly what I call "heavymetalization of games / media".
It's not accurate, but what I mean with that is the heavy metal image : black, dark, uncute.

Whereas, the *real* P has a bit more and deeper "adventures" than what Disney had shown as, according to Wikipedia …