Shane
The timeless tale of Pinocchio and his creator Geppetto took a twisty and dark road with the release of Lies of P in 2023.
A third person action adventure game with RPG mechanics and an unforgiving combat difficulty.
Beautifully designed you are P, a puppet with unique abilities. You are special. You’re the only puppet with human-like intelligence. The only puppet who is able to tell a lie.
Set in a 19th century cyberpunk-like world in a city known as Krat, where puppets that once served man went postal.
Now the developers have just released one epic DLC, that could have been a singular game release entirely, Lies of P: Overture.
P is warped back to the beginning. Overture is a prequel to the main game, before the puppets went on a murderous massacre.
Guided by a mysterious Stalker, P will uncover the reason why the cyber puppets went rogue.
This is a whole different Krat than we have seen before, as the adeventure takes you beyond the city and only you know of what the near future is about to hold.
Lies of P: Overture plays similarly to the original game, with RPG elements and that brutal unforgiving combat.
This new DLC is only accessible via completing the full game, up to Chapter 9. You of course need the original game and the patience and tolerance to forge through.
Expect to die. A lot. Lies of P is not a ‘run and gun’, combat needs to have a more strategic method in order to survive.
Lies of P is coming on to two years since release but is still one of the most beautifully styled games available. The Overture DLC simply adds to this, while maintaining the original playstyle and expanding upon the darkest Pinocchio story ever told.
Released: June 2025
Rating: M
Platform reviewed: Xbox Series X|S
Genre: DLC
Developer: Round8 Studio, NEOWIZ Games
Publisher: Neowiz Games