Lies of P's Overture DLC Patched to Rebalance and Reduce Monster Difficulty, After Complaints It Was Too Hard

Lies of P's DLC has been patched to trim monster trouble successful repetition playthroughs and "adjusted stats" for immoderate of the tract monsters you brushwood successful your archetypal playthrough of Overture.

Director Jiwon Choi antecedently said the squad didn't deliberation Soulslike games similar Lies of P should person trouble options, and it shipped without any, but has since had a alteration of heart, saying: “We wanted to marque definite a wider assemblage of players could play the game."

Similarly, players person complained astir the DLC's "intended" difficulty, Legendary Stalker. There person been truthful galore comments — some for and against the DLC's trouble spike — that the Lies of P subreddit has had to merge them each into a "megathread" to halt the assemblage from being overwhelmed by complaints. It prompted developer Neowiz to admit that immoderate areas "did not crook retired rather arsenic intended."

Now, arsenic good arsenic addressing immoderate bugs specified arsenic the progression contented aft you springiness a vessel of brew to the Old Fisherman, oregon different that causes ocular bugs erstwhile wearing definite items, Neowiz has applied "combat equilibrium adjustments" with spot 1.9.0.0, which went unrecorded earlier today, June 20. You tin besides present unlock the DLC from Chapter 5 alternatively of Chapter 9 from your 2nd playthrough onwards.

Here's the afloat spot notes, arsenic taken from the Steam page.

Lies of P Update Notes Version 1.9.0.0

Important Notice

• Using bundle oregon information not officially distributed by the developer whitethorn origin the crippled to crash.
• Failing to bash truthful whitethorn effect successful crashes, prevention information errors, oregon adjacent irreversible information loss.If you are starting the crippled aft installing from a disc, beryllium definite to update to the latest mentation earlier playing.
• Please beryllium definite to cheque your Storage for the item.

Major Changes

• Please work immoderate on-screen prompts carefully.
• Combat Balance Adjustments
  • Reduced monster trouble successful repetition playthroughs.
  • Adjusted stats for definite tract monsters successful the archetypal playthrough of Lies of P: Overture.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug wherever payment items were not delivered properly.
  • If you experienced issues with payment items specified arsenic the "Azure Dragon Crescent Glaive" oregon "Winter Festival Peaked Hat" not being received, delight update the crippled to the latest mentation and cheque if the contented has been resolved.
  • If your Bag was full, these items whitethorn person been sent to the Storage. Please cheque your Storage arsenic well.
• If you encountered this bug, update the crippled to the latest mentation and effort speaking with Salao again.
• Fixed a bug that allowed question to unintended areas extracurricular the mean route.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the quality to beryllium launched into the aerial erstwhile utilizing the Blade Fable Arts of "Monad's Rose Sword."
• Fixed a bug wherever utilizing the Blade Fable Arts of "Monad's Rose Sword" successful Hotel Krat portion listening to a grounds would skip the existent record.
• Fixed a bug wherever the triggered effect of the "Solutionist's Amulet" would persist adjacent aft the point was unequipped.
• Fixed a ocular bug affecting the Legion Arm "Flamberge" erstwhile wearing the "Blazing Death's Hunting Apparel."
• Fixed assorted insignificant issues, including icon show errors, localization and substance errors, monster-related bugs, and different miscellaneous bugs.

Developer Neowiz besides confirmed contiguous that Lies of P has topped 3 cardinal copies sold.

Lies of P developer Neowiz shadow-dropped DLC Overture during Summer Game Fest, introducing caller locations, caller enemies and bosses, caller characters, weapons, and the precise arguable determination to adhd successful 2 easier trouble options.

We had a bully clip with Lies of P, awarding it 8/10, and Overture itself besides secured a 8/10. "Even if it’s intelligibly dancing connected the aforesaid aged strings, Lies of P: Overture is an fantabulous enlargement that adds a full batch much to a crippled that was already great," we wrote.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.