Best Area? Ranking The Lies of P Areas From Worst to Best

[@FatalKitsune]

It's weird that the final area is supposed to be the headquarters of the alchemists but there's not a lot of.. y'know... labs or anything? No living spaces, no labs, no libraries. It's just a big tower and some scaffoldings.

[@jonahmarlow3991]

They live on the island - I assumed the building P climbs is an ancient temple that Simon has repurposed. I’d think there are other buildings elsewhere on the island.

[@BovineIntervention]

​@@jonahmarlow3991 Thats not conveyed through the game thats just you trying to headcanon to white knight. There are test subjects and dead failed experiments in the temple which basically imply this is where they test. The factory is a way better area than the last one.

[@Oknahidwin]

​@@BovineIntervention thats completely opinionated. Imo arche abbey is the second best area in the whole game. The area ost is also majestic

[@lorenzolombardi3369]

Idk man, I don't think it's very much important to see an alchemist bed room where there is manus summoning fucking god. Also libraries and lab tables are present soo no

[@Budd631]

The final chapter was such a slog. It doesn’t look bad it’s just a LONG chapter.

[@benro6564]

I think that makes it cool

[@jajasking9652]

It's cool, but i can see where you are coming from, i wanted to finish the Game, but the area keeps going and going, is still a really good and ominous chapter ( as It should be for the final one )

[@GrownManPat]

Chapter 11 definitely overstays it's welcome. But on my ng+ run it didn't feel as long. Familiarity helps

[@gmikay]

I'm currently at ng+5 and the final chapter is the most challenging and probably annoying

[@cytosine6870]

The Cathedral is my favorite area, especially the bridge right before it and the roof where you can see all of Krat and the places you've explored before. It truly feels magical

[@rKAL-EL]

No cool moves for the door guardian? Come on, he does a sweet elbow drop. Ohhhhh yeah, dig it! 😂

[@YeOldeMachina]

The ones at the bottom of your list are my favorite. The Abbey and the Swamp were my favorites. The Arcade the grand exhibition, and the Factory were dope as well. The Abbey may or may not have been hard-carried by the OST

[@グウィンドリン-t4x]

I have to complain that those bear traps did nothing to actual bears.

[@YeOldeMachina]

They don't? They one-shot the dogs at least...

[@グウィンドリン-t4x]

@@YeOldeMachinaSaw the bear walk on the bear trap somewhere in the video, didn't see it even activate.

[@Ubayla]

@@グウィンドリン-t4x It activates, just doesn't do much damage to it. It would've been cool if it stunned them or did a ton of stagger damage or something.

[@zaaxi7424]

I'm glad you thought the 2nd half was weaker, I really didn't like the last section, I didn't feel any desire to explore I just wanted to get to the final bosses. The whole arriving at the beach was cool but the enemies at that next section were so frustrating

[@theunder015]

One thing you forgot to mention about area 6’s Opera House, which elevates it above all the others is the music. Holy fuck the haunting, atmospheric chanting/piano were incredible and enhanced a great area into an all time one for me. Won’t forget soon how it felt to go through it for the first time.

[@dilll3066]

i didnt care for the arcade so much but the grand exhibition was my favorite area. New enemy types, shortcuts, and a really good boss at the end.

[@brandmeow9014]

The music that plays while inside the Opera House is just....... ***chef's kiss*** simple and powerful.

[@disinterestedhomo6002]

I also found it annoying how similar a lot of the terrain looks. Like in the Lorenzo arcade area (and other areas too) all the shortcuts you open look confusingly similar and I got v lost a lot of the time

[@sikevillain]

Just beated this game and got the true ending. What a fantastic game. Loved the areas, bosses & the music..

[@samgilbreath1464]

You know you could destroy the disruption crystals right?

[@joshuamartinez6722]

He didn’t

[@drews9481]

I saw a different ranking the other day that was basically the complete opposite - Arche Abbey #1 (you have it at #8), Barren Swamp #2 (vs. your #7), Elysion Blvd near dead last (vs. your #2). Just goes to show what a quality game Lies of P is: that you can make a legitimate case for any, or all, parts of this game being good. Without a doubt the most impressive non-FS Soulslike ever

[@LuisSanchez-fj6dt]

It was the Billy S ranking, wasn’t it?

[@drews9481]

@@LuisSanchez-fj6dt I couldn't tell you, 5 months later lol

[@infamousshadow2006]

My personal ranking 11. X Both the area and boss were cool in concept, but I just don't think they were done right, especially considering how short it is. 10. I Short but sweet introduction. Not much else to say. 9. II Just an expanded version of I in all aspects 8. V I liked the dark, gritty theme of the actual area, but I wasn't a fan of area leading you to it. And while I prefer the first fight to the second, that doesn't mean I'm a big fan of the first either. 7. IV Similar reasoning as V. Wasn't a big fan of the lead up area, although I enjoyed the reveal of the corpses, and I just preferred the Chapel and boss fight to V's, although going up the tower was annoying at first. 6. IX While I understood the complaints that it was a reused area and the reused boss, I thought it was cool to see such a warped version of where we began, and how bad the situation has gotten in such little time, adding to the urgency of our mission, not to mention the desperation at the end where we have to give the rematch our all to get to our friends. 5. VI I didn't like Rosa isabelle Street, but I didn't dislike it either. It had it's ups and downs. But my god the opera house is one of my favourite areas in the game, not to mention having what might be my favourite boss in the game. 4. VIII Considering what swamps are usually like in souls games, the swamp being the way it is is a blessing. The design of the swamp is cool, with all the different piles of dead puppets around, the poison and cannons aren't obnoxious at all as you're given plenty of area to stand on/hide behind to keep yourself safe. The only obnoxious thing is that second unnecessary clown. Aside from that though, the area is extremely unique and well thought out in it's design, and I'd argue it's better than most, if not all of the swamps from software has created easily. 3. XI This area is a great finale to the game as far as I'm concerned. We're basically seizing a fortress to save our father, our friend and stop Simon from taking over not just Krat, but the world. While Door Guardian isn't the most fun fight, he shows just how bad some of the experiments Simon has done are, and considering he's at the start of the area, it makes you wonder what might be in store for you next that tops that, and that feeling just never stops. The level throws more and more at you as you get closer to completing your mission, tying up plenty of lose ends as you do and defeating opponent after opponent like a badass. 2. III I was like a small tutorial box to introduce you to the game. II was more linear, as while it was open with it's short cuts, it still just felt like a long line. Because of that, III felt like the first true area, a large box to explore with multiple levels and beautifully interconnected, not to mention how it's a kind of area we've never seen in soulsborne or soulslike games, allowing it to stand out. Just a great area with a good boss and the best character in the game. 1. VII Starts by showing us the affects of our actions after having killed who was set up to be the big villain of the game so far, not just 1, but two amazing areas to explore, one of the best fights in the game (subjective) and the introduction to the next big villain of the game. Must I say more?

[@ommi081]

My List would be: 11: Area 10 10: Area 1 9: Area 9 8: Area 5 7: Area 3 6: Area 2 5: Area 8 4: Area 7 3: Area 6 2: Area 4 1: Area 11

[@benro6564]

Based abbey enjoyer

[@jacksonjason776]

As someone who beat the game 4 times, imo Area 11 has the most boring drawn out start and it just kills the whole pace of the game for me...

[@Budd631]

Thank you!! 100% it’s a VERY long area and it’s twice the size of any other chapter.

[@benro6564]

I had a great time going through it

[@jacksonjason776]

@@benro6564 first time doing was good, then go through it 3 more times to realize how boring it is

[@Frozenstone72]

The barren swamp is great, I think you went in not liking it because of fromsoftware swamps. Imo it’s the least frustrating swamp I’ve ever played. Also I really like the optional area.

[@ciro_costa]

Me only complaint about the design of the maps in Lies of P is the boldness of the art direction. They had the chance to make Krat look far more unique. It ends up just looking like paris. There's so much weird and cool art nouveau architecture that could have been used as inspiration. Or maybe they were just using stock assets (which for the first game of an indie studio is alright).

[@Tygertyger85]

Wish I hadn't read this comment, cause I had no issues with the art direction, but now realize it didn't really wow me either. Spot on

[@ciro_costa]

@@Tygertyger85 :(

[@MindOrgansMusic]

Give this company money to make more games. They will do good.

[@modoboko]

Im going to say it, lies of p is one of the best soulslike ever made. Definitely top 3

[@tomasdelcampo2]

Definitely top 3 non From/Team Ninja souls like

[@KoreanSpy1997]

Imo it's up there with the actual soulsborne game. Like Max said, "It's not a soul like game it's a souls game."

[@modoboko]

@tomasdelcampo2 well, my top 3 is the surge 2, sekiro and then 3rd is debatable but lies of p is such a solid game

[@tomasdelcampo2]

@@KoreanSpy1997 hmm Id say code vein has significantly better levels and bosses and then the actual From games or even team ninja games are way better

[@tomasdelcampo2]

@@modoboko sekiro is a From game, surge 2 is pretty decent. Code vein is very very good

[@sander3]

6:50 I would agree completely, if there wasn’t a loading screen. The Hotel exists in its own bubble.

[@grimreefer213]

The final area Arche Abbey is epic and has nice music and atmosphere but jesus christ is it a pain in the neck to get through. It’s like a DS2 level with the amount of enemies you have to deal with combined with Sen’s Fortress on crack. There’s tons of elite enemies, it’s extremely long and a slog to get through. My favorite area is probably Venigni works

[@zaaxi7424]

Vegnini works and the Cathedral were so atmospheric after the Krat city streets. I wasn't a huge fan of the Arcade or the Grand Exhibition but mostly because the enemies were annoying

[@Pemby09]

Mostly agree with you especially about area VI

[@burningknight7]

I would just switch the position of malum district and barren swamp and this is basically same as my list. I actually love barren swamp

[@nicholasmurray7505]

By the time got to the final area I was just done with the game all the boss fights just ticked me off and I felt defeated. XI was just so freaking long that it was just so grueling to me by far the worst level to me.

[@thegamewin100]

I did not feel defeated just disappointed how they managed to one up themselves on terrible bosses is beyond me not to complain too much but towards the end the game just became sekiro but not as good because some bosses barely let you fight back

[@jacksonjason776]

@@thegamewin100 once you memorize the moves its not bad. But yes the window to attack on simon second phase was pretty annoying. Mostly because shoots you with spells from the sky and ground while he wales on you with his mace XD

[@KoreanSpy1997]

​@thegamewin100 XI was great imo. Bosses were nice(especially thunder lady and final bosses). Imo one of my favorite stage in the game.

[@jacksonjason776]

@@KoreanSpy1997 stage itself was awful. But the bosses were the only redeeming quality tbh

[@benro6564]

​@@jacksonjason776nah abbey was a cool area I have adhd and was not ever significantly bored once

[@hadliellehawkins1964]

if the malum district and the barren swamp have no fans, then i'm dead

[@Krow2842]

love your lies of p content

[@thatonejjgirl]

The Abbey and the swamp ate easily top 5 areas cmon sure the design isn’t peak, but they are so much better than the Malum District which is easily bottom 3

[@jajasking9652]

And better than elysium, what the even hell makes elysium top 2 ? That areas IS pretty mid of the road, a follow Up to the "tutorial" chapter, but now It is trully challenging for the player

[@tyhyhh]

they copied dark souls to a T even with the first half being amazing and the second half not so much

[@thephoenix8892]

The final area of the game is way too long imo, especially on first playthrough where you’re likely gonna struggle with laxasia, Simon, and nameless puppet. My friend was watching my screen while I was going through the last area and he was just dying of boredom bc of how many enemy encounters and mini dungeons they crammed into this one area and was just counting the minutes until I finally reached a boss. I spent like 3 hours on laxasia only to spend even more time climbing up the rest of the tower. Now that I’ve played multiple ng+ runs the area isn’t too bad anymore but that’s mainly bc of how powerful you get in ng+

[@sikevillain]

Yea gotta agree with ya. on the first run I was getting sick of the final area. Love the game though. Final boss was insane

[@benro6564]

I was never bored while playing it and the length adds to the tension I think. Great sense of scale. And I have ADHD so that's saying something

[@glitchygamer9567]

I instantly saw the zombies and thought of clickers

[@TheLastGame666]

I disagree, i think Arche abby is one of the best levels I've ever seen in a game, so big, interconnected, engaging and the bosses were amazing, the music is great, the visuals and atmosphere was also crazy. It really feels like the final stretch.

[@stephanlexima1538]

Can’t wait for you to get into Lords of the Fallen

[@DonMiguelLaBestia]

Lmao level 9 was my favorite 🤣 I like that it’s a redo. Level 1 is the tutorial, level 9 is the full version. The fact that you’ve seen it pre and post calamity hammers home that the world is going to shit, kinda like after you beat rom in BB. The boss def sucks tho

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

Not counting the bosses, my fav Chapter is Ch 11 from beginning to the end is such an amazing chapter. The only negative is the stupid Guardian Boss. I enjoyed all the other chapters except Ch 1, 5, & 10. Fortunately Ch. 1 and 10 are very short. Ch.5 Path of the Pilgrim is very good but then the Chapter nose dives once you hit the Malum District as it's just a big NO and the boss just sucks. I try to speed run thru Ch.5 Malum District as fast as possible because I really don't like its design, it just seems lazy and mundane.

[@benro6564]

Another sane person who likes the Abbey Finally

[@KayOScode]

Your second to last choice would have been my second choice to be honest

[@tomrieger7253]

Nice. Will you do the same for Lords of the Fallen? Ranking its areas and bosses?

[@nooberus9241]

I love the swamp!

[@user-ov7zo3pj1n]

i agree with the whole isle of alchemists area. i think it honestly just looks super fucking boring. krat and the cathedral looked way more interesting and memorable and kept introducing new enemies as well. the isle is just like, brick walls with no decoration whatsoever and pretty much no new enemy types. it also just goes on forever man jesus christ it's so unnecessarily long

[@LeggoMyGekko]

Lol I feel like he’s making a joke or something with Victor… to each their own, sure, but to say he’s one of the better bosses??? And then when he said the dude had good voice acting I was like ok, he gotta be saying this ironically or something. I feel like he’s trolling, ngl

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

Victor is like in top 5 bosses

[@benro6564]

Abbey isnt too long if you're not just trying to go from boss to boss. I have ADHD and I was never all that bored there. Also Cathedral was not fun and the most disappointing location in the game. So much sick buildup and they flush it down the drain as soon as you go in the hole

[@tcgvsocg1458]

theater and street best place

[@79bull]

Pleased you picked chapter VI as no1. This is one of my favourite areas in any game ever….

[@nakiuzuaya]

Wym bosses kinda decent after gate keeper⁉️Two⁉️ of the three following ones are on tmof the best bosses in soulslike/soulsborne games😭😭

[@youwy]

You’re getting caught up on the word bro. I ranked both lax and nameless top 3 on my boss ranking list

[@nakiuzuaya]

@@youwy well yeah, i mean how could i not😭

[@BovineIntervention]

Im not sure why people act like going from really big slow bosses to really fast bosses is automatically some sort of game changing amazing boss fight. Laxasia is a slow asshole on her first form and insanely squishy in her second form same for nameless puppet

[@andrej177]

nameless puppet is better than KoP

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

indeed, since both phases is humanoid boss , and not one giant like the romeo boss .

[@Kaleb._]

Area 7 is my least favorite area in the game.

[@benro6564]

Care to explain why?

[@tyler2time]

This list is hot garbage

[@Edgydreamerr]

Sorry to the fans of the game out there. I kinda started to feel really bad about the game after seeing the environment and level design at the area of 4, it started to bore me a bit and thinking about a refund even though its too late for that😂. This is what I get from buying a copycat company’s game😂

[@666mills666]

I really enjoyed the start of this game until I got to chapter 7 or 8+ it just became repetitive, boring and not fun at all. Manus was a good boss fight but the level design and just spawning every type of enemy was meh. The linear level design got old quickly too. Souls does the linear but there's also stuff you never discovered first play through and this didn't have any of that.

[@benro6564]

There were absolutely things I missed on my first playthrough that I found later and was like "oh that's cool." I find the relative linearity actually refreshing because it means I don't have to go too out of my way for stuff

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

Bro ranked the barren swamp above the Alchemist tower💀 You’re sure you don’t have a concussion right?

[@bootstrap925]

you mustve not played through the alchemist area if you think barren swamp is below it. its gruelingly long and filled with annoying areas and traps. its only saving grace is having two of the best bosses in the game, whereas barren swamp is mediocre at best.

[@fbn7683]

swamp top 3 area tho

[@bradgrundy512]

Alchemist area could’ve been more magical 😤

[@Stanzbey69]

I actually think they’re both some of the best areas in the game. Abbey is obviously better but the barren swamp is probably as good as it gets for a poison swamp, very good area