The Bloodborne/Sekiro Sequel We Never Got

[@ludareinoso381]

This makes my p organ upgrade

[@keenantheho]

What being a skumnut enjoyer does to your p organ

[@CptDuck]

Something is rising but its not my nose

[@denosaur4444]

If your pancreas is getting bigger you should go to the doctor.

[@ludareinoso381]

Thank you skumnut for showing appreciation for my humor, much love !!!!1!1!1!

[@ilikemyowncomments9065]

More like V-Organ

[@omranhamed1272]

The stamina recovery is slower if you go into slightly heavy but the devs made stuff better this patch by lowering weight on boss amulets and making capacity upgrades give more space

[@milesreal420]

I put on a +1 weight amulet it jumped from 109 to 134 lb capacity i was like oh!!

[@omranhamed1272]

@@milesreal420 wait until you reach ng++ your p organ will be the best (pun intended)

[@trenchymemes]

Stamina recovery is only slow with certain status effects put onto the protagonist like for example "shock" and "break"

[@andreykuzmichev-hc7no]

This game does truly have one of the best soundtracks ever

[@DarkLordFromTheSecondAge]

Quixotic moment

[@ykmopopp3660]

Overrated play dmc

[@OLDGREATONE1174]

Feel

[@limongang1209]

I on the contrary did not like the music, both on the bosses and during the location. I wish there was someone who did the music for Metal geer Rising.

[@ykmopopp3660]

@@limongang1209 devil. May. Cry. Simple.

[@gigachadsam]

You know they are inspired by dark souls when there is a boss in a poison swamp

[@JFrenchman]

Even better when they put two bosses in a swamp as well

[@arijitpal2107]

@@JFrenchman While a canon shoots at you

[@onedolla1862]

@@arijitpal2107took 30 try’s to beat that mf 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@gozadinhaplays69]

@@onedolla1862 i killed one near the tower's wall so the cannon won't shoot me, then i skipped the other one to kill the cannon before fighting him

[@AskeladdS-jq2yy]

@@JFrenchman one is just an reiteration of the older boss with few annoying ass skills

[@rasmachris94]

For those wondering, you can pretty much max all stats because after a certain amount of upgrades the cost to level up only increases by 1 ergo. So this means in NG+ and beyond you'll be getting way more souls and the cost to upgrade remains basically the same.

[@kredenc666]

This confused me as hell, I thought my game bugged or something, as in ng+ it seems I am just leveling all the time

[@farquarwion4324]

Eventually the cost will go up again and them go back to 1 and then up again.

[@victord.monkey9081]

Untrue, you will have access to level once you reach 16k per upgrade then its n+1 for 50 levels. The progress then resumes back to normal

[@TheWatermelonLion]

At a point it's 16k ergo per upgrade only increasing by a singular ergo, but after 20 or so more levels it'll rise up by hundreds again. I'm at 20k ergo rn at lvl 150 or so. 40 in HP, 40 in vigor, 41 in capacity, 42 in motiv and technique, and default 18 advance. Started with great sword but idk the base stats before upgrades.

[@Mortadelo_]

so in NG+ I just become an max level killing machine?

[@sy-cho_boy1238]

With what they have done in Lies of P I am very excited to see what they would do if they were to make a Wizard of Oz souls game.

[@Comrade_Alpaca]

wait for the DLC, we'll see then

[@kamiwriterleonardo6345]

I hope they go the Team Cherry route and make the DLC an actual game (Hopefully that comes out lmao)

[@dxp96]

sequel*@@Comrade_Alpaca

[@biggyblunts5788]

​@dxp96 brother it's gonna be a DLC, did you miss the broken golden stargazer that mysteriously "can't be used right now?"

[@izenbice]

that would actually be really sick

[@nitli8483]

Such a good game and being able to see you play through it and interact with you and chat made it so much funnier and better, cant wait for your next stream.

[@Skumnut]

[@WhiteDemon-d1b]

❤❤❤❤

[@aaronbrazinski5370]

I don't see anyone mentioning how you can break an enemy's weapon by perfect blocking enough times, feels super satisfying to do and massively nerfs their damage output

[@HuySatoou]

And using acid weapon to inflict decay too

[@dannymorales5549]

And also makes their reach worse, personally it makes their attacks less telegraphed as you can barely see their weapon when its broken but besides that it doesnt matter as they dont even do half damage when their weapon is broken

[@Vipertooth007]

I always had the heaviest armour the game gave to me because I actually leveled capacity. Never had problems with stamina and had around 200 stamina total when I beat the game with below 60% weight. I think people are just allergic to leveling something that isn't just HP/damage from playing the other souls games.

[@TheWatermelonLion]

Right? And respeccing helps tremendously with being able to put in stats in other places like capacity you would've liked to have known were useful when starting out. There's not much excuse to say the stamina and weight is bad when the game gives you many ways to properly level them up, and with certain p Organ upgrades lowering stamina consumption makes stamina not much of a problem

[@ainulvr9808]

Not just allergic to that, it seems people criticizing alot of stuff often just want to brute-force the shit out of the game and end up getting frustrated when the game is like "y´know, this is not the way, lemme show you by sending you back to spawn". I just don´t agree with all these people criticizing this game in obvious bad faith, but what can you do.

[@ulysses5340]

I %100 agree

[@sahave5042]

The amount of points u need is crazy though

[@churrommo9585]

Laxative was just malenia in dead space cosplay

[@Skumnut]

malenia but even hotter

[@DeceptionIsTruth]

Laxasia doesn't deserve such disrespect

[@rwrsluster]

Laxasia is the upgrade

[@ainulvr9808]

@@Skumnut Malenia but she got no STDs

[@DropoutJerome]

If Malenia was in Sekiro as originally intended she'd be kind of a forgettable boss, or one thats not talked about very much. But since she's in Elden Ring I don't think Laxative even holds a candle light to Malenia.

[@theGazzer]

Bro rlly felt Geppetto coming inside him 🙏🙏

[@Rettraced4687]

Dude wtf even is this😂😂

[@michaelgerhart8494]

I love Lies of P and feel like it didn't get the praise it deserved by critics and Fromsoft fans alike. It's nice to see this game getting recognition. Hands down the best non-Fromsoft Soulslike to date. Now, if only Lords of the Fallen could follow suit...

[@limongang1209]

Lords of the Fallen I think will be poorly optimized, it looks very nice.

[@newbnooby6438]

What do you mean? Many streamer and KZbinr who is a Soulslike fans praise this game as the best Soulslike game (not counting Fromsoftware games) ever made. They definitely get the praise they deserved.

[@CaptToilet]

Lords has one thing against it - UE5. It will be a stuttery mess at launch guaranteed. Hopefully the gameplay will make up for it.

[@Blck-Cat]

@@newbnooby6438I’ve seen plenty of unwarranted hate though, people who’re genuinely so delusional that they gaslight themselves into thinking certain aspects of the game are bad just because it’s not fromsoft.

[@kami3449]

​@@Blck-CatFax, ive seen ALOT of unwanted hate in every Lies of P comment section from alot of soulsborne players. Its baffling, you would think that out of everyone they would be the ones who give it the most praise but im not surprised they did they same thing with Sekiro until it got game of the year then suddenly they changed their tune.

[@jaydeebow6431]

I am an Elden Ring noob that just over leveled and had friends for tough bosses. So, Lies of P was a wakeup call for me I am actually having to learn the game and for me makes it amazing and unique in its own right, that being said I never tried BB I am a pc gamer and have no way to do so, but man love this game.

[@Rolly_951]

If you like this game you are going to be in love with Bloodborne. You need to buy a PS4 which shouldn't be to expensive and the game is like $10, $15 with dlc which i highly recommend. Bloodborne is the best fromsoftware/soulslike game ever made and my top game ever played

[@kade41200]

Average elden rong player

[@simak2391]

​@@Rolly_951BB is (or was? not sure anymore) free on PS Plus, so I'd just buy Plus to get lots of games. I really liked Bloodborne but I got so pissed off with Micolash that I quit playing.

[@emi992]

PS5’s aren’t impossible to get at retail anymore… it’s worth it for BB

[@marshinz5696]

I finished Bloodborne on PC via Playstation Now(The Original Playstation Plus). Only Problem was the DLC wasn't Available.

[@emoemo247]

You know that lightning bolt attack manus does here 5:06? You can literally just walk backwards and that attacks will miss you completely, you don't even have to dodge. It also looks sick as hell if you do.

[@oscaroska7613]

That is not a lighting attack 😂

[@emoemo247]

@@oscaroska7613 You mean the *lightning bolts* being thrown at you from an orb hovering in the air? Yes, I am aware that it technically deals disruption damage, not electrical. Quit being so intentionally obtuse, you come off like an ass.

[@PepperoniPapaya]

bruh spam parry it like in sekiro, it's much more sastifying, believe me

[@emoemo247]

@@PepperoniPapaya kzbin.infoUgkxutmUiftKnpRKg7Mlb9pz2D-sO2-TQ9ME?si=-2BEVZ3-UuOMWDhY Nah, this is cooler.

[@samueldavis5895]

@@PepperoniPapayaexactly.. I found this game to be relatively stress free compared to the Fromsoft souls games. Everything can be parried and throwables are op af. You can usually kill half a boss with just throwing items lol

[@CrankingMahHog]

Truth of Poo.

[@Skumnut]

PP

[@gandalfissus]

Half-truths of puke

[@BriefKeef]

L take

[@CrankingMahHog]

@@BriefKeef don't think the game is bad it's a bit that Skum did in the demo vid.

[@toeknee3022]

Truth of Enis

[@ericwillis4301]

the song feel is by far one of the best songs i have heard in a video game in so long

[@limongang1209]

Good video, Respect to the author, lies of p really deserves attention, the game is very good. Writing that it's a stupid copy of Bloodborne is bad. Bloodborne is not on PC, and is unlikely to be at all.

[@chairjacker]

I don't think bloodborne not being on pc has anything to do with it, but i do think it does more than enough to set itself aside as its own entity in this genre.

[@jluis859]

it is a ok game

[@cookieeaturface]

Loved that both parrying and dodging were fully viable. Another game or two (and a few less two--phase bosses) and I could see them making something that rivals Soulsborne quality.

[@dogelove9967]

It already does rival it tho

[@chromeheartsonme]

@@dogelove9967 quality yes, but i still think they have a ways to go before making bosses as good as fromsoft, lies of p is amazing though, easily my game of the year despite how stacked this year was for game releases

[@SleeplessSpecter]

I like LoP better than half of the From games

[@davismorgan99]

There are quite a few bosses in Lies of P that are at least on par with Dark Souls 1 and 2 bosses as well as Eldin Ring. The lighting girl boss was one of the best souls bosses I’ve ever fought

[@theloathsomedungeater248]

Parrying and dodging fully viable this is a joke right

[@deanwinchester5268]

This game is like “yeah I like playing this game” into “why am I watching the boss play the game ain’t I’m the one who should be playing?

[@andrewbryant6059]

I love the combat in lies of p and they changed the weight system its not as bad now

[@fy4b230]

Still absolutely retarded. Amulets weigh more than weapons bigger than the character model. I don’t mind it, but find it ridiculous.

[@bruhbandit]

The song in the beginning is called Someday. It’s apart of the game’s ost.

[@agentofxehanort]

Thanks

[@heideknight7782]

The combination of watching a Let's Play of a brutal Souls-like game and Skumnut's humorous commentary is highly entertaining. Thank you Skum for this review of the game.

[@Soldado42]

I love the part p says it's ping time and he p's all over the place

[@SirRockXIII]

i enjoy this game too much and need more. also 100% Tin man in Oz next game?? and the "butterflies" are actually Fairies from Oz

[@BussyEnthusiast]

I think Oz might be DLC instead of a full game. The devs said they already had plans for DLC so it would make sense

[@blucosmic7751]

I was really surpirsed by its difficulty cause when the demo came out people were saying it was to easy. Im glad they went the harder route...i died so many times haha

[@DarKKnightt07]

It's a souls-like game it not going to be easy lol

[@blucosmic7751]

@DarKKnightt07 forsure, it's nice to have a quality soulslike. Really enjoying lies of p and I've been waiting for a game like this

[@rezalmao]

​@@DarKKnightt07most soulslikes are easy

[@Foxxionn]

as someone who is horrible at timing the parry in this game. that intro is the most satisfying thing i've ever seen in my life! the great ass music from the game going along with it. oml. chills.

[@maxvader1000]

Great video, I really hope also that you found out that P doesn't die at the end, without the mask on you can see him twitch and sophia smiles, she also leaves a letter for you at gepetto's desk if you don't immediately continue into NG+. I hope this game gets a nomination for GOTY, and maybe win best indie or best soundtrack even.

[@VongolaChouko]

Also kinda missed the emotional impact of P crying because of the donkey mask 🥺😭

[@maxvader1000]

@@VongolaChouko I hated that stupid mask 😆 i loved the white lady's outfit with the silver hair so clean

[@CeLautrec]

Honestly this game gave me that feeling of when I played bloodborne for the first time. It might not be AS good, however it's very very close to being just as good. I know some people didn't like how linear lies of p is, but I think it works pretty well.

[@brentramsten249]

i had no idea that perfect parries actually heal your guard regain. that makes guarding romeo's full fire combo an actually viable strategy. i might try that...

[@AdmiralA]

its a p organ upgrade. eventually they also can heal your weapon durability and take zero stamina

[@elliot.blend1]

The song at the start is "Lie of P | OST - Someday"

[@Analyst3858]

A man once said lies of p had the greatest soundtrack and I would agree

[@WorldBeater123]

I think Bioshock Infinite soundtrack is better. This games borrows from it in a lot of ways

[@SugarRayD]

Having light load gives much better stamina regen.

[@JuiceEternal]

Great vid for sure. I love this game. I think the reason this game is harder is because the mechanics are more complex. I started over a few times until i found the right build. Decided to wait until ng+ to use advance since you need so much capacity.

[@RegiusEques]

I love the... style of the game. Gameplay, theme, and art.

[@colespeck3089]

You should do some challenge runs of this, I’d love to see that

[@webpombo7765]

I find it really interesting hearing about the issues you ran into, because all I did was just level health to 30, level technique to 30, then just keep leveling capacity for the rest of the game until I can use all the heaviest gear, and all I used was the starting rapier, and after unlocking it I switched to the Etiquette and just kept using that, I love them because they use basically no stamina and attack really fast, and make no mistake, it is not lacking in damage at all, 30 technique and S scaling on the Etiquette never fell off, didn't have issues with stamina or capacity, but clearly that is simply due to my weapon choice, the Etiquette is light, has amazing single stat scaling and uses extremely little stamina.

[@tuesday9591]

dude the intro to this video is fuego! I was on the fence about getting lies of p for weeks and you decided it for me in less than a minute and a half. keep up the good work, i love both your longform and more edited content.

[@laredaljon]

I played the game like I did dark souls 3. Greatsword and dodge. It worked out fine. I'm not ashamed to use summons. Leveling up is really fast too, so easy mode is easier too get than DS and ER. The game is not that hard if you don't want it to be. So don't be afraid to try it!

[@elitethehawkk1816]

Door guardian was super easy. Just only target the leg. Romeo phase 2 was the real pain

[@irent5053]

Door guardian was a struggle until I learned he only really takes damage from fatal attacks, after that he was a breeze.

[@pre-violetmelain2984]

I found he receives a lot of dmg via fatal ttacks after just oarrying with the katana and see the bar go half the hp

[@Mortadelo_]

Laxasia exerpt of the video being called "Mommy" and Simon Manus part being called "Pain and Misery" is relatable asf lmao

[@Crow0fEarth]

Dude I got this on launch and blasted through it in a couple days and god it was tough…the mini bosses truly felt like bosses most of the time. I just replayed it for the second time and I don’t know if I’m just playing better or the nerfs are to blame. I have had a blast with it and can’t wait for their next chapter in the series.

[@imorangejuice3592]

They went: oh you like bloodborne? Now perfect parry everything

[@craves7215]

With Stamina they just buffed capacity, so its not longer a issue.

[@t.o.p6849]

That intro was absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I wasn't sure about getting this game but now I'm definitely getting it.

[@chrisbellville6957]

Honestly this game is the only soulsbourne that you could trick someone into believing from designed ... it's sooo good just got through the grand exhibition and I'm so sad I'm near the end

[@peterbakai5614]

Its not that close to endgame

[@nemesissenpai]

Gepetto takes one step forward..... Skumnut: Oh Shit! It's like Dark Souls....

[@9Nifty]

This is probably the best and most honest video coverage on the game. For me it was a 9, but near the end when youre just running through the same areas with a face lift it became an 8. From Soft does this too, but they do it better

[@CrystronHalq]

In the last area you find Arlecchino, the best VA in the game and conclude his storyline. You find another man who talks about his experience regarding reading minds through ergo, wich is a painful experience. This makes alot of sense later on when you actually see Sophia and conclude her storyline. Its more impactful. You also conclude Vegnini's storyline with this area. The area has nice ambience music going on. The lower part is intricate with quite the pathways, where it doesnt feel linear. (upper part is very linear tho because the tower keeps getting thinner the more you climb up). You fight Laxasia in this area. You fight Manus in this area. And you fight Nameless puppet and conclude geppeto's storyline in this level. Oh and you also conclude the storyline with Black Cat and Red Fox. If you don't fight them, you will really understand what they are about. They are not as bad as you think. The rewards the level give you are also nice. Quartz, Upgrade Materials and a couple of new weapons. So I wonder, you really find Fromsoftware does it better? You thought Nightmare Mensis was better? Or just entering dead Altus Plateau to have a boss rush? Or Just getting teleported to a bonfire at the end of DS3 to fight Souls of Cinder? I mean..

[@9Nifty]

@@CrystronHalq yeah I liked riddler bot. I kinda wish he wasn't in his own little exposition room. But it was definately my favorite moment in the game from a story perspective

[@encarneye6865]

​@@CrystronHalqyou are hard-core dick riding this game, it's good but calm down.

[@caliberaxis8892]

Feel and Quixotic are my favorite songs. Pity you can’t listen to them outside the hotel

[@ryanketchum7146]

Unfortunately never played Sekiro or Finished Bloodborne they are on my backlog of games to play and finish but lies of P hooked me through and through I absolutely love that I struggled about half way through I realized consumables and spectres were saving me and just started learning to parry and block was a much better option and the lore I didn't even know until they said geppetto that this was Pinocchio lmao one of my gotys for sure

[@OneHunnitNoCapStannitOnBidnisz]

Don’t even bother with Sekiro . I’ll save you plenty of time and anger . It’s not worth it

[@LJAndrews1986]

That sounds like the lament of a , what do you call it , Casual 😂 Sekiro is a god tier game

[@Hasaiki12]

@@OneHunnitNoCapStannitOnBidnisz sekiro isnt even hard

[@chromeheartsonme]

been waiting for skums video on this game, this game is absolutely amazing and im glad this game is getting the recognition it deserves

[@makia3]

Skumnuts humour is so fkn good

[@cwarnkecomedy]

I use parrying and blocking until im out of stamina and then I dodge the next attack backwards to create distance to gain stamina back, I feel like its a lot like Sekiros stance bar, where when it would get too full you could only do perfect guards, its the same in Lies of P, if you run out of stamina you can only do perfect blocks, so to avoid that I try to create distance after trading some blows, overall the game is just so nice to give you so many variations to play, also the guarding and circling strat is totally viable against a lot of enemies

[@Crusading]

i think the environmental/enemy designs deserve a medal. The art and design in this game is the best art ive EVER seen in any game like this including fromsoft. Also, the people who designed fable art should pat themselves on the back for making some of the most satisfying thing ive felt in a long time. The only negative thing I have to say is about the scaling, but ONLY because they put it on gamepass. I enjoyed the challenge, but if ur gonna cater to a more casual audience u either gotta tone enemies down, tone us up, or add a difficulty modifier. There are hardly any souls likes on the gamepass, and doing this would create a lot more traction for this genre. Thats the only negative thing i have to say. except for laxasia's 2nd phase. whoever designed that is evil af LOL

[@conniefan123]

Only casual and easy games can be on gamepass? Where did this come from

[@gameurai5701]

Laxasia's 2nd phase (actually the entire fight) is the best non-FS boss I've ever faced. I played Nioh1-2 (didn't finish Nioh 2 though), Surge 1-2, Pascal's Wager, Thymesia, SteelRising, OG Lords of the Fallen and every FS game. The first time ever actually where I felt like FS quality boss design in a non FS game. She's a hybrid of Genichiro, nameless king and Dragonslayer Armour that just works.

[@Crusading]

@@conniefan123 I didn’t say that. I said it should also be able to appeal to a casual audience if they want the game to be super successful. Bc it’s on gamepass more people automatically get access to it, and if they want people to buy their dlc they want more playing, correct?

[@AlbanianThrash]

asking for difficulty settings in a soulslike in 2023 is crazy. this matter was pretty much resolved when sekiro won goty and the answer was resoundingly "no"

[@MechFung]

​@@Crusading I haven't even played a souls game and yet I've been enjoying Lies of P, there doesn't need to be difficulty options. The summons on major bosses already tweak the difficulty enough, the only boss I didn't beat on the first try with summons was the archbishop, and even then I beat him on my third-ish try. (I just beat Mad Clown Puppet for perspective)

[@MrMoridinalthor]

The editing on these videos is getting noticeably better.

[@diegokoipera3464]

my fav part is when p lies

[@pre-violetmelain2984]

P comes from Paracelsus

[@hisoka6272]

That's a point I think should be talked about more. The stamina and the equip load. I think it really does detract from the enjoyment factor for me. I found myself kind of unable to level other stats because I constantly had to level equip load to be able to accommodate some of those boss charms (which I still don't understand why tf they were so damn heavy). Obviously the stamina is in the game so the player can't just keep spamming dodge, which would be much more effective in this game than in Sekiro where the enemy tracking is much stronger to force blocking and parrying. What arose of this is having to take breaks in between boss attacks where I just couldn't punish them because I had no stamina. You might be thinking what's so bad about having to take a step back from the boss to let your stamina regen, considering literally every other FromSoft game that isn't Sekiro has that going on, but I think this did actually negatively impact the flow of combat. In every normal souls game, the entire game is built around the stamina system. It takes stamina to dodge, to attack, to block or even parry. If you mess up your stamina management, you can't punish after rolling. If you get too greedy, you can't roll after attacking. In Sekiro, none of this applies. It's a constant face to face clash with the boss, and it even punishes you if you back off from the boss because they'll regain posture. That's why everyone loves to circlejerk Sekiro on how it's like a "rhythm game" or a dance, because there truly never is a break between you and the boss clashing. Lies of P has this weird thing going on where it's the Sekiro parry/posture break system, but the stamina bar is still there. What this basically results in is in the scenario where you just spent all your stamina punishing the boss, due to stamina recovering slower while you're guarding, after blocking/parrying the boss's next attack string, you're unable to punish. This is by no means a deal breaker for me, but it happens to me more than I'd like, and I notice it every time. This is of course a natural consequence to having an effective dodge in the game like Bloodborne. What this stamina/parrying mixed system resulted in was a game that I don't think plays nearly as satisfyingly and naturally as Sekiro, nor as smoothly as Bloodborne (where it's fully focused on dodging) due to the fury attacks, which either force you to parry or to run away. Granted, that's only if I nitpick on the bad points of the combat system and compare it to two other critically acclaimed games. It is by all means a fantastic game that has quite seamlessly managed to combine two of FromSoft's most beloved games. Okay, internet essay from a random internet shitter over. I'll get back to studying for finals.

[@coolremedy6969]

All I can say is that from everything I've seen online, and one NG+ boss experience, this game is DEFINITELY NOT harder than Sekiro IF you use the Specter. It will take aggro for the whole fight and you can just safely charge heavies until the boss is dead. It's baffling to me that they barely increase the bosses health for bringing in Spencer.

[@rayfinkle2662]

You're not wrong, but this is low-key gatekeeping...

[@nguyenlang3727]

Soul veterans aint love you mate. No summon allowed 🤣

[@bignosh]

plot twist: taking mechanics from your favorite game and refining them in combination with your own ideas and differences equal good game

[@scpbread6074]

laxasia and romeo give me melania vibes

[@AscendantStoic]

Wholeheartedly agree, especially when it comes to the soundtrack, absolutely phenomenal ... also as far as I know the more weight you have the slower stamina regen is, that might be something many people don't realize because the game isn't very explicit about it.

[@oldcodgerr]

i loved it when gepedo p'd all over p

[@brownsugar4412]

That’s intro was f-ing amazing you are a beast at this game

[@grazak]

I think the thing stopping me from loving this combat system like the perfect combat system of sekiro is that you can't cancel your attack animations to parry

[@AlbanianThrash]

and that attacks & dodging cost stamina. what made sekiro fun was that as long as you could parry, you could just constantly stay in a boss' face and apply pressure. in this game you have to constantly manage the manage the stamina bar between several priorities and it's kind of a bitch when you're constantly swapping between looking at the bar and look at the animation frames of the enemy. as i'm writing this down it's dawning on my why they probably made that choice in sekiro. they want you looking at the enemy so you can read their movement. the posture bar is placed smack dab under all the action and it's huge so you can always see it in your periphery but never have to divert attention from watching the enemy. true you get guard regain from perfect parries in LOP but you still sometimes have to dodge and reposition to punish so you're wasting that tasty stamina on footing. I love this game but i think they should've stuck to either sekiro or bloodborne as the main influence. sekiro combat is very different and doesn't really mesh all that well with the slower and more methodical approach of soulsborne combat. it demands relentless pressure

[@-HappyCat-]

I love how Laxasia just doesn't give a flyint tuck that you staggered her so she hits you a couple more times just in case you thought you had time to heal.

[@Rozin76]

Im almost at NG+2 and ive never even attempted any + for a FromSoft game. I can say with confidence i love this game more than any souls/soulslike

[@BurnInBliss]

do they add anything in ng+??

[@FaffyWaffle968]

this game is easier than any other souls game so makes sense

[@BurnInBliss]

@@FaffyWaffle968 u think this game is easier then any other souls game? have u played this game??

[@FaffyWaffle968]

@@BurnInBliss 100% this game is easy. Any game that lets you block and you take no damage is an automatic easy in my book.

[@BurnInBliss]

@@FaffyWaffle968 you take damage and a lot of times u can’t always regain the guard regain hp fully or block whole combos so idk what ur talkin about

[@DoggoCatto-xz2jg]

The equip load issue you mentioned only happens if you max str/dex like you do in normal souls games. Maxing capacity > advance > everything else lets you take very little damage and kill bosses in only a couple minutes.

[@KUNAIfever]

aint advance only works on elemental damage ?

[@pre-violetmelain2984]

​@@KUNAIfeverspeedruners use more advance than anything bc enemies have weaknesses (Human-acid, Robots-electric, Carcass-Fire)

[@ryanlafferty5815]

very impressed with this one, felt very awkward at first but once you adjust, it's just a great time

[@ryanlafferty5815]

​@cwavy_6193 the weird timings are hard to get used to, I get that it's puppets we're up against and their movements are gonna be janky and nothing like a human should, but still....I swung my saw through one of those and it didn't hit, when it fkin should have......this game has a lot of work to be done before it's even mentioned in the same breath as bloodborne.....

[@AlbanianThrash]

@@ryanlafferty5815you're kidding right. fs games are notoriously littered with tracking and shitbox shenanigans. none of this is new.

[@ryanlafferty5815]

@@AlbanianThrash you're right. but by now I thought developers should be at least trying to get past these issues, I'm on my 3rd playthrough, and still finding new little nuances to the gameplay, it's a great game but not even on a par with bloodborne imho, which is a much older game and has obviously inspired the developers of this game......with the more advanced tech available the genre should be moving forward, this is not a step forward

[@ethannephilim3314]

6:41 when you're fighting and watching that your best friend is running away..

[@Porkchop37211]

Song in the intro?

[@kingbrown9866]

Lies of P OST | Someday - French Song

[@milesreal420]

LMAO Door Guardian made me take a break for a day 😂😂

[@Stephencurran_7]

The stam regeneration in this is actually faster than Dark Souls you just need to manage your weight.

[@pomthetom9847]

i would argue that BioShock, bloodborne, sekiro and the movie; extraordinary league of gentleman had an orgy, then Elden ring gave birth to this.

[@itiscujo]

21:40 Holy crap, the mighty Billy Yoel blessed you on the anniversary of your birth, what a prestigious honor!

[@Carnage_Lot]

My brain does NOT like the movements of these bosses. Creeps me TF OUT

[@zenkozenko4989]

Hints for anyone thinking to play this game: weaknesses actually matter and if you can't bloodborne it- sekiro it

[@zenkozenko4989]

The clown: grab literally anything with perfect block (the umbrella can also work, but it takes two blueberry meters), buy the perfect block grease from Vegnini OR buy consumables from red lobster boi Door Guardian: bowling balls+perfect block/perfect block grease. For enemies/bosses too quick to hit with a strong attack for a critical: b o w l i n g b a l l

[@agentofxehanort]

That intro was perfect.

[@strafenone]

In case anyone is wondering the reason they tease Wizard Of Oz is because Like the story Pinoccio it's creative commons.

[@pancakemixwithblueberriesinit]

Manus' disruption turret is super easy to dodge, just back off and walk/run to the side. Spam dodging isn't exactly known to solve more problems than it causes lol

[@BoneMan1444]

The quality of skumnut's videos have improved drastically bro I've been laughing through the whole vid so far because of these edits

[@guy-wr5wr]

Bro must be the first person to die to laxasia of all people💀

[@DropoutJerome]

I think Lies of P is a lot harder than Sekiro, Sekiro is pretty damn easy once it "clicks". Id say LoP is pretty on par with Bloodborne's difficulty, until the hunters DLC. The Orphan of Kos is still by far the hardest boss Ive ever faced in all of the games ive ever played, i still think hes harder than Melania.

[@unrighteous8745]

It's going to depend on the person and how you play the game. Sekiro is often cited as the hardest because cheesing it is a lot more difficult. Every other FromSoft game can easily be cheesed with co-op, summons, or broken weapons/spells. Sekiro is my favorite game of all time, and I can beat it in a few hours now, but on my first playthrough Sword Saint alone took me three hours (and I wasn't exactly new to FromSoft games having played everything else already). In Lies of P, I found a pretty broken weapon and the final "secret boss" took me maybe 20 minutes.

[@Tulip_bip]

@@unrighteous8745 yea that's the major thing with sekiro, if you get stuck on a boss then your only option is kind of just learning how to beat the boss. sword saint isshin is one of the hardest bosses fromsoft has ever made, but at the same time he's extremely fair and fun to learn

[@lLovfood]

“Lies of Pinocchio” just sounds like a Skumnut game

[@pre-violetmelain2984]

Lies of paracelsus

[@Themuseisback]

Dude, let me tell you fighting laxasia was probably the best experience I would’ve ever gotten out of a game. It reminded me so much a Final Fantasy because the way that she was way bigger than me way stronger than me, but it was so much fun like I literally wanted to repeat, her boss fight so much because it was one of my favorites oh, and to anybody that gave me tips on the door guardian it worked, and I finally am able to finish the game, not as beautifully as I thought because I had to grind a lot of ergo but at least I’m near the endgame which I never thought I would say because it’s been probably the most difficult game I’ve ever ever played😂

[@Merkaba954]

I've been fighting the damn puppet king like 25 times today. Worst thing is usually phase 1 is super easy but then phase 2 can be a straight pain.

[@ChimeraFolfsky]

NGL skum that intro bit with the bosses and the french song goes hard

[@gagelathrop7615]

8:15 just casually predicts one of the biggest plot twists in the game

[@pipemarinmontes]

the game i didn't knew would take the spot as my personal favorite of 2023, i played a shit ton. Got the platinum too, amazing i loved every bit, and now we got a DLC and sequel confirmation

[@trenchymemes]

I never realized the king of puppets was actually warning us about Geppettos plan in the intro.

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

The perfect block in lies of p feels more tight than sekiro

[@burntivoryking]

Thats because it is

[@SNDN_LN]

I played this on launch and I was very skeptical going in but it absolutely blew me away with how perfectly they made this game. Top notch visuals. Beautiful music. A fighting system that's fast paced again. 10/10

[@georgegideon3788]

Door guardian has a trick to the fight. It allows you to nuke super fast

[@corvostrife7483]

Nah the song choice for lies of p montage chefs kiss 💚 one of my favs in the whole game

[@jesussantillan6049]

the first series of live streams I actually got to watch lovely.

[@Skumnut]

thanks for tuning in

[@jesussantillan6049]

Thanks dude!

[@LunarLiIy]

1) Simon Manus is easy as hell now because the nerf makes him do like -4 damage per hit 2) if you’re having trouble with stamina then take a step back from the boss. They tend to do staredowns if you stop attacking for a second. Once you’re nearly drained on stamina focus on defense until they initiate the staredown. 3) carry weight can be easily increased with carrier’s amulet +1 which can be gotten in your first play through along with few points into capacity. I have 15 in capacity and carrier’s amulet +1 and I have the best, heaviest equipment on, 2weapons, 4 amulets and I STILL have room to spare.

[@DonCarter-sn9bd]

was gonna say parrying is basically giving room for an attack, but perfect blocking is just negating the attack. but then i realized one was parrying and the other thing i was talking about is just a counter attack

[@solarfus]

thank you kumnut for filling me up with this wonderful 1 hour long video

[@milesreal420]

"Your heart is pounding" I stood up and clapped

[@XIPHOZ1]

Ali: You don’t need to nerf, I played all of them without any help. They didn’t give me PTSD or any, I got the tool in my Arsenal. You can perfected block any enemy attack or projectile.

[@omni_x_dragon]

Stamina Regen is tied to weight, you get better Regen from being Light than the Stamina Regen Ring. They did update weight issues in the 1.2 update.

[@norvillebanksta]

Over 1 hour of authentic Skumnut content? Aw schweet Lois! I'm gonna skum!