Lies of P News

Мода на Souls-игры не утихает, подталкивая небольшие и средние студии к созданию новых версий бессмертного творения FromSoftware. И если большинство авторов пытаются переосмыслить классику, привнося свои не всегда работающие, но все же оригинальные идеи, некоторые ремесленники пекут пироги из старого теста. Lies of P от корейской команды Neowiz Games занимается тем, что сейчас можно называть "оммаж". Иными словами — вчистую копируют идеи оригинала, предлагая знакомые концепции и механики в новой обертке механического Буратино.

Lies of P is a game of two halves, both of which are underwhelming. The story is retelling of the Adventures of Pinocchio, set in a world that owes some of its looks to Bloodborne’s Yharnam, and Steelrising’s 18th Century Paris. Outside of being aware of the idea that its nose grows every time P tells a lie, I’m not familiar with the story of Pinocchio, so I didn’t have any expectations about the narrative one way or another.

But Lies of P’s looks aren't so much inspired by those games, they’re a pale imitation. Cobblestone streets, dimly-lit alleyways, gaslit street lamps, candlelight shining through house windows, behind which sit heavy-accented NPCs who have three lines of dialogue. It doesn’t offer any new take on its aesthetics, and seems content to just remind you of things you’ve seen before.

The deeper into the game I got, the more that became nakedly apparent. If you ever played a Souls-like, you know that the worst of them tend to lift elements wholecloth from the better ones (and FromSoft’s own work) without justifying their existence, or really understanding the circumstances that birthed them in the first place.

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Nvidia typically releases day-one drivers for the biggest games on PC to coincide with their launch, and offer GeForce GPU owners the best experience at release. However, new drivers for Starfield have been conspicuously absent.

It's well past the Starfield early access launch now, and even the official launch - but a new set of drivers have finally arrived, bringing support for Starfield, Mortal Kombat 1, and Lies of P. The new drivers, version 537.34, are available to download now for desktop and laptop GPUs.

Nvidia claims they improve performance of Starfield, which has been running shockingly poorly on Nvidia GPUs, compared to their AMD equivalents at every level. More specifically, you can expect a boost to framerates on RTX 30 and 40 Series GPUs, on both desktops and laptops. According to Nvidia, 40 Series GPUs saw a (meagre) 5% increase in performance.

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