Hy, I'm new to soul. I've seen that they added easy mod, now I'm curious if it's relatively "easy" as new souls fan I would love to buy it. Should I buy it as first souls?

I had my eye on this game even before it was released, I watched the trailer and I absolute loved the game, however I was pretty disappointed when I saw that it was a souls-like game. I wondered if I should play it besides me absolutely sucking at those types of games, and I decided to give it a try. Surprise surprise, I died 80+ times to the first boss. I gave up and decided that while pretty, I would sadly not be able to play it because it was too hard for me and I would get frustrated more than actually enjoy the game.

So when one of my friends (who is actually a souls-like player) told me they were introducing easy mode to the game like a week ago, I was extremely happy. I knew I will have to wait because of the DLC and things like that, it also said late summer, so I decided I would just wait. Then yesterday this friend called me again telling me that the DLC and the difficulty update had released, but since it was late at night already I just left the game installing overnight.

I started playing some hours ago and I'm happy to say that, though I died like three times again to the first boss, I finally beat him. I also beat the second boss, though it took me like two tries, and the fights are starting to become kind of easy for me as I'm developing some tactics to deal with the enemies. I have been playing nonstop and I'm so happy that I can finally get access to the game without getting frustrated! I can't wait to see more of the game and discover more of the story:D

Confirmed, difficulty can be changed at any time. Only easier difficulties added.

I've never really been that into tough, challenging games that take a lot of time and effort to git gud at. I kinda used to be when I was in high school/university, and spent a lot of time playing DMC and Ninja Garden. But these days, with a job, wife and kid, and about 2-3 hours per week for gaming if I'm lucky, I just don't have the energy for it.

Which means that Soulslikes are not something I've ever really been able to get into. I put a lot of hours into Elden Ring (~50-60 or so) and enjoyed it, but bounced off the other FromSoft games like Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 etc. Elden Ring had a lot of features that made it more accessible to me, like a map, Spirit Summons and lack of boss runbacks, not to mention the fact that you can just outlevel most challenges. I eventually dropped it because it was getting repetitive and I have a hard time staying engaged in games with no story but it was fun while it lasted.

I decided to get Lies of P because of 3 reasons - 1) I've seen a lot of people say it's the best non-FromSoft soulslike, 2) it's supposed to have an actual, clear narrative and not just vague lore hidden in item descriptions and 3) it now has difficulty settings, which is a HUGE selling point for me.

I started off on the default Legendary Stalker difficulty, just to gauge the base level of intended challenge by the developers. I pretty much had already resigned myself to dropping it down to the easiest setting after an hour or so, expecting to get my ass handed to me.

And you know what? I'm about 10 hours in, absolutely loving this game. The combat is so smooth and satisfying, the visuals look beautiful, the music slaps and I'm enjoying the story and characters. AND I'm actually still playing on the default difficulty!

Don't get me wrong - the game is tough and it is pushing my shit in very often lol. The funny thing is, I feel like the lower difficulty settings being available to me at any time is actually kinda making me push through the game on Legendary Stalker mode. It sounds weird maybe, but so far, the game is pushing my skills to the limit without actually making me feel frustrated. It's nice to know that if I do get too frustrated or annoyed at a certain section or boss, I can always just lower the challenge level and get through it. Like the comfort that knowledge brings is actually motivating me to stick to the challenge.

Not sure if anyone else feels the same way but just wanted to share, especially for those who feel that adding difficulty settings might make people not want to engage with the challenge.

i want to start off the right way. so a lil back story. i say this with a tremendous amount of sadness. As a gamer who loves souls and souls like games i am a challenge chaser.

The first time i played Lies of P was day 0 on Demo release. the Demo was fantastic, i couldn’t believe how much gameplay it offered. it really allowed u to get into about 25-30% of a long game.

being that the game was so difficult at the time it made it feel that much longer. it had a bloodbourne/Sekiro feel to it and i was fresh off Sekiro.

ANYWAY- my brother who just started playing days ago. is WHIPING THE GAME DOWN. so at first i figured it’s because he’s a better player than me. and that’s fine. but then he sends me a clip of him defeating the King of Puppets….

IMMEDIATE DISBELIEF- he was chunking the puppet masters health down with a regular weapon. NO TACTIC, No Parrying, No posture damage. Just attacking and his hit that landed, hit hard. i just couldn’t believe my eyes.

so i asked him …. “have all your bosses been that easy” and he replied .. “yeah bro , i like the game but it’s way to easy”…

so i research some things and i see there was a difficulty patch made a while back for players who lack souls like skills right….

all i’m saying is RIP to the real Lies of P. if u want to atleast get the most out of the game, download and play thru the demo first, it will carry over as a save. i don’t think the demo has the patch.