It sure looks like edgy Pinocchio retelling Lies of P is getting some kind of DLC
It seems Lies of P's chilling take on the tale of Pinocchio isn't finished yet. A Neowiz job listing discovered by Okami Games has revealed that DLC «is planned for production.»
I was iffy on Lies of P at first. The idea of «Pinocchio, but soulslike» was undeniably intriguing, but sometimes an overt embrace of weirdness can mask, well, less-than-stellar gameplay. But the closer it got, the better it looked, and in the end it lived up to the hype: It's not without flaws, but as we said in our 74% review, «Somehow, Lies of P pulls off its gritty Pinocchio retelling, managing the impossibility of incorporating elements from both the folktale and the 1940 film without feeling, y'know, absurd.»
Bit of a spoiler here, but Lies of P also lays a very clear foundation for future storytelling—I will say no more about that, but if your curiosity is irresistible you can get the lowdown on YouTube. There's no indication that the DLC will be directly related to the base game's spoiler-tastic groundwork for a continuation, but it's clear that Neowiz has more in mind.
The job listing, technically for Neowiz's Round8 studio, is in Korean, but here's the relevant bit, via Google Translate:
Project introduction: 2022 Gamescom Awards — Korea’s first/largest number of awards in three categories: Most Wanted Sony Playstation Game, Best Role Playing Game, and Best Action Adventure Game
Neowiz declined to comment on the possibility of Lies of P DLC, but directed me to a "developer letter" shared in September that hints at it pretty strongly. In it, game director Choi Ji Won expresses gratitude to players and commits to addressing bugs and performance issues in future updates, and then says the studio «will be providing a roadmap of the contents
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