Lies of P is about Pinocchio for three very good reasons, actually

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I'm not hating, but I think I speak for a lot of folks when I say I've been a little confused about why the latest Soulslike making headlines is about Pinocchio of all things, and now we finally have answers - and they're surprisingly practical.

In case you missed it, Lies of P stole the show at Gamescom Opening Night Live this week thanks to a truly stunning new gameplay trailer. It looks a lot like Bloodborne  but with enough of a twist - again, it's about friggin' Pinocchio - to stand out from the ever-expanding crowd of other Soulslikes. Most importantly, the world is absolutely gorgeous, the combat looks intense and varied, and early impressions are stellar.

Make no mistake, from what we've seen, I think Lies of P deserves every bit of attention it's getting right now. That said, what's with the Pinocchio thing? As someone who really only knows the character from the old Disney movie where he smokes that fat doob - er, cigar - it seems an odd choice. But apparently, the reason the developers chose Pinocchio is largely because the character and world are so universally recognized, and they figured they could benefit from that familiarity.

"We had to find a very well-known thing first, because this is our first Soulslike game, so we wanted to have the fanbase first," Lies of P director Choi Ji-Won told IGN (opens in new tab) (we've lightly edited Ji-Won's responses for clarity.) "So we came up with a well-known story first and then we gave our own twist on it."

Ji-Won also explains that the version of Pinocchio that's probably most well-known, at least in the West, is a lot more kid-friendly than the original story by Carlo Collodi on which it's based.

"But also, when you think about Pinocchio, people will think about