The minute you point out {that a} recreation is a Souls-like, everybody routinely assumes a sure subset of mechanics are going to be current. However one mechanic particularly appears to have someway prevented evolution alongside lots of the others that did: dropping your Souls (in Lies of P‘s case, Ergo) upon loss of life.
If you die in Lies of P, you drop a lump of Ergo simply as you’d count on. This goes for regular deaths, in addition to these you undergo in boss fights. Nevertheless, the foremost distinction right here – and I can’t imagine it took this lengthy for a recreation to do that – is that your Ergo doesn’t keep contained in the boss room after you die.
As an alternative, you’ll return to seek out it simply outdoors the world. Ergo is the primary forex in Lies of P, too, which makes it all of the extra useful.
It is a enormous, and certain very intentional change. It means that you can take again your forex and go make investments it on upgrades, or degree up, earlier than making an attempt to abdomen that boss battle as soon as extra.
In most Souls-likes, your dropped forex stays ceaselessly trapped within the boss area. For those who occurred to roll in with a very good chunk of it on you, your solely choice to get that out of there’s to defeat the boss – and keep in mind to choose it up each time you retry the battle. In Lies of P, you may safely strive your luck with a boss battle, figuring out that your hard-earned Ergo received’t be ceaselessly caught in that boss room should you fail.
Whereas it’s a typically good thought to let go of the worry of shedding your primary forex in these video games, that is nonetheless a really welcome change that I’d prefer to see in different Souls-likes. Now not do you need to hit your head towards a wall in frustration as you attempt to end that boss so you may hold a maintain of your money, and it doesn’t change the dynamic a lot. In actual fact, it makes issues simply that bit extra forgiving for brand spanking new gamers, and removes an pointless layer of frustration for each participant.
In case you missed it, right here’s our overview of Lies of P, and our unboxing of Lies of P’s Deluxe Version.