The darkish, Souls-like twist on the story of Pinocchio, Lies of P, has as soon as once more resurfaced, this time with a model new trailer at IGN Fan Fest this week, which you’ll watch above. And on the finish of the trailer, we have a narrowed launch window finally: it is popping out this August.
The majority of this trailer centered on the unsettling monsters of Lies of P, which on this trailer characteristic unusual mixtures of mechanized puppet creatures with bizarre, slimy-looking, Lovecraftian horrors. There’s additionally lots of footage of what appears to be the Blue Fairy, a creature who serves as a information to Pinocchio within the authentic story however who, given the sinister plot of Lies of P, is probably not solely reliable this time.
With this, we have now seen a lot of the important solid members folks affiliate with the standard (or Disney) Pinocchio story, together with Geppetto and a companion that will or is probably not a nod to Jiminy Cricket. But it surely’s nonetheless a thriller how a lot this can deviate from what we all know in regards to the little wood boy, who largely did not need to struggle off any Lovecraftian horrors in his authentic story.
We have seen lots of Lies of P’s Souls-like fight now although, in addition to it is “lie” system the place selections to lie or not, in addition to the right way to lie, in numerous conditions will affect the story.
Lies of P is popping out in August for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. You’ll be able to try all the remainder of the information from IGN FanFest, together with spotlights on Road Fighter 6, HBO’s The Final of Us, and Diablo 4, proper right here.
Rebekah Valentine is a information reporter for IGN. You will discover her on Twitter @duckvalentine.