While writing my Lies of P review, I mentioned that I felt that a few of the bosses were a bit overturned, among other issues, and it would seem that others felt the same. Due to that feedback, Round8 Studio and Neowiz have released Lies of P Update 1.2.0.0.0, which addresses those things and so much more.
Several bosses, the King of Puppets, Simon Manus, and Fallen Archbishop Andreus, have all seen their health pool drop. While Simmon Manu’s second phase will be a bit easier to stagger, which was something I struggled with due to him spamming his attacks pretty much non-stop.
Perhaps the biggest change in this update is that the Specter has been buffed, which was really needed. Most go into a fight with the summons, expecting the Specter to be helpful, but it usually gets stomped pretty fast. Especially during a few end-game boss fights and the Rabbit Brotherhood fights. I know a few players will be happy with this update.
In addition to that, monsters will drop more items such as Star Fragments, Moonstones for upgrading, and Ergo. I’m not so sure that was needed, as I have tons of all of the mentioned, and they were easily attainable while I was dropping in Ergo.
Lastly, the ability to respec will be available at the Goin Coin Fruit tree, so people will be able to respec much sooner, while the cost to respec the character’s level, Legion Arts, and P-Organ have been lowered.
There’s so much to be excited more, and again, I love that the devs are paying attention. Now, about that possible future DLC or news of a sequel.
Check out the Lies of P update 1.2.0.0 below:
– Increased the chance of breaking some monsters’ stance and the frequency of stagger
– Increased the staggerable window time
– Increased the drop rate of Moonstone type items
– Decreased the drop rate of Star Fragments
– Increased the drop rate of Ergo items
– Increased the Ergo rewards of certain monsters that appear after Lorenzini Arcade”
Boss Monster Balance Changes
– Decreased the HP of ‘Fallen Archbishop Andreus’
– Decreased the HP of ‘King of Puppets’ in the first phase
– Decreased the HP of ‘Simon Manus, Arm of God’
– Decreased the damage of ‘Simon Manus, Awakened God’
– Increased the chance to break the stance of ‘Simon Manus, Awakened God'”
Increased the Specter’s HP and damage
System Changes Related to the Character Progression Reset
– Added the feature to reset the character’s level, P-Organ, and Legion Arms at the ‘Gold Coin Tree’
– Characters created after this patch will now receive 8 Gold Coin Fruits instead of 5 for their first harvest
– Adjusted the required amount of gold coins to reset the character’s level, P-Organ, and Legion Arms
– Players will now be able to carry more weight for each point spent on Capacity
– Decreased the weight of Amulets that could be purchased with Boss Ergo
– Players will now be able to land attacks better when they use fable arts that consume three or more slots. (includes Fable Arts that stack)
– Successfully performing the Fable Art ‘Guard Parry’ will now break the monster’s stance
New Features
Now supports the DUALSHOCK®4 & DualSense™ controllers on Windows OS devices. After today’s update, if the DUALSHOCK®4 & DualSense™ UI does not appear properly, please follow the steps below.
1. Steam Library -> Right Click Lies of P -> Properties -> Controller
2. Disable Steam Input
** The DUALSHOCK®4 & DualSense™ controller’s touch pad can be used to open the menu
– Fixed a bug with the Legion Arm ‘Pandemonium II – Acid Charge’ rarely not working properly.
– Fixed a bug that the Legion Arm ‘Pandemonium’ consumed only Legion guage while using Grindstones
– Fixed a bug that Geppetto’s face to flicker in the cutscene after defeating the ‘Nameless Puppet’ with Graphic Quality Presets – Low
– Fixed a typo of Carlo Collodi in the End Credits. (We sincerely apologize to Mr. Collodi and that was not a lie!)
Known Issues
PS4 User Guide: https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/crossbutton.html To change the key binding for ‘Confirm’ from the O button to the X button, navigate to [Settings] → [System], and check the [Use X button for Enter] checkbox.
Some players have encountered difficulties in advancing to subsequent chapters due to abnormal actions, such as passing through doors in unconventional ways. To resolve this issue, please follow the instructions below:
Install the latest patch.
Launch the game and activate any Stargazer ability.
Visit the Hotel and interact with Geppetto to trigger a P-Organ cutscene.
Acquire the Krat City Hall Key.
If you trigger keyboard input while using the DUALSHOCK®4 & DualSense™ controller on a Windows operating system, the game’s input UI may switch to that of a keyboard. In this case, the key binding for ‘Menu’ will be displayed as ‘C’, instead of ‘ESC’.
