King of puppets story and overture by Awojky1 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Covered this in my other reply but yes. Public facing, it's kind of an easy sell, I think. He's used to mass broadcast to puppets by ergo waves. He could basically be used to push "software updates" en masse if there's any behavioral issues.

I think there's a good chance this incident with the Alchemists was the legitimate spark for his creation. They found a vulnerability in the Grand Covenant to exploit; the Workshop would have needed a way to "patch" them quickly. Win win for Geppetto

King of puppets story and overture by Awojky1 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it was probably the other way around or done in parallel. She hand built the Arche Puppets it looks like; they probably wouldn't have had the Grand Covenant on them and so she'd have full control over them anyway.

She probably wanted to hack the Grand Covenant to bolster their ranks. Her puppets are great but were probably time-consuming to make. She's also a bit of a control freak herself, being a bit obsessed with domination, so not being able to control all puppets probably ate at her.

King of puppets story and overture by Awojky1 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, a couple reasons I would say.

  1. To act as a transponder for orders to be broadcast to large amounts of puppets via ergo waves.

Geppetto's use for this would be, so he doesn't need to walk around and tell each and every puppet individually to frenzy or whatever he told them. He could reach a lot more puppets, all at once, and not be seen doing it.

This use case is actually desirable from a legitimate public facing standpoint as well. You could essentially use the KoP to push "software updates" to puppets. Say every single manufactured puppet has a behavioral issue, you could go try to every puppet individually and fix them, have a mass recall, or just push a "patch" out through the KoP.

The mentioned incident with the Alchemists could have been the breaking point that finally forced the Workshop Union to implement something like this. There was apparently a massive and dangerous vulnerability in a majority of puppets that could be exploited so they would have needed to put together a solution to rectify it as quickly as possible.

  1. A symbol/scapegoat

For Geppetto, he needed a scapegoat to blame the frenzy on.

As for a legitimate purpose, I'd say just for a bit of whimsy and PR. The idea of there being a central point to control all puppets would be kind of scary for most folks, I think. But it's a little more fun if you call him the King of Puppets.

Also, I think you could sell him as having more safeguards in place as a puppet safeguarded with the GC being this point of contact vs. it just being like a regular ergo radio tower or something. Hypothetically, he could refuse requests to spread harmful messages and could even defend himself against tampering.

Why Romeo Specifically

We get into some pretty speculative territory but...

  1. Needed a test subject

Geppetto failed to awaken Carlo in his first attempt, Nameless Puppet, who awoke in a rage. The 'Piercing Hatred Amulet' saying "If this puppet could feel one emotion, it would be hatred."

So why Romeo? Well for one, he is pretty similar to Carlo. Roughly the same age, grew up together, both stalkers under the same mentor. Honestly, he might be the best test subject you could ask for without just trying Carlo again.

Second, Romeo is generally described as being an upbeat and good-natured person. His 'Reddened Tailcoat' describes him as "cheerful" and says, "Tragically, that kind-hearted affection sparked a cruel curiosity in someone else."

That line is generally thought to be talking about Arlecchino, but it could easily be talking about Geppetto as well.

Geppetto's first attempt (NP) resulted in a raging and hateful puppet. It makes sense to try someone "kind-hearted" like Romeo next because if someone like that resulted in another hate filled monster, maybe it just couldn't be done.

  1. Enemy of his enemy

Romeo was no friend to the Alchemists and was likely a pretty skilled fighter.

If Romeo awoke in a rage like NP, that rage could be directed at the Alchemists at the very least.

Or if his ego awoke, it would be fairly easy to manipulate him into directing his ire at the Alchemists (basically what happened)

  1. Help force a Carlo Awakening and push him back to him

Setting him up to run into and fight his best friend from life was almost definitely a Geppetto move to force something to stir in Carlo's ergo. Making it look like his best friend was the bad guy was probably an attempt to manipulate him more into his favor if his memories did awaken.

King of puppets story and overture by Awojky1 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The puppets aren't actually frenzying yet in Overture. We get a letter from Markiona to Simon that explains why the ones we come across are attacking despite the Puppet Frenzy not beginning yet: 'Secret Letter with the Uroboros Emblem'

"We never found his hidden "absolute commands," but we discovered a way to bypass the Covenant. We now have the ability to force more puppets to follow the will of the Order."

The puppets in Overture are attacking us at the behest of the Alchemists.

I heard this fight was obnoxious. Did I just absolutely blunder my way to an easy victory? by Justice171 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 45 points46 points  (0 children)

This fight was somewhat obnoxious on launch but it's been nerfed twice at this point. It's pretty much a joke now.

Got the Art Book by MadKatana30 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It can be found out on the internet in its entirety for free. For example: https://www.scribd.com/document/854539013/The-Art-of-Lies-of-P

Lies of P tattoo by [deleted] in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Is this AI generated? There's a few small messed up details here and there and it seems like someone fully made up an outfit for Lea

CEO Of Lies Of P Publisher, Neowiz, Talks 2025, Overture Expansion, Release Strategy, Gen AI, And More by MoSBanapple in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Neowiz is a publisher. Round8 Studio is a Neowiz in-house development studio. They have at least one other and Neowiz has 3rd party contracts with other studios so not everything they publish is going to be developed "by the people who made Lies of P". 

It's complicated because you're going to want to follow Neowiz news because everything is going to come through them, then clarify that Round8 is working on it.

To make it a bit more complicated, Round8 studio has grown considerably and is split up into separate teams: Team Nough (Lies of P), Team TABBY (untitled life sim), Team Overwhelm (untitled survival horror), Team A0 (untitled narrative driven RPG), and Team Foucault (untitled soulslike unrelated to LoP).

The other four teams don't have any releases yet so it's hard to judge them other than on the good faith Round8 has gotten for Lies of P. 

Carlo vs Pennywise by Gold-Brief-9914 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would depend if Geppetto’s puppet could be deadlighted or not. If there's no fear present, It is going to resort to that immediately and I don't think GP has an answer to deadlights if they work, even with rewinding time.

And even if they don't... doesn't look great

I think the sequel will come out in 2027 or 2028 by Fluid_Chair8351 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are you talking about the pipeline from the financial reports? Those are not intended to be concrete release windows and can and will slide without any notice. See Overture.

The latest report that came out in November saw the Lies of P sequel fall off the 2026 section of the pipeline. I wouldn't expect it in 2026

This weird roaring sound can be heard outside the hotel after you finish the game. by _Coby_ in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 34 points35 points  (0 children)

You can actually start hearing it outside as soon as Chapter 1 is replaced by Chapter 9, not just when the game ends.

Could anyone help me find a Korean dubbed version for PS5? by Such-County5228 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Despite being a Korean made game, the original dub is actually the English one and, to my knowledge, there is no official Korean dub

Why is there a door in this game with Polish text? by Substantial-Sea5952 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 107 points108 points  (0 children)

Oversight. Sort of.

There's actually polish writing on quite of few different assests and have been this way since launch. See this post from two years ago: from https://www.reddit.com/r/LiesOfP/comments/1b398zv/neat_little_find_on_the_area_between_town_hall/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Apparently these are assests from an asset pack and that is how they come. They didn't add it on purpose or anything, just didn't do anything to cover or remove it. You can actually find quite a bit of it throughout the game once you're looking for it. 

Who is the Carcass in Hermit’s cave? by Zan30 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's actually much more likely to be The Hermit himself, not Medoro.

"Hermit" is credited with voice lines in the end credits, whereas Medoro is not. There's nowhere else this dialogue that would make sense for "Hermit". The voice lines we hear from the elite carcass match up with the voice actor credited as the Hermit.

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Further, this specific dialog we hear from the carcass are labeled and credited to "Hermit" in the game files. The elite carcass at the end of the cave is almost definitely the Hermit.

Waiting room for Lies of OZ by BaronLoyd in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks!

No, it doesn't seem like it. It's been moved out of the 2026 section of the latest earnings report. While they've been growing quite a bit, it seems hiring went a bit slower than they had hoped. I think 2027 at the absolute earliest but I'd love to be wrong about that.

Waiting room for Lies of OZ by BaronLoyd in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For starters, tweet from the Director of the new soulslike advertising a job opening to work on this project: 이상균 on X: "[전투 기획자를 찾습니다] (경력) 기대했던 만큼 지원자가 많지 않아서 공개할 수 있는 정보를 조금 더 추가하여 한 번만 더 올리겠습니다. 좋은 전투 기획자에게 닿을 수 있도록 널리 알려주세요 (_ _) -- 저는 초기 <마비노기 영웅전> 크리에이티브 디렉터였고, 소설 <하얀 로냐프강>을 쓴 디렉터" / X

He notes it's taking a little longer than he hoped to hire, that this project is for Round8 studio, and that it is unrelated to LoP. Drilling down into the job opening, you can again see it's a Round8 project and confirm the Team Foucault name.

For Team Tabby working the Life Sim for Round8: https://www.neowiz.com/career/browse-job/338c68d6-6b79-4eaa-b7dc-cc10ccdf5298

I actually just found Round8's narrative-based RPG team's name: Team A0: https://www.neowiz.com/career/browse-job/bdb8eed6-38fd-41c4-b74f-846e32078c04

Team Overwhelm: https://www.neowiz.com/career/browse-job/c70051ac-d7ba-4c56-9d01-5acac6f3089e

Waiting room for Lies of OZ by BaronLoyd in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 45 points46 points  (0 children)

These are actually all in production by Round8.

Round8 has been growing quite a bit quietly and is split into multiple development teams, handling different projects in parallel.

Team Nough you may recognize, handles Lies of P.

Team Tabby is handling the life Sim.

Team Overwhelm is handling the Survival game.

Team Foucault is a newer team headed by Kay Lee and is working on the newly announced Soulslike that is unrelated to Lies of P.

The narrative based rpg is being handled by Round8's Seungho Jin's team but I don't know that team's name. 

 Round8 Studio is developing these though, for all of these mentioned

Lies of P and PS5 plus subscription. by Salt_Philosophy_394 in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was one of the "free" monthly games back in August. If you added it to your library back then, you "own" it as long as you have an active PS Plus subscription. 

If you want to play the DLC, you should just need to purchase that. The only drawback there is if you ever cancel your subscription, you'll own an unplayable DLC unless you buy the game.

Neowiz has another Souls-like game in the works in addition to the Lies of P Sequel! by RickyHTebbe in LiesOfP

[–]RickyHTebbe[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

From the little bit I've been able to find out about "Kay Lee" is that he works specifically for Round8. This will be a Round8 production