Lies of P

I am not a fan of souls like games but i cant stop playing lies of p. I even played it on legendary stalker difficulty first run and when i finished the game it was glorious. 10 out of 10 game. Also the art and style of the game are astonishing.

it sickens me that i can't dodge roll my way through this game I picked this up after finally 100%ing Elden Ring. Mind you, I've ignored the parry mechanic in every game I've ever played. I bravely selected the hardest difficulty without knowing what I was getting into and after dog-walking the first boss, my confidence grew. I was very quickly humbled by a guy in a donkey mask and had to rethink the dodge roll strategy that has carried me through every Fromsoft game in the past decade and a half. Unfortunately, that meant I had to take up the Sisyphean task of learning to parry. Since then, I've completed the game almost twice and nearly completed Overture. Now I can say that after 50-something hours I can reliably parry like 50% of the time! Maybe it's recency bias, but this is one of the best games I've ever played, and definitely one of the best souls-like. The base game is a phenomenal experience on its own, but the DLC added so much to the story that I 100% recommend picking it up as well.