If you're familiar with the original Pinocchio story, you may recognize certain characters within Lies of P. While the game struggles to load in textures during some cutscenes, it only happens for a brief second and is so negligible you won’t even know it’s happening half of the time.

I reviewed Lies of P on the Xbox Series X, and it ran at 60fps with no framerate drops and at a crisp 1080p resolution.

To round off the presentation is the game’s technical performance. Not only are these songs soothing to listen to, but they also play a minor role in the game’s story, which I will elaborate on later. There are also collectable in-game vinyl tracks you can play in Hotel Krat, the game’s safe hub area. It contains bombastic, orchestral scores to heighten the tension of boss battles, alongside melancholy pieces for the game’s emotional moments. While you will mostly be hearing ambient background noise exploring the game’s levels, Lies of P does feature an extensive soundtrack. The game’s audio presentation has equal levels of high-quality structure as the visual presentation. Your mission will take you on a journey from ruined cities to ancient castles and beyond. These shambling, crumbling monstrosities are packed with all sorts of cool details, horrific metallic sound effects plus erratic, yet robotic behaviors which help immerse you in the game’s dark, steampunk setting. The character designs of the enemies and bosses, though, are a sight to behold. The 19th century-style character designs of the NPCs are visually pleasing to look at and feature homage nods to their counterparts from the original story. The design presentation of the enemies and characters you will encounter in Lies of P are just as creative as the environments. When I reached the end, I witnessed a beautiful vista with a massive draw distance, which showed me how far I had come on my journey up to that point. Without spoiling anything, one location near the end of the game impressed me greatly by the sheer size of it. Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Store & Steam)

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