Everything Is Dark Souls Now, Even Pinocchio In This New Action Game

Though the running joke is every game seemingly has some Dark Souls element, developer Round8 Studio's Lies of P takes that sentiment literally by adapting Carlo Collodi's children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio into a macabre third-person hack-and-slash action-adventure game.

We're all familiar with Pinocchio's story. Poor old man Geppetto wants to become a famous puppeteer, so he carves a marionette out of enchanted wood. Pinocchio then comes to life and finds himself engulfed in an unfolding narrative to become a real boy whose nose grows when he lies. There's a bit more to Collodi's story, but it stands as a metaphor for the human condition--a tale about honesty and the nature of consequences.

Lies of P is... not quite the same. At least not by the looks of its story trailer.

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