One of many groups behind Neowiz’s Souls-like Lies of P has launched a brief documentary detailing how they stored “testing and refining” the sport earlier than its launch, in addition to providing a little bit perception into its hardcore “video games by avid gamers” tradition.
The inner crew at Round8, referred to as Nough, mentioned the title stems from “not sufficient, however with out the e” as a result of “we’re by no means sufficient, there’s all the time room to enhance, so once we develop video games, we preserve refining them as a result of they’ll all the time be higher”.
With defining traits described as “tenacity” and “dedication”, the studio says that is why it is dedicated to “creating higher video games”.
“The gamers can all the time inform,” mentioned director Choi Jiwon. “As a gamer myself, I do know they’ll inform when a sport has been made with actual dedication. So at any time when we’re growing a sport, we all the time method it as gamers first.
“We’re avid gamers earlier than we’re builders. So we preserve testing and refining with out compromise till everybody on the crew is genuinely happy with what we’ve made.”
The video then explores its “video games by avid gamers” tradition, explaining how the Nough crew is given the chance to take part in playtesting classes “the place the complete improvement crew and director Jiwon Choi play the sport collectively to validate the sport construction”.
“Iterative suggestions is core to the crew’s course of for finishing a sport and showcases the crew’s dedication to crafting a satisfying remaining product,” the studio added. “This provides a glimpse into Nough Studio’s distinctive dedication to viewing video games from a gamer’s perspective and constantly refining the gameplay expertise to realize a excessive degree of polish.”
As for what’s subsequent? Jiwon Choi teased that Nough’s subsequent unannounced mission will likely be “actually enjoyable and emotionally transferring”.
“We’re giving it every little thing now we have to make it the perfect it may be. So please, simply wait a little bit longer,” he mentioned. “You will not be upset, we promise. That is the reality, not a lie.”
Eurogamer’s three-star evaluate of 2023’s Lies of P mentioned it has “sturdy sufficient foundations in its edgy tone and tweaked weapons”, however “it is extremely unlikely that they will be capable to beat the originals at their very own sport”.
Neowiz is clearly taken with increasing the IP and turning it into a permanent franchise. We have identified for over two years {that a} sequel was occurring, however we lately discovered it is entered the “vertical slice” stage.