Neowiz and the development team behind Lies of P: Overture have released a response to fan struggles with the DLC add-on, and the director promises he will “review various adjustments” following complaints.
Neowiz and the development team behind Lies of P: Overture surprised fans everywhere with a shadow drop during the SGF 2025 showcase. Since then, fans have taken to the internet —similar to how fans took to the internet following the release of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree— to complain about unfair difficulty and challenges the DLC brings.
On forums like Reddit (which has now been aggregated into a ‘megathread‘ due to the sheer amount of complaints), fans started by having reservations regarding a difficulty option and after deploying these options in practice, intense fan backlash followed on the painful difficulty spike brought by Overture. Elden Ring fans followed a similar path. On release, Shadow of the Erdtree fans initially complained there was a way to make the game ‘easier’ with Scadutree Fragments until realizing the DLC brought big difficulty enhancements.
All of the fan complaints boil down to what one user, MagicThiccWaku, says: “I think the DLC is hard in all the wrong places, no reactionary attacks, mistakes are far too punishing and fights last for so long.” Many players have also explained on NG+ base game enemies become nightmarish and finish players in 1-2 hits. After this immense backlash to the Overture DLC difficulty, a video from director Jiwon Choi titled “Lies of P: Director’s Letter” appeared in response. That video can be seen below.
In the video, Jiwan Choi expressed his heartfelt thanks to fans who are so passionate about Lies of P and has addressed the issues facing DLC difficulty. He said “We’re reviewing all of it carefully and are already looking into when to implement some of your suggestions,” adding “Among all the feedback, we are paying the closest attention to the combat experience.”
Choi continued “We identified areas that did not turn out quite as we intended,” then “Therefore, we are reviewing various adjustments, including difficulty reduction.” Choi concluded, “However, combat is one of the most fundamental experiences in Lies of P, so any modifications or changes require meticulous work and thorough testing.”
While Overture is put through testing and a patch is being paid attention to, struggling fans should note the development team is working on fixing the problems plaguing the experience and fixes should come in due time.
