How Lies of P’s Mini-Bosses Being so Scary Keeps Players on Their Toes

One feature that is vital in many Soulslike games is the so-called “run-back” when players perish in combat and must get back to where they died again, traversing whatever perilous obstacles were purposefully positioned in that particular biome. Some Soulslike run-backs aren’t nearly as arduous as others, while some take quite a while and can aggravate the process of needing to die to bosses through trial and error. Lies of P indulges in run-backs of its own, but its environs in general are almost always harrowing to navigate due to its frequent mini-bosses.