Overture Director Shares How to ‘Seamlessly’ Play the Expansion After the Base Game

Lies of P: Overture Director Ji-won Choi has revealed how players can “very seamlessly” transition into the forthcoming DLC after spending some time playing the base game. Acting as a prequel to the 2023 action-RPG title, Lies of P: Overture expands upon the lore of the original and is set to roll out in Summer 2025 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Developed by Neowiz, Lies of P came out to a strong reception with an average score of 82 on OpenCritic and with players in excess of seven million as of March 2024. Such remarkable fanfare has ensured that there is growing demand for more releases under the IP over time. During Sony’s State of Play livestream in February 2025, Lies of P fans received some big news after the South Korean studio announced that the Soulslike game was set to get an expansion soon. Set before the events of the base game, Lies of P: Overture takes the player to the time before Gepetto’s puppets went haywire and revolves around P taking down enemies while uncovering various secrets of the past.

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In an interview with Xbox, Ji-won Choi, the director behind Lies of P and its DLC, cleared the air around whether players would need to finish the base game before jumping into Overture. He said that the player could progress to “just about Chapter 9” to ensure that they have a seamless jump from the main game to the expansion. Without delving into the details, Choi stated that the “knowledge base and capability” gained up till that point in the story would facilitate a smooth transition into Lies of P: Overture. At the same time, he confirmed that those who have already finished the game could also expect a “satisfying” experience, stressing that the post-launch content is tailored for both new and returning players.

Lies of P: Overture Director Talks About the Forthcoming Expansion

Besides recommending a seamless route from the base game to the Lies of P DLC, Choi underlined the complementary nature of the latter during the interview and shared that the two releases were “highly intertwined together.” He said that the combined package would offer a “holistic experience” of Lies of P, adding that this was how the game was “meant to be experienced.”

Given how Neowiz took inspiration from FromSoftware for Lies of P, it may be fair to assume that certain parallels may also exist between Lies of P: Overture and the Elden Ring developer’s own expansions released in the past. However, only time will tell if this possible influence can help the Neowiz devs replicate the success similar to that achieved by the Hidetaka Miyazaki-led company’s DLCs, such as Shadow of the Erdtree.

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