#lopirl

[lopirl stuff]

just two months ahead of duyuno day (which i made up), Jin of legendary k-pop group BTS recommends Lies of P to his legions of fans.

I can imagine somewhere in south korea Director Choi is very happy about the mention right now.

Neowiz co CEO (Sean Kim) mentions that LOP2 development is still going strong, but more importantly Director Choi and the team seem optimistic about it, which is hopeful.

“At this point, there is nothing specific we can share in detail,” he told Game Informer. “I can tell you that the team at Round8 Studio is excited about their work and fully focused on development. “With the Lies of P DLC receiving further recognition through its various award wins and director Choi Ji-Won expressing strong confidence in the studio’s next project, we hope fans will continue to look forward to what’s ahead as much as we are.”

Some were disappointed at the QnA session with Choi. Out of the many thoughtful questions people submitted, he answered a total of only six. I would have liked to see all the responses, too, but it's clear that it was not possible. It's also possible that they were planning on asking more questions, but he wasn't feeling too well after the last one. (Unfortunately, BomBom passed away the previous year.) I think that's likely what happened. Sophia (on the discord) did say that the QnA was going to be delayed on lopcord. So I don't know if maybe that's why they took the break.

I quite liked the QnA session. There is a lot we know about LoP, but genuinely, there isn't a whole lot we know about the director and his career. Granted not everyone is going to be interested in stuff like that, but I am, and they were included questions the community were asking. I thought his answers were super interesting and insightful. Him saying LoP will likely remain action based but he's exploring how to integrate music into games (and maybe moving away from the "traditional" formula of souls-like games???). The game's fixation on music. Saying he thought he would find pride and confidence if LoP became this huge success - but the opposite happening. Saying Sophia was his favourite character at the moment (implying that her situation is relatable for him now). And also that BomBom was adopted when she was older, so he never got a chance to see her as a kitten.