Video Gamers Podcast
Totally About Teeto, Lies of P: Overture and Hilarious Headliners - Gaming Podcast
Wed, 19 Feb 2025
Gaming hosts Josh, Ryan and Ace return with another gaming packed episode. This week we gush over the reveal of Lies of P: Overture, get down with Teeto, an upcoming 3D platformer that’s shaping up to be something great, laugh over the shenanigans of Headliners and discuss A Midnight Walk’s incredible art style. It’s another can’t miss indie gaming episode from your favorite video game podcast! Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Ol’ Jake, Disratory and Gaius Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Discord: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU12YOMnAQwqFZEdfXv9c3Q Visit us on the web: https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What indie games are discussed in this episode?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. On this week's indie episode, we're discussing, quite possibly, the best indie Souls-like in existence, Lies of Pi, and discussing the announcement of its first DLC ever. We'll be laughing over the horrible and gruesome deaths we've seen in headliners, talk the exceptional-looking Tito, and marvel over the art style of A Midnight Walk.
But before we get into all that, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh. And joining me, he's currently trying to sneak past a giant oak tree and being told, no, it's Ryan.
That tree was actually pretty sweet. I definitely went past him or back up to him and had him kick me away just a few times, and he kept throwing me up higher and higher in the air, and I was floating back. It was a good time. Good demo.
Yeah, we'll be talking about the Tito demo, and make sure you pay attention to that because there's something special coming there. and joining us he's the indie master extraordinaire the guy who just went back and played lies of p for eight hours so he'd be ready to talk about the dlc announcement today it's ace hey listen man i'm not a puppet i'm a real boy so i have to get that experience
Oh, man. Hey, dude, Lies of P. I said it in the intro. Quite possibly the best indie Souls-like game in existence. And we got the announcement of the DLC for it.
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Chapter 2: What is Lies of P and why is it significant?
uh so we'll get to that in just a second first of all welcome in everybody thank you for joining us it is awesome to have you here we love doing these indie episodes we've actually gotten some traction on these already dude like there's indie devs that have been reaching out to us on social media and they're like dude thank you guys for like dedicating this episode to it
It's so hard to get exposure as an indie dev. It's hard to kind of get people to notice your games and things like that. And our stance has always been we absolutely love indie developers. We love the passion that they have. We love the fact that they're so involved in the gaming community. They often solicit feedback and say, hey, how can we make this game better?
And so this is really just one of the ways that we like to say thank you for that passion to indie devs. And hopefully put some awesome looking indie games on people's radars as well. And we've got a few today, boys.
Oh, boy. Yes, we do.
Let's just start off with Lies of P. Because Ace is grinning already, man. We're going big.
We're going right into it. Give it to me.
Now...
ace you played lies of p before i ever even got a chance to dive into it i remember we have we covered it many many times on this podcast leading up to its release we kind of had this up and down bit of a roller coaster with it where we kind of went this looks like it could be like the best game ever and then we kind of went and not real sure um and then the game came out you played it first you loved it uh i played it after that i loved it ryan
still put off by the whole souls like thing, not to call you out, but no, no, I love souls games.
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Chapter 3: What are the new features in Lies of P: Overture DLC?
Absolutely. I tell you one thing. If there's something I like in my swords, I like them to also be guns. You know? What more can you ask for? That's for sure. What is crazy to me is from someone who hasn't played it, and I've dabbled in the indies a little bit, not nearly as much as you two, but this does not look like an indie game to me. I mean, this looks like a full-fledged AAA...
Graphically beautiful, just amazing game that is just beautiful and crisp, and it has all the attributes of a top-tier development, but it's considered an indie, I guess? It is. It's wild to me.
And it plays so smooth, man. You would think FromSoft made this game with how smooth the gameplay is and how responsive. And if they had made it, it would be a top 10 game for everyone.
Yeah, it is funny how, because it's not FromSoft, that it kind of has sat in that kind of indie obscurity. Now, we say obscurity. Lies of P, I feel like, has done pretty darn well for itself. It has done incredible. That is a testament to how good this game is. If you have not played Lies of P, it is one of the premier top-notch Souls-like games.
You are really missing out if you are a fan of that genre and you have not played it. I was kind of resistant to play it at first because I was kind of like I was fresh off of Elden Ring and I was like, man, I'm kind of wanting something more. And I was like, let me try this out. I was enthralled. I beat the entire game. So that's saying something coming from me.
The combat is a very, very nice blend of being approachable for the most part and then also having those epic boss fights where you are going to die several times. But The game never felt unfair to me. The level design was top notch. The progression systems I thought were awesome. You can kind of build out these builds like you want. There's really nothing to not like about Lies of P.
And then we get this, this just kind of trailer and it expands like everything, man. Like you said, we get new weapons, we get new boss fights. It looks like we get some new mechanics. They showed some like really cool, like boss moves and things like that. Like you mentioned, there's some range combat because he's got a bow.
Oh, sword gun again. Like, come on. I mean, the biggest thing is Liza P is a souls like with a story that you can follow. It is not hidden behind everything. You can follow the story and it's really interesting.
That's what's cool to me is that I'm very story driven in games and I want to feel like I'm in that world. I want to be engaged. And maybe that's something that would draw me in a little bit more into a Souls game instead of just kind of rolling around and killing stuff, which is also super fun and awesome. I'm sure it's great, just not for me.
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Chapter 4: What are the key highlights of the Teeto demo?
And Ace, you and I were talking about this before we started recording, but there's one point in this forest level that you're on where if you kind of explore, you get rewarded for it. You find this little corner of the map, and then all of a sudden it goes, dodge the acorns and survive. Oh! Oh, dude, that was so crazy. You guys all found it? And all of a sudden, I'm running for my life.
There are just dozens of acorns falling from the sky. You're running around like a madman trying not to get squashed. I got hit by one, and it kind of stunned me for a second, and I started panicking, and I was like, no! And I'm running all over the place. At the end of the demo, it's very much a Crash Bandicoot scene where you are running into the direction of your screen. It's super fast-paced.
There was chaos everywhere. The devs for this game are awesome. It is a small family from New Zealand, and it is literally their family project. That's it. You can tell by the voiceover in the game that it's just their family. But also how awesome is that New Zealand accent? Oh, dude, it's so good.
It's so good. You can tell there's so much passion behind this game because comparing it to the first demo we saw, it was still great in the first demo. And now you get this and like, I feel like I'm playing a whole new polished game just for me made with love. Family love.
It was almost... The Acorns Falling was almost reminiscent of Mario Party. That's what I was thinking. One of those kind of party games, for sure. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. You could see the shadow getting bigger, and you're like, oh no, and you gotta jump around. That last level, obviously...
1 100th of the amazingness of that level, but it almost was like that Halo 3 kind of Warthog level. It kind of felt like it, didn't it? I was just running, and I'm like, oh, okay. I really like... You know, I like the demo. Now I love this demo. And I was feeling good, and I'm like, I'm going to jump here, double jump that, get over this. And I died.
I'm not going to... You know, I died intentionally a couple times just so I could keep doing that area. You know, it was just... I think it was very well done. I think they did a very good job on what they've created. And it sounds like they've made the improvements that needed to happen from what you guys have said as well.
I love that we got a glimpse of the variety of gameplay that we're going to get. Yeah. You know, like, honestly, between the level designs, the different kind of mechanics in the game that they showcase, the different levels. Like I said, we talked about the Crash Bandicoot ending for the demo. That was very adrenaline pumping. You know, like you said, over the top.
I mean, my hands were getting sweaty. And I was like, this is great, man. I freaking love this. Yep. So... Do not sleep on Tito. There is a free demo. It is their brand new demo. We've actually been talking to these devs. They are awesome people. And so we always say, hey, support good indie developers. Go try this demo out. See for yourselves. It's fun.
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Chapter 5: Why is Headliners a must-play game?
Not to say that this is that, but... Man, I definitely want to try it out and see what this type of gaming is. Something I've never experienced. I've done VR, obviously, but something like this, it just seems so different to me, and it's something I definitely want to try out.
Oh, this is one of those games they're going to consider art later down the line. They're going to be like, they made this and it's pure art. Even if the gameplay isn't like amazing, just the visuals and hopefully the story will just carry it forward. But like these claymation, I'm always impressed by that. So I'm already down.
I'm already in. It's like developing a video game is not hard enough as it is to where they go, let's make it out of clay. You know what I mean? And then it's like, wait, what? We're going to do the whole thing in clay, guys. That's like, are you crazy? we have to make an entire video game out of clay then. And they go, yeah, let's do it. Yeah.
I will say, I love the fact that this is going to be available in VR. Now, from my understanding, I think the game itself will be available as like a standalone game, but it has the option for VR and that does include PC. So you could play it in steam through like your quest to like connection with steam, which I absolutely love. Cause I don't know, like a PlayStation VR. Yeah.
And so it's one of those things where it's like to be able to experience this art style and this creepiness at the same time in VR, like to scale, like, I mean, what an experience that would be. I love, I love these games that we're getting where the art style is just absolutely carrying these games. South of Midnight is another game coming up soon where it's just that has my attention.
I'm very excited for that one too.
Yeah, A Midnight Walk is right up there for me, honestly. And I will absolutely play this in VR, too, because I think that's how they kind of intended this game to be played. All right, Josh, VR party at my house, buddy. I'll do it.
Come on. I'll do it.
We'll be banging into each other, man. Oh, but yeah. So I, I absolutely, this trailer alone blew me away. So if nothing else, again, go watch the trailer for that. It's called a midnight walk. I like how they're doing stuff with fire. There's these really fantastic visuals and characters and stuff. I am such a sucker for that.
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Chapter 6: How can indie games gain exposure?
The nostalgia hit is real, and it's like, kudos to you for playing on that, because you got me. Yeah. So... Awesome. Well, listen, that does it for this episode. I mean, go check out the Tito demo. We cannot encourage you enough to do this. You know, one of our favorite things is to put good games in front of you guys. Check out the Tito demo. Let us know what you think.
I mean, maybe we're off base, but I don't think that we are. But we would absolutely love to hear from people on what they think about that as well. You know, come join our Discord server. We have an awesome community of almost a thousand gamers. There's no politics. There's no toxicity.
It's just gamers getting along and talking their love of games without people putting you down for your opinions and stuff like that. If you need friends to play with. I mean, we literally just had somebody join and say, hey, anybody playing headliners? I'd love to play with people. And we're like, yeah, we got like seven, eight people that are playing that almost nightly right now.
So if you need friends to just play games with, we invite you as well. The only thing we ask is that you be awesome, just like everybody else. And it really is just the best gaming community on the planet. That is it for this episode. Until next time. Happy gaming. Peace out. See ya.