Lies of P has received an update to make its Overture DLC easier to access and play.
The game’s director, Jiwon Choi, stated in a video last week an update including “difficulty reduction” was on the way. Now it’s here.
Specifically, the DLC can now be accessed from Chapter 5 instead of Chapter 9, as long as you’re on your second playthrough.
Further, repeat playthroughs will have reduced monster difficulty, while on a first playthrough certain field monsters will have adjusted stats. I really hope it’s those bastard kangaroos that have been nerfed.
This is great news for everybody, except me. It means that if you’re on a second playthrough of the game (on NG+), you can now access the DLC earlier. I, however, have already had to do a NG+ speedrun up to the end of Chapter 9 prior to this update just to access the DLC. Sigh.