Will main game progress move to DLC

[Saleem786]

As a lot of you may not know, Lies of P is leaving game pass and this is just before the DLC release.... I played the full game on game pass and completed it until the end. I guess I will have to buy it on Steam when the DLC is released as I believe you need the full game for the DLC. But will main game progress carry over to the DLC? Do you need to complete the game/be in late game (like Shadow of the Erdtree) to play the DLC or will everyone start at level 1?

[LuckyCheshire]

We don't know anything concrete yet. Starting from level one would be very out of character for the genre and doesn't make much sense from a design perspective, so I highly doubt it. What most people have been guessing is that the entrance will be from the overgrown Stargazer just outside the Malum District. We don't know how the DLC and the main storyline will connect yet though.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by LuckyCheshire:

We don't know anything concrete yet. Starting from level one would be very out of character for the genre and doesn't make much sense from a design perspective, so I highly doubt it. What most people have been guessing is that the entrance will be from the overgrown Stargazer just outside the Malum District. We don't know how the DLC and the main storyline will connect yet though.

As you know, this game has a very linear progression with internal parts, so i wonder how progression in the dlc will work.

[LuckyCheshire]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

Originally posted by LuckyCheshire:

We don't know anything concrete yet. Starting from level one would be very out of character for the genre and doesn't make much sense from a design perspective, so I highly doubt it. What most people have been guessing is that the entrance will be from the overgrown Stargazer just outside the Malum District. We don't know how the DLC and the main storyline will connect yet though.

As you know, this game has a very linear progression with internal parts, so i wonder how progression in the dlc will work.

Indeed. The standard choice, a lá Fromsoft, would be to make the DLC area have no impact on anything in the main campaign, but there's a decent chance they might try an approach that's a little more daring.

[Krypto]

I'd imagine your stats and gear will carry over, making the DLC true endgame content, but since it takes place BEFORE the main campaign, maybe it will start you off from scratch, then allow you to take the stuff from the DLC into the main campaign in NG+

I'd prefer a fresh start for proper balancing and a desire to use new toys instead of old faithful, the trident.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by Krypto:

I'd imagine your stats and gear will carry over, making the DLC true endgame content, but since it takes place BEFORE the main campaign, maybe it will start you off from scratch, then allow you to take the stuff from the DLC into the main campaign in NG+

I'd prefer a fresh start for proper balancing and a desire to use new toys instead of old faithful, the trident.

The dlc is time travel based, as in you the puppet of Gepetto goes back in time somehow. Most likely from the rusty stargazer right after the cathedral.

It also teased that the choices you make in the past will ripple into the present. My guess is you progress the dlc at the same time as the base game, moving between past and present.

Either way, i want to exclusively use one of those new dlc weapons, and that gun greatsword looked very interesting to me.

[a_morse]

Too bad we do not have yet any info on this, as I am in the same situation as the OP: played and completed Lies of P on Xbox Series (through Game Pass), now switched to PC.

Do not know if I should by the game right now, moreover Overture definitely feels like a stand-alone DLC: prequel, completely separated timeline as the main base game, I wonder if I should buy it yet again and if I may/should already start a new playthrough.

Again too bad the dev. chose not to give you these important info when they announced the DLC a few weeks ago...

[AzzUK]

I do think the DLC takes place during the main game. It's just that somehow we end up in the past via time travel.