History VideoGame / LiesOfP

** In addition, [[spoiler:ambition, and how [[AmbitionIsEvil it can corrupt you and blind you]], especially to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong the beauty already around you]]. Simon Manus sought to become a god to create his world without lies because of his hatred for people's deceit. He loved Sophia and performed cruel experiments on her to keep her close, but this very cruelty drove her to call upon P to begin with and stop him. Meanwhile, Geppetto's obsession with his work caused him to neglect Carlo. When Carlo tragically dies, Geppetto becomes obsessed with resurrecting him, even if it means causing the deaths of thousands in Krat and sacrificing his creation P. He fails to recognize that P is a person in his own right, until the GoldenEnding. Adelina Corday, obsessed with being the greatest singer, sabotages her sister's voice out of envy, and deeply regrets it as she dies. Meanwhile, her sister is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against puppets, unaware that Adelina is actually still alive. One of the happiest characters at the game's end is Test Subject 826, who is happy and content to simply drink in the sights and sounds of the burning but still beautiful Rosa Isabelle Street. Lorenzini Venigni illustrates both, as he's an extremely wealthy businessman and a bit of a narcissist, and the UnwittingPawn of Geppetto, though Venigi himself is innocent of the Puppet Frenzy, and due to losing his parents as a child, he cherishes his butler and his other friends and loved ones, including P himself.]]

** In addition, [[spoiler:ambition, and how [[AmbitionIsEvil it can corrupt you and blind you]], especially to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong the beauty already around you]]. Simon Manus sought to become a god to create his world without lies because of his hatred for people's deceit. He loved Sophia and performed cruel experiments on her to keep her close, but this very cruelty drove her to call upon P to begin with and stop him. Meanwhile, Geppetto's obsession with his work caused him to neglect Carlo. When Carlo tragically dies, Geppetto becomes obsessed with resurrecting him, even if it means causing the deaths of thousands in Krat and sacrificing his creation P. He fails to recognize that P is a person in his own right, until the GoldenEnding. Adelina Corday, obsessed with being the greatest singer, sabotages her sister's voice out of envy, and deeply regrets it as she dies. Meanwhile, her sister is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against puppets, unaware that Adelina is actually still alive. One of the happiest characters at the game's end is Test Subject 826, who is happy and content to simply drink in the sights and sounds of the burning but still beautiful Rosa Isabelle Street. On the other hand, a more positive picture of ambition is Lorenzini Venigni, who despite being an extremely wealthy businessman and a bit of a narcissist turns out to be innocent of the Puppet Frenzy, and due to losing his parents as a child, he cherishes his butler and his other friends and loved ones, including P himself.]]

** In addition, [[spoiler:ambition, and how [[AmbitionIsEvil it can corrupt you and blind you]], especially to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong the beauty already around you]]. Simon Manus sought to become a god to create his world without lies because of his hatred for people's deceit. He loved Sophia and performed cruel experiments on her to keep her close, but this very cruelty drove her to call upon P to begin with and stop him. Meanwhile, Geppetto's obsession with his work caused him to neglect Carlo. When Carlo tragically dies, Geppetto becomes obsessed with resurrecting him, even if it means causing the deaths of thousands in Krat and sacrificing his creation P. He fails to recognize that P is a person in his own right, until the GoldenEnding. Adelina Corday, obsessed with being the greatest singer, sabotages her sister's voice out of envy, and deeply regrets it as she dies. Meanwhile, her sister is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against puppets, unaware that Adelina is actually still alive. One of the happiest characters at the game's end is Test Subject 826, who is happy and content to simply drink in the sights and sounds of the burning but still beautiful Rosa Isabelle Street.]]

** In addition, [[spoiler:ambition, and how [[AmbitionIsEvil it can corrupt you and blind you]], especially to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong the beauty already around you]]. Simon Manus sought to become a god to create his world without lies because of his hatred for people's deceit. He loved Sophia and performed cruel experiments on her to keep her close, but this very cruelty drove her to call upon P to begin with and stop him. Meanwhile, Geppetto's obsession with his work caused him to neglect Carlo. When Carlo tragically dies, Geppetto becomes obsessed with resurrecting him, even if it means causing the deaths of thousands in Krat and sacrificing his creation P. He fails to recognize that P is a person in his own right, until the GoldenEnding. Adelina Corday, obsessed with being the greatest singer, sabotages her sister's voice out of envy, and deeply regrets it as she dies. Meanwhile, her sister is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, unaware that Adelina is actually still alive. One of the happiest characters at the game's end is Test Subject 826, who is happy and content to simply drink in the sights and sounds of the burning but still beautiful Rosa Isabelle Street.]]

** In addition, [[spoiler:ambition, and how [[AmbitionIsEvil it can corrupt you and blind you]], especially to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong the beauty already around you]]. Simon Manus sought to become a god to create his world without lies because of his hatred for people's deceit. He loved Sophia and performed cruel experiments on her to keep her close, but this very cruelty drove her to call upon P to begin with and stop him. Meanwhile, Geppetto's obsession with his work caused him to neglect Carlo. When Carlo tragically dies, Geppetto becomes obsessed with resurrecting him, even if it means causing the deaths of thousands in Krat and sacrificing his creation P. He then fails to realize that P is a person of his own, until the GoldenEnding. Adelina Corday sabotages her sister's voice out of envy, and deeply regrets it as she dies. Meanwhile, her sister is on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, unaware that her sister is actually still alive. One of the happiest characters at the game's end is test subject 826, who is happy and content to simply drink in the sights of the burning but still beautiful Rosa Isabelle Street.]]

* CentralTheme: Lies, and how they can harm people or help them. The story makes it clear that sometimes, lying can really help people, and that it isn't always an inherently evil action. [[spoiler:The best ending is obtained by constantly lying towards people with the intent to help them, which is seen as a sign of P caring about people enough to try and spare them from information that would only hurt them]]. This ties into the themes of BecomeARealBoy which were codified in the original work- [[spoiler:a puppet's ability to lie to others, and themselves, is seen as a form of GrownBeyondTheirProgramming.]] This also ties into the motivation of the main antagonist, Simon Manus, who was born with the ability to read minds and thusly could not handle the disconnect between people's outward behavior and their true selves. Due to this, he wishes to become a god using Ergo and create "a world without lies" where people are no longer able to deceive or betray each other.

* CallASmeerpARabbit: In the game's setting, puppets are autonomous and usually sentient {{steampunk}} robots rather than actual puppets, although most of the less realistic humanoid ones are meant to evoke the general look and feel of marionettes. There are some, such as Fuoco and the Puppet of the Future, that lean far more into the "robot" side than the "puppet" one, looking more like [[HumongousMecha colossi made of industrial equipment]] than puppets as we know them.

* CallASmeerpARabbit: In the game's setting, puppets are autonomous and usually sentient {{steampunk}} robots rather than actual puppets, although most of the less human ones are meant to evoke the general look and feel of marionettes. Although there are some, such as Fuoco and the Puppet of the Future, that lean far more into the "robot" side than the "puppet" one, looking more like [[HumongousMecha colossi made of industrial equipment]] than puppets as we know them.

* CallASmeerpARabbit: In the game's setting, puppets are autonomous and usually sentient {{steampunk}} robots rather than actual puppets, although most of the less human ones are meant to evoke the general look and feel of marionettes. Although there are some, such as Fuoco, that lean far more into the "robot" side than the "puppet" one.