Lost: Via Domus

I wanted to love this game. Being a HUGE fan of the TV show (i've seen every episode live, as it aired for all 4 seasons thus far) I was looking forward to this game like no other. The game as a whole let me down though. First things first... The game is very short. I beat it in one day with only 2 breaks inbetween sessions. There are 7 levels, or episodes as they call them and each episode takes anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes to beat depending how long you linger around and talk to people. Which brings me to the second point.. The voice actors. They have a few real cast members doing the voices (Claire, Desmond, Sun, Ben, Tom, Mikhail) but everyone else is a stand in. Some are actually decent (Jack, Hurley, Kate) and some just do an awful job (Locke, Sawyer, Charlie). In any case, its rather disappointing because the game would have been so much more likable if it had all the real actors in it. Oh well... I guess ubisoft didn't want to pay them what they wanted probably. Back to the...Read more

I'm a big Lost fan so I carefully waited for the game to be available at the local Blockbuster and sure enough I was the first renting it.

First Impressions: The title screen is lovely and it led to an anticipation of whats to come. Turning it on however, I was greeted by blocky controls. At first I thought I had freedom to move about the island but turned out I was wrong, everything is set on paths. Your character kind of quirks and jerks around the island stumbling into unmoveable bushs with all his stiffness. Follow this up with 'what just happened' cut scenes and dabble on a self-centering bad camera angle and you have your opener of sorts. Jungles have never been accurately reproduced in games, I was hoping this would be an exception.

Play it Again Sammy: The game blocks it up like episodes of the show, think Matrix: the Game, only with intros and logos. I didn't like the 'previously on Lost' intro showing me what I played just seconds earlier...Read more

I don't like to write negative reviews but I waiting a long time for this dud of a game and I am really disappointed. Totally linear game with no real choice in any actions you take (although there is a slight ILLUSION that there is choice)--contrary to what the show is all about. You'll spend more time watching loading screens than playing! Extremely short, with only about 6 hours of game play and not at all replayable (see linear above). Could have--SHOULD HAVE--been so much more. This one is like a throwback to the 80s in the complexity of gameplay. Some good ideas (trading, puzzles, photography, hiding from smoke monster) that never really develop into anything new or exciting. The only element of surprise is the ending video, and the realization you'll get that you wasted your money.