Die-hard fans should get 'Lost'
— -- Here's the scoop on the new video game based on ABC's popular television drama, Lost : Fans of the show will enjoy it, but it offers little to those unfamiliar with the story and characters.
As a result, this adventure game is a good but not great interactive tale, though it does an impressive job making you feel like you're one of the passengers of the ill-fated Oceanic Flight 815.
Lost viewers know all too well the story can be difficult to explain, but here it goes: A plane leaving Sydney, Australia, on its way to Los Angeles, inexplicably breaks apart in the sky over a remote island somewhere in the Pacific. Miraculously, many of the passengers survive the crash, and even more extraordinary is the island's apparent healing abilities — giving a wheelchair-bound man the use of his legs, for example. But the island can also unlock the survivors' inner demons and play tricks on their minds.
In time, the survivors stumble upon hidden scientific research facilities, a group of protective island residents ("The Others") and a mysterious black smoke presence terrorizing the island's inhabitants.
Created by Ubisoft's talented Montreal studio, Lost: Via Domus introduces you as a new survivor of Oceanic Flight 815, a young male photojournalist suffering from amnesia. The game begins with the plane crash, followed by you awakening on the beach. Near the plane's scattered remains are familiar characters from the show, including Jack, Hurley, Locke, Michael and others. Some of the real actors lent their voices to the game characters — such as Ben (Michael Emerson), Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick), Claire (Emilie de Ravin) and Sun (Yunjin Kim) — while the others are sound-a-likes (some, like Kate, sound great, while others, such as Locke, do not).
You must interact with the characters, explore the island, collect items and solve puzzles to figure out your past, survive the many threats (including someone who wants some photos you took) and figure a way off the island.
