if i had read it before i think i wouldn’t have purchased the game the day it came out.

i feel 2 ways about it:

i love the music – all michael giacchino – full blown orchestra no synth-strings. it makes a great atmosphere.

i also loved playing the swan station and the black rock, being able to walk around especially the swan and having to enter the numbers made me feel very lost

the previously on lost thing is funny, it makes you feel comfy in the game.

I TOTALLY LOVED THE END, that is, until i found out that it is the end.
the game’s very short ( i needed more time to solve portal )

most of the characters look and act very poorly, though i think locke looks great in the game (whats up with juliet?!?).

like others reviewers said, cerebus is funny at first but turns out to be VERY annoying.

am i the only one that didn’t like the room behind the swan? it is so non-canonical, i think.

just like others wrote, i totaly wanted to explore the island by foot ( or maybe in a neat vw-bully ), seeing the barracks or coming closer to our little 4-toe guy, that is missing all of his body except his left foot.

it’s alright for damon and carlton to declare it non-canon, because if it would have been, the game should have taken at least 10 maybe 20 hours to complete it.

so, if you’re a herdcore lostie, like myself you might like the game, but if you’re not sure in the first place – go and rent it.

greetings from germany

Dr.Nue

Then there is the game itself. I didn’t find the Dharma IQ tests or the fuse puzzles all that difficult. The IQ tests just require one to find the pattern (nothing above SAT level stuff) while the fuse puzzles have a fairly simple process you can follow to solve them (I wont spoil that here though).

caution – very mild spoilers ahead

What I did find annoying as all hell was the process one must go through to add a new destination to the game…. Running from marker to marker while black smoke chases you and men fire at you just wasn’t fun for me. I nearly walked away when this was coupled with carrying dynamite (which severely limits ones movement options).

As a previous commenter mentioned, the gun is a prop – not a weapon. You may only use it if the game tells you to. There is enough ammo up for trade on the island to raid a doom marine base, and yet you really only have to fire twice, although typically you will fire 4 times…. yes – it’s that predictable.

The ending… well – I suspect that is the reason the shows creators said this was not cannon. The conundrum presented by the end sequence sort of stabs the entire why the show has worked so far right in the back.

What I had hoped for most in this game was a chance to feel as though I was a survivor on the island. A chance to explore the island, get a feel for the layout, solve a few mysteries along the way. I want to walk down the coast until I find the black cable. want to hike out to the ruins of the statue foot. I want to find the rocks where Kelvin kept Desmond’s boat. Instead I’m treated to some maniac others who shoot at me every time I walk off the beach, and tons of strategically placed debris to make sure I don’t go anywhere else.

For me the only real great moment was finding the secret entrance and finding what was behind the sealed cement walls in the Swan hatch, although there was a slight thrill entering the numbers in the computer for the first time as well.

Great review. One question. You didn’t mention anything about the music in the game. Does it have the original music from the show by Michael Giacchino? This realy is a big issue for me….

Sadly it turned out to be a huge let down. I finished it in less then 4 hours. It may as well have been Dragons Lair!

An example would be my rush to collect items to trade for a gun. I got the gun and an ammo clip.

30 Bullets in total. I fired 4. Why 4? Well the game TOLD ME TO. You cannot do anything the game doesn’t want you to. There is no exploring period. The hardest part of the game are the fuse puzzles and the Dharma IQ Tests.

Avoid this game or rent it. To buy it would condone this abortion!

You seem to have pretty good access to people close to Lost. Did you get any explanation why the original cast wasn’t available for voicing the game? Was it a payment issue? Contract issue?

I think Damon+Carlton need to describe exactly what they mean by “canon”. I feel like they don’t refer to things as canon because it will make people think that they need to purchase or partake in these extra experiences. I feel that things that are canon contain information that is true within the world of the show (but may not be vital to understand where the show is going)….and I’m not sure how this game could not be canon seeing as how the Lost team worked SO closely with the game team (they even revealed the nature of the monster to the game’s director). The recent declaration of the game not being canon has definitely affected by decision to buy it.

I’m also a bit irritated by the fact that Find815 was revealed to be non-canon. The entire thing feels like a waste now…I really thought Damon+Carlton and the team had better control over the world of Lost than this. (Although I realize they were probably unable to influence it during the writer’s strike.)

But, now that Damon has deemed the game non-canon I am going to have to Gamefly it.

I just dont get that either. If the game could have been written to be fully functional and factual within the Lost universe and had even just Jack & Locke’s real voices in addition to what it alreadfy had going, I think it could have done really well.

Considering the fact that it is being released almost in time for the break in episodes, a few well placed ads during Lost for the next 2-3 weeks could have made this game a huge seller.

Cheers for the review Doc !

This is similar to The Lost Experience. While it’s not vital to have gone through that, it did help flesh out the universe quite a bit. Is this the same kind of experience? I was looking forward to learning new things…what does this game have to offer me?