Thoughts about Lost: Via Domus (in 250 words)

The Break Down:
Lost: Via Domus casts you as an amnesiac previously unseen survivor of Oceanic flight 815 and plays through the first 3 seasons of the show. Game play is broken down into 6 episodes including character flash backs.

The Game Play:
Game play consists of exactly 2 action sequences, playing hide and seek with the smoke monster, character interaction, photography, exploring flashbacks, and doing basic math to solve puzzles.

Interacting with the other survivors is a novelty, though it hardly gave any additional incite into anyone’s back story or the island. Exploring flashbacks primarily consists of watching cut scenes and looking at newspapers, and the game’s puzzle elements (though challenging, but just enough to make you think without frustrating you) really just felt tacked on.

The real gem of the game is the photography element. Fans of the show will recognize key places and items; and I was very pleased to see many of the achievements in the game set aside to taking pictures of them.

The Final Verdict:
When all was said in done the game took me about four and a half hours to play through and I enjoyed it every minute. I think the game’s ending can be seen as either “the cheap way out” or intriguing twist; depending upon how well you follow the TV show’s time displacement theories and conspiracies.

If you look at Lost: Via Domus as a series of interactive Lost episodes it becomes a lot more fun. If you just can’t get enough Lost in your life, I’d recommend it.

6/10. For the non-lost fan boys, 3/10.