Monday, 24 March 2008

LOST: Via Domus

Game: LOST: Via Domus
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Console: PS3, XBOX 360, PC
Release date: February 27th 2008
World's worst video game score: 5.3
Known scores: Gamedaily 5 bad, Gamespot 6.5, 360stage 5.7
Review: LOST fans everywhere held a breath for this game. However, its terrible gameplay and voice acting severly let it down. With no replayability and the length of the game been 4-6hr is not worth the £40 price tag. Another disapointment was the lack of easter eggs and no new clues for fans. Back to the gameplay for over half of it your stuck doing fuse puzzles (see video below) which are unexciting and feel like an attempt to lengthen the game. The rest is either taking photos or running around in the jungle. Many fans also resented the ending claiming it to have the worst video game ending ever.
More info: Bloopers/Continuity problems, Source: Lostpedia
* The game opens with Elliot talking on the phone moments before the crash. However, in the show we know that the plane, six hours after leave the airport, loss any kind of communication with the outside world. ("Pilot, Part 1")
* Shortly before the crash, a voice asks passengers to sit down while Cindy chases Charlie to the bathroom. However, in the show it is Cindy herself who announces this. ("Pilot, Part 2")
* The day after the crash, Elliott witnesses Jack, Kate and Charlie coming running out of the jungle, chased by the Monster, even though they were able to walk back to the beach camp without further encounters with the monster. ("Pilot, Part 2")
* The Monster can apparently travel around the island in areas it has never been seen on the show, it appears in the caves and very close to the beach. In addition, Locke tells Elliott to hide in the bamboo groves if the Monster attacks, yet at this point in the timeline Locke had never been attacked by the Monster (though he had peacefully encountered it). ("Walkabout")
* Michael is shown collecting wood for the raft on day 2, when he really starts building it weeks later. ("Special")
* The ladder in the hatch is shown to descend all the way down, but we know that the ladder barely descended a few feet because it was broken. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
* Hurley mentions his encounter with Dave on Day 45, although in the show Dave was not seen on the Island until Day 62. ("Dave")
* The DHARMA van is seen in the Dark Territory, when it is really located near the Mesa. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
* The DHARMA van is seen on all four wheels, but it was really tipped over on its side. ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
* Although Episode 6 clearly takes place prior to the end of Season 2, checking the Flame computer will reveal that the satellite and sonar communications are already inoperative, prior to the discharge that supposedly caused this. ("Not in Portland")
* The Flame is depicted as being within the bounds of the sonar fence, yet we know it wasn't. However, the underground tunnel could have led beneath the fence. ("Enter 77") ("Par Avion")
* In episode 7, Ben tells Elliott he can leave the island if he just brings him Jack. However, we know that Ben had planned to take Jack, as well as Kate and Sawyer to convince him to do the operation. ("Exposé")
* There is a typo in the help pamphlet on page 2 (XBOX 360-game controls) where the B button is labeled X and vice versa.
Gameplay video(s):
Fuse puzzles:

Smoke Monster:

Ending:
SPOILER WARNING

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