Lost: Via Domus
Lost: Via Domus (Almost "The Way Home" in Latin—it should be "Via Domum") is a video game based on the ABC television series Lost that was released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on February 27th 2008. The game was officially unveiled at Comic-Con 2007.[3]
A completely different Lost game was released for mobile phones on January 16, 2007 and fifth-generation iPods on May 23, 2007. It is not related to Via Domus, nor created by the same developer.
Development
On May 22, 2006, Ubisoft announced that they had licensed the rights from Touchstone Television to create a video game based on Lost planned for release at the end of February 2008.[4] The game will be different from the TV series as Ubisoft will add extra missions and stories that are not in the TV series to expand the amount of playable content.
Although it was speculated to be in development hell for some time, as there were no updates on the game since its initial May 2006 announcement, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse stated in the official Lost podcast of April 16, 2007 that the game was in production and that they had seen playable footage of the game.
In issue #11 of the Official Lost Magazine (July/August 2007) Damon Lindelof was asked in its 'Pearls of Wisdom' Q&A section: "How is the Lost video game looking from what you've seen?" He replied: "From what I've seen? RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME!"
A trailer was released on the GameTrailers website at July 27, 2007 showing the island and some of the main characters.
Gameplay
The player is cast as a previously unseen survivor, Elliott, a photojournalist with amnesia. Gameplay involves Resident Evil-style fetch quests and puzzle solving. The television shows' integral flashbacks is included, and due to the amnesia, just as revealing to the character as they are to the player. The story follows the first two seasons of the show. The player explores locations seen in the show, such as the caves, the beach camp, the territory belonging to The Others and the Swan Station; however, the official trailer also shows the Hydra station which is not shown on the show until season three. The player also interacts with some of the major characters of the television show; Sawyer, Jack, Kate, Sayid, Michael and Walt. Elliot must also avoid the "Black Smoke" monster and the Black Rock. Trading with other survivors and taking photos with a camera is also part of the gameplay. The game is a free roaming game.
The game is split up into seven "episodes". Each episode was plotted by the show's executive producers, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.[5] The Third Season DVD bonus disk contained a feature about the game's development, and also revealed that Ben and Juliet would be in the game. The actors for Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), Mikhail Bakunin (Andrew Divoff), Sun-Hwa Kwon (Yunjin Kim), Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick), Claire Littleton (Emilie de Ravin), and Tom (M. C. Gainey) all provided voice work for the game, while the rest of the major characters are provided by stand-ins.[6][7]
Mobile phone/iPod game
A mobile phone version of Lost, not related to Lost: Via Domus, was released on January 16, 2007 in association with Gameloft.[8] An action/adventure game, it places the player in the role of Jack Shephard, who must deal with the needs of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, as well as the presence of The Others.[9] Additionally, a version for fifth-generation iPods was released in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (US) on May 23, 2007, at the iTunes store.
References
- ^ http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2008/01/tv-guide-lost-game-preview.html
- ^ http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=172448
- ^ http://www.buddytv.com/articles/lost/elusive-lost-game-to-be-unveil-8045.aspx
- ^ Sanders, Kathleen (2006-05-22). "Lost Finds Its Way to Videogames". IGN. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
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- ^ Lost Video Game Preview - Writer Taunts Me With Knowledge Of Black Smoke And Four-Toed Statue
- ^ Geek Magazine Interview
- ^ Lost: Gameloft
- ^ IGN: Lost Review
