Lost In Blue 3

by Konami

Product Features

• 4 playable unique characters
• multiple storylines and flashback episodes
• over 20 mini-games for further fun
• realistic weather systems
• download play and DS Wireless Play

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0011WMINI
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5 x 0.8 inches ; 3.5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 18, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,078 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Lost in Blue 3 marks the return of the original survival adventure game for Nintendo DS. Guide on of four playable characters, each with their own hidden past and unique strengths, through exotic locales on a mysterious island while surviving the elements to stay alive. Work alone or cooperatively with other characters to gather food, explore the island, and hunt dangerous wildlife. Use a character's abilities to dictate which path you'll take to uncover the mysteries of the island and ultimately engineer your escape!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Addictive, easier than the first 2, but sexist, April 7, 2008

By 

LK - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lost In Blue 3 (Video Game)

LIB 3 was much more pleasant a playing experience for me because I didn't have a hard time keeping my characters alive, like I did with LIB 2. I didn't bother with LIB 1 because you can only play as the boy, and the girl is pretty much useless. As a 40 plus year old woman, I find that to be unacceptable. It's one thing if the character is male... but if there's a female character and she's useless, I'm not interested in playing.

For LIB 3, I was able to play as the girl and like I said earlier, stay alive without extreme difficulty, although I did have to quick save often at tricky points (like entering the poison gas zone).

As far as using the left-right buttons to make the fire, I'm happy to say that what started out as awkward handling of the DS (and my grumbling that the game was made for kids with more adept ability at handling this kind of task, and not us middle aged folks who were at the forefront of gaming back when home computers took ahold of the nation), I was able to evolve myself into being able to very nimbly start that fire. If you don't want to press L and R, you don't have to - you can use the stylus to do it.

The game is sexist though. The female character can't hunt for food other than spear fishing, and she needs a guy to help her build things. That aside, it was enormous fun playing through and once i figured out how to keep my companions happy, I was able to relegate a lot of food finding to my companion James who would go hunting and find me wolf , deer and pigeon meet while I engaged in activities that furthered the game.

This game was superior to LIB 2 for me for the following reasons:

1) I liked the anime style graphics better because I could see stuff easier.

2) Food filled me up faster, enabling me to get more done before I got hungry

3) It was much harder to die. I didn't lose life percentages if I didn't eat all day even with an empty stomach

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but very sexist~, August 3, 2008

By 

Willow Tree - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lost In Blue 3 (Video Game)

I have really enjoyed the depth and storyline of Lost in Blue 3. I did choose to start the game with Claire only to realize she can't do/use half the stuff available because she's not male.

If your character is Claire you can make fishing poles but can't use them, bow & arrow but can't use them, even diving has to be done by the males in your group. I don't even know why she is able to make half the stuff available if she can't use it and none of her group will either. She can't make rope, rafts, or furniture without a guys help. The only thing the males can't do is basket weaving...and that is left to the only female character in your group that you don't find till much later in the game.

It is unrealistic to think a female stuck on a deserted island wouldn't/couldn't do these things herself. Being so far into the game I don't want to start over as a male, but I hate that I am missing out on these other features just because my character is a girl.

I can only give the game 2 stars for their decision to limit the female characters in an unnecessary way. If it weren't for that one major flaw the game would be 4-5 stars.

:(

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Easier, but sexist, September 2, 2008

By 

J. Wiseman "DS Junkie" (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lost In Blue 3 (Video Game)

I am a great fan of this series, and have played the previous two for the DS. In some ways, LIB3 is an improvement: it is much easier to stay alive and there is a better balance between survival and exploration. If anything, the balance has tipped too far: I found that it was too simple to stay alive, and some of the "feel" for how hard it is to make a life on a deserted island is missing. I liked that feel, though I know many people found it frustrating. Its a matter of taste.

However, the game is intensely sexist, and as a woman, I actually found it rather offensive, to the point where I couldn't finish the game. In LIB1, you can only play as the boy, and the girl is effectively blind and crippled because of the plot. Sure, its traditional sex roles, but the fact she can't see or move very well explains it. This didn't really bother me, especially since Skye shows a lot of courage and spunk in her limited way. In LIB2 the girl can do anything the boy can, in fact her hobby is archery.

Enter LIB3, where a perfectly healthy, fit young woman can't fish with a rod (but can spearfish . . . huh?), hunt, or make furniture by herself. She can cook though! Add to all that the fact she's a simpering blond who whines about her boyfriend who has been missing for two years (she finds him) and cutesy anime graphics that make her look like an empty-headed twit, and pretty soon you start to feel insulted on behalf of womankind.

After playing LIB2, which featured a very capable and tough young woman, I found LIB3 unbearably condescending.

So, if you are looking for an easier LIB experience, this is probably the way to go. But if you are looking for a remotely capable female character, you are looking in the wrong place.