Lost World: Special Edition

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• ASIN: B00002STJA
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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GameSpot Review

The Lost World movie captivated audiences with a nonstop action-packed story that had the perfect blend of fun and fright. Unfortunately, The Lost World video game is an action-packed 3D platform game that has a perfect blend of frustration and frustration.

The frustration for most will begin as soon as you turn the game on because on the back of the game's box it says in really big letters: "You're The T-Rex." The whole truth is you only get to be the T-Rex for seven of the 30 levels. In fact, you must run around for a third of the game as a Compsognathus (Compy for short), which is a dinosaur about the size of a chicken.

The game has a total of five different characters. The first of which has you go through nine tedious levels of platform jumping as the Compy. Once you are tired of being fodder, you must blast your way through six levels as a human hunter who always seems to run out of ammo. The next five levels are played as the infamous Raptor, who is not nearly as tough in the game as she was in the movie. So, finally, after 20 levels, you get to be the T-Rex for a meager seven levels, although it's still pretty cool to be the king lizard. Last but not least, you get to run for your life through three levels as the human prey while various predators give chase.

Visually, The Lost World is above par. Although a great deal of the game looks average, some of the later levels look amazing. The characters and environments all comprise 3D polygons that look mighty smooth. Some of the game's animation looks as good as the movie.

The sound is definitely one of the few reasons you will enjoy playing The Lost World. At any moment when you're playing as the T-Rex, you can do the roar that raises the hair on the back of your neck. The music that accompanies the action is an amazing full orchestra that was put together just for the game. The whole soundtrack is very theatrical.

Aesthetically, The Lost World has all its dinos in a row. It's with gameplay - where it counts - that The Lost World fails. Even though the graphics are 3D, the gameplay is still that of a standard side scroller. Sure, it uses some neat camera tricks, similar to Crystal Dynamics' Pandemonium, but it comes off as very confining in The Lost World.

Besides the control issues, there are several things that happen when playing that make you want to rip your hair out. For instance, when your character travels behind an object and your view is obstructed, an enemy character is almost always strategically positioned so you can't see when it's attacking you. And as if that isn't annoying enough, if you try to back up and lure the enemy from behind the tree or whatever is blocking your view, another enemy will be spawned.

The Lost World is one of those annoying, difficult platform games that makes you feel like cheating every time you die. Rent this one first before picking it up, and if you get horribly disgusted with it, use our level codes to check out a few of the cool later levels. --Ryan MacDonald
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Manufacturer Description

Enter the Lost World and discover an untamed island ruked by dinosaurs. Stalk track and fight in an expansive 3-D environment where natural selection is the only law. Hunt or be hunted!

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It had great potential, but failed in fairness, October 22, 2000

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"dbzub22" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost World: Special Edition (Video Game)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is, in my opinion, a fairly decent game. The graphics are great, as well as the sound. But none of that really matters too much if the game is so difficult you can't even enjoy it! In my experience, this has always been a problem facing games made by Electronic Arts. Honestly, I think Capcom should've been the company to get the Jurassic Park licence. I mean, look at the exellent job they did with the Dino Crisis series. Now that's how this game should've been!

So, if you're a fan of Jurassic Park, or you just like dinosaurs, this game might be for you. But please, do yourself a favor, RENT this title first! Don't make the same mistake I did! Or better yet, check out Dino Crisis 2. You will not be dissapointed!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the PSX's best, September 9, 2001

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.223 Dino Hunter (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost World: Special Edition (Video Game)

I own DinoCrisis 2,which is one of the best dino games ever made.I also used to own Lost World,but I sold it.I earned all the secrets,and I mastered the game.That was when it came out,now I miss it,and I just ordered a new copy of "Special Edition" from someone in the marketplace.
This game is great,with some of the best graphics and sound that the PSX is capable of.The game is hard,but possible.However,THE hardest part of the game is BY FAR the T-Rex game.The raptors just keep coming,and wear you down,but his later levels are cool,since you get to fight the hunters.
My personal favorite part of the game is when you play as the InGen Hunter.This game is very fun,and I plan to play the heck outta it again when my new special edition arrives.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars to darn hard, May 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost World: Special Edition (Video Game)

This game has enough visual flash and amazing sound score that its almost enough to make you pee your pants! As I said the game has good graphics and sound but thats not all to the package. You also get extremly difficult levels(I beat the game in hard mode and it freakin took forever)! Aside from that the game is really good.

The control is fair but not good. The camra angles hardly ever get confusing. The game is also not for starters because to has its moments of blood and gore and because of the extreme difficulty. The gameplay is good and very straight foward. But a big problem is that the dinosaurs are not as rough and tough as they are in the movie. The raptor can't maul people the way he can in the movie. The T-rex is also a big problem it is a walking battle tank but he is a BIG target for people to shoot at with there heavy artily. The humans arn't as tough as they are in the Compy, Raptor, or T-rex section. Also a thing that makes me mad when I get really far you cant save at all in the game you still use stupid PASSWORDS. So all in all reant this game first and see if you like it or if every game is like to easy for you(if you want a challenge try Fear Effect) but if you found Fear Effect to easy then try this game.