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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of time - and an insult to LOST fans., February 29, 2008
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
Well, I won't give out any spoilers, but I will say that this game was definitely pushed through for gullible LOST fans (and I'm one of them) to snatch it up for top dollar.
The voiceover acting is good in some points, terrible in others. Lots of characters are here, but there are some glaring omissions like Boone, Shannon, Rousseau, and Mr. Eko. For some inexplicable reason, the LOST theme music is intact for the first chapter but is subtly changed for all subsequent chapters. Why change it? It makes no sense.
The movement in this game will be either a slow walk or jogging - the character moves like a mannequin with overstarched underwear.
Sure, the facial animations are nice, but the synching of the lips is completely off - there's no excuse to skimp here, because we saw facial animations and lip synching done to perfection in Heavenly Sword.
Play time in this game consists mainly of jogging, wandering around, shooting, taking pictures, jumping, sliding under trees like Pete Townsend, and figuring out fuse puzzles. (Yep, you read that right, FUSE PUZZLES.)
This game is very quick - with only seven levels, most gamers will probably finish it in 3 days, which is hardly worth its high price tag.
It would have been wiser for the game developers to wait and release this game 6 to 8 months down the road and give it more quality. Some of the unlockable extras are nice, but there could have been so much more to enjoy with more effort.
Die hard LOST fans and people looking to become LOST fans will be totally confused at why a show that receives such high ratings led to the production of such an inferior game.
Save your money, folks...this one isn't worth it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Over with too quickly, March 4, 2008
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
It was a great entertaining game but frustrating at times- why the heck can't you jump over anything? It was fun seeing everyone from Lost and interacting with them but it came off as lame sometimes. My biggest complaint is that I breezed through this game in about 2-3 days- and that was not playing non-stop either! There is a reoccurring game where you have to "match the fuses" which is fun at first but quickly got old for me. The graphics were nice but nothing spectacular but over all I would say save your money. I would say rent it if you can- its nice to play if you are a lost fan, but not worth the $60 price tag and all the hype.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun doesn't last long., March 3, 2008
Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
Stunning visuals and fun Lost show tie-ins don't really make up for the poor gameplay in Via Domus. I was pretty excited to check it out after seeing the preview on the season three blu-ray extras, but I was hoping for something a little more challenging. The game works like the TV show. You play a character not seen on TV. He was on the plane and crashes on the island with the real cast. You have some sort of task or scene at the beginning, titles appear, then you get into your episode. Each episode contains a main task that you need to solve, a flash back to help you remember your past (you have post-crash amnesia), and then it ends in a cliff-hanger. The whole game seems very Lost-like so fans will enjoy, but gamers would likely get frustrated by limited action, restricted (stiff) player movement, and repetitive puzzles. The visuals are pretty good in hi-def, especially the jungle, but the island isn't so open as you would hope it would be (I would bump into bushes in the jungle quite a bit). I think Via Domus is rental worthy mainly because it takes less that 6-7 hours to solve.
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