Lost in the City
Adventure Games, Hidden Object Games, Puzzle Games March 22nd, 2009
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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The title of the game says it all. Lost in the City is a hidden object game about a hero and his quest to go against the entirety of an abandoned city while trying to get back to his normal life. And unlike any other mysterious adventure game, this one starts with a love story, just one of the many weird points of the game.
The hero of the game opens up the game on a date with a girl named April. After drinking coffee at her home, he was drugged and found himself waking up to an unfamiliar place. After exploring further, it did not take him long to realize that the whole town is deserted, and all he wants to do now is to find April and get out of the wretched place. However, his involvement to the story is definitely more than he can imagine as he contends with life threatening challenges that will test both his mind and body.
In Lost in the City, your objective is to complete missions presented to you in each area you encounter within the set time limit if you’re playing timed mode. Missions are presented to you on the right side of the screen and if you’re thinking that too little is being shown, brace yourself because you’ll soon realize that there’s more for you to do in each level once you gather enough of the initial items. By the way, there are no random items in the game too, because all of them are important to the hero’s quest, as sometimes followed-up by a brief explanation on why he’s gathering such items.
While it’s all just traditional hidden object game play, certain elements of the game make it more fun than the average. For one, there’s the inventory feature, which is something we see often on high-end hidden object adventures, and there’s also the built-in magnify tool for you to take a closer look on the scene whenever you want to.
There are also challenges particular to certain levels in Lost in the City which are not seen on other hidden object games. Of course, we’ve seen the use of the flashlight before on darkened areas, but what about the resistance meter, which will expedite certain missions or else marks the end for your character. For example, if an area is too hot or too cold, you’ll have to do something about it before the meter expires. This adds a bit of challenge to the game, and makes it exciting too, something missing from most games of this type.
Puzzles are something you’ll encounter in your adventure and they all come aplenty. During the first few levels, you get to play jigsaw puzzle games; on mid levels, a unique lock-picking game; and during the later levels until the end, a sphere game which gets more and more challenging as you progress into the game. This is aside from many of the game riddles and passwords you’ll have to figure out along the way, all rewarding you with points depending on how fast you finish each mini-game.
Points are something very important to gather, forcing you to play skillfully on all levels. Lost in the City features a Secrets menu where you can exchange your points for text, image and puzzle secrets not revealed to you during the actual missions. The story is much clearer when backed-up by Secrets, and in my experience, you won’t get to buy them all within just a single run of the whole game.
Lost in the City is a very long game and even though the scenes are not that breathtaking, you’ll still find the adventure very entertaining and addictive to play. I have to warn you though that the story is deeply surreal and the depth of the plot is also coupled by twists and surprises that will play with your imagination from start to end. The game is a definite must buy if you like the theme since it’s something you won’t put down until finding the resolution to the story.
Spoiler warning: A sequel might even be in production as we speak.
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Yay! Sequel! Thank you!