Lost: Via Domus for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Lost: Via Domus is a very poor game. The game itself looks really good but it is followed up by a punishible plot and game play. The elementary level puzzles will leave you begging for a new game. I think in all, you can complete the game in a couple of hours. The hardest task in this game is putting the disk in the envelope to mail back to Gamefly.

I didn't have HIGH expectations for this title, but I had hoped it would capture enough of the LOST mood to be good at least for ambience. Sigh. Well, the title page captured it, but not much goes right for UbiSoft beyond that. Where even to start?

Character models are sub-par and comical at times (Sayid looks like he's storing food in his cheeks), as is the dialogue and voice acting. Canadian John Locke is probably both the funniest and saddest simultaneously. But all of the characters are caricatures of themselves - all catchphrases and verbal tics. Zero substance.

The story is only marginally better. You know you're off to an immediate bad start when Jack is barking orders at you to fix a jet engine fuel leak (how a doctor knows this stuff is another LOST mystery). Then, as you stumble around the beach and find yourself collecting coconuts (you'll soon find yourself up to the neck in these things) the horror really starts to settle in. Every chapter just heaps more on. Charlie has a trading post. Sawyer slings insults from the LOST series cutting room floor. Kate seems ready to cry at any second for no apparent reason. And for the love of God why is everyone's hair so BAD???

The good news is that if you're obsessive-compulsive like me, then your need to play through the whole thing anyway will come to a much appreciated quick end. Afterwords you can curse at yourself for running through random tracts of uninteresting jungle for 80% of a game. Thank goodness for Gamefly or I'd be trading this one right away for 2 Dharma beers and an Apollo bar.