LOST: Via Domus

Overview

Lost: Via Domus, sold as Lost: The Video Game in Europe, is a video game based on the ABC television series Lost. It came out for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in February 2008, after the show's third season. You play Elliott Maslow, a survivor of the Flight 815 crash who does not appear in the series. The game still features many characters and locations from the show, some of the original cast voiced their characters, and Lost composer Michael Giacchino wrote the score.

The game is split into seven episodes, each plotted by the show's executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Its timeline covers the first 70 days shown in the series. Elliott is a photojournalist with amnesia, and his lost memories come back through flashbacks, the same device the show uses.

Play is built on fetch quests and puzzle solving in the style of Resident Evil. You explore places from the show such as the beach camp, the Dark Territory, the Pearl, Hydra, Flame and Swan stations and the Black Rock. You talk to major characters including Sawyer, Jack, Sun, Kate, Ben, Juliet and Locke, trade with other survivors, take photographs with a camera and avoid the black smoke Monster.

Ubisoft announced on 22 May 2006 that it had licensed the rights from Touchstone Television to make a Lost game, planned for the end of February 2008. After a long quiet stretch, Lindelof and Cuse said in the show's official podcast in April 2007 that the game was in production, and it was officially unveiled at Comic-Con 2007.

Reviews were mixed. Based on 50 reviews, the Xbox 360 version holds 55 out of 100 on Metacritic. Critics thought it was most enjoyable for die-hard fans of the show, called it short, and criticised the stand-in voice actors. IGN put completion at 4 to 6 hours. Eurogamer liked the idea of a new character who could exist without disrupting the show's timeline, and the graphics and presentation drew praise.

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Game details

Genres

Action-adventure

Developer

Ubisoft Montreal

Publisher

Ubisoft

Series

Lost (video game tie-in)

Composers

Michael Giacchino

Designers

Adrien Banet-Rivet

Writers

Kevin Shortt, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse

Producers

Gadi Pollack

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Achievements

Achievements30 (1,000G)

Total

30

Gamerscore

1000

• Crash survivor Complete Episode 1 25G 97.7% of players
• Save the castaways Prevent the fuel leak from igniting 15G Hidden 99.55% of players
• Locate the cockpit Complete Episode 2 25G 84.1% of players
• A Turn of the Screw Photograph A Turn of the Screw 10G Hidden 70.9% of players
• Via Domus Complete Episode 3 50G 79.01% of players
• Blackmailer Convince Locke to help 15G Hidden 82.26% of players
• Into the hatch Complete Episode 4 75G 74.52% of players
• Button pusher Enter the numbers 15G Hidden 76.43% of players
• Behind the wall Complete Episode 5 100G 69.94% of players
• Boom boom Open the secret door 10G Hidden 70.03% of players
• Through the Flame Complete Episode 6 125G 69.03% of players
• Showdown Successfully confront Beady Eyes 10G Hidden 69.02% of players
• The way home Finish the game 200G 68.23% of players
• Hero's hero Save Jack 25G Hidden 68.16% of players
• 815 Discover all the memories in Flashback 1 20G 67.88% of players
• Sweet memory Discover all the memories in Flashback 2 20G 75.76% of players
• Behind the glass Discover all the memories in Flashback 3 20G 70.4% of players
• Identity crisis Discover all the memories in Flashback 4 30G 66.86% of players
• Persephone Discover all the memories in Flashback 5 30G 66.26% of players
• Whatever it takes Discover all the memories in Flashback 6 30G 66.07% of players
• Dharma Ride Photograph Dharma van 15G Hidden 54.99% of players
• Beam of light Photograph beam of light coming from the hatch 20G Hidden 52.94% of players
• Medical Station Photograph Medical Station emblem 20G Hidden 53.25% of players
• Pearl Station Photograph Pearl Station emblem 20G Hidden 51.76% of players
• Slave Photograph skeleton in Black Rock 15G Hidden 64.64% of players
• 4 8 15 16 23 42 Photograph numbers on sealed hatch 15G Hidden 77.31% of players
• Radzinsky Photograph bloodstain on the Swan ceiling 15G Hidden 67.58% of players
• Mapping the Island Photograph: 1- Blast door map 2- Blast door map for the hidden entrance 3- Sayid's cable map 10G Hidden 52.85% of players
• Desmond's Past Photograph: Kelvin's jump suit, Medical cabinet with vaccines, Desmond's mural 10G Hidden 68.97% of players
• Castaways' Treasures Photograph: 1- Kate's plane 2- Charlie's guitar 3- Locke's wheelchair 10G Hidden 59.66% of players

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale	Reviews
Metacritic	Xbox 360	55	100	50

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	5.5	10
GameSpot	6.5	10
Game Informer	6.75	10
GamePro	2.75	5
GameSpy	2	5
GameTrailers	5.2	10
G4	2	5
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	4	10

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Producer	Gadi Pollack
Designer	Adrien Banet-Rivet
Programmer	Alex Parlour
Artist	Wilson Mui
Writer	Kevin Shortt
Writer	Damon Lindelof
Writer	Carlton Cuse
Composer	Michael Giacchino

Notes for collectors

• The European release is titled Lost: The Video Game. The US title is Lost: Via Domus.
• The hero, Elliott Maslow, is not in the TV series.
• Via Domus is Latin for the way home, and it is the name of the compass Elliott finds and of the sailboat in the ending.
• Eleven of the 30 achievements are photograph achievements, and 17 of the 30 are hidden until you earn them.
• The game covers the show's first 70 days, set after the third season aired.
• Reviewers put the length at 4 to 6 hours.

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 5.4 hours