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The Lost City – Spirit of Adventure
Tested version: 1.0
Latest version: 1.0
Requires Android: from 2.2
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Summary
In the mood for perusing a mysterious jungle and ancient ruins? Check out The Lost City, a popular click & point adventure that I must admit to having just spent three hours of my life on. Was it worth it? Find out in today's review.
Features & Use
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Test device: Samsung Galaxy S2 (I9100)
Android version: 2.3.6
Root: No
Runs as of: 2.2
You gotta love a game with a fun intro narrative. In the case of The Lost City, a grandmother is telling her grandchild about a legendary city that can no longer be found on any map in the world. According to Granny, however, this is a mystical, long forgotten island surrounded by fairies. The only proof she has is a heart shaped rock she brought back from this place—but removing the rock seems to ahve upset the natural balance within the city. Too old to set out to make things right and help the island's inhabitants, she passes the torch – erm, well, rock – on to her grandchild.
Sounds good, right? That's what I thought, too.
The game is a classic click & point adventure in which the goal is to collect items and ultimately solve riddles/mysteries. Clues are written into your notebook, and places you've explored are marked on the map. The items wind up in a bag and can be used by accessing them via the hidden menu at the bottom of the screen. As you play, new paths appear whenever you unearth hidden passages or open doors.
When you first start playing the riddles are relatively easy—it's more of a warm up. Riddles are solved when you locate specific items.
I won't include any spoilers in this review, but I will say that The Lost City is one of the nicest games of the click & point genre I've come across. The background music is melancholic and atmospheric, and the gameplay is fun and actually quite challenging. If ever you find yourself really stuck you can always consult the hint guide.
A major contributing factor to the game's overall appeal are the amazing graphics. There are different settings and even different seasons, and the beautiful landscapes and animations make for a fun overall vibe.
Bottom line:
The Lost City is great, it's that straight forward and simple. A lot of thought and heart was put into designing the gaming concept and the graphics and that has clearly payed off. The levels of difficulty were just right to make the game a thrilling challenge, but not outrageous to out you off from attempting to make it through the entire game.
Screen & Controls
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If ever there was a user friendly game, it's The Lost City. Tapping on doors and obstacles never failed, the game is perfectly optimised for mobile screens and tabs are easily detectable.
What's more is the lovely attention to detail when it comes to the app's graphics. Very nice indeed.
Speed & Stability
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The Lost City comes with great and very detailed graphics, but they are not very demanding of the smartphone's hardware and hence the app tuns very smoothly.
Price/Performance Ratio
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The Lost City can be downloaded from the Play Store for EUR 0,75, which IMO is a steal for a game that will keep you entertained for several hours. Sure, there are similar apps floating around out there – some of them are even free – but they're not quite in the same league as this app.
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eva, Sep 29, 2012
Fantastic little game Beautiful well designed puzzle game that is reminiscent of things like myst. I got through it quickly but it was well worth getting. Relaxing music as well. I instantly came back on play to look for more this company have done.
Thayne, Sep 29, 2012
Addictive I bought this game last night and couldnt put it down until i passed out. Woke up this morning and beat it. Its a little short but definitly worth it
Zack, Sep 29, 2012
Already I Miss It This is perhaps the most beautiful mobile game of all time. Stunning graphics, a well created story, beautiful and soothing music, and a length of play that isn't too long but also doesn't feel too short. This isn't for the casual gamer. You'll have to think your way through, and it's not easy. Make sure you've got a few hours to spend, because you won't want to put it down! Can't wait for the next one!
Avey, Sep 28, 2012
Fun And really beautiful! I've played both of your games. Nicely done, can't wait for more!
Sarah, Sep 28, 2012
Awesome hidden puzzle game I loved this! It's not some dumb click-the-screen-like-a-monkey-to-get-all-the-object-pieces game. Beautiful graphics, well thought out puzzles of easy to medium-level difficulty. The only thing I would want is a click to dismiss the text boxes. I read fast, and sometimes the hints in the text made it too easy. Fishing stick? Come on. I liked the notebook and not having to make notes on my phone, but that also made it seem a little too easy as well.
jeff, Sep 27, 2012
Great game! The graphics were good, puzzles challenging. Overall I really liked it, with the only downside being how quickly I was able to beat it. It only took a couple hours, but then you have to restart after you beat it. Would have given it 5 stars if it had another couple of levels.
hubble6, Sep 27, 2012
Enjoyable Was a fun game, I agree with the length, wish it was longer. Still had a fun time playing it worth the 1$
Cindi, Sep 26, 2012
LOVE THIS GAME!! Stunning graphics, not too easy, great puzzles. Keeps you thinking. As far as the story line, I don't really pay much attention. I'm in it for the puzzles! PLEEEEEASE MAKE MORE LIKE THIS!!!!! Addicting & so fun. I play on Transformer Prime 32gig model.
Rhys, Sep 26, 2012
Great game! Very good puzzles and great graphics. Love the way you have to change seasons to solve the various puzzles. Make more like this!
April, Sep 25, 2012
Excellent! Not a 5 because I can't access my journal since installing the paid full version. Go figure :( I also don't see a hint menu.
Anonymous, Sep 24, 2012
Aces Great for point and click fans. Worth every penny. As long as you would expect for the amount of pennies you spent
Stoffe, Sep 23, 2012
Beautiful but not fully realised maybe Very nice looking game, and I do enjoy the point-and-click puzzlers. Beautiful switch of seasons, both visually and as mechanic, but maybe not really utilized as much as it could have been. Many puzzles seemed quite random and with no reason behind them, with no real clue to what to do next or why, while others were quite logical (within context). Would have given one extra star for the function to click on a map location to go there right away, boring waste of time to have to traverse the paths back and forth all the time. Still a good game, just not fantastic. Good enough that I'll try The Secret of Grisly Manor as well.
Chris, Sep 23, 2012
Tough but good All the puzzles had logic to them. A well paced game and looks nice. Good job guys - enjoyed finishing it.
David, Sep 23, 2012
Nice Good puzzles. Have to admit i used the hints more than id like, but it was a challenge.
@pop: What's going on today with these odd comments?