'Lost', 'Heroes' Videogames Debuted at Comic-Con

GameDaily reports that yesterday saw the debut of a trailer for the official Lost videogame. The game is slated for early next year, to coincide with the beginning of the fourth (and newly abbreviated) season of the show. Ubisoft Montreal is developing the game, and has apparently been working closely with the show's production staff. "Players will assume the role of a passenger on the ill-fated Oceanic flight 815 who survives the crash and is stranded on the uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. As the player begins to unravel mysteries of the island, new secrets about your character are revealed. Players will have to understand their character's past mistakes in order to survive and find their way home. The game will incorporate familiar locations and will feature main characters from the show. Gameplay will involve solving puzzles, outsmarting enemies, battling the smoke monster, and overcoming many other challenges to survive the island and ultimately come out alive." Game|Life has some fleeting impressions of the trailer. There are also some scant details of a videogame version of the show Heroes , currently in pre-production by Ubisoft as well.

Comments

Re:Poor timing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Lost is only in its 3rd season, thus making it 3 years old. What do you mean by "a few years ago"?

Re:Poor timing?

[EveryNickIsTaken]

From random EW article:

Since the castaway drama returned to ABC in its new time slot (10 p.m. on Wednesdays) on Feb. 7, viewership has slipped by nearly 20 percent to 11.7 million, and the series is down 12 percent from its season 1 highs. Exec producer Damon Lindelof is blunt about the ratings drop: ''It sucks.'' If they intended to make money on this game, they should have released it at the beginning of the second season, when interest in the series was peaked. Also, many television shows don't follow the 1 year = 1 season formula anymore.

Re:Poor timing?

[El Gigante de Justic]

While the 2nd season and first half the 3rd season caused a ratings drop (mostly due to slow pacing, too much focus on certain characters, etc) the 2nd half of the 3rd season was much improved and the season finale generally got rave reviews. Having a game out next year might not be bad if they continue the 4th season like the second have the 3rd season. What will hurt them is if the game is just total crap, like Enter the Matrix.

Lost

[Jim Hall]

Let me preface this by saying I'm a huge 'Lost' fan. But it's too bad they decided to set the game in the "current" season 1-3 arc. It would have been far more interesting (for me, anyway) to set the game at some time before season 1, so that everything we encounter on the Island is new. I'd love to play a 'Lost' game as someone who came to the Island before season 1, maybe even a DHARMA guy who escaped the Purge, and see events that shaped the Island by the time we reach season 1 of the show.

Lindelof & Cuse say that they have the whole pre-history of the Island already mapped out. I'm sure they won't have enough time in the remaining seasons to cover everything; let us discover some of those mysteries through a game set in the "before season 1" time. Setting it in the "current" time kind of makes it seem flat.

Re:Lost

[corser]

I think you'd have more than a few pissed off fans if they revealed anything important to the story outside of the show. People who either didn't have the time or patience for the ARG last summer felt that way. While I don't mind extending the world of :ost into different formats, books, games, etc... I do feel that with shows like these, it should be able to stand alone. Any additional media should expand the universe but not be required to make the core story complete.