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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

2025-02-18
Developer:  DON'T NODPublisher:    DON'T NOD
gamepadSeries X|S, PC, PS5, XONE
Single playerThird person
Adventure
Indie
Mystery
Romance

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a brand-new story-driven journey through time from the creative minds behind Life is Strange. The magical summer of 1995 is one of self-discovery and forging unbreakable bonds for high school friends Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat. 27 years of no contact later, fate reunites them to confront the long-buried secret that made them promise to never speak again.

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SconesForTeaReviewed a game
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Just a cosy, coming of age story about covering up a serious crime during your teenage years.

 

I jest... mostly. The story is set in both the 90s and the present day, as you reflect back on an eventful summer holiday. The bulk of the gameplay is about making choices that affect your relationships with your friends, but also walking around taking vids using your 90s camcorder (with a seemingly better optical zoom than the latest phones, but there you go). All of which subtlely affect how the story plays out, both in the past and present.

 

The music is beautiful, whimsical, nostalgic. Befitting of the game's themes. Dontnod have a great track record of picking a great soundtrack, and just like Life is Strange, it's been a permanent part of my playlist since.

 

The story has elements of the supernatural in it, "The Abyss" apparently influencing how characters acted. But I do wonder, given the gravity of the aftermath, was it just the group subconciously deluding themselves, crafting a "higher power" narrative to protect themselves from consequences? The game does slightly hint at this with several dialogue choices throughout the game, prompting between belief in the supernatural or "it's just the wind".

 

Regardless, the ending segment was really well done, and when you return to the menu screen and see... well, it brought a tear to my eye.

 

There's certainly replay value as well, with the different decisions you make influencing how close you are to certain people. Having said that, I feel no compulsion to play it again - I made the choices I would always have made, and was happy with the final outcome.

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thumb_upPros
addHeavy on 1995 nostalgia
addRiot Grrrl punk rock FTW
addCharacters are quick to invest emotionnally on
addRelatable protagonist if you're an introvert
add4 romantic options ( not wanting romance is an option too)
addSnooping around allows you to understand the other characters hidden motivation
addITS WOKE!
thumb_downCons
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removeProtagonist thinks Rob Roy is a better movie than Braveheart lol
removeSame Dont Nod beats
removeToo many collectibles , thats the only replayability of this game
removeThe game wants you to solve all the unanswered questions and call it creative storytelling

I would recommand this game for young girls who likes supernatural stories and having bullies get their just desserts. This only appeal for me was the 1995 nostalgia and if it werent for that and the riot grrrl soundtrack I would feel like the game tells me its not for me.

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...nothing to see here #onlysquirrels
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Очень нудная, растянутая, никакого сюжета и поворотов. Трейлер обманчив

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thumb_upPros
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Great game that would make some people reminiscence . Kept me questioning how the story would go.

 

Also, GAYEEEEE

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لعبة قصصية واختيارات. رتمها بطيء فكانت ما تحمس في البداية لكن في النهاية يوم اندمجت في اللعبة تحمست. تتكلم عن 4 اصدقاء وذكرياتهم في مراهقتهم، جميلة لو غضينا البصر عن بعض الحركات اللي الله يحرمنا منها.

 

 

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ما عجبني ان اللعبة فيها انتقام، وماعندي خيار غيره. انا صحيح اخترت الأغنية vengence لأن كانت هي الأنسب بذيك اللحظة، لكن حتى لو رجعت واخترت justice راح ينتقمون ويبررون لانتقامهم على انه العدالة، لكن عمومًا أتفهم انهم مراهقين. نهايتي كانت لحالي وما حبيت توتر Autumn و Nora وأنهم ما قعدو معي، ساد..

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Il faut savoir que j'adore les jeux Dontnod, ce sont des jeux narratif qui me touchent souvent, mais j'avais pas fait celui la car j'en avait entendu du mal et je voulais pas être déçue. Quelle erreur ! Le jeu est loiiin d'être mauvais ! En plus c'est une ode aux années 90 ! Chaque objets, chaque plan, la musique est un délice pour toute personne fan de ces années là. Rien que pour ca le jeu est cool.

La particularité du jeu c'est qu'on joue une adolescente associable qui aime filmer son quotidien, et on doit les filmer IG ! La PoV dans la caméra est super cool ! Dommage que ce soit un peu petit quand on un écran large mais c'est RP.

Le jeu est jolie, les bruit..la musique c'est tjrs le point fort de Dontnod !

Coté scénario, pour faire simple on joue Swann une ado qui est plutôt solitaire et qui va rencontrer 3 autres filles, avec chacune leur problème qu'elles vont ensemble tenter de régler. J'essais de rien spoiler mais je voulais quand même parler du côté "magique" du scénario (c'est un peu la base des jeux dontnod avec les life is strange à la base), mais la je sais pas quoi en penser, je comprend tjrs pas si c'est réelle ou pas. Il y a plusieurs fins j'ai eut celle de Swann et Autumn , je suis allée voir les autres sur Youtube. Mais ce qui se passe après le générique m'a laissé sur place lol Je m'y attendais pas ! Ca laisse présager une suite , je sais pas!

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