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Ubisoft Knows All The Lost Secrets

ScotteusMaximus — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:40:01 MST

I think they probably have the general idea for the plotlines, but not in hour long chunks that make for consistently good episodes. It would explain filler crap like the Nikki/Paulo storylines and half a season of Jack looking angsty and shaking his head in disbelief as Kate and Sawyer flirt with each other.

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torched — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:19:11 MST

Any one doing the ARG??? [find815.com]

I am very looking forward to this game even if it gets bad reviews. If you are into the LOST universe then it is a must.

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Naia — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:41:44 MST

@duckmouth: Yes! When I watch a movie with Chinese subtitles, I do find myself reading the subtitles even though I understand. :)

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Naia — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:40:17 MST

Can't wait till Lost comes on again! :)

I really have no clue what that black smoke could be without going into those paranormal/fantasy stuff. When Lost ends, I really hope there is a nice scientific explanation for it all.

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red — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:47:56 MST

@jollydwarf: hey i got a solution for you; break this writers strike and go and write your own fucking tv series where everything is just as you like it instead of bitching like a kid who got a purple space hopper instead of the green one he wanted.

whinging about lost in screenlength screeds using words like pace and answers has been going on for three years now. youd think these losers would have retired to a life of constant masturbation, or whatever else provides their instant gratification. but theyre still here pissing on everyone elses parade. foad.

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Jim on the Wall — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:35:34 MST

13 days until season 4 here in the states!

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DARTH_TIGRIS — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:14:59 MST

Darth Tigris the Gamer: This game will be awful as a gameplay experience. There is no way I'm wasting $60 on a glorified cash-in.

Darth Tigris the Lostie: heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee!!!

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kw4k — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:55:44 MST

@Bellamy: i thought Kratos too when i saw that image, lol

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jollydwarf — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:42:22 MST

@Sloopydrew:

The "questions", now at critical mass, I feel (which isn't to say I can't see the creators adding even more!), only become worthwhile if there's a sufficient payoff. The longer they persist, both mysteries big and small, the less likely we'll get gratifying resolutions. Personally, I'm kind of afraid of a "Matrix" scenario where we get a series end that doesn't really do anything but skim the surface of what force(s) is/are behind everything, leaves a metric f***ton of specific questions unanswered, and more or less 'resets' everything we just experienced over six years.

Unfortunately, there seem to be so many fans of shows and films like this that DON'T want any more specific explanations than they absolutely have to have, so they can ruminate on message boards for the rest of eternity over what they just witnessed, maybe even writing some terrible fanfics to offer their surely better-than-the-show-itself answers. Maybe that's you (to one degree or another), but it sure as hell ain't me.

The nebulous ending, of course, will also fuel more sales of any sort of 'expanded universe', be it through websites, comics, novels, video games, and maybe even a post-series movie. So, yeah, I expect frustration come roughly late-May of '10.

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duckmouth — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:02:33 MST

@Snappywave: Sorry mate, I have no idea, I don't have a PS3. I have a hard enough time getting downloaded subtitles to work on my DVD player!

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Sloopydrew — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:34:20 MST

I think knowing the end would spoil the fun. People complaining that the show asks more questions than it answers probably should be watching a show other than Lost. It is a show about questions. And the journey, rather than the destination. And malicious black smoke. I am a little jealous they got to find out what that's all about. And I'm very much looking forward to this game.

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ThisCharmingMan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:31:04 MST

@strangepork: Um, the third season's already out on DVD...Sure it dragged a bit in the middle, but the last few episodes were awesome!

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jollydwarf — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:52:00 MST

@_Argyle_:

Are you SURE you have a firm grasp on where they are and what's going on? You may want to share that with, oh, everybody else watching. The show is a bunch of Chutes and Ladders as far as I'm concerned. Just when you think you've got a lead on what's going on and where it's going...back to Square One.

Now that they know the show is ending after Season Six, I think we start getting concrete answers this season. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean we'll get them all or even most of the important ones.

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Philonious — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:41:59 MST

I was SUPPOSED to be a playtester on this, but they switched the dates at the last second... I think it'll be a hard game to make work as the show isn't action oriented, but it has potential and I'm looking forward to it.

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jollydwarf — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:38:57 MST

I think I'm going to buy it on Day One, but keep it in the shrinkwrap until at least four or five (somewhat) reputable reviews come in. I'm thinking the game will need at least a 60% aggregate rating to justify opening up at the $60 pricepoint.*

I swear, I can almost see the 1up.com "2.0" review right now. And yes, I consider them to be one of the ever-dwindling "reputable" sites out there.

P.S. Gamespot is no longer trustworthy in my opinion, and IGN never really was. Actually...it's kind of 1up/EGM + overall Gamerankings score for me.

*--Anyone else think this game will be half-price by Memorial Day?

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KaneTaker — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:38:55 MST

@strangepork: I totally disagree. The first "half" of season 3 (the Sawyer/Jack/Kate centric ones) were pretty bad, but the January '07 and on episodes more than made up for it IMO. LOVED the last half of season 3.

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Snappywave — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:47:20 MST

@mariospants: pretty much did my homework. I had a long month of troubleshooting with the Divx rep and they finally said that subtitles do not work for Divx on PS3. They said that they found out Divx is not certified to run subtitles on PS3.

Is this true or BS?

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edb87 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:39:10 MST

I'd love to read all the comments on here, but I'm only through episode 2 of season 3, and am on Spoiler control. Sorry guys.

That being said, I wanna play this!

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Argyle — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:27:07 MST

I liked the first season of lost, then I got sick of the constant flashbacks and introducing more and more mysteries without ever wrapping anything up. I also lost interest as it was obvious they weren't in purgatory. It would have been infinitely more interesting if they were stuck in purgatory rather than some magical island in the sea...

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Doomstink — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:53:26 MST

@Eman311: I totally agree with that. I'll be buying the game on day one. Hell, I was one of the people who bought "Bad Twin" on day one.

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Eman311 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:31:42 MST

LOVE LOST

even if this game sucks, I will play, and play it often.

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mariospants — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:59:26 MST

@Snappywave: there are some formats that allow you to include subtitles, just do a search on them.

I'm pretty sure that the guys making the Lost video game have no clue how the series ends. Guidelines are just guidelines, not plot revelations.

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floppylobster — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:38:03 MST

Read Shakespeare's Tempest if you want to know what happens.

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Snappywave — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:38:28 MST

@duckmouth: Speaking of subtitles.. I do need them more than ever. I'm asking if u know how to enable subtitles for DIVX on PS3? (if you have one).

May I ask you the same question Mr. Ashcraft?

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strangepork — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:49:47 MST

@thischarmingman:

Just wait until the third season -- at that point, the show tarnishes itself and you'll feel confident that the game can't make it any worse.

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shiwasu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:58:28 MST

[abc.go.com] for anybody who wants to get into the show.

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ArmyofJuan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:45:25 MST

@Bellamy:

It's an orange

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Bellamy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:16:25 MST

I'm not a fan of Lost, never having watched more than about 20 minutes of the show, but when did Kratos switch the eye with the makeup and start wearing a mouth guard?

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dead_red_eyes — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:11:39 MST

@EnigmaNemesis:

Hopefully it will play better than GRAW 2. I was severly let down by that game. Such a piece of crap it was. Hell, Rainbow Six : Lockdown was more engaging. Muahahahahahaha!

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Purple Dave — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:54:33 MST

@ScotteusMaximus:
As I understand it, they have a very general idea of how the show needs to progress over the next 48 episodes. They also had all the characters' backstories figured out from the start (or from whenever that specific character was introduced, at least), and in a recent podcast they let slip that they were starting to run out of backstory on a few characters, but needed a firm commitment for how many seasons/eps they'd have left to do before the show ended before they could introduce the flash-forward show mechanic.

@ArmyofJuan:
It is. That becomes very clear late in the 3rd season, but yeah, it's definitely not anything that we could have conceived of when its presence first became known. And we still don't know _exactly_ what it is or does or how it works.

@EnigmaNemesis:
He also featured heavily in Alias (then again, Locke showed up there once or twice as well, which is how he got cast in Lost).

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:48:29 MST

@ArmyofJuan:

We don't know if it is or isn't.

:-p

That was Parkman who was "eaten" btw, if anyone watches Heroes too.

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:47:05 MST

@Purple Dave:

And am I the only one here who's seriously itching to get in the Swan and look at the ceiling now?

You are not, I was thinking the same thing!

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Purple Dave — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:45:51 MST

@EnigmaNemesis:
Yeah, it sounds more like they've had a bunch of the island mysteries spoiled for them, but none of the plot beyond the 3rd season (which was still filming at the time).

Anyays, this sounds like it's much more than just a cash-in game, and with the producers involved on such a deep level it should stand a high chance of not being crap.

And am I the only one here who's seriously itching to get in the Swan and look at the ceiling now?

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ThisCharmingMan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:45:40 MST

I don't know about this one...it seems so unnatural. I don't want a bad licensed game to tarnish a show that I'm really into.

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ArmyofJuan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:40:42 MST

@EnigmaNemesis: Well if i remember correctly, im sad that *spoiler dont read* the "monster" isnt real. Or maybe it is. I dont remember. It's been ahwile since iv watched Lost. But i remember being distinctly let down at some point and i think it had to due with the tree-stomping, man eating saur not being what it was

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:37:30 MST

@ScotteusMaximus:

They have ideas for the next few seasons, just not scripted, fleshed out (penned), and put in order.

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:36:30 MST

@ArmyofJuan:

It has no spoilers, I can assure you.

And they make it a point right away, that if you are not a fan of the show, dont read this.

Yes they can explain stuff, but in order for them to make the game, they need to know how some things work, that the viewer does not know ... yet.

It doesnt tell you how these things work anyway. No spoilers.

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duckmouth — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:36:26 MST

My wife (Polish) also needs subtitles Bashcraft... Do you find that you end up reading them too instead of listening to the actors?

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ArmyofJuan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:32:49 MST

@EnigmaNemesis: but that means i would have to open a new tab, and i can't possibly do that. and im scared of possible spoilers.

but if it goes through seasons 1-3, can't they just explain shit without worrying about much since they are on dvd anyways? i doubt someone who has never seen the show before will want to play.

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ScotteusMaximus — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:32:41 MST

"Sucks for Shortt. I kinda wouldn't want to know how Lost ends. Spoils the fun, no?"

Not really. I'd want to know just to see if the writers have any freaking idea where they're taking the show. I'd read somewhere that the creators had the story already planned out for several more seasons, but this quote makes me doubt that claim:

"He said the show producers were just beginning to conceive the fourth season and haven't shown him any of it yet..."

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:29:03 MST

Just read the article guys, it explains things there.

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Digitalguardian — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:26:52 MST

@ArmyofJuan: From what I've heard, it starts from the beginning. The plane is still on the beach.

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:26:23 MST

@ArmyofJuan:

It takes place through seasons 1 and 3, and ties into season 4!

The show spans the first three seasons and is designed to overlap with the show, without necessarily revealing any major show-based secrets.

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Digitalguardian — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:25:55 MST

Didn't Ubisoft spoil Assassin's Creed, their own game? Good luck with that.

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Connoisseur — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:25:05 MST

This game is already winning me points with the Girlfriend just by existing.

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:24:14 MST

The game is rendered in the "Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2" graphics engine,

Thats why it looks good!

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ArmyofJuan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:18:24 MST

Well im sure by 2010 they'll have the ending all figured out.

But i'v only seen season one and the first disk of season 2 so i still have a few months before i can play this.

Does anyone know when the game takes place? if it's after season 3 and before season 4 i should be ok since season 3 was just recently released on DVD

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:14:56 MST

I dunno if they know "how it ends", but they do know some stuff, that will be revealed to all of us who watch it, if we play the game obviously. And supposedly a tie in from the game to the show will happen I heard.

I am really looking forward to it as a fan of the series, and those screenshots on the site look fantastic. Very well done for a movie/tv show to game. It doesn't look "cheap" and "low budget".

I am excited.

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psycoking — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:11:19 MST

Has any licensed game ever been any good? And with such a lack of creative control, I can just imagine how bad it will be.

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