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Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Lost Words is a 2D narrative adventure game where players move words to solve puzzles. The game features a story written by Rhianna Pratchett and ties the narrative into the gameplay in an unusual way, by having the player running on and interacting with words to solve puzzles.
Details
- Released
- March 27, 2020
- Developer
- Sketchbook Games
- Publisher
- Maximum Games, Modus Games
- Platforms
- PC · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch · Xbox Series X|S
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Lost Words: Beyond the Page Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
A short 2D platforming game with very unique gameplay. It’s an incredibly artistic game with a great soundtrack and voice acting to compliment a story that adults can really relate to. If you are an emotional person, like me, be prepared for tears.
Rhianna Pratchett is no stranger to creating engaging video game narratives. Some of you may have enjoyed her work without even knowing it. She co-wrote Heavenly Sword, worked on Mirror’s Edge, and was lead writer on Crystal Dynamic’s new Tomb Raider titles. After years of working on games targeted toward an older audience, Lost Words: Beyond the Page is aimed at putting the power of words into the hands of younger players, but everyone is welcome in this world.
Gran always says: give the world your kindness, and it will return it threefold.
Lost Words: Beyond the Page is atmospheric puzzler, set between the pages of a diary and a fantasy land, with a story written by Rhianna Pratchett.
Fantastic writing, top-notch voice acting, gorgeous graphics and innovative platforming make small pacing issues a nitpick.
What looks like an average platformer is in fact one of the most emotional games of recent years. The story of young Izzy will touch your soul, no matter if you’re 14 or 44. The only thing missing is the game's average delivery of pure platformer.
In conclusion, Lost Words: Beyond the Page is a vastly different example of an adventure platformer. It can be played on both a superficial or a deeper meaning level and has a design aesthetic to marvel at. Although not the most complicated or difficult game to complete it will stay in my memory for longer than many other games. It seems to me that this project fully deserved the shout out from Mr Spencer.
At times you can connect with a video game on a deeply profound and personal level. Not only does it achieve its primary purpose of entertaining the player, but it can also help to explore suppressed emotions, enlightening as well. Lost Words: Beyond the Page is an emotionally charged puzzle platformer that tackles life’s harsh reality in a touching and innovative manner.
As a child, I always aspired to be a writer. Fantastical stories would pop into my head and I frequently found refuge from real life in the worlds I created.
A heartfelt, page-turning narrative adventure.It can be tough to manage the grief and uncertainty of losing a loved one, particularly for a [...]
Playing through the thoughts and emotions that Izzy's feeling during a difficult time in her life is confronting and heartfelt in equal measure, making it all the more disappointing that Lost Words' core mechanic lets it down so much.
While Lost Words portrays the experience of loss from a younger perspective with a stunningly talented voice actress, but in the end, what's left is the story of a girl traveling through the five stages of grief. Though Lost Words: Beyond the Page attempts to reach beyond that is still a touching story, most of the depth in this gorgeous indie game is blocked by rudimentary symbols and adolescent cliches.