What could have been a great addition to the Lost mythos ultimately falls flat. Real Score: 5.2
The plot makes little to no sense. It goes through all the seasons but events don't seem to match up correctly. The gameplay in this game is very, very straightforward. This is because all that you do is walk around and occasionally take pictures of things. Once or twice there will be a shootout, but the enemy doesn't shoot back. You can even fire a round into the air and the game will act as though you shot at them. While this got old at the end of about the second level (there are only seven) I was interesting in continuing because of my love for the T.V. show so I figured there had to be something that I could get out of this. The sad truth is that there isn't. The other main survivors are there and you can talk to them, but there is no point. It doesn't matter if they are for the most part voiced by the right actors, they have nothing interesting to say what so ever, and the fact that some of the main characters from the first season were left out is quite annoying.
The graphics in this game are actually quite nice. The jungles look decent enough and for the most part the character models look good too. My biggest beef with the graphics department is the main character. He looks exactly like Jack. He runs exactly like Jack. It really makes one wonder if they originally planned on making a game about Jack, but then changed their minds. I was constantly waiting for a twist that they were identical twins or something, but sadly it never happened.
Anyways Lost: Via Domus can be beaten in about four hours so about the time it takes to actually watch Lost and see all of a minor characters back story. There is no exploration needed to complete the game really at all. For an adventure game its very linear. Not to mention that the four hours of the game time will also get you all 1000 achievement points, which is good for those trying to get their score up, but four hours is just an unacceptable amount of time in a game where there could be so much more exploration.
At the end of the day Lost: Via Domus is not worth a purchase. The story is too disjointed, its short, its for the most part boring, and it has a horrendous twist ending that makes little to no sense at all (and this is Lost). However I will say that if you are a real big Lost fan such as myself, if you have some free time on your hands and you want to see some Lost that you haven't seen before, putting down seven dollars for a rental wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, just don't expect a whole lot.
Gameplay: 5/10
Graphics: 7/10
Sound: 7/10
Value: 2/10
Tilt: 5/10