![]() ![]() ![]() They can just feel like sidequests for sidequest’s sake, rather than genuine extensions of the world and its characters. There are sidequests to pursue should you wish to flesh out even more of the world around you, but these are generally of little consequence or interest. You’ll be exploring Random and progressing through each tier of the fortune-based society on Even’s quest, which gives the game ample opportunity to showcase the creativity behind it. It’s not just cashing in on the 90’s goth crowd nostalgia. ![]() Yes, Lost In Random has some familiar elements to its visual design, but it does put a lot of work into forging its own world, too. After all, most people’s frame of reference for that is The Nightmare Before Christmas, and that wasn’t even directed by Tim Burton. We tend to just boil anything that looks slightly quirky and gloomy into that category, and it doesn’t really do things justice. The phrase “Burton-esque” is perhaps a little reductive sometimes. If you loved the style and atmosphere of games like American McGee’s Alice, Lost In Random will feel like the natural evolution of that. Beautifully composed and crafted by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra, each piece is perfectly arranged to evoke whimsy and intrigue whilst drawing you deeper into the world of Random. Whilst the story plays out with eccentric, Burton-esque characters and narration to boot, the music is also reminiscent of that of Danny Elfman. So, we join Even as she plays out a misshapen fairy tale, questing across a dark realm with naught but a magical talking dice for company. Two sisters, Even and Odd, are torn apart when their roll of the dice leaves Even in the destitute town of OneCroft and Odd immediately swept away to live in the Queen’s realm without so much as a goodbye to her family. In a world where your place in society is dictated by the mere roll of the dice, and the place you called home could be cruelly ripped from your grasp before your adolescence, Lost in Random starts weaving its tale in a town called OneCroft, a destitute town right at the very bottom of the social pecking order.Īt the tender age of twelve, each child across the Queendom is given the opportunity to find their true standing in society. ![]()
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