While loading the game, you will see several hints, one of them being the more-than-obvious "talk to everyone" advice. I would have gladly done that, since I`m a big "Lost" fan, but the dumb dialogue system totally erased this desire and instead I ignored the other castaways for the majority of the game. One character you will have to talk to, whether you like it or not, is Sawyer, a.k.a. "the local K-Mart". Yes, that`s right, Sawyer is nothing more than a vending machine in this game, and reducing one of my favorite characters from the show into this, is a serious no-no. You do have the possibility of talking to him, but he will just shoo you away, usually.

The "quests" I was referring to earlier could actually be regarded as one main quest divided into smaller ones, such as recovering your laptop from the wreck of the plane and getting a battery for it. If you`re ever stuck then all of the characters will point you in the right direction, or you can just check your notepad. There are several smaller games that you will have to play to accomplish your goal, but they are pretty easy (except the "fit-the-fuse" game that is very irritating), and I will go into detail about each of them in a moment.

The first mini game you will play takes place right at the end of the tutorial, and is a stupid "follow the dog" run through the jungle. Yay, what fun! Soon afterwards, an eerie cave awaits you, and armed with your trusty torch you must traverse the dark place filled with traps. Does it sound scary? It really isn`t... You only have to take care of your torch, since its running out will mean your death. There are things such as bats and running water that will douse your torch, but you can immediately relight it. Nothing difficult here, if you just watch where you`re going and you don`t end up in a pit.

So, we have the running through the jungle mini game, and the running through the cave mini game. What next? The running through the jungle while avoiding the black smoke part, or course, with a small twist in the form of "others" armed with shotguns. You can avoid the black smoke by entering a clump of sticks and then be on your merry way, so even this isn`t difficult. The last of the "running through the jungle" series of mini games consists of a race against time usually, with logs and branches in your way, and this is the only part of the game where you are allowed to jump or crouch.

The last and the most abused is the "fuse" game, which deserves a paragraph of its own. Whenever you want to fix something (and apparently there are a lot of things that require fixing) you will be taken to the (soon to be) dreaded screen of fuses. You have three types of fuses that can be used to complete a circuit. There is a starting voltage, and each type of fuse decreases the power that comes on the other side and you have to make sure that the voltage received by the machine is correct. There are some machines that have a large leeway when it comes to voltage and others that require a fixed amount. As the game progresses, the difficulty of the circuit boards increases accordingly and in the final parts of the game you will have as much as three switches, all requiring a fixed voltage. While fun in the beginning, this little game was over used and quickly became irritating. The fact that you have to search a lot to find the necessary fuses complicates things even further.

Probably the most enjoyable part of the game is when you have to remember something from your past. Like a true photo journalist, you remember things by taking photos at the right time and at the right angle. This is wonderfully done in black and white at first, turning into full color and sound when you take the right photo. You are given some hints as to what you`re supposed to photograph, but the rest is left up to you, such as finding the correct position for the shot and getting everything in the frame.

The game suffers from a lack of gameplay time and over abuse of mini games, but makes up for this in the graphics department. The jungle looks exceptionally good, everything including the grass and trees looks perfect and the characters graphics are equally impressive. I enjoyed the music, but the sound effects could have used more work. Extra points for presentation, since the game is divided into a number of episodes, each starting with a "Previously on Lost", just like the show and providing a resume of what happened. The ending was great and does leave you "Lost" as to what might be happening next.