Lost in Blue 2 review

A quiet, oddly-paced, but charming little island survival game. Now with added crocodiles

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Pros

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    Unique gameplay

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    Charming. earnest style

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    Multiple endings

Cons

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    Brutally tough at first

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    Very similar to first game

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    When your spear breaks

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For sale: One deserted island. Fixer-upper with miles of private, sandy beach. Ample food, water, and space to explore. Bring backpack, zippo, sleeping bag. Gun big enough to drop a gorilla from close range and every episode of Crocodile Hunter on DVD also advised.

Lost in Blue 2 – whose logo also includes a small bird that we can’t find the symbol for anywhere on our keyboard – is a strange sort of game. It’s the story of two young people shipwrecked on a jungle island, faced not only with typical video game enemies like wolves, tigers, and crocodiles, but with subtler, more dangerous foes: hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and despair at the realization that there is exactly one person to get jiggy with, and there isn’t a bottle of mouthwash anywhere in sight.

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