Lost in Random

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  • Summary: Play the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic fairytale-inspired action adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by the roll of a dice. Ruled by a wicked Queen, the kingdom of Random is divided into six shadowy realms where life is dictated by a cursed black dice. In this story, fromPlay the odds in Lost in Random™, a gothic fairytale-inspired action adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by the roll of a dice. Ruled by a wicked Queen, the kingdom of Random is divided into six shadowy realms where life is dictated by a cursed black dice. In this story, from the award-winning Swedish game studio Zoink and penned by Eisner Award-winning Adventure Time and Marvel Comics The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl author Ryan North, you’ll join Even, a penniless girl who’s down on her luck, in a dark quest to save her beloved sister. With her companion Dicey, a small and strange living dice, Even must learn to embrace the chaos of Random, uncovering an age-old tale with a modern message. Walk Random’s mysterious cobbled streets, meet its unpredictable residents, and take on courageous quests. Engage in fearsome battles with a unique blend of tactical combat, card collection, and explosive dice gameplay. It’s time to adapt or perish, as you battle inside giant board game arenas that change with every dice throw! Learn how to tip the odds in your favor, and dive into a dark wonderland where only the brave survive.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Generación Xbox
    Sep 15, 2021
    91
    You are not throwing the dice with Lost in Random because here the fun, the art and the originality are guaranteed.
  2. SomosXbox
    Sep 28, 2021
    85
    Lost in Random is a unique mix between a card game and an action/adventure game. The development of the universe and the plot takes a little while to get started, but once you meet Par and his unexpected companions, you start to fall in love with his story in this strange world of Burtonian style. And we can not forget the humor that shines constantly, and the visual and sound section that does not disappoint. Its main problem is that the AI is not very challenging, and it lacks more variety in the cards.
  3. Jeuxvideo.com
    Sep 10, 2021
    80
    Lost in Random enjoys an exquisite universe, between an artistic direction reminiscent of the golden age of stop motion and a particularly rich narration. Add to that combat mechanics cleverly built and well executed despite some redundancies and some under-exploited ideas. But in the end, Zoink offers us a fascinating macabre tale that never runs out of steam over time and is worth browsing.
  4. Pure Xbox
    Sep 14, 2021
    80
    Despite these hurdles, we hold no doubt they'll be ironed out in the coming weeks. What will be left is an underrated gem that has unfortunately slipped under the radar. Coming out the same week as Tales of Arise, Life is Strange: True Colors and Sonic Colors: Ultimate, the game appears to have been lost in the noise. It's a shame, but we're confident an audience will be found of people such as us who will love and embrace this game - warts and all. Lost in Random may not strike a chord with everyone, but for those it does, they will absolutely love it.
  5. MondoXbox
    Sep 19, 2021
    80
    Lost in Random is an original and engaging adventure, with an original combat system and a unique world that brings to life a dark fairy tale full of nuances and memorable moments. There are some flaws, but they are imperfections that minimally undermine the qualities of a game that undoubtedly deserves the attention of all fans of the genre.
  6. TheXboxHub
    Oct 6, 2021
    70
    Lost in Random is a very unique game. It has great writing and some of the best art direction of the year. However, the combat system plays a risky gamble that I don't feel quite works out in the game's favour.
  7. Edge Magazine
    Oct 9, 2021
    60
    It's worth rolling on to the end, but you might find yourself wishing it had more of the concision of its cinematic inspirations, rather than the drag of a family game of monopoly. [Issue#364, p.123]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. ScorpioKing
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story, voice acting, gameplay, level design, everything is top notch. good combat… Expand
  2. Danny79
    Oct 5, 2022
    10
    i just loved it, i really like the story + the gameplay, i want to have games more like this.
  4. dan-man
    Mar 7, 2023
    9
    Gorgeous graphics and style, lush music, fascinating and imaginative world, great voice acting and genuinely unique? This is top tier gamingGorgeous graphics and style, lush music, fascinating and imaginative world, great voice acting and genuinely unique? This is top tier gaming at its best. More of this please, especially in a world of generic humdrum games.… Expand
  5. nicoliuzzo
    Sep 18, 2021
    8
    Story, voice acting, gameplay, level design, everything is top notch. At first the gameplay might trick you into thinking it's very slowStory, voice acting, gameplay, level design, everything is top notch. At first the gameplay might trick you into thinking it's very slow paced, specially since there is no jump, but you get used to it in a second. Highly recommended.… Expand
  6. Lechee
    Sep 6, 2022
    8
    Es bueno, pero siento que pudo ser más.
    El juego maneja una ambientación muy buena pero me hubiera gustado que hubiera más variedad de NPC ya    Es bueno, pero siento que pudo ser más.
    El juego maneja una ambientación muy buena pero me hubiera gustado que hubiera más variedad de NPC ya que se repite constantemente los mismos personajes. Su combate se maneja por un sistema de cartas y tiradas de dado en las cuales hace un tanto interesante su forma de pelear.
    Lo malo de las cartas es que son muy pocas de las cuales usaras siempre las mismas porque dejan de ser útiles o simplemente no benefician al jugador.
    En cuanto a la historia, me dejo con un gusto un tanto interesante pero a la vez olvidable.    … Expand
  7. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 19, 2021
    7
    Lost In Random
    An interesting adventure
    Lost in Random is creepy, it’s a 10 hour long card based action adventure game where you play as    Lost In Random
    An interesting adventure
    Lost in Random is creepy, it’s a 10 hour long card based action adventure game where you play as Even, out to rescue her sister Odd as they’ve been split up on Odds 12th birthday, where all the kids in town roll a die to figure out hwere in Random they’ll ive, she rolls a 6 and is swept away to live with the queen..
    Along your way you meet a dice, and you set off an adventure to git the dice more pits so it cann roll higher numbers, to eventually get to the kingdom of 6…
    youll also get cards to build of a deck of 15… these cards help in a variety of ways during combat, essentially youll hit weakspots with slingshots, fill up a card so you can roll dicey, the number you roll is how many action points you get to play a card such as having a word, or throwing out a bomb.. even healing.. just to name a few.. and youll do a mixture of combat and exploring these creapy tim burton like towns solving the problems of its residence to help you move on.. .
    The greatest aspct of lsot in random is its world building.. I loved living in thise creepy little land.. meeting its colorful cast of charcters.. however I felt like eventually it all just became too much.. I felt like I was mostly sitting through dialog, waiting for my turn to choose a dialog option that didn’t change anything in the world or its gameplay, it was just an artificial choice wasting my time, pretending it was important.. causing me to get bored about halfway through, just wanting to push forward and explore the world, but instead these charcters just wanted to talk and talk and talk.. I stopped caring.. skipping dialog just trying to move on, go to the next section to throw down some dice and mess enemies up, til that too became a bore.. combat here just isn’t satisfying, it’s a novel idea at first reminding me a bit of kingdom hearts unchained memories, I love the idea of deck building for combat, but with how slow cards come out, and how annoying it is to aim for weak spots on enemies in general in terms of all video games, it just felt like a slog at times.. Something I feel that could be fixed with these shtos of my slingshot at least doing a little damage, encouraging me to use cards to be more powerful rather than rely on them to progress forward..
    Overall I appreciate the world of Lost in Random, the characters are crazy, the world is intriguing, and there are many great life lessons to be taken, but the pacing from the combat to the story is just awful, its bad and brought this nearly great game down in my eyes.. not by much.. but I found myself noticeable liking the game less and less the more I played it…
    I give Lost in Random
    a 7/10    … Expand
  8. Broyax
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    De temps en temps, ces crevards de chez EA (la Worst Company comme chacun sait) édite une daube indé pour se faire bien voir, notamment desDe temps en temps, ces crevards de chez EA (la Worst Company comme chacun sait) édite une daube indé pour se faire bien voir, notamment des amateurs d’étrons indés de mon cul. Ainsi, une bande de blaireaux a-t-elle démoulé ce « Perdu dans le Hasard » (traduction québécoise de mon cru, tabernak !) qui se signale surtout par son mauvais goût omniprésent.

    C’est en effet très sinistre et glauque et d’une direction artistique dégueulasse (et de mauvais goût, d’un goût exécrable en vérité) qui n’a rien de poétique… y compris au treizième degré. Ce n’est en aucune façon drolatique non plus ; en fait, c’est surtout pathétique et navrant à la fois.

    L’histoire est neuneu et les lancers de dés ne sont là que le temps d’une pause -pour introduire un peu de hasard- vu que les combats restent en temps réel et se révèlent particulièrement ballots et idiots à la fois. Tout cela s’avère de toute façon très répétitif, très bête et d’un goût douteux : c’est un étron indé vraiment repoussant et ennuyeux.    … Expand

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#45 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2021
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#38 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2021