I'm still thinking about the time, several years ago now, when I mentioned hand-off in the comments of an article I wrote about video game adaptations of Stephen King stories that my dream game would be in this way a Don't Nod adaptation of it. I have especially been thinking about that since it was announced Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – a game developed and self-published by Don't Nod, due out in early 2025 – because I'll be damned if it doesn't clearly take some inspiration from the iconic doorman of the King in 1986 about an eldritch spider clown from outer space, and the ragtag bunch of miscreants who have to fight him.
Before I'm accused of being too smug here I want to make it abundantly clear that I don't for a second think that anyone at Don't Nod has been combing the comments of gaming websites for inspiration. It's just that I get a kick out of proving that I'm good at coming up with marketing ideas for story-filled adventure games, a genre I know well and taking care of it. And, given that it's been a few years since 2017-19 has been remaking blockbuster hits, it feels like the right kind of time for the inspired spiritual fans. with that twist of the story to begin to make themselves known.
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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage follows a quartet of friends across two timelines: their tense teenage years in the 1990s, and their present day reunion in early middle age after nearly three decades apart. Actually, the time skip is exactly 27 years, which is either a direct reference or a special coincidence.
Maintaining their similarities, the four friends split up after their recurring Xennial coming-of-age drama is suddenly interrupted by the discovery of something very strange in the forest near their village. What exactly is that weird thing? Yes has been deliberately hidden in the trailers and demos we have seen it so far, but it is found at the bottom of a crack and shines with another purple light in the world. So maybe you can start to draw your own conclusions.
It's hard to say much more about Lost Records at this point, and I think that's largely due to a drip marketing effort that's been heavy on the cryptic announcements and light on anything. ' the game could be removed. Despite my previous knowledge of the establishment, the only thing I know is to expect the unexpected when the game is launched in two parts in February and March.
The Lost Tables may have been oddly laser-focused on a certain intersection of my interests, but it's far from the only game on this scale that made me look at the beginning of the next a year with some happiness. While there aren't too many big triple-A hype machines filling the schedule yet, the first months of 2025 are shaping up to be a treasure trove of increasingly smaller releases that despite that's a little too obvious to be fair. sit at the indie table.
Personally I think especially of him Split Fictionthe latest collaboration between Hazelight and EA Originals, which sees two authors – one writing science fiction, the other fantasy – trapped in a skeezy AI-powered publisher's rendering of their own imaginary worlds. Other players living with their favorite 2 player will surely be as happy as I am for Hazelight's latest reminder that couch co-op still exists, to say nothing of that rare approach to the nose for mixed sex that is sure to show. to us some things we have not seen before.
There is also – to highlight just another handful of personal preferences – Kingdom Come: Freedom 2 in February, the long-awaited sequel to everyone's favorite RPG remembers that life as a medieval knight was a proper slog; Civil infrastructure management wacky threequel Two Point Museum in March; and The Hundred Lines: Ultimate Defense Academythe collaboration of inventions based on conversion between the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape, expected in April. Just to give you some idea of both the scope of the games I'm talking about and the scope of what's available.
Some years see triple-A marquee releases dominate the conversation, while others lean more heavily towards India. But if 2025 takes the third option, and this is the year everyone gets to enjoy as many cool duplicates – As related to their specific areas of nerdery as it is Like I'm going to be, I don't think we're going to have that. nothing to complain about.
