Previously, I’ve reviewed Part 1 of DON’T NOD Montréal and DON’T NOD’s story-driven narrative Lost Records: Bloom and Rage, which I’ve scored a 10/10 for the story, acting, art, soundtrack, gameplay, and replayability. Now that Part 2 is out, how does it fare compared with the first half? Let’s dive into the abyss!
The story picks right up where the first half left us clinging to a cliff, and the mystery deepens for Swan as she and her friends try to remember what happened 27 years ago that one fateful summer.
Gameplay did not change, thankfully, you’ll be surprised how many devs will change the mechanics of games like this when there’s a part 1 or part two, but thankfully they kept to the same formula from part 1! I’ll make a correction from my previous review where I said that I assumed the game takes place in the Pacific Northwest, turns out (if I’m corrected in my assumption this time) it takes place in Michigan.
To be completely honest, my views of Part 2 are the same as Part 1. What I loved about Part 1 is here as well. I’m just curious why the story was split into two parts; if it was to raise hype, it worked, because as soon as part 1 ended, I turned into Brad Pitt from the ending of Se7en. No spoilers, but I enjoyed how the story continued and wrapped up, and again, leaving me wanting more and looking forward to other instalments. If there was anything I had to complain about, it’s just one scene where the characters are dancing, I felt that scene kind of dragged out longer than it should have, otherwise, as mentioned, this review is just a mirror of Part 1, so if you want to see some more of what I thought about Bloom and Rage, I left the link at the start so go check that out.
On my scale of 1-10, just like Part 1, this is a 10/10 for the story, characters, art, acting, soundtrack, and gameplay.
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage part 2 is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
