Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape 1 (PlayStation 5) Review

I had been keeping my eye on Lost Records: Bloom & Rage ever since I saw the first trailer drop during the 2022 Game Awards. DON’T NOD has been pretty consistent with their games ever since the first Life Is Strange, and even though these kinds of episodic narrative games have fallen somewhat out of fashion as of late, you can always count on them to bring something weird and wonderful to the table.

At least, that was what I thought until I played through the entirety of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape 1—a bizarrely structured and not entirely well-delivered first act that is meant to set the stage for something bigger, but draws the curtain before the band is even finished setting up.

Now, that isn’t to say Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape One is completely without merit. The bones are certainly here for a good story, and there are a lot of genuinely sweet and heartfelt moments throughout. However, even for a story split into two parts,... Read more