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The Lost (video game)
Encyclopedia
The Lost is an unreleased third-person shooter
/survival horror game co-developed by Irrational Games
and FXLabs. Set to be released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2
and Xbox
game consoles, The Lost went through several phases of development hell
until it was completed, and cancelled.
Divine Comedy
, particularly Inferno. The setting is present day, and the main character is a waitress/medical student named Amanda Wright. Amanda is a single mother who has lost her only daughter, Beatrice, in a tragic car accident. Desperate and suicidal, Amanda makes a deal with the devil. Selling her soul, she is given the chance to plunge into the bowels of a concentration camp-esque hell in an attempt to rescue her daughter's soul. The only aids she has in the bowels of hell are Virgil, a strange reptilian creature who Amanda must free from an enchanted sword, and four hellish beings called the Entities.
In March 2008 it was reported that all development and rights to The Lost was acquired by FXLabs, who later released the game for Windows
PCs in India
under the title Agni: Queen of Darkness. Agni is thought to feature redone art but keeps basic plot and gameplay elements intact. FXLabs have released the game in yet another version, presumably for Western audiences, simply entitled "Inferno".
Third-person shooter
Third-person shooter is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.-Definition:...
/survival horror game co-developed by Irrational Games
Irrational Games
Irrational Games is a video game developer founded in 1997 by three former employees of Looking Glass Studios: Ken Levine, Jonathan Chey, and Robert Fermier as Irrational Games...
and FXLabs. Set to be released in 2002 for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
and Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
game consoles, The Lost went through several phases of development hell
Development hell
In the jargon of the media-industry, "development hell" is a period during which a film or other project is trapped in development...
until it was completed, and cancelled.
Story
The Lost is heavily inspired by Dante Alighieri'sDante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature...
, particularly Inferno. The setting is present day, and the main character is a waitress/medical student named Amanda Wright. Amanda is a single mother who has lost her only daughter, Beatrice, in a tragic car accident. Desperate and suicidal, Amanda makes a deal with the devil. Selling her soul, she is given the chance to plunge into the bowels of a concentration camp-esque hell in an attempt to rescue her daughter's soul. The only aids she has in the bowels of hell are Virgil, a strange reptilian creature who Amanda must free from an enchanted sword, and four hellish beings called the Entities.
Entities
While in hell, Amanda meets several Entities. She is able to trade identities with these beings, and each Entity is playable, with their own special abilities.- Shadow: A thief-like character, Shadow specializes in stealth and deception.
- Light: Adept in defensive spell-casting, Light can also provide healing spells.
- Corruption: An emaciated mage that performs powerful, offensive spells.
- Instinct: A sword-wielding character that is best used in close combat.
Development
The Lost's development period had always been relatively rocky. Playable models of the game had been described as unstable, with a jittery framerate. The developer chose to retool the graphics engine in mid-development. Also, Crave Entertainment changed The Lost's traditional publishing model to a budget game model. Eventually, legal problems amassed, and the completed game was cancelled.In March 2008 it was reported that all development and rights to The Lost was acquired by FXLabs, who later released the game for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
PCs in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
under the title Agni: Queen of Darkness. Agni is thought to feature redone art but keeps basic plot and gameplay elements intact. FXLabs have released the game in yet another version, presumably for Western audiences, simply entitled "Inferno".