![]() For a game with a central thesis about learning to live with the randomness of life, there is ironically almost nothing left to chance in the gameplay, save perhaps the different builds available in the deck of cards that Even finds, buys or earns. The boss battles are protracted and more challenging, but they often employ minor variations of the same mechanics and tactics as every other fight. Now and then, Even engages in a sort of boss battle that takes place on an oversized game board, where each defeated wave of enemies moves her game piece forward. After a few hours I absolutely dreaded the next combat section, in part thanks to Even’s slow and limited ability to move during combat and the sometimes small arenas that trapped the camera behind walls, adding to the frustration. Most battles involve two or three waves of enemies but the pace and feel of the combat never changes. The cards give her temporary powers or buffs or a small amount of healing. ![]() Even uses her slingshot to knock blue crystals off an enemy, she or Dicey collect the crystals and after a while she has enough of them to initiate a card battle system. Much too often, that something to do is fight against an endless series of repetitive robotic enemies. Despite the fanciful elements, Even’s journey through the various dice districts is narratively coherent, interrupted at points by dream sequences that amplify the emotional weight of the journey or give Even clues, or at least hope and motivation. Lots of people have odd things to say or nonsensical comments to make. Characters are strange, distortions of organic life and inanimate objects and the world itself is at times literally upside down, with paths leading in circles or nowhere in particular. At times reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, a Brothers Grimm fairy tale at its most macabre, or a trippy Lewis Carroll through-the-looking glass pipe dream, Lost in Random is full of weirdness at every turn. Lost in Random’s narrative takes bits and pieces from not only the classic hero’s journey, but other tried-and-true story templates, like the stranger-in-a-strange-land conceit so popular in fantasy. Because the hero’s journey demands an ally, Even encounters Dicey, the seemingly last surviving member of a race of enchanted, magical dice, relics of a long-lost happier time before the Queen ruled the land. ![]() Even sneaks out of her home in the middle of the night, determined to find her way to the land of the sixes and retrieve her sister. ![]() Odd rolls a six and is whisked away to the Queen’s own realm, essentially kidnapped. Odd has turned twelve, and the Kingdom of Random’s Queen appears on Odd’s birthday to have the girl throw the magical Dark Dice, the outcome of which will determine where she is to live out her life. We generally allow all content to be posted, but extremely low-quality posts may be removed.Lost in Random is a classic hero’s journey, in this case casting a young girl named Even in the starring role, as she embarks on a lengthy quest to rescue her older sibling, Odd. Natively posting content to Reddit is generally always permitted.Do you participate in r/Switch or similar subreddits as a regular user?.Is your Reddit account primarily used to promote your content? (including in other subreddits).Example: Let's Play (not unique, low-effort) versus Video Essay (more unique, high effort).Some factors considered at mod discretion: You're welcome to promote your content so long as you contribute to the subreddit in other ways.Additionally, please do not include spoilers in the title of your post, as these cannot be marked.Make sure there are no spaces inbetween the spoiler tags. If your post contains a spoiler for any game or media, please tag it using the spoiler tags: >!like this!3) Tag your spoilers, and do not include spoilers in titles.We also do not allow posts that are asking for or begging for free games, eshop codes, spots on a family plan or game sharing.You are welcome to ask for an appraisal, but if your post appears to be soliciting buyers from the subreddit it will be removed. For that reason, we do not allow posts regarding buying or selling. Because this is not a marketplace subreddit, we do not have the capacity to keep users safe from being scammed during trades.We also enforce the site wide content policy:.Do not use any derogatory terms or hate-speech, regardless if it is a joke or not. Please do not engage in personal attacks or harassment towards other users.This subreddit has a gentle pace, offers casual discussion and is an easy place to post casual content and anything else. r/Switch is just one of many gaming subreddits on reddit. Nintendo Switch subreddit! Thanks for stopping by /r/Switch!
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