The Lost Summer | Review
- gamegauger
- Apr 1, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 19, 2019
The Lost Summer is brought to us by the Australian Government, and the Office of ESafety Commissioner. The game begins with a few options, and you can start with any of the five chapters you wish to choose. With each chapter covering different themes of importance.
There is Mean Meme, which focuses on being mindful online, and showing empathy. Other themes include, Online bullying, harassment, negative social media posts, cyber attacks, hackers, and trust online.
The Lost Summer is an open world 3D adventure style game. This means that your character can walk around freely in the world to complete tasks and interact with other AI; either by clicking on characters, or via your virtual mobile phone. Most of the interactions and progression is through text-based selection, where you choose from options of text to respond and give an answer. Correct responses will alert at the top of the screen via a green tickbox. Your responses makeup how the game will flow and end, based on your empathy to the events and situations taking place.
If you’re on PC, The Lost Summer does require you to download the game, direct to your PC. Remember to be smart online and ask a parent or guardian for permission to download and install the game.
At the end of each level you’re asked a sequence of questions. This helps you to reflect on what you’ve learned and understand each of the different themes. Because, this is a very fun game, you won’t even realise you’re learning.
The Lost Summer - 5 out of 5 stars.
It looks good, it sounds good, it plays good. The Lost Summer is a game that will keep you playing and learning, all at the same time!
Play The Lost Summer here. Available on Apple, PC, and Android. Remember to be wise online and seek parental consent before downloading from the internet or app stores. Suggested age group 11 - 14 years.
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Parents are often the best people to help teach their kids but may not be able to keep a close tabs on things. Whatever the case may be, games like these are a good idea. While we can try to 'sit in' on games to help guide behaviour and practices, so much of gaming can occur out of sight and approaches like these may help children learn and start making informed decisions of their own.
This game is great! I downloaded it and played with my niece, it was interesting to see her reactions to questions and themes within the game. 5 out of 5 from me.