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Lost Lands - The Four Horsemen provides the screenshot for today. It’s a portal game, but, unlike others, all the action takes place within one contiguous arena. Although the arena is made up of multiple locations, and multiple layers within those locations. Think of the United States as the arena, with the Midwest being a location, Chicago is a layer with Lincoln Park Zoo being a sub-layer and the lion house being a sub-sub layer. There is an interactive map to help guide you through this. You would be wise to master the map, as you will get lost without it.

The four horsemen are not unlike the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, except they are represented by Fire, Earth, Wind and Water. Still, they must all be defeated. Each horseman controls one of the locations within the arena.

I think the graphics, music and effects are very good. Voice acting is above average. The story is also quite good, although a few of the six story sections are more polished than others.

I played the SE version of the game. The ending was extraordinarily abrupt. It did, however, come to a satisfying conclusion, and I didn’t feel there was a need for additional material. I have thoughts as to what the bonus material might contain, But I’ll never know unless I track down the playthrough on YouTube.

That’s a very pretty sky to look at!

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