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Did you know that Irrational Games in the early 2000s shelved a completed game based on Dante's The Divine Comedy, and that thanks to a studio in India, you can play it?

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Want to check this game out? It's abandonware. You can get the game here - https://www.legendsworld.net/adventure/game/3832

Had zero issues getting it to run on Windows 10.

In the early 2000s, Ken Levine and Irrational Games were making "The Lost", a title for the PS2 & Xbox in a Zelda style, based on Dante's The Divine Comedy. They finished the game, weren't happy with it, and decided not to ship it.

Then the story gets weird...a studio in India talked with Ken Levine, and they eventually bought the rights to the game, releasing it in India in 2008, more or less the same, but with Bollywood actors. Eventually, a version akin to the original in English was made, which is what we now have...not known as "The Lost", but as "Netherworld: Beyond Time I Stand".

Watch the Bollywood music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUUk4S4Y_o

I streamed the first 3ish hours here: https://youtu.be/w1uCx9em7lU

Learn more about "The Lost" here:
• https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/01/22/the-lost-another-irrational-game-that-could-have-been.aspx
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/24/ken-levine-on-the-lost
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/19/e3-2001-an-interview-with-the-makers-of-the-lost
• https://irrationalgames.ghoststorygames.com/insider/from-the-vault-the-lost/
•https://web.archive.org/web/20160916112859/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/we-were-all-miserable-inside-bioshock-video-game-franchise-w439921

If you like titles like American Mcgee's Alice, The Legacy of Kain games, or Shadowman, The Lost will be right up your alley. Plus, it's an odd relic in gaming history. It's interesting to see Irrational Games try something that was outside their norm.

Additional Footage::
• Amnesia Rebirth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lBWvxINPM
• Bayonetta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7ITsNcbWg
• Bioshock Infinite:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLJo9nNjQ74
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WUt5dEMt_Y
• Donkey Kong 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npuuTBlEb1U
• Ken Levine Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkZQBilEXk
• The Lost (old footage)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhS6b3QvIuM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNAkuVDBsww
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRWGNEXmhI
• Nakey Jakey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML_Wk4dedww

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Behind the Scenes
05:09 - Game Intro
12:24 - The Circle of Ignorance
16:26 - The Circle of Corruption
18:28 - The Lost City
25:08 - The Eternal Battle
27:22 - The Final Stretch
30:18 - Shortcomings of The Lost
33:54 - How did the game change during development?
35:29 - Is it worth playing?

#boulderpunch #kenlevine #irrationalgames

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