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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a narrative adventure game in two parts from Don’t Nod, the studio behind Life Is Strange, focusing on friendship, memory, and a buried secret that reconnects four women decades after a formative summer in 1995.

What Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is

  • It is a two-part story-driven adventure game where choices, exploration, and dialogue drive the experience more than combat or reflex-based gameplay.
  • The game follows four teenage girls—Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat—during a summer in 1995, and then again in 2022 when three of them reunite as adults.

Dual timelines and core premise

  • The narrative alternates between the 1995 “Bloom” timeline, where the girls form a punk band called “Bloom & Rage” and discover a mysterious place known as the “Abyss.”
  • In the 2022 “Rage” timeline, Swann, Autumn, and Nora reunite in Velvet Cove after a mysterious package addressed to “Bloom & Rage” forces them to confront fragmented memories of what truly happened that summer.

Themes, tone, and influences

  • The game leans into themes of adolescence, identity, queer relationships, illness, and trauma, blending intimate character drama with hints of the supernatural around Velvet Cove.
  • Its structure and emotional tone deliberately echo Life Is Strange: small-town setting, moody atmosphere, and high-stakes personal choices that shape relationships and scenes rather than broad branching endings.

Gameplay feel and forum buzz

  • Gameplay centers on exploring environments, making dialogue and moral choices, and uncovering clues across the two timelines, with some light “mystery” and investigation elements tied to the Abyss and the town’s history.
  • Early reviews and forum posts describe Tape 1 as a slow-burn character piece with strong performances and emotional moments, while also noting pacing issues and similar storytelling beats to Don’t Nod’s earlier work.

Release window and current status

  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is planned as a narrative adventure released in two “tapes,” with promotion describing it as coming in early 2025.
  • As of late 2025, discussion online still clusters around spoiler-heavy reviews of the first tape, character arcs, and speculation about the full resolution of the Velvet Cove mystery.

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