Name: A Normal Lost Phone
SKU: 2010450539
Price: 2.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (15 reviews)

A Normal Lost Phone

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3/5

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15 Reviews

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Posted on: July 2, 2021

gen_387

Verified owner

Games: 97 Reviews: 5

Really good, just a bit short

I don't get why it has such low score here - the game is nicely written, the puzzles are not hard, but require enough effort to be engaged and the topic is really nice. It's easy and short, but for this price, what it offers is more than enough. Visually it's not spectacular, but drawing style is nice and clear. Music was fine, aiming more to offer some immersion and offering insight into the person who's privacy we invaded. ;-) All in all, game was well done, I had fun and was engaged while playing it.

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Posted on: October 10, 2021

M3n747

Verified owner

Games: 285 Reviews: 26

Nothing to call home about

I wouldn't call A Normal Lost Phone a game, as there is no gameplay involved; all you do is read messages and occasionally look for a password to unlock more messages. The story's okay-ish, nothing terribly interesting, and it gets too preachy at times. The music's nice, though (for the most part), and there were even a few subtle nods to DONTNOD's Life is Strange. Overall, though, it's not something I'll remember in a couple of days.

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Posted on: January 29, 2022

Pawbla

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Games: 45 Reviews: 2

I was hooked :)

For a game that costed me an entire euro (ha), it was very good! Tiny bit short, left me with some feelings.

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Posted on: June 29, 2021

Euemonga

Verified owner

Games: 722 Reviews: 1

Nicely crafted story

This is a nice short game about discovering the life of someone through their phone, and although it's not incredible gameplay wise, it still uses the video game medium in a pertinent and coherent way to deliver its story. Definitely worth playing once, and who knows ? You might even get some insight into something you don't know much about, I know I did.

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Posted on: May 29, 2023

shylock.596

Verified owner

Games: 756 Reviews: 103

Story Makes Quirks Worth It

A Normal Lost Phone is a difficult game to categorize. It isn’t an adventure game, a visual novel, or even a puzzle game outright. It has shades of all of them though. It certainly wasn’t what I was expecting but that’s not meant as a negative statement. You get thrown right into the phone interface. You have just found this phone and can choose to go into different menus and apps. By doing this you can figure out what is required to progress. That’s the puzzle aspect. You not only have to find the info required but also have to find out what info that is even needed. Nothing is spelled out point blank and I like that. You are rewarded for curuoisity and reading through the various emails, text messages, etc. Every bit of info you find may be what you need to get to the next. It may sound complex or difficult but it really isn’t. Most of the puzzles are pretty straight forward. There was one that gave me trouble but in hindsight it was me overthinking it. The story is really the payoff. It is well done and worth the effort. I played A Normal Lost Phone on Linux. It never crashed on me. It did have a couple issues. It opens on the wrong monitor. Even if I set it to open on my main monitor in the preference file it always opened on my right monitor and had to be manually moved over. There were also no options in game to adjust things such as audio volume. The soundtrack was great except for it was very loud and I had to make sure to adjust my system volume before launching the game. I would have used Alt-Tab but it didn’t work with this game which was another issue. It does save every time you exit the game but it would have been nice to have a manual save option. That being said the game can be finished in an hour so it’s not the biggest deal. I paid $2.99 USD for the game and that feels like a fair value for what you get.

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