Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a new story-driven adventure from the creators of Life is Strange. That statement alone is enough to get me excited, but when you add its tantalizing premise and setting into the mix, Bloom & Rage has become one of my most anticipated new games for 2024. As the reveal trailer teased during the Game Awards in December last year, we'll be going on a journey through time as we explore the story of Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat. For the four highschool friends, the summer of 1995 is said to be "one of self-discovery and forging unbreakable bonds", but as we see, the carefree antics of the group quickly take a turn, with flashes of a fire, and a mysterious purple glow coming from an unknown source.
Whatever happens that summer is enough to make the four friends promise to never speak again. But after 27 years of no contact, they're brought back together. With many questions hanging in the air, I can't wait to delve into what promises to be one very intriguing story-driven experience. One that, as creative director Michel Koch explains, will be the first game in a new universe that will set the scene for future stories.
