There are few, if any, truly universal experiences in life, but one thing that seems true for just about everyone is that it’s tough being a teenager. Hormones, social pressure, and a developing sense of self push basically all of our emotions to their limits and leave us grasping for any sense of control. The second half of Lost Records: Bloom and Rage lives entirely in that chaotic space, ending the game’s story in an experience just as tumultuous, frustrating, beautiful, and terrifying as adolescence itself.
It’s been two months since the release of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage — Tape 1, but Tape 2 picks up the day after that episode’s conclusion. In the finale to Tape 1, teenage heroines Swann, Autumn, Nora, and Kat shocked their small hometown with an unsanctioned punk concert in a bar’s parking lot, along with the revelation that Kat has terminal cancer. That unexpected reveal was a clumsily handled twist to end the otherwise excellent first half of Lost Records, but in part two, Kat’s health forms the backbone of the story.
