Lost Records director explains why Bloom & Rage is split up in two episodes

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage takes you on a time-traveling, nostalgia-packed ride through the ‘90s in a two-episode release.

Developed by the folks behind Life is Strange, DON’T NOD, this interactive adventure shuffles between two timelines: the rebellious grunge-fueled ‘90s and a post-pandemic 2022.

At the center of Lost Records is a band made up of four friends – Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat. You’ll live through their teenage angst in 1995 and reunite with them in 2022 to see how they’ve handled life’s curveballs.

The first track drops on February 18, 2025, with the second one dropping on March 18. We’re sure this will be a severe case of “hurry up and wait,” just like when your favorite show left you hanging for weeks.

LiS fans will know episodic release dates aren’t new for DON’T NOD, but the creative minds behind Lost Records explained the method behind the madness of this two-part split.

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage might just be two games in one

In a chat with GamesRadar, creative director Michel Koch explained Lost Records is split into two episodes to encourage discussion among fans, the same way 90s shows like Friends or Buffy the Vampire Slayer did.

In the interview, he reminisced, “It created a sense of community around a piece of media, a piece of art. It also increased the strength of storytelling, giving time to think about what we experienced. It made the art go further than just the hour-long episode.”

Koch belives the way in which we binge-consume media nowadays “reduces the possibilities to get immersed in a work of fiction. You barely start to get in, then poof, you are already out and looking at the next product to absorb.”

Koch also teased the game’s Bloom and Rage structure, which mirrors the band’s emotional journey. In their early teens, and presumably the first mixtape, the band is in the early stages of writing ‘See You In Hell’. I can’t wait to see how this song evolves when the second mixtape, aptly titled Rage, drops.  

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is your ticket back to a time when mixtapes and camcorders ruled. Just don’t forget to press record.

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Cande’s calling in life is to annoy NPCS, smash virtual pottery, and complete every side quest available in RPGs. Her passion for games dates to 2006, when she mounted a Chocobo for the first time, but she has been writing professionally for the past four years. Under Nintendo and Square Enix’s chokehold, she willingly pours hours upon hours into reaching 100% completion in the longest roleplaying games ever made. But hey, who needs fresh air and sunlight when you can just live in Ivalice?

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