The City of Lost Children is an adventure developed by Psygnosis, released 15 May 1997 on PlayStation.
What The City of Lost Children is
The City of Lost Children is an adventure game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1997. It was published by Game Bank. It is available on PlayStation only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kidnappings, robberies, dark characters, and stolen dreams are just part of the fantastic landscapes in The City of Lost Children. As a 10 year old orphan, you must rely on your street smarts to solve the mystery of why the City's children are vanishing one by one ... and where in this eerie labyrinth of back alleys and foreboding warehouses will the plot take another wickedly clever twist? Prepare yourself for a brilliant flight of the imagination and a breathtaking graphical experience. Because in the City of Lost Children, there are no dead ends. Only more adventures.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The City of Lost Children holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The City of Lost Children launched on 15 May 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior and Triple Play 98. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Triple Play 98.
Official trailer
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