We are Lost is a visual novel made by MadDog that is, in reality, two different games. At the start, you choose to follow either the father’s or the son’s story, two paths that never intersect. Each may vaguely mention the other, but neither has a meaningful impact on the other’s narrative. As the father you see yourself in a place with your two daughters and have to find your way through this strange hotel and the mystery behind it. As the son you are on an island with your mother and have to live a more native experience. In both scenarios you have pretty much just one choice to make, the romance path or the corruption path, the second having significantly more content than the first, and therefore the one I would recommend, since besides more action scenes, the story remains the same. Unfortunately the pacing of the game is painfully slow. A great number of panels and dialogs are just useless or redundant, at the same time lacking very important context or reactions that one would expect characters would do in such situations. Personally I explored mostly the father novel and just skimmed over the son novel since the son-mother route does not attract me, and the mother model is not as well designed as the daughters, who are very well built and made with deep care to look unique and appealing. The bigger issue is that We are Lost is just a tease of the overall story. The game is almost entirely a build up to the sequel, having a lackluster quantity of scenes, and some jarring jumps in relationship steps. When you get to the scenes, you are received with clunky animations and object clippings that ruin the immersion. If that lack of focus wasn’t enough, inserted in the story is the side-story of the female detective who is investigating your family’ situation. A giant pivot from what the game offers and impossible to generate any interest in the player. Despite enjoying the game, mainly because of the visuals, We are Lost is not above mediocrity, requiring a serious story revision and animation polishing to become something grand. Hopefully the sequel will offer a better experience.