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For the card game on which the game is based, see Lost Cities.
Lost Cities is the Xbox Live Arcade version of the popular card game of the same name by game designer Reiner Knizia, published by Sierra Online. The game was released on April 23, 2008 for 800 Microsoft Points (US$10)[1]; it is currently unavailable for purchase.
[edit] Gameplay The gameplay is identical to the card game: each player is dealt eight cards, which consist of 5 "suits" that represent individual expeditions, with each "suit" consisting of 3 Investment cards which multiply the value of an expedition, and 9 Expedition Cards numbered 2 through 10. The players are dealt 8 cards and build their expeditions by stacking the numbers in increasing order, and may draw from the deck or the 5 discard piles. The round ends when all of the cards have been played or discarded. The round is scored by subtracting 20 from the value of each expedition, and multiplying each with the Investment cards. Failure to achieve 20 points in each expedition results in a negative score for that attempt, or no points if a total of 20 is exactly made. Investments in a failed expedition exacerbates the negative score. A game consists of three rounds. The player with the most points accumulated after the rounds wins the game. [edit] FeaturesLost Cities features leaderboards and online multiplayer through Xbox Live, including support for the Xbox Live Vision camera.[2] When playing offline, players can play against one of three different computerized (AI) opponents, each corresponding to a different difficulty level.[3] Lastly, in addition to allowing standard two player games, Lost Cities includes alternate rules to support four player (two vs. two) matches. [edit] ReceptionLost Cities has been praised for "finely tuned balance of luck and skill...that made Lost Cities a hit with card- and board-game fans, and this version just makes all of that even better." in a review[4] by IGN's Team Xbox editor David Chapman. While Chapman praised the "Simple gameplay", another IGN reviewer, Ryan Geddes suggested the title's gameplay lacked depth.[5] As of May 2009, the game has an aggregate score of 66/100 on Metacritic.[6] [edit] DelistingIn early 2009, Lost Cities was removed from the Xbox Live Marketplace. At the time, it was only the second game for which this has happened.[7] No official reason was given for the removal, but speculation centered on copyright issues over the merger of Activision and Vivendi, the latter being the parent company of Sierra, publisher of Lost Cities. [7] [edit] See also[edit] References
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