Reception
The game was first released in North America by Got Game Entertainment in March, 2008. The first reviews included a rare score of A+ from Just Adventure, stating “To give it to you in a nutshell, The Lost Crown may actually go down in history as the best horror adventure game ever written... REALLY disturbing ... The Lost Crown is as close to perfection as any adventure game I have played in the last few years”. The game received an overall score of 77% on Metacritic. The game was released on DVD in the UK on the 18th of July 2008, in version 1.2. The game will be released in Europe (excluding France and Russia) in the 4th quarter of 2008.
GameFan awarded the game its "Best PC game of 2008" award as well as its "Adventure Game of the Year" and "Best Story" awards.
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