Lost Dimension

Lost Dimension is a tactical role-playing video game. The characters climb the mysterious five-floor Pillar, in which they encounter a number of enemies. During battles, the characters attack enemies as a group, with each character having unique attacks and abilities. The game's "Assist" feature automatically occurs when an ally is nearby when the player attacks.

Each character also has a unique "Gift" special ability, and by obtaining "Gift exp" in battle, new abilities can be unlocked. The "Defer" feature allows the player to pass up their turn to an ally; this can be used to allow the strongest party member to continue to attack, and take advantage of the characters' strengths and weaknesses. There is also a "Berserk" status effect; when a character loses all their sanity points, they become berserk. Berserk characters gain a boost in attack damage but will hit both allies and enemies alike.

Lost Dimension takes place in the near future, with the world in ruin. , a special group of 17-to-18 year olds with psychic abilities tasked with investigating a giant pillar that appeared out of nowhere. D. The main antagonist is a mysterious terrorist known as "The End".

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The game is developed by Lancarse, developer of Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, and published by FuRyu, developer of Unchained Blades. The game's story is written by Jun Kumagai, who has worked on the scripts of the Persona 3 movies, as well as a few episodes of Persona 4: The Animation, with Takeshi Oga being head of tower designs and character designs being provided by Yuu Yamashita and Makoto Tsuchibayashi. The game's producer is Hiroyuki Abe. The game was revealed on April 17, 2014, and scheduled for release on August 7, 2014, in Japan, with players who pre-order the game receiving bonus content such as an alternate costume, as well as an additional quest.

Select retailers also offer additional items. A demo of Lost Dimension was released on July 30, 2014, and is free to download.

Lost Dimension has a score of 72% on Metacritic.

All four Famitsu reviewers gave the PlayStation 3 version of Lost Dimension a score of 8, for a total of 32/40, while the PlayStation Vita version received scores of 8, 8, 8 and 9, for a total of 33/40. It has a Metacritic score of 72% The Vita version sold 3,868 copies during its first week on sale in Japan, ranking 19th for all video game sales for that week, while the PS3 version failed to enter the top 20 sales chart.