Pitfall: The Lost Expedition

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Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Pitfall - The Lost Expedition Coverart.jpg
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s) Edge of Reality
Torus Games (GBA)
Beenox (PC)
Publisher(s) Activision [lower-alpha 1]
Aspyr (PC)
Director(s) Richard Ham
Dee Brown, Kelly Bates (PC)
Producer(s) Mike Bespeck
Scott Barnes
Designer(s) Richard Ham
Tyler Schmitt (PC)
Programmer(s) Mike Panoff
Sylvain Morel & Gérard Bélair (PC)
Artist(s) Alan D. Johnson
Jason Moulton
Writer(s) David Freeman
Composer(s) Kevin Manthei
Kevin Riepl
Series Pitfall!
Engine Havok
Platform(s) GameCube
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Game Boy Advance
Microsoft Windows
Wii
ReleaseGCN, Xbox, GBA, PS2
  • NA: February 19, 2004 [1]
  • EU: February 20, 2004 [2]
  • AU: February 23, 2004 [3]
Windows
Wii
  • NA: October 7, 2008 [5]
  • EU: February 13, 2009 [6]
  • AU: March 4, 2009
Genre(s) Action, platform
Mode(s) Single-player

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is an action-adventure video game developed by Edge of Reality and published by Activision. It was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004. An abridged version for the Game Boy Advance by Torus Games was released alongside the console versions and a Windows version developed by Beenox releasing the same year by Aspyr. It is the sixth installment of the Pitfall series. The game was also released on October 7, 2008 on the Wii as Pitfall: The Big Adventure, [7] with the game being released under the brand Fun4All in Europe. [8] It was followed in 2012 by Pitfall! for mobile devices.

Contents

Plot

In 1935, Pitfall Harry, the fearless, rough-and-ready treasure hunter from the Pitfall! series, returns to help a beautiful archaeologist rescue her father and thwart the evil Jonathan St. Claire from claiming the lost city of El Dorado. As Harry, players encounter various animal enemies, including scorpions, bats, piranhas, crocodiles and penguins, as well as human adversaries under the leadership of the sinister St. Claire. Numerous abilities are at the player's disposal as Harry recovers pages of the Heroic Handbook. With his various items, Harry is equipped for almost anything. Harry will also find lost explorers and be rewarded with golden idols for his trouble, which he can then use as currency with the Shaman.

Mobile

Also released at this time were three mobile versions of the game: Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Caves, Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Glacier, and Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Jungle.

Reception

Pitfall: The Lost Expedition received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [12] [13] [11] [9] [10]

GameSpot gave the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions a 7.3 out of 10 and wrote, "If you're on the lookout for a solid platformer for a weekend rental, then Pitfall: The Lost Expedition is right up your alley." [21] IGN gave the game a 7.8 out of 10, writing, "Activision delivers a worthy sequel to its classic adventure-platformer franchise." [31]

GamePro gave the game a 4.5 out of 5 stars and said, "You don't have to be old school to enjoy Pitfall: The Lost Expedition, but you do have to be prepared to exercise your mind as well as your thumbs. Take a hike with Pitfall Harry, and you'll discover a treasure of a game." [18] Game Informer however, gave the game a 6 out of 10 and wrote, "finely tuned gameplay and well-designed levels. Unfortunately, Pitfall Harry fails on both those counts." [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wii version released under the Fun4All brand in Europe.

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