Lost Control Review

Amidst the millions of games flooding the Android market, occasionally we try to sift through the mess and bring you some notable gems. This week, I bring you "Lost Control", a simple but rewarding endless driving game by Gamers Frontier, which consists of three veteran developers from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is their first attempt at a mobile game, so obviously, there are many kinks to work out, but they have promised future patches that fixes bugs and introduce more cars and unlockables.
From the outset, it is clear that the gameplay is inspired by the likes of Flappy Bird or Crossy Road. You maneuver your car in between other cars and each car you pass adds to your score. Near misses will even earn you extra points! At the end of the day, your goal is simply to beat your current top score. If there is one thing the aforementioned games taught us, it's that this type of high-score chase has proven to be a psychologically-addictive success formula.
In Lost Control, you have "lost control" of the car and is stuck in a persistent drift. You tap once to change the direction of the drift and hold to perform a quick drift that serves as an emergency move. The single-input control scheme takes a while to get used to – which is ironic because you can't get any simpler than that – but once you get the hang of it, the drifting is fluid and challenging.

Unlike Flappy Bird and Crossy Road though, this game offers second and third chances to continue increasing your high score. This unique feature is particularly useful because there are over 7 cities to drive through, and you also earn coins on the road while avoiding incoming traffic. At the moment, these coins can only be used to unlock several different cars but, according to the developer, they are working on adding more vehicles to that list. It would be nice if, in addition to buying new cars, you could upgrade your car to handle a bit better or provide power-ups like a temporary shield or boosts.

Unfortunately, multiplayer integration is not available at this time of writing. I would love to be able to compare high scores with my Facebook friends or in a global leaderboard.
It is definitely a decent game to play for short bursts, such as when your girlfriend is in the changing room trying on 7 different dresses, or while you are answering nature's call (No. 2, not No. 1) in the toilet. It is free after all, so you have no excuse not to give it a test drive!
Review score: 3.75 / 5
More developer info:
In addition to Lost Control, Gamers Frontier has also modified the popular UltimateFPS kit for Unity to increase mobility and freedom of movement to create their next game ASCEND. No release date has been given for the new game, but sources say it will be an action packed free-running tactical FPS similar in vein to the critically acclaimed Mirror's Edge.