eating and excreting. One of the player character's evolutionary forms resembles a black-and-white puppy, which is based on Nishi's real-life dog Tao. Sakamoto's 13-track score is made up of only abstract, synthesized electronic music with most of the songs composed to evoke a sense of a sadness or loneliness in the listener. The soundtrack was released on a single disc in Japan by Warner Music Japan on November 8, 2000. Reception and legacy The four reviewer panel of the Japanese magazine Famitsu gave L.O.L.: Lack of Love scores of 9, 6, 6, and 8 for a total of 29 out of 40. Robert Florence of the Scottish web series Consolevania described the game was "effortlessly one of the best games on the Dreamcast" due to the number of ambitious ideas present and the unique concept that binds these ideas together. The staff at Computer and Video Games were also impressed by its originality and described the soundtrack as "one of videogaming's finest audio moments". Despite having no language barrier, Anoop Gantayat of IGN was unsure of the game's overall message, in which he questioned: "Your long-term goal in the game? To live, apparently - at least that's what the instruction manual says. Your short term goal? To advance to the next field of play, I presume". L.O.L.: Lack of Love sold poorly at Japanese retail. GamesTM suggests that it was not picked up for either North America or European release because its "theme and setting certainly separate it from the bankable generic titles that clog up most of the top ten in any given year". The magazine considered L.O.L.: Lack of Love as "one of the Dreamcast's best-kept secrets" and a collector's item that currently fetches high prices on auction websites. Nishi has expressed interest in remaking the game: "If I have a chance, I would like to remake LOL for another console and release it again. I believe Lack of Love would be accepted more widely now because we are more seriously dealing with climate change and global warming". References External links English translation project http://sega.c0.pl/faqs/lol_lack_of_love_english_translation_dreamcast.html by Rolly & RafaGam (web archive) 2000 video games Biological simulation video games Dreamcast games Dreamcast-only games Video games about evolution Japan-exclusive video games Single-player video games Video games about extraterrestrial life Video games developed in Japan Video games set on fictional planets Video games scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto Love-de-Lic games