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Rent.........if you are just that bored........

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: April 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got my xbox 360 not too long ago. I didn't have many games and I had heard that Lost Planet promised to be really good. Luckily, since I was too cheap to actually buy it, I rented it instead.

Let me begin by saying the graphics are great for this game. There are some very nice snow affects and explosions- two things you can never have enough of. The problem with the game is the game play.

I assumed that the game play and story line and storyline would be phenomenal. They weren't.

The game play was mediocre at best. You have a grappling hook, which is semi-cool, and you can control robots (I forgot what they call them in the game)n The problem is all this is done before- and done better.

The story is about as interesting as this review except a lot longer and much more tedious.

The game is decent enough if you are devoid of any other games or friends, although I do suggest you purchase F.E.A.R. or Oblivion for the 360. Both are excellent and worth your money.

Dont even come within 20 feet of this mess

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 23
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game may have been the biggest let down of the year. Everyone was hyped up for it, but the story line makes no sense at all, and the whole time your playing the game you have to run around like in mario 64 collecting coins, but this time they are little things called thermal energy to keep you warm, but if you dont collect them, your thermal meter ends up running out and you die. Its honestly retarded, whoever made this game must have been extremly high while creating it, because its probably one of the worst games i have ever played. When your fighting a boss, you have to worry about your stupid thermal energy meter and try to run around collecting the little red things, while fighting the boss is already a hastle. All in all, i would say this game deserves no starts, unfortunately amazon made me give it at least one star. Dont rent it, dont buy it, and dont even play it at Best Buy if they have it out.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: January 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First off, let me say I have always been a PC gamer for years. I never thought I would like playing on a gaming console as much has I like playing on the PC. When Call of Duty 3 came out last year and the game developer didn't make a PC copy of that game, I knew I had to buy an Xbox 360 because I love all the Call of Duty games on the PC and I didn't want to wait until sometime this year to get the next version of Call of Duty on the PC. So I broke down and bought the Xbox 360 console not only so I could play Call of Duty 3, but I also wanted to play Gears of War.

I really didn't expect any console game to be, graphic-wise, as good as a PC game so I didn't expect too much from Call of Duty 3 or Gears of War. Boy was I wrong. Let me tell you something. The graphics on both Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War are just awesome. I have to admit that the graphics on console games are just as good now as on PC games. I thought I would never admit that since I have always been a die-hard PC gamer all my life. I am so glad I went out and bought an Xbox 360.

And just so you know. I do not work for Microsoft trying to push the Xbox 360 console or its games. I'm just what you call a gamer junkie who just loves to plays games. If I didn't like the Xbox 360 or its games I would tell you the truth. It took me a while to get used to using a wireless Xbox 360 hand controller because I was so used to using a keyboard and a mouse on the PC, but after playing on the Xbox 360 for a while, I found out the hand controller is pretty easy to use.

Now on to my review on Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. I have played through the first two singleplayer missions in Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. The storyline and the graphics are really good. The graphics for this game are right up there with Gears of War. The creatures in this game are very well made. Plus the harsh cold climate in the game is very believable. You have the neatest vehicles to control and maneuver around in. You are also fighting against other humans on the planet called Snow Pirates and I was really impressed on how the Snow Pirates maneuvered against me. The AI in this game is really good. The explosions in this game are just mind blowing. The sounds in this game are really good. My recommendation is to go out and buy this game. It definitely one of the top games out there right now.

Good for kids

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you're an older gamer, say 18+, this game really doesn't cut it. Long movies and TERRIBLE multiplayer action led me to dislike this game. Multiplayer looks like it was on a deadline and they just released what they had completed. Campaigns are ok... and by ok, I mean just ok. The graphics are unparalled, but the game is shallow and only 1 player.

Great for kids, not so much for the older gamers. GoW is much more fun and involved.

Not as great as I'd hoped

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I played the demo of this on Live I was extremely excited. Perhaps it is the fact that Gears of War was so fantastic, but by the time I actually got my hands on Lost Planet, I was really disappointed with the gameplay.

The graphics are great, as is the premise, but the sound effects lack the oomph provided in other combat games such as Rainbow Six and Gears of War. For example, the guns sound hollow, small, and fake.

The gameplay is the major weakness, I think. The over the shoulder camera is pretty standard, but their implementation of it is cumbersome. The way it is set up you will continue to look in one direction no matter which way you run, which works well for firing behind yourself as you run screaming from alien bugs, but it makes the game feel more like a rail shooter.

Overall, it felt very distant and sanitized. If you want a good combat game, play Gears of War. That has a much more gritty feel to it.

Not bad for a Third Person Shooter

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't really like TPS (Third Person Shooters) as much as FPS (First Person Shooters) and mecha doesn't thrill me (I hated Mechassault) but this one does a pretty decent job.

PROS:
- excellent graphics, good environments, snow, smoke, etc
- some fantastic fire fights
- multitudes of enemies and bosses all with there own behaviors and characteristics gradually introduced to you throughout the game
- tons of work put into the cut-scenes (as much as a half-hour or an hour or so - almost like a mini-movie) and you can thankfully bypass them!
- decent amount of weapon variety with there own characteristics; you can also detach mecha weapons and drag them around
- decent length to the game
- although a TPS, you can zoom in with many weapons to make it appear as if you're in an FPS (although certain actions like reloading will throw you back into TPS).
- vehicles - the game shines here. It's a mecha game (they call it a V-suit) so you get a lot of different things to operate. Big boss anime-style mecha toward the end.
- decent button/stick configurations (although no exact mapping)
- never had to consult the internet because of some glitch or something I was required to do that wasn't intuitive.

CONS:
- No save anywhere (though for the most part you will not need it)
- the entire game bends on you collecting thermal energy (like collecting health packs or armor) or you die, but there is so much of it laying around that it never affects game play. There is no dire urgency to collect it much of the time. Plus, collecting 100 bits of it scattered all over the battlefield is rather annoying. Why not have the game require you to collect 1 pool of the stuff every so often.
- camera isn't always cooperative. your view will occasionally go off into a place you didn't want it to.
- main protagonist character acting leaves much to be desired. Plus he's a bit of a puss and never hits on any of the hot anime chicks in the cut-scenes. 10 million cut scenes and he never even gets to first base.

I'm going to place the story/plot somewhere in the middle even though I didn't really get into it. They put a lot of effort into it (you can tell with all the cut-scenes) and it's a little unfair to criticize games for bad or non-stories (Doom3 didn't need one). Overall a good combo of mecha/TPS.

very nice game.....................

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have to say that i was very scepticle when purchasing this game.But when i got it home and started to play it i was sooooo amazed with how well it played and looked.The game does offer alot of excitment. What i love is that , you are not just fighting one thing or alien but humans as well. The boss battles are simply amazing, the challenge is great. Now i gave it an overall for only one reason....THE STORY! Its o.k. but it needed alot of work. It really seems to leave stuff out of it. I love the game. You cannot go into this game and think that its like Quake or any other straight forward shooter. Play it like Gears of war or fear. Ypull need to be tactfull. There will be times youll have to really battle a group of humans and akrid and nevec all at the same time. The game is a must buy, if you can live with the so-so story. Again it plays greats and looks awesome.

This game is a ball to play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have owned this game from day 1 and I must say that it is by far my favorite game. I have little interest in the 1 player mode so I can't speak on that. But when it comes to online play.... This game is FANTASTIC !!!
I've read that many people think that Gears of War is a better game than LP. I completely disagree. I own Gears and have spent many hours playing it. In my opinion, the only thing Gears has over LP is the actual speed of the game. Gears is a much faster paced game. Aside from that... LP is better. There's more variety in LP. You have access to numerous Mechanical warriors (some that transform), probably close to 20 different weapons to choose from, grappling hook and numerous game modes including Post grab (similar to capture the flag), Elimination (Every man for himself), Team Elimination (2 to 4 teams battle it out) and Fugitive (one guy gets hunted by everyone else). This game really does bring a lot to the table. Don't be fooled by all the Gears of War hype. This game is better !!!

See ya on the Battlefield Sometime

Surprising

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I must say that I was not expecting the game to be as good as it is. From the huge bugs to the dum snow pirates I am enjoying the game from top to bottom, though Im not done with the game yet since I am playing on hard difficulty and it is pretty challenging, and thats coming from someone who played through gears of war on insane and beat it. I enjoy throwing a grenade into a cluster of snow pirates and hearing them scream the most. All around great game.

Decent graphics, but mundane

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: February 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a bland third person shooter especially compared to Gears of War and Rainbow 6 Vegas. While it looks decent, it has serious framerate stuttering particularly during boss battles. It also requires you to gather energy from dead foes, barrels, etc. or else you die. This forces you to rush at times and removes any tactical element to the game. Its an ok game and I'll probably finish it, but its not worth $60.

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