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tiny mouse fight

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game and played it for 20 minutes and then switched back to GOW. tryied online and no fun there either. characters looks like stupid mice and have to keep on recharging urself before you can fight. not fun. sold back to EB games . I would say its not even worth renting.

to much hype

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: January 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i want to like this gsme but with your life always creeping down i just cant enjoy it like i want to,imagine playing halo and the entire time your health gauge slowly drains untill you kill some enemy and get their health and then it begins to drain,no time to adventure around even though on easy you do have a little time you always feel you have to stay on the move constanly or die,for the most part you do,it really gets annoying actually it was annoying the first time i played it.thats to bad their was so much hype,try rainbow six vegas,gears of war,prey or call of duty 3,or FEAR, this is ok for a rent

Good: Note Great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Some good ideas and occasional excitement are marred by tedious, juvenile cut scenes and artificial difficulty that is "engineered" through the old trick of extended reload time for your more powerful weapons.

This is a rental or a borrow. Save your money for one of the Halos, Gears of War or Elder Scrolls Oblivion.

2D side-scroller in 3D

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I, along with it seems many others, recommend renting this one before you buy it. Lost Planet just didn't do it for me. The game looks great, yes, but it is essentially just a 2D side-scroller from the days of yore, only in 3D. I'm just not one for the whole "fight, mini-boss, fight some more, big boss, end of mission" equation. If you look past the graphics there really isn't anything new being offered. If that's your bag, though, then you might love the game and you can write a review on how I'm wrong. This one just wasn't for me.

Kudos to Capcom for the subtitles option. Every game should have at least an option to turn on subtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing gamers. Again, thanks Capcom.

So cool its cold

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Circa 2007

GOOD:
- Tight fitting responsive controls (which can be adjusted).
- Great looking graphics and effects, also the animations are done very well.
- Shooting feels spot on, with more then a few guns (a grenades) to choose from (like rocket launchers, energy guns, ect... - as for different types of grenades, you get ones like sticky and EMP to name a few). It should be also noted that while on foot you could pull weapons off mechs (only when the mechs are not in use) and use these over sized weapons.
- Grappling hook -Shot (like the one in the Legend of Zelda Series or like the grappling hook from Tenchu), which lets you scale tall buildings, and fly across the landscape.
- Online Gameplay (versus other players), this really helps extend the life/fun of the game long after you have beaten it.

BAD:
- Enemies can be pretty cheap, Example, after you get hit with a powerful weapon like a rocket you go into a fall and have to get up to recover, during your recover animation many enemies will strike at you making you fall over again. What ends up happening is you get stuck into a cycle where you fall over after getting get shot at or hit and while getting up it happens again (enemies shoot you or hit you) so you never fully get back up and fight back, you just fall again. It is very hard to break this cycle after it starts; usually it only ends if the enemies miss or you die.
- Using mechs or any energy weapon uses up you reserve of "Heat Energy". If your "Heat Energy" runs out you can't pilot any Vital Suit or use any energy weapon. It should be noted that in this game "Heat Energy" ties directly into your life bar if you run out of this "Heat Energy" your life will slowly drain till you die. This makes prolong use of any Vital Suit (Mech) or any energy weapon a risk to your health.
- Pretty confusing story which many people will not get nor care to understand.

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- Sci-Fi 3rd Person Shooter (camera behind the player).
- The game takes place on a world covered in ice and snow, lots of levels have snow and winter theme.
- Life energy or Heat energy plays a big role in this game, this energy ties directly into your life bar if you run out of this energy your life will slowly drain till you die. It should also be noted that this happens even while in doors and underground not just outside in the cold. The only way to refill this energy is to kill enemies or destroy objects in the game, by doing so you'll see a pool of gold colored substance when your characters body touches it your energy bar will refill.
- Fight lots of "Bug" like enemies as well as human enemies.
- Lots of mechs and Mech Combat - mechs are robotic suits of armor you pilot, in this game they are called Vital Suits, they can also equip their own weapons.
- Game is broken up into 11 levels (so essentially this a fairly short game).
- Shoot at to collect "markers" for a higher score (there are "markers" in every level and the look like big spinning coins).
- Wining matches online unlocks new character dress options for your online avatar.
- Online portion of this game has your standard set-up with Death Match, Team Versus, ect...

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (Xbox, PS2)
- Armored Core: Last Raven (PS2)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- This is the Special Edition of this game that comes in a metal case and comes with an Art book as well as a Mixed media CD (that contains Videos, Wallpapers/Photos, Music, and windows icons for your PC). This Special Edition also comes with a new multiplayer level (Battleground), which will be available to all Xbox Live players for free a few more months from now (people who got/get this Special Edition can play this multiplayer level early).
- There are already a few new multiplayer levels available to buy over Xbox Live. The 4 new Levels ready for download and use in online multiplayer action they are called Radar Field and Island 902, which come in one pack and then there is Hive Complex and Trial Point which come in a second package. Both packages sell for 400 Microsoft Points or $5.00 USD each.
- The Korean actor Lee Byung-Hun is the model for the main character named Wayne.

Above average game at best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty decent. I rented it for five days and I liked it. However, it's not nearly as good as Halo 2 or Gears of War. I'd say it's the best rated-T game on the market though.
I'll start with the pros first. The gameplay is good, the graphics are exceptional (especially if you have an HDTV), and the bosses are very good. If you are looking for a serious gaming challenge, you should definitely get this game (I was having a few problems with the game on easy mode!). The graphics are so realistic. It's amazing how far the graphics in games has advanced in the past 20+ years. Finally, the bosses. The bosses are amazing. They are one of the reasons to give this game a try. The bosses range from being mechs (V-suits) to Giant Akrid (Green Eye). When I rented this game, I couldn't get past Green Eye at all. I still haven't beaten that thing. Nonetheless, the bosses are what make this game.
Finally, the cons. The story isn't that good and there aren't too many weapons. The story is original, but it's not very good. The main character (Wayne) is uninteresting and static. But, then again, who plays a game just because of the storyline anyway? The lack of guns in this game is what really turned me off. I remember using just 4 or 5 guns and only 4 types of grenades. However, there is a plethora of V-suits that you use throughout the game. They make fighting the bosses a heck of a lot easier.
All in all, I would say that the pros outweigh the cons in this game. I think the game is definitely worth renting at least.

Very Fun with a Few Problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are several things I like about this game. The main one is the Vital Suits, VS, which are like big combat mechs you can ride around in and fight with, lots of fun. On the one player game the main thing I like is the huge boss battles. The bosses all look great and are fun to fight. The game has several difficulty settings. The "normal" mode isn't too hard but it also has a hard mode and an extremely hard mode if you're up for a challenge. Of course the multiplayer is fun. It has different modes to keep things interesting.

There are a few problems that keep this game from being better. The first is that you walk very slow. This problem is alleviated some by the use of a grapple that you can use to quickly move around in the multi-player stages, but in the one player there isn't as much to grapple on to. The second problem is the enemy AI. Even on the hardest difficulty the enemies all seem rather stupid. This makes the game on normal difficulty seem really easy, but the game can still be very difficult on the harder modes. A third problem is the story suffers a little from bad localization.

The main thing that makes this game different is the use of thermal energy. In the one player game you are able to use the "harmonizer" to refill your health using thermal energy. In the multiplayer you don't have this option and only use the thermal energy to power VS and energy weapons. In the one player if you run out of thermal energy you will lose health until you refill it or die, but running out in multiplayer only means you can't use a VS or energy weapons until you refill. You get thermal energy from every enemy you kill, from "way points", and from T-energy storage containers. On multiplayer there are specific places you can stand at to fill your energy. You continue to lose thermal energy while walking around and you use even more while using a VS. This help balance out the game and you must consider your T-energy when deciding whether to use a VS or Energy weapons.

Overall the good in this game out does its shortcomings. I really enjoy playing this game and would encourage people to give it a try.

PUBLISHERS TAKE NOTE AND BUYERS BEWARE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's not enough anymore to slap a game together people will not let you get away with games that are as bad as this one is I rented it and returned it its god awfull i cant see why anyone would play this game, and I would bet the positive posts are all fakes, or at least some of them, I mean the power full weapons are heavy but the big boss is super fast so fast you cant dodge him, this game is lame, the concept is lame and the design is cookie cutter and soft around the edges like play mobile toys, no grit or feel to this game at all. if you want a good shooter game look else where cuz this one sucks.

Don't let the demo's multi-player "lobby" interface discourage you from buying this game...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Before buying this game I had downloaded the multi-player demo from XBox Live's Marketplace. I really enjoyed playing Lost Planet but became increasingly frustrated *between* games while attempting to join a host. This was so frustrating, that I seriously considered not purchasing the game despite the excellent game-play.

The demo interface doesn't tell you how many players are currently waiting for a game to start until you actually join a host. If you decide there are not enough players and leave, you are kicked back out to the search screen and have to wait for it to search for active hosts - it doesn't cache the list of hosts it had just retrieved. Also, when you complete a game, you are returned back to the lobby interface and have to search for a new host - you can't just stay on the same host and wait for a new game to start. Another frustration is that the majority of hosts I had attempted to join were canceled, which forced me back to the search for more hosts...

This was extremely frustrating because it seemed like I was doing more waiting than playing at times. All of these problems appear to be resolved in the retail version - games still get canceled but it's much less frequent and happens rarely when you tend to join games that have a reasonable number of players waiting for the match to begin. I feel the developers of this game are doing themselves a real dis-service by leaving these flaws in the demo - resolving them shouldn't prevent people from buying the retail version since you're limited to one map in the demo and the ones that come with the retail version are much better, in my opinion. Having said all this, I'm quite happy with my purchase - I haven't played Gears of War or Perfect Dark Zero since Lost Planet arrived at my door. :-)

PS - A previous reviewer had stated that this is a third-person perspective shooter. I can't remember if someone else has already commented on this but you can change your perspective to first-person if you prefer FPS type games...

UPDATE - As more people have purchased this game, I've noticed somewhat frequent "Game initialization failed" errors during xbox live multiplayer mode. This is quite frustrating since you're ejected from the game and can't rejoin the game you were just in the middle of. I'd subtract a point for fun and overall rating for this annoyance, if I could, but at least Capcom acknowledges this problem and is currently working on a fix for it.

UPDATE (7/17/07) - I just logged on for the first time in a few months and downloaded the current patch. I only played a couple matches but no sign of the error so far...

its good!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well i played the game and its a good challenge...the story and graphics are greate... THE GRAPCHICS ARE GREATTTT
Give it a try, you may end up playing it more than you imagine...

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