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Lost Planet

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Capcon does it again, an excelent game if you're a japanese fan of mechas and laser shots

Good, has some bad and ugly

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I first started playing I really enjoyed it. Now when I play it seems like a chore. I think gee, how am I gonna die in this level? I do have fun still, but only for a few minutes. Recover time from getting shot is horrid. A rocket hits you, you fall over and lay there then get up in time for another rocket to hit you and repeat. This can be annoying for boss battles as well, as they are challenging but not fun challenging. Especially in the the green eye fight. When he slams on the ground and if you're on the ground it paralyzes you wherever you are. Even if you're a football field away. Then you get hit several times with ice shards but guess what? You can't move! HAHAHAHA eh...most of the boss battles seem like a pointless uphill battle.
As far as story line, I'm not big into storylines anyway they're like icing on the cake. Very thin icing. Graphics are good but just like storylines they're just there. Gameplay is what matters most to me and the game gets three stars out of five. Starts out great, downhill from there.

Why collector's edition?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought the collector's edition of Lost Planet because I always like to view the special features on the second disc. Only problem is, the second disc is set up like nothing I've ever seen before, and I can't figure out how the heck I'm supposed to use the darned thing! Also, the inside of the package that holds the discs in place is a literal pain to use. You will tear your thumbs up trying to get the discs out. I had to start storing the main game disc in a separate box so I could actually use it without destroying my thumbs. On the other hand, at the time I bought the collector's edition, it was actually cheaper than the regular edition, so that's always a good reason to buy something. Just be aware of the problems stated above.

As for the game itself, it's pretty good, but some of the bosses are REALLY hard (one in level three is optional, but worth 50 Gamerpoints to beat), and the picture isn't all that great on an SDTV (Capcom Xbox 360 games are made specifically for HDTV's and text is often very hard to read on SDTV's). I'm planning to get an HDTV in the near future, and that should clear up that problem. So if you like a challenging third-person shooter and you have an HDTV, this should be a game well worth your money.

Excellent Game unfortunately Xbox 360 is a joke

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: August 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is excellent however it you play it on the Xbox 360 console don't get to atttached. The console has lots of problems and you will eventually be forced to play the game on a pc.

Lost Planet...5 Stars Easily

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game and played it all the way through on single player and it was about a 4/5 star game. It has great graphics, great gameplay but needed something else. Well then I played multiplayer on Xbox Live and this should have a 10 star rating, this is by far the best online gameplay of any game I have played to date, even better than Gears of War.

Very fun with a few problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 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.

On another note, I bought this special edition. It comes with some artwork and a bonus online stage. I believe this "exclusive" stage has been made available to people who didn't buy the collectors edition. There are some thing you can download to your pc, such as a lost planet skin for windows media player. These are nice but not worth the extra money. The metal box the game comes in is awesome! If I were buying it again though, that wouldn't be enough to sell me on the special edition. Probably anyone interested would be better to get the regular edition.

So cool its cold

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 21, 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.

Not bad for a Third Person Shooter

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: March 07, 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.

The online play saves this title...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had already purchased this game (collector's no less) before the reviews came out and was only able to play it once or twice because I grew bored with it so quickly. Finally, I decided to give it a shot and play it all the way through to be fair to both the game and my wallet.

Disappointing really sums up how I felt about the campaign. It's been said but bears repeating - the story is laughable, think "2nd grade writing contest." The graphics are good, not great - I consider GOW great in comparison. I was getting ready to just toss it to the side in favor of GOW - but then decided to give online a shot.

Wow, online battles totally saved this game from being a disaster. Online is extremely fun, fast paced, and user friendly. The maps are plentiful, huge, and beautiful. Worth the price of the game just for the online experience - the closest thing to Halo for the 360 yet.

If you play online, you owe it to yourself to at least give this a rental shot. Don't buy if for the main game, buy it for the online battles. I still prefer to GOW on all levels to this, but the online battles really are fun and very different from GOW.

5 Stars for online fun. (2 for campaign)
3 Stars overall (saved by online play)

Great game, but needed more work

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game to play. The only problem is that there is no local multiplayer or co-op mode like you would find in Halo. It's a mix between Halo and MechWarrior. Lots of snow!!
This version is cool because you can get an exclusive multiplyer map for Xbox Live.

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