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Halo on Ice

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 15
Date: January 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game today(Jan 12th 2007),the day it came out. I quickly checked out the reviews from EGM and went out and bought it. It was an icy-freezing day outside, and was a great chance to play Lost Planet next to a warm and toasty Xbox 360. I popped it in the drive and immedietlly was immersed into LPEC's chilly High Def winterland. The Gameplay is sharp, graphics are the best of any 360 game yet, and you have to be quick and utilze the 90 degree turn features in order to defeat the insect like Akrid. Nice work Capcom and Havok. 5 stars

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.

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 But Not Great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game has amazing graphics and is really a lot of fun to play. So this is not a negative review, plus I have yet to use the Xbox live component, which I have heard is impressive. However, as far as the single player mode is concerned, the game is weak on a few fronts and you might want to rent it before buying
1.) The story is really crappy - lame dialogue - pointless missions - and undeveloped characters. The developers were going for Sci-Fi action, but the storyline comes out as Anime. The characters are completely forgettable and in most cases annoying.
2.) The missions, and there are not too many of them, are simple and Boss-oriented. They all seem to follow the same formula - ascend corridor -> fight boss, climb ridge -> fight boss
3.) The game is not strategic or tactical like Gears of War or COD. This is a "run-and-gun" shooter -- that is there is not much "taking cover" or flanking and a lot of running around and circle strafing bosses.

So while this game is fun, you might want to rent for the 3 reasons above. Plus you could probably play through this game in a couple of nights. If you don't intend to use the multiplayer options (online only - no split screen) you might want to rent or pick it up used.

Good, but not great game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The bottom line is this: this game is worth renting, but not buying.

Graphics
The graphics are good and live up to the "next gen." hype. Despite being set on an ice planet, the game manages to throw in different enviroments so you're not constantly walking around in white snow and ice.

Gameplay
Overall, this is very solid. The game is played from an over-the-shoulder perspective, similar to Gears of War (albeit from a zoomed out perspective). The weapons and reloading are fairly intuitive; and like most new games, you can only carry two weapons at a time. Now, it wouldn't be a Japanese sci-fi game if it didn't have mechs; and this game has plenty of those. They're integrated fairly well, and there is plenty of varity in mech types. The last mech, however, is a ridiculous flying machine that attacks with lazer swords - great for japanime fans; not so much for everyone else. The singleplayer campaign is pretty linear. You move from point A to point B with little variety; but that doesn't make it dull. The bosses in this game are a great throw-back to games of the 80's when bosses were big, hard to beat, and usually involve some hidden weakness.

Story
This is where the game loses a lot of points. The story is poorly told, and just plain stupid. The cutscenes are generally pretty silly, and you'll enjoy the game more if you skip through them. I won't spoil anything, but I've seen this is a common complaint - the story is worse than something you see on weekday afternoon cartoons.

Online play
Online supports up to 16 players at a time and has 4 game modes: Elimination (every man for himself), Team Elimination, Post grab (control different areas); and Fugitive which is the only unique game, pitting the host against everyone else. The online play is fun, and there are enough achivements to keep people playing for a while. But after a while, it feels repetitive and a little frustrating. It also fails to separate out language zones, so you may be stuck on a team with French and Japanese - try to coordinate anything then!

This game was a fun renter, and the campaign mode is long enough that it should keep you occupied over the weekend. The online play is fun, but after a few hours, the novelty wears off. Avoid the story in this game at all costs.

Lost Planet is Pretty Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

PROS:

Very decent graphics, no gripes here

The physics make this game very fun, you get satisfaction from blowing the tar out of giant bug things

Sound is excellent, it sounds incredible with surround

Simple controls and gameplay allow for a very smooth running game

CONS:

Online leaves alot to be desired

Cutscenes are dumb and long

Not worth the 60 bucks yet, more like 50

Repetitive missions are sometimes annoying, don't try to play this in one sitting

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...

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.

Pretty But Boring

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Looks great, but this game was just so boring to me. Even when you were shooting things and running around in various vehicles and robot contraptions, it still felt totally lackluster. The visuals are the strong point, from the enviornments to the creature designs; It also features the best explosions in any game so far; But the controls are slightly off and sluggish, and the pace of the game matches the character movements...slooooow!! Whatever that 'it' is that makes similar games fun(RE4, for one...just a different setting; also by Capcom...), or just other games fun in general, seems to have somehow eluded Lost Planet. It is such a shame, because the potential is clearly there. Maybe if it was designed as a first person shooter...But I say that about alot of games. Gears of War, anyone? If you must see for yourself, rent it.

couldn't get into it...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

let me first say i made a big mistake. i played rainbow six vegas before i started playing this one, which made this game unplayable since rainbow six is the best console shooter of this generation and everything else pales in comparison. trust me. try RSV if you don't believe me. it'll cure you.
but then again this is more of a third person shooter with some other elements then a true FPS, so maybe I am ruined instead by playing Splinter Cell Double Agent before this one. It is the king of 3rd person shooter with some other elements.

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