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An Original, Creative, and Amazing Experience

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The best thing to say about this game is that it is really something else. I wanted it to be good before I got it, however when I bought it and played the first level I didn't like it at all. This was mostly due to the control scheme, which I thought was un-customizable. However after a while I came back to it and after looking for a while I discovered several adjustments that can be made. By default, the crosshair moves in a way that makes it slow and thus makes your character turn ridiculously slowly (something that throws off a LOT of people) however this can be turned completely off, by adjusting the controls you can the crosshair in the center of the screen, making the aiming feel more like a FPS and much more accurate. Once I fixed the controls to my liking, I got past the first level, and wow - the game really took off! What people need to realize is that there's a learning curve to the controls and gameplay mechanics and once they're mastered they really pay off and then some! It makes for some of the most fun and unique gameplay I've experienced in a very long time (and I play a ton of games).

The gameplay is as fun as you make it out to be. It when combined with another aspect of this game that makes it REALLY stand out is the Acrid (alien bugs found on the lost planet) makes for some of the most fun gameplay around - fighting them is more fun than anyone could expect, especially the larger ones that tower over you. Let me give you an example: there's a four-legged beast with skinny legs that will just pop out from under the snow (which is really a cool presentation, the snow effects are amazing! - but I'll get to that later), and one it's out of the snow you hear its roar/cry and it imeadately starts to swipe at you with its enormous legs an you're like "Oh s***!" Now, you could be lame and just run away from it and shoot (it will come after you but you can get away if you run long enough, it will take a lot longer to kill though) or you could fight it the fun way - utilizing all of your abilities like the grappling hook (think Link's Hookshot from the Zelda franchise). This gadget hooks onto just about any surface within range, even your larger enemies, including the Acrid I'm talking about now! When it's about to attack, you have the opportunity to roll-dodge out of the way right before it jams its enormous leg into the ground (at which point the leg will actually get stuck into the ground, and you even see the Acrid struggling to get itself free, which is really neat to watch), and while it's struggling, you can grapple onto its back and your character will hold onto it for a couple seconds, here you've got yet another range of options to do: if you have a machine gun equipped, you can unload on it, or if you're using a shotgun, fire a couple powerful blasts at close range, or (my favorite) if you happen to have sticky-grenades (which attach to whatever they hit) you can tag it with one, jump off and watch it explode.
Another great aspect of the enemies (and environment) in this game is how destructible they are, going back to that same long-legged Acrid, if you focus fire on one of its legs, you will eventually shoot it completely off! The leg will fall of the beast (with a huge splatter of yellow blood which is very satisfying), it will let off a siren-like cry and lose it's balance! All of which is amazing to watch. If you shoot off the leg parallel to that one, the giant Acrid will fall forward and with the last of its strength, push its beaten body through the snow in order to bite you with its triple-jawed mouth. It's fights like these which are truly amazing and awe-inspiring. The boss fights are INCREDIBLE, you haven't seen "big" until you've fought Lost Planet's bosses (well, maybe if you've played Shadow of the Colossus).
As I mentioned earlier, the environmental effects are outstanding. Every movement made will cause snow to flutter about and when you're inside a cave you'll witness eerie reflective lighting and stellar effects. There's also a point at which the setting of this game takes a drastic change and you get a completely different ecosystem to battle in, along with a new breed of Acrid to fight.
There really are just too many good things about this game to mention in my already too long review. It does have some flaws, however. For instance when your character gets knocked down, you lose complete control for too long, even once you're back up you still have a bit of delay before you can move out of the way. This means that if you happen to be surrounded by tons of enemies, you may get knocked on your butt continuously before you can even get out of the way, which can be frustration. But this doesn't hurt the game too much.
The multiplayer is particularly well thought out and all the innovative manners of combat from the single-player game make for remarkable multiplayer mechanics since you can use VR suits (giant mech-suits, you've seen 'em before), and you've got your grapple as well, so you can think of all sorts of ways to take out your enemy.
This game, in my book, is one of the most underrated games of all time. I don't usually write such enthusiastic reviews, but this is an exception. Just remember, this game is a as fun as you let it be, if you're lazing and prefer the easy-way-out when it comes to games, this may not be for you. But if you're a creative person and enjoy a challenge, set the game on hard (which is harder than most games on "hard") or expert (which I can't do personally) and have a blast killing aliens in your own inventive ways! I can't say everything that is great about this game, go out and play the game for yourself!

good if you like starship troopers

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Campaign Length-

People can call it short all they want, but the fact is most games these days have short singleplayer campaigns, unless it's an rpg. Especially first person and third person shooter titles. The industry keeps popping out short lived games, and we keep buying. For the record I purchased Lost Planet a few days after release, and i just beat Mission 6 yesterday. It's not because I suck, it's merely bc I don't play the game for hours on end and beat it in one sitting like many people do. For people like myself who log an hour or two a night, sometimes only a 4/7 nights of the week, the game will last quite a bit. It's really only short for those people who sat down for 10 hours and beat it in one day. If you have that much time to play in a day, you should really get into MMO's that your type of game tongue

Graphics -

It's far from the best, however, anyone who claims the game looks "bad" is a moron. It's definitely one of the better looking titles out, not to mention keeps much steadier framerates than some other titles. The multiplayer character designs could have used some work, aside from that it's a pretty solid game visually/graphically.

Story -

As I said, I'm only on the 6th mission, but the story has a good plot to it, however, obvious, stupid, and carless flaws and loopholes, that could have been easily fixed.

One example: Mission 4 End - Mission 5 Start- Wayne mysteriously warps back to the trailer for a cut scene and then after the scene is over he is mysteriously warped right back where he was before the cut scene.

Just little details in the story like above that just don't add up. And there are quite a few of them.

Multiplayer -

FUN! Kinda buggy at times, but hopefully those will be worked out in time. I could do without the Fugitive game mode, and something slightly more entertaining. Leveling up and unlockable costumes characters make the multiplayer kinda addictive. Hoping to hit 20 for a new costume design soon happy

Anyway, i'd prolly give it a 8.5/10. I haven't touched GEARS since this game came out. GEARS MP is just dull compared to LP's IMHO. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing GEARS, I just prefer the large scale battles in LP to the 4v4 tactical squad battles in GEARS.

Really great game! what's with the reviews?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has some features that Halo 3 does not have. It is a third person shooter game and some features are nice to play. It is not the best game, but an 8 out of 10.

Big fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the landscapes. Good action. The background story is a little weak, but still fun. Haven't played a lot of PS3 games yet, but for what it's worth I could just pick up the controller and start shooting without having to know 400 key commands.

Lost Planet is lost on me

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

At the time of its release, Lost Planet was arguably the most hyped game from CAPCOM since Dead Rising blew the minds of many, myself included. While it boasts a load of potential it is ruined by a horribly fiddly control system.

Thrown into a cliched revenge story on a desolate ice-covered planet, we quickly learn the importance of a well thought-out control system. Sadly, this is what makes the game so painful; if it wasn't for the controls this game would have a lot going for it. The main problem is that the right analog stick controls your direction, but if you tap it quickly you spin quickly in that direction. So if you're facing one direction and tap down, you'll turn 180 degrees. What this means though, is if you're trying to aim at something and just want to adjust your site very slightly and you just tap the right stick, you're suddenly facing a completely different direction, which makes for VERY frustrating boss fights. And the control settings aren't modifiable! At least not the problematic ones anyway.

Most of the game involves action on foot or controlling mech warrior style machines called Vital Suits which are actually pretty cool. There are different types of machines to keep things interesting. Your character also possesses a Batman style grappling hook which is pretty cool but overall the gameplay really suffers due to the controls.

The graphics are very nice, with large, explorable environments with finely detailed snow and fog. The enemies vary in their quality but typically the bosses are very detailed. There are some very nice fire and lighting effects as well so overall the graphics are really very good.

But when it really comes down to it, the controls RUIN this game. It's probably even more disappointing because you can see the games potential as well. It's like when you meet a really hot girl and you start getting along with her great and then she says she has a boyfriend.

One of the best games for the Xbox 360!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Lost Planet is great in terms of gameplay as well as visuals. Battling alien life forms in this game reminds me of "Starship Troopers" but even better. This game is full of sci-fi action.

Get it and see what the Xbox 360 can do with its raw processing power with regard to visuals, sound effects, and gameplay.

Good, but not Great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

So, if you are looking for a great shooter, with amazing graphics and a good online setup... There are much better games out there. This game, while fun and interesting, just does not give you much of an exciting feeling. the monsters are pretty cool looking, and it does present a challenging game to defeat, but it is just not that great game you are looking for I'm sure. Now the graphics are amazing, especially since this was one of the earlier games for the 360. I, at most, would recommend renting the game. but if you insist on buying it, I'm sure you'll make it at least one time through

A stupid idea gone south

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have played this game for about 4 hours and have made it into the second level. It's boring!! Why in the hell would you fight the boss fight at the end of level 1 and then take it right up again on the next level, with two of the same bosses instead of one??. WTF??? It is too dumb beyond belief. The story line is like some crappy saturday filler cartoons for mongoloid children. Spare me, please, and don't get this game. I was so jacked for it and then after playing it felt like I'd been taken for a ride.....over the rainbow of stupidity to land in the nation of bland, repetitive god-awful ideas allowed to see the light of day. Capcom needs to find another outlet. Obviously, this remorseful effort deserved to be murdered at birth.

EXCELLENT 9.25 OUT OF 10

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Lost Planet delivers fast-paced gameplay that definitely makes shooter fans happy. The shooter controls work excellent as the should for an Xbox 360 title, the graphics are amazing, the alien designs are cool, and it's definitely challenging. Some flaws are noticeable however, such as the storyline(Evil corporation called Nevec, The Frontier Project, and oh no! It turns out main protagonist Wayne was frozen in ice for 30 years! Gasp!), and you have to pick up the red glowing orbs for your survival and since your life force through these orbs can wear off and you'll freeze to death. These problems are fairly minor however when you are in the fast shooter gameplay which keeps you intrigued. Oh, and by the way Sony fans this game has been announced for Playstation 3 for 2008, so quit whining about Devil May Cry 4 going multiplatform, you stole an exclusive from Xbox 360.

love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i got 3 words. amazing. amazing. amazing.
i like the online multiplayer better than the single player. at the same time it is not a violence game like gears of war.

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