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Pro's - The graphics, the graphics, and the graphics, AMAZING, a wintery world infested by large extemely detailed and creative monsters waiting to be annailated...what fun. The gameplay is fun, divided into missions that take you on a trek across a frozen planet with plenty of things to destroy in your way. explosions and characters responses to attacks seem realistic enough. I do enjoy playing the game a good bit. It is also a very challenging game that will frustrate even a hardcore gamer. Con's - Ok, this game may be fun, but it will go extinct after Halo 3. There are many small reasons for this reasoning. The inability to multitask (running and changing gun at same time for instance) is very minor, but annoying. My biggest problem with the game is that there is no way to save your game except for hitting specific checkpoints, which could be quite a long way inbetween. In other words, you could find yourself repeating the same segment of 20+ minutes "work", multiple times. THAT GETS ANNOYING. I believe it is small things like that that make a good game great, and this game doesn't have the small things...it is a masterpiece to the eyes, but it is only a good game because of the lack of attention to small gameplay details.Read full review
Pros + Gorgeous visuals plus lots of snow. + Great, addictive multiplayer. Grappling hooks!!! + Awesome arcade-type experience brought to next-gen with fun mech-play and shoot em' up action. Cons - Gameplay is not as deep as other Capcom titles have been such as 'Dead Rising' or 'Resident Evil 4'. Tends to be repetitive. - Multiplayer mode is not as consistant as it should be. - Controls could be smoother. Should be a way to not have to walk so much. Comments Lost Planet is one game that has a better multiplayer mode than the single player. The campaign is intriguing but the multiplayer is far more addictive and will keep you playing for months to come. There are a lot of things you will come to hate such as some of the aiming & movement issues but if you can get around them you will have fun. Verdict If you buy this buy it more for the Xbox Live experience. If you are looking for a great Capcom campaign on the 360 try 'Dead Rising' instead.Read full review
Both my 13 year old son and I love playing this game. It is just "different" enough from other first person shooters to keep it interesting and has a great campaign story line. Features that may make you NOT purchase: 1. No co-op campaign. It is "almost" a rule in my house that two people play the Xbox at the same time. 2. You need multiple media to let multiple people save their progress. If you only have the hard drive, then only one person can play the campaign. I purchased an external memory card so that I could also play every now and then.
The game is actually fun to play, but a few things hold it back from reaching it's full potential. 1. Probably the biggest problem I found in the game is that the cutscenes are poorly written and are short. Which really cripples the game because the overall storyline is actually decent. 2. Boss fights can often be really challenging even on the easiest difficulty, which can be a good thing depending on the way you look at it. The real problem with the boss fights is that they are often HUGE and can kill you without even giving you a chance to attack. 3. Missions can get really tiresome, they start off short and progress with the later missions taking up to 1 1/2 hours to complete. However, if you can look past these problems the game can be really, fun for example: 1. The voice actors fit their characters very well which is a nice touch to the game. 2. The game offers a large variety of weapons & vehicles that are a joy to use in combat! 3. Graphics are well done, especially on the boss fights! Don't judge the game by it's problems for they are really not that big of a deal. Though the game would have benefited from better cutscenes, it's still good. Overall: It may start off kind of slow, but it kicks in when you gain the ability to use vehicles later on! At it's price tag now I would say that the game is well worth picking up!Read full review
I'll start off by stating that I'm a huge fan of Capcom and the Xbox 360 and I had been anticipating this title for some time. Sadly the game failed to live up to my expectations and a lot of the hype surrounding it. First and foremost it should be noted that the game is beautiful. It's a technical marvel from the highly detailed VS's that you pilot to the wind whipped snow your eyes will be watering from the graphical intensity of the game. Unfortunately amazing graphics don't always equal fun and engaging gameplay. Basically Lost Planet can be summed up as a "next-gen" arcade shooter. Stages are generally made up of "missions" that require you to battle your way through the various Akrid or Snow Pirate infested areas to fight an end-stage boss. The enemies remind me a lot of the insects from the movie Starship Troopers and are fairly inventive at times, though just like the Snow Pirates they feel more like cannon-fodder than anything else. They all display limited a.i. and often stand around while you gun down their buddies right next to them. Controls are fairly spot on, though for some reason your character you control runs at an agonizingly slow pace and the slightest hit from and enemy has him reeling to the ground where you'll probably spend 3/4 of the game. And what's worse when you stand up the enemy is usually waiting to knock you right back down again. This is especially prevalent in the boss battles and gets frustrating to the point of wanting to hurl your controller through the wall. Storyline wise the game is pretty nonsensical Japanese fare. Your father was killed by an Akrid named "Green Eye" and you've forgotten your memory and now you must attempt to regain it by helping a small band of snow pirates intent on destroying all the Akrid Hives on the planet. Fairly unoriginal stuff, but then that's a lot of the stories in games these days. Multiplayer over Xbox Live is a fun diversion, but don't expect this to take the place of RB6: Vegas or GRAW 2 it just doesn't hold up that well. The biggest annoyance is the fact that your character runs entirely too slow for the past paced nature of the game and the fact that some of the maps are so huge you'll often wander for minutes until you find the battle only to be killed and spent back to the spawn point miles from the battle. Also the lobby system in the game is a pain even though Capcom released a patch for it you still can't change game types, pick starting weapons, or change maps without destroying the room and having to re-invite all your friends again. Overall if you can look past the games imperfections and appreciate it for it's beauty you'll have a good time, just don't expect something along the lines or RE4 or other Capcom hits because they've released better.Read full review
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