The Below Expectation, Great Game
The much anticipated game Lost Planet is out. Does it live up to expectations? No. But it is still a very fun and exciting game that's totally worth buying.
Lost planet takes place in the future on the planet E.D.N III, this planet is completely frozen besides its deep inner core. As humans decided settle in on this planet they came into contact with an enemy, the Akrid. The akrid consist of small and large alien life forms that were near impossible to kill for humans. Through the countless battles they had to endure with the Akrid they discovered the Akrid kept inside them Thermal Energy which became a must have thing for humans to be comfortable on the frozen planet. Humans were about to flee, but managed to produce a type of exoskeleton that was suitable to battle the Akrid and collect lots of their thermal energy. These proved mighty successful and they decided to stay. These exoskeletons are called: Vital Suits which are known through the game as VS's.
As well as the Akrid the other villans in the game are the humans that were left for dead, these are known as Snow Pirates, and are out to get anyone that's not a member of their faction.
The main character in the game that you play as is VS pilot named Wayne. You discover quite quickly that he seeks revenge on the huge Akrid called Green Eye. Who killed his father, just after saving Wayne from imminent death.
That's just the basic intro story it gets much more strange and interesting as the game progresses.
In game play you play as Wayne, he can carry two of whatever weapons. He has a grapple hook attached onto his arm. The grapple functions just as a option to get you from point A to point B. You cannot swing on it. And quite disappointingly you once you fire your grapple as you fall to the ground you cannot fire it again in the air. One thing I was happy about is that if you ever fall off a edge Wayne will quickly fire is grapple onto where he just fell off and save his life.
In my opinion game play is a lot slower than other intense games such as gears. Generally there are either masses of small Akrid which take one or 2 shots to kill, or 1 large Akrid, or a group of snow pirates. The AI for these is quite bad. You can pretty much pick off a human without getting hurt. The large Akrid just run at you and do the same move or two until they are dead, these require a bit of strategy as you have to shoot their weak spot which is highlighted in orange which also indicates thermal energy. The major reason I say the AI is bad is that at some stage there is a fight happening between other groups of enemies, and you just run through, 90% of the group will stop and chase you, instead of continuing their fight.
Whatever you kill you collect thermal energy, you constantly use up this energy and if it drops to zero you will die very quickly. If you have thermal energy left and you get hurt, the energy will jump in and put your health back to full. You collect so much of this you only really need to look at how much you have during boss fights.
Boss fights are great, They look amazing they are tough enough to make you feel awesome after you beat them. Some are bit too frustrating. And a lot of them have a heap of strategy to them. The game takes the cake as to having some of the best looking boss fights around.
There are 11 levels in the game each with a boss, Sadly the game takes about 6- 7 hours to beat
The graphics are great; it may not be Gears but its quite close, explosions look amazing, you collect snow on your clothing as you run through it. Cut scenes are as though you are in the movies.
Sound in this game is not as good as you would hope, a lot of guns instead of making a "bang" sound they make a "put" sound it kind of takes away the feel of it.
Multiplayer was fun for a while but I got bored of it quite quickly, it was just not exciting enough for me. The best part is a map with only rocket launchers.
Overall the game is a great fun game, that may not last as long as you would hope, but is quite enjoyable and leaves things things that will make you want to play through it again.