The soundscape has also been vastly improved, and the brunt force of the sound of explosions is enough to wake the dead.Ĭapcom has built on the foundation of the multiplayer component and up to 16 players can do battle online. The environment are beautiful and more varied than in the original game. To just run around and wreak havoc is pure joy. Different, but very functional and extremely quick once mastered. Instead of rotating the camera with your analogue stick, you do it in 90 degree chunks with your shoulder buttons.
You unlock more stuff to equip all the time, and Capcom have also had the good tastes of adding some cameos like Gears of Wars' Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago (exclusive to the 360 version) and several Capcom characters like Resident Evil's Wesker.Īs we have come to expect from Capcom they deliver near perfect controls, that much like the original land somewhere in between Bionic Commando, Devil May Cry and an on-rails shooter. The guns are also bigger and better, and the customisation options for your character are superb. There are more mechs and they are more enjoyable than in the original, some of them are big enough for more than one passenger. Much like the recent Call of Duty games, there isn't a main character in Lost Planet 2, and instead you jump between different groups, who often are at war.īut Lost Planet 2 isn't a boring game. It is very apparent Capcom wanted to focus more on the action, and perhaps adapt the game more to a western audience, something that takes away some of its appeal for me personally. Something I really enjoyed with Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions was the interesting story you entangled as you fought off the giant insects. The original had better designed and well thought out battles, but Lost Planet 2 makes up for it with raw strength and size. There are enemies so big that you can jump into their mouths and take them out from the inside while your friends lay down the fire from the outside. The communal life bar still causes some problems, but in the long run it forces players to co-operate more as no one wants to run the risk of having to replay a level in its entirety after falling at the hands of a pesky boss.Īnd Lost Planet 2 has its fair share of giant boss fights. A visually mindblowing action game with lots of intense combat. As soon as you join a few friends the experience grows to what it was intended to be. To make a long story short - Lost Player 2 is a multiplayer game. You can easily be forced to reply difficult passages that takes an hour several times, because your hopeless AI partners mess things up. But only as long as you have points left on the communal life bar of your group and it goes down each time you die. Lost Planet 2 is a multiplayer game, even when you play it alone, and if you die you respawn at the closest checkpoint. Missions that revolve around splitting up the group and defending positions results in you having run all over the place as your team mates gladly abandon their posts as they follow you around.Īnother problem Capcom have had in the past are checkpoints (remember Dead Rising?).
As long as it only comes down to gunning down enemies they get the job done, but everything else works poorly. Well, she was a genius compared to the fellows you have to drag along in Lost Planet 2. You may recall what it was like playing with an AI controlled Sheva in Resident Evil 5, and how she squandered precious ammo and herbs. And if you're the kind of person who rather play games on your own, then Lost Planet isn't the game for you. Where Wayne fought of Akrids and snow pirates by himself, you are joined by three mates this time around. The biggest difference is that you are no longer on your own. For the most part Lost Planet 2 is a completely different experience compared to the original. The ice plains are traded in for jungles, Akrids are exchanged for human enemies and the mission variation never goes beyond exploring a new level and activate a few beacons. The visuals are much improved since the original and almost everything points towards a stunning experience as I try and chip away at the monstrous Starship Trooper style insects with my bullets.īut after this fantastic start something happens. Capcom throw me straight into the thick of the action in an enormous mech as I fight off giant insects known as Akrids within seconds of turning on Lost Planet 2.