I don’t know why but I’m extremely weary of Capcom games. Sure they’re innovative, have superb art direction and are challenging, but more often than not you will come across a boss fight (or boss fights) in nearly every of their games that’ll make you tear your hair out or even break your controller/game disc in frustration. Their previous next gen outing, Dead Rising was entertaining for a while (who doesn’t enjoy slaughtering hordes of the undead) but unfortunately it was also plagued by some of the most anal boss fights I’ve encountered in a long time, so even though I enjoyed the single player demo of Lost Planet, I approached this game with utmost caution. Part of my inhibition was caused by Dead Rising, but part of it was because I constantly felt Lost Planet would end up getting monotonous pretty soon. Luckily all my inhibitions have been put to rest (although it does have annoying boss fights nevertheless) and the game has bypassed my expectations by leaps and bounds.
We’ve already carried a hands-on preview of the game a while back but here’s a slight flashback to jog your memory …
Humans have begun colonizing other planets and one such planet they’ve set their sights on, called EDN III, just happens to be a frozen tundra of a planet that’s crawling with unfriendly creatures called the Akrid who don’t seem to be too fond of humans. Luckily these Akrid seem to store some sort of thermal energy in their bodies that proves to be extremely useful to humans who now have a reason to fight back.
Since the menacing Akrid are too tough to battle with conventional weapons, humans develop Mechs called Vital Suits that help them turn the tides in their favor to a certain extent. But what’s this, Akrid aren’t the only pain in the ass; you even have a bunch of renegade outlaws called the Snow Pirates who like making life tough for everyone.
Amidst all this is Wayne, a VS pilot whose father gets brutally murdered in front of his very own eyes by a gigantic Akrid called the Green Eye. Unfortunately that whole encounter has left him with temporary amnesia and he can’t remember much of his life but one thing’s for sure... some Akrid gonna get a hurt bad.
While the story may sound like your staple sci-fi fare with a dash of revenge thrown in, it actually does get pretty weird (and not to mention boring) after a while but the cut scenes look so goddamn gorgeous you’ll probably just let them play out to soak up every ounce of HD goodness the game has to offer.
Lost Planet Extreme Condition
By: Avinash Bali
| Mar 07,2007





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