Lost Planet: Impressions...

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:28 pm

TCrouch wrote:My Gamefly copy arrived last night, and I was underwhelmed with it (as I've read a lot of people were after 1 level). The aiming system was bizarre, the guy seems like he's running in molasses all of the time, but the LB/RB method of snapping 90 degrees seemed to help some. I wasn't really blown away by it, though.

You guys said it gets better and everything starts to "make sense" later on?

The game pretty much gets progressively better as it goes on. Lvl 5 was the beginning of my sweet spot where I really knew I liked the game. First level is the weakest for sure.

If you go to aiming/control options, you can fix the cursor and you can configure the controls to be more like GoW.

Think of it as a shooter mixed with the old style games like Ghosts and Goblins, Contra, etc. First few levels are relatively easy, then the difficulty and complexity begins to ramp up steadily.

seanmac31 · Post by **seanmac31** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:40 am

I was a bit lukewarm on the demo, but I've really been enjoying LP so far, ridiculous story and all. Somehow it feels very complementary to GoW- the premises are not dissimilar, the graphics are spectacular in a completely different sort of way, and the gameplay is about as different as you can get within the shooter genre. There are a lot of fantastically impressive moments in LP right from the get-go; the Akrids are really, really big, and when they all start popping out of the snow, it's really a sight. I don't generally care for boss battles- one of the highlights of GoW is that there were only a few of those-but the LP encounters have been surprisingly fun.

Besides, I'm perpetually amused that this is a Japanese interpretation of Halo (or so the designer said). If there are ever two things that would never, EVER show up in Halo, it's mechs and snow pirates.

seanmac31 · Post by **seanmac31** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:29 pm

I logged about five hours worth of multiplayer last night and was again pleasantly surprised. The game it reminds me most of us MechAssault, only with infantry and with better maps and a bit more strategy. It doesn't feel anything like GoW or R6 online, but it's a good time.

Snow pirates indeed.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:16 am

Wow! This game just gets better and better IMO. I am truly socked that it is not getting the DSP love it deserves.

I am seriously floored that more folks are not REALLY digging this game and that there has not been a LP poker night yet!?!?!

Am I missing something here...? I think Lost Planet is easily on par with GoW in terms of both graphics and fun. In fact, LP has even more variety than GoW. I wish so much that there were enough of us here to get a solid MP session going because it is so damn fun. Last night I stumbled into a session that was "Team Elimination" on a underground, lava filled map and everyone had rocker launchers and the chaos and fun that ensued was just awesome. I found this nook where I was able to hang from my grapple and fire off rockets one after the other across the entire map nailing the enemies.

The single player is downright awesome as well. I am on stage 3 and have loved every second of the game.

I can't figure out why people are so luke warm about this one. Sure, the game has a few quirks, but what game doesn't?

mixdj1 · Post by **mixdj1** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:38 am

Spooky wrote:I can't figure out why people are so luke warm about this one. Sure, the game has a few quirks, but what game doesn't?

I can't speak for anyone else but I'm probably lukewarm on it because I haven't played it yet. I'm still waiting on it from Gamefly. I think several of us went the gamefly route and until it arrives I can't give an opinion other than the demo which I though was pretty fun in single player and quite confusing in multiplayer. But I think my negative multiplayer experience was mainly due to the group of randoms I was stuck with.

With so many good games out from the holidays I don't really need another shooter right now so I'm not going to run out and buy it. But if the multiplayer ends up being as good as you say then I may use gamefly's keep it option. We'll see next week.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:44 pm

I think its all timing. There are just so many quality shooters out right now that most folks are busy with either GOW, COD3 or Rainbow Vegas.
This game is certainly getting very high praise also from most review sites and mags. I also am waiting for my Gamefly copy and am eager to try this game out.

Spooky wrote:Wow! This game just gets better and better IMO. I am truly socked that it is not getting the DSP love it deserves.

I am seriously floored that more folks are not REALLY digging this game and that there has not been a LP poker night yet!?!?!

Am I missing something here...? I think Lost Planet is easily on par with GoW in terms of both graphics and fun. In fact, LP has even more variety than GoW. I wish so much that there were enough of us here to get a solid MP session going because it is so damn fun. Last night I stumbled into a session that was "Team Elimination" on a underground, lava filled map and everyone had rocker launchers and the chaos and fun that ensued was just awesome. I found this nook where I was able to hang from my grapple and fire off rockets one after the other across the entire map nailing the enemies.

The single player is downright awesome as well. I am on stage 3 and have loved every second of the game.

I can't figure out why people are so luke warm about this one. Sure, the game has a few quirks, but what game doesn't?

tjung0831 · Post by **tjung0831** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:51 pm

Spooky wrote:Wow! This game just gets better and better IMO. I am truly socked that it is not getting the DSP love it deserves.

I am seriously floored that more folks are not REALLY digging this game and that there has not been a LP poker night yet!?!?!

Am I missing something here...? I think Lost Planet is easily on par with GoW in terms of both graphics and fun. In fact, LP has even more variety than GoW. I wish so much that there were enough of us here to get a solid MP session going because it is so damn fun. Last night I stumbled into a session that was "Team Elimination" on a underground, lava filled map and everyone had rocker launchers and the chaos and fun that ensued was just awesome. I found this nook where I was able to hang from my grapple and fire off rockets one after the other across the entire map nailing the enemies.

The single player is downright awesome as well. I am on stage 3 and have loved every second of the game.

I can't figure out why people are so luke warm about this one. Sure, the game has a few quirks, but what game doesn't?

It's a good game and missions 5 and 6 so far have been the best. I like the game alot but everytime I think it's as good as GOW...I pop GOW in and come to the conclusion that it's just not. It definitely has great gameplay though and is a blast online. It's much better online than GOW...i'll give it that for sure.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:21 pm

Sorry to disappoint you Spooky, but I agree with Jack. If the game had come out a few weeks before R6 or GoW, it would likely have a much better chance for you to get online games going with folks around here. As it is, GoW is so perfect online for this crowd (excepting the 8-man limit, which has its pros and cons), and R6 is the continuation of something a lot of us have enjoyed a lot over the years. With the mix of versus and co-op online, both those games are on paper clearly superior to LP.

As for myself, I actually enjoyed the MP demo, and though I never tried the single player demo, I am curious about the game. But I'm not anywhere nearly curious enough to buy it. The whole mech thing is, frankly, a turn-off for me. Personally, for online play I'd like to play SC MP all the time, as that game is so unique and so much fun and so special, nothing else is even close. But there just isn't enough of a following here for that to happen, and so I'm very glad that game has co-op of some form.

It's a little like BF2 I think, a game that was doomed here due to the lack of any kind of functional clan system, or better yet a Halo2 style party system. Or SW:BFII which I thought would be a big hit, judging by what the first few weeks with the first game was like, but it just didn't last.

Sometimes games just fall through the cracks, and this one just doesn't have enough going for it to push through the clamor.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:55 pm

Zeppo wrote:Sorry to disappoint you Spooky, but I agree with Jack. If the game had come out a few weeks before R6 or GoW, it would likely have a much better chance for you to get online games going with folks around here. As it is, GoW is so perfect online for this crowd (excepting the 8-man limit, which has its pros and cons), and R6 is the continuation of something a lot of us have enjoyed a lot over the years. With the mix of versus and co-op online, both those games are on paper clearly superior to LP.

As for myself, I actually enjoyed the MP demo, and though I never tried the single player demo, I am curious about the game. But I'm not anywhere nearly curious enough to buy it. The whole mech thing is, frankly, a turn-off for me. Personally, for online play I'd like to play SC MP all the time, as that game is so unique and so much fun and so special, nothing else is even close. But there just isn't enough of a following here for that to happen, and so I'm very glad that game has co-op of some form.

It's a little like BF2 I think, a game that was doomed here due to the lack of any kind of functional clan system, or better yet a Halo2 style party system. Or SW:BFII which I thought would be a big hit, judging by what the first few weeks with the first game was like, but it just didn't last.

Sometimes games just fall through the cracks, and this one just doesn't have enough going for it to push through the clamor.

Yep...you're right. This game is the SW:BFII of the 360. It will fall through the cracks and defintely should not.

I know that SW:BFII fell through because of the 360 launch. Looks like LP will because of the GoW juggernaut.

The game is very unique online in a lot of ways so any direct comparison are not fair. Overall though it has a SW:BF, Battlefield, Halo, Mech Assault combination feel to it.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:05 pm

Spooky wrote:Overall though it has a SW:BF, Battlefield, Halo, Mech Assault combination feel to it.

None of which caught on around here, it should be noted. Even Halo 2.

I think SW: Battlefront 2 failed on game mechanics primarily. Shooting always felt sort of iffy to me... it never felt to me like there was any 'oomph' when a shot hit its target. Everything just always felt a bit light and plasticky, even the ships. I still played it a lot, even after the 360 launch, mainly because of the music and the atmosphere (and being a jet trooper was admittedly awesome), but if it wasn't a Star Wars game, I probably would have dropped it after two weeks.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:41 pm

Slumberland wrote:
Spooky wrote:Overall though it has a SW:BF, Battlefield, Halo, Mech Assault combination feel to it.
None of which caught on around here, it should be noted. Even Halo 2.

Yeah, this site's base is still sports and more tactical-shooter-type oriented. Discussions on robots and anime-style bug monsters aren't normally common round here. That said, I think it's less that than folks around here are *very* splintered in their gaming, now. You still have some last-gen holdouts, the 360 core, folks with new-Wii fever, PK leading the PC charge to DChaps stomping grounds, etc. Though the 360 is probably the biggest group out of those, there really *are* a lot of good games that are splitting people's attention. I haven't seen a game that unifies my friends list in quite some time, now.

Also, overall, big-room shooters tend to fizzle here as well. COD3 never got anything going here, despite what I thought was pretty fun online play.

The site also really only has a few hard-core game pimpers, anyway.

Zepp is a strong advocate for SC, but he only gets a handful of folks. PK blares a loud horn, but he's off racing on a more pirate-friendly platform. Rob has been keeping the chainsaws buzzing for a while now, but even there, most nights we fill the room with only a couple of overflow folks, and by the end of the night we are looking to find people.

Vegas I think is doing the best, and I think most of that is strong OS support.

Maybe we need to do a DSP forum recruitment drive!

Anyway, I'm really happy with lost planet.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:50 pm

webdanzer wrote:
Slumberland wrote:
Spooky wrote:Overall though it has a SW:BF, Battlefield, Halo, Mech Assault combination feel to it.
None of which caught on around here, it should be noted. Even Halo 2.
Yeah, this site's base is still sports and more tactical-shooter-type oriented. Discussions on robots and anime-style bug monsters aren't normally common round here. That said, I think it's less that than folks around here are *very* splintered in their gaming, now. You still have some last-gen holdouts, the 360 core, folks with new-Wii fever, PK leading the PC charge to DChaps stomping grounds, etc. Though the 360 is probably the biggest group out of those, there really *are* a lot of good games that are splitting people's attention. I haven't seen a game that unifies my friends list in quite some time, now.

Also, overall, big-room shooters tend to fizzle here as well. COD3 never got anything going here, despite what I thought was pretty fun online play.

The site also really only has a few hard-core game pimpers, anyway. Zepp is a strong advocate for SC, but he only gets a handful of folks. PK blares a loud horn, but he's off racing on a more pirate-friendly platform. Rob has been keeping the chainsaws buzzing for a while now, but even there, most nights we fill the room with only a couple of overflow folks, and by the end of the night we are looking to find people.

Vegas I think is doing the best, and I think most of that is strong OS support.

Maybe we need to do a DSP forum recruitment drive!

Anyway, I'm really happy with lost planet.

You nailed it. Converstaion over. Nothing more to be added around LP interest now. Thanks for writing that so well!

Luckily I am enjoying the game with large rooms of randoms well enough right now...

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:59 pm

Spooky wrote:
Luckily I am enjoying the game with large rooms of randoms well enough right now...

Shoot me an invite if you're playing and you see me on. I'll join ya in a random room.

Spooky · Post by **Spooky** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:16 pm

webdanzer wrote:
Spooky wrote:
Luckily I am enjoying the game with large rooms of randoms well enough right now...
Shoot me an invite if you're playing and you see me on. I'll join ya in a random room.

Definitely. We should then just private chat and do our own thing.

TheTruth · Post by **TheTruth** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:25 pm

I picked the game up over the weekend and have enjoyed what little I have played. I got to the stage where this huge worm eats you. I really like the feeling you get when you face these huge boss's and what not.

Haven't played multi yet...if you see me on send me an invite. Might be able to join you guys.

Airdog · Post by **Airdog** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:31 pm

I have to start adding you guys to XBL. For what it's worth, my GT is Airdog82 . I have GOW, NHL 2K7, but not LP.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:18 pm

just got it.....

pretty fun game.
hate the checkpoint save sytem. they are too far apart!

does anyone know how to beat one the the early bosses?
his name is Godon. the level where you are inside the hive and the boss is one of those creatures that rolls into a ball and spins all over the place. Am I better off fighting it on foot or in the mech? I keep shooting at the glowing tail, but I can't seem to do enough damage in the time I have and then I run out of energy. Should I use the machine gun or the turret gun or the rocket launcher?