Lost Planet Extreme Edition – Xbox 360
Lost Planet was released back in 2007 and I picked up the title as it was getting great accolades from the friends and various media outlets. Well I stopped playing half through level 6 because I was couldn’t get passed it. Well fast forward to 2009, I’ve matured as gamer and learned to love to genres of games so I figured it was time to go back and play Lost Planet and finish the game since the sequel is coming out.
Basically Lost Planet takes place on the planet of E.D.N III in the year T.C. -80. A group name NEVEC (Neo-Venus Construction) starting colonizing on this planet because earth had become too hostile. There’s one problem with E.D.N III the alien species named the Akrid who possess the ever precious thermal energy. You play as a snow pirate named Wayne Holden who wants to continue in his dad’s footsteps and overthrow NEVEC.
I’ve been trying to write this for a few days but I am at a loss on how to describe my frustrations with this game. I could only manage to play a single level per sitting before needing to take a break with this game. This is very unusual for me because normally I can play for 4-5 hours per sitting. I can narrow done my real disliking for this game by saying that Lost Planets story can be very confusing at times and it isn’t the amount of enemies on screen that make a game difficult, it’s the quality of the AI used the game. I found myself repeatedly getting annoyed with the amount of Akrid on screen. It was absolutely unnecessary, it felt like they just really wanted to you feel annoyed and frustrated with the game. I guess the only positive out of that was there were a wide variety of enemies on screen.
Overall for $9.99 used game, I was happy I finished the game and will totally play Lost Planet 2. I’m not sure I’ll buy it but I will play it. If you happen to see this game in the bargain bin at your local game store, pick it up and give it a chance.