Lost Planet

Lost Planet 1 combat

Lost Planet Extreme Condition was a third person shooter developed by Capcom, and released in 2006 for the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. I played the PC Colonies edition. At first Lost Planets seems like a basic third person shooter, but it ain’t. In LP you have access to a grappling hook, providing a lot of vertical level design. You face off against dangerous creatures known as Akrid, and Snow Pirates. Around the level, you can find a lot of weapons, and thermal energy. Since it is so cold on the planet, you need to constantly collect it to stay alive. Sometimes you can come across mech-like vehicles called Vital Suits. VS’s drain your Thermal energy, but they can use powerful weapons only VSs can use.

The story of the game revolves around a Snow Pirate named Wayne Holden, the son of a leader of a local militia. After seeing his father getting crushed by a giant akrid, Wayne becomes the sole survivor of a failed mission, going into a coma when his VS runs out of thermal energy. Wayne then gets rescued by a small team a mercenaries. They help him up, and then begins to work for them, and their plan to restore the warmth to a dying world.

Lost Planet was recently brought backwards compatible for Xbox one. That is probably the best place to play it.

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