Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 365 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 234 out of 365
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 365
  3. Negative: 75 out of 365
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  1. TylerB
    Dec 29, 2009
    0
    Why would a crappy port like this ever be allowed to be sold? I got it free as a present and still want to uninstall it. Crappy controls and the engine lags on a quad-core PC on lowest settings, it's just designed to NEVER RUN RIGHT. Controls as mentioned already are not good, very hard to aim or steer a VS. Guns are unrealistically balanced out and overall the idea of the game is Why would a crappy port like this ever be allowed to be sold? I got it free as a present and still want to uninstall it. Crappy controls and the engine lags on a quad-core PC on lowest settings, it's just designed to NEVER RUN RIGHT. Controls as mentioned already are not good, very hard to aim or steer a VS. Guns are unrealistically balanced out and overall the idea of the game is stupid with the thermal energy, you're always on the clock. If a planet is that cold there would be ways to live extended amounts of time without extract of alien monsters. Lastly story, typical Japanese 'long-haired hero goes through trials to find out he is a man after all' kind of story. He even holds a grudge against a monster that got his dad. A grudge on an animal is a pre-juvenile sort of thing. Overall the game itself is not the best, mounted on top of a super ineffecient engine that will never run fast and you got the makings of a crappy game no one should buy. EVER.… Expand
  2. TitaniumDragon
    Apr 30, 2018
    0
    Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions is a game that very much shows its age. Dating from late 2006/early 2007, this third person shooter was praised on its release for its graphical fidelity; today, however, all of the clunkiness of the game is on full display.

    You play as Wayne, a man who fights aliens that live on a snow-covered planet, but which have thermal energy buried in their bodies.    Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions is a game that very much shows its age. Dating from late 2006/early 2007, this third person shooter was praised on its release for its graphical fidelity; today, however, all of the clunkiness of the game is on full display.

    You play as Wayne, a man who fights aliens that live on a snow-covered planet, but which have thermal energy buried in their bodies. Killing them allows you to collect that energy, which serves as both a backup health bar as well as gradually depleting over time as you freeze in the cold environment. Run out, and you die. However, given the number of enemies you fight, that’s very, very unlikely – I regularly ended levels with close to 10,000 energy, which depletes only slowly.

    From a mechanical point of view, this game really shows how bad some old third-person shooters’ controls were. You can’t run while on foot in this game, instead moving around at a constant, quite slow pace. You can jump a short distance. You can fire a grappling hook, sort of Ocarina of Time hookshot-like, but you can only target the walls, so you can’t use it to travel around more quickly on foot, and it doesn’t control very smoothly. You can shoot, and the shooting is… vaguely competent, but not very satisfying, and feels kind of clunky, in part due to your low walking speed. You’ve got grenades, which are not terribly satisfying to throw, but get the job done. There are a few mecha-type vehicles you can climb into, but none of them really spice up the game all that much.

    All in all, then, this game is kind of hard to love. The aliens are theoretically interesting but in practice ended up feeling kind of samey, as you fought many of the same types over and over again, and while they’ve got some “shoot the weak spot” mechanics which should make them more interesting to fight, in the end, they actually didn’t feel all that fun to combat. The human enemies are pretty standard, and weren’t terribly exciting either. And all of this is overshadowed by an overarching “this game feels so clunky” feeling that is hard to shake.

    The actual plot is pretty mediocre as well – you are an amnesiac hero with a special power (namely, absorbing thermal energy), but there’s nothing to really love there. The characters are okay but nothing to write home about, and while the humans have not aged as badly as the terrain has graphically, they clearly are a product of the early Xbox 360 era.

    Perhaps the worst thing about this game is its use of Games for Windows Live, a now-dead service which requires a workaround to make function with this game on Windows 10 – and indeed, even on Windows 7 and 8. It took me close to an hour to find a way to make this game work, and it really wasn’t worth it.

    All in all, this is something that should be relegated to the dustbin of history – while the core concept of fighting aliens for their heat energy seems kind of neat, in practice it is a bog-standard third person shooter with nothing really remarkable about it save for how poorly it has aged.    … Expand
  3. FGM
    Jun 22, 2016
    8
    I love Lost Planet EC, it's a linear. arcade shooter with a cool story and nice graphics and I love it for it. Graphics were really amazing at the time of release and they are still pretty good looking. People complain that it's just snow, but hey, I think they made it clear enough before you bought the game. Shame that the sequels feel sort of a downgrade when it comes to graphics, storyI love Lost Planet EC, it's a linear. arcade shooter with a cool story and nice graphics and I love it for it. Graphics were really amazing at the time of release and they are still pretty good looking. People complain that it's just snow, but hey, I think they made it clear enough before you bought the game. Shame that the sequels feel sort of a downgrade when it comes to graphics, story and gameplay.… Expand
  4. iddqd4
    Feb 13, 2018
    6
    このテキストは私のプロフィールにスコアが表示されるようにここにあります。
  5. majinkai
    Nov 14, 2018
    9
    This action game will fool you into thinking it's a cake walk but brace yourself, it gets really intense. The monster baddies and walking mechs are awesome!
  6. dandalis
    Oct 25, 2017
    7
    Quite a hidden action shooter gem on PC these days, but not without issues. The PC port is not done that well, fps can tank when lots of smoke and explosions happen, but overall frame rate stays stable and playable, DX10 is broken and makes the game crash in menu without even getting a chance to play meaning missing out on DX10 eye candy, thankfully DX9 works fine. Audio levels get allQuite a hidden action shooter gem on PC these days, but not without issues. The PC port is not done that well, fps can tank when lots of smoke and explosions happen, but overall frame rate stays stable and playable, DX10 is broken and makes the game crash in menu without even getting a chance to play meaning missing out on DX10 eye candy, thankfully DX9 works fine. Audio levels get all messed up and overly loud when lots of action happens on screen. Not a very friendly game to mouse/keyboard users, while controlling the game isnt an issue in that way, they feel alright, problem is when you get to pilot a new vehicle game only shows Xbox 360 controls, not the keyboard inputs.

    With that out of the way all i can say the more i played the more i enjoyed Lost Planet, it has that cheeky japanese story telling and characters, but somehow they just work out. Story itself isnt gonna win awards but action game wise i did enjoy it either way. Levels at times are quite open so you explore if you like. Shooting feels good, guns themselves have a meaty and impactful sound to them. Enemy AI rarely poses much challenge, usualy they just stand there waiting to get shot up, theyre only a problem in a VS when youre on foot. While most boss fights are fair and entertaining, Mission 3 end boss is just so stupidly done, its very OP with its special attacks once you get his health down to 50 % or lower, even on Normal difficulty its a very frustrating boss battle, i gotta say i almost gave up and rage quit the whole game cuz of it, but after some time of dying, repeating, trying different strategies i beat him. Also the earth worm akrid in early game can be a pain the butt too if you dont know how to dodge on mouse and keyboard, somehow in the game controls options game doesnt tell you can dodge. At start i also was bummed that theres no classic sprint option, you just have one default running speed which isnt that fast at which you move in game world, even then i kinda got used to it the more i played.

    The whole VS mech thing and even the gundam stuff also help the game big time to be as fun as it is, tho kinda disappointingly you get to use the whole gundam capability only in last boss battle. Just really fun with all the different weapons to kill akrid and destroy Nevec in the VS rigs.

    Overall its one of those games i didnt expect to like that much, initial impressions were pretty mixed given all the issues, but in the end im glad the game delivered.    … Expand
  7. Jhawk525
    Jun 23, 2019
    9
    Pros:
    • No frills pure action.
    • Mech battles are so fun. • Sprawling landscapes. • Good variety/design of weapons, enemies, and bosses. • PC Graphics look like current gen at 1080p 60fps. Cons: • Game pace would've been better if Wayne/Mechs had a sprint mechanic. • Ammo/Weapons are pretty much infinite. Grenades aren't a viable choice most of the time because you have so much    Pros:
    • No frills pure action.
    • Mech battles are so fun.
    • Sprawling landscapes.
    • Good variety/design of weapons, enemies, and bosses.
    • PC Graphics look like current gen at 1080p 60fps.

    Cons:
    • Game pace would've been better if Wayne/Mechs had a sprint mechanic.
    • Ammo/Weapons are pretty much infinite. Grenades aren't a viable choice most of the time because you have so much ammo. Would've been better if ammo/weapon conservation and grenades were a bigger factor like in RE2 remake.
    • Every mission is pretty much get from Point A to Point B to fight boss, would've been cool if you had to collect key items or solve puzzles along the way.
    • Some sections are a little too easy to bypass.
    • Kinda short. Needs 2 or 3 more missions.    … Expand
  8. Asp_klg40
    Aug 27, 2021
    7
    В свое время мне эта игра понравилась, хоть и была не выдающейся, но что то в ней есть такое.
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Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 23
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  1. GamesRadar+
    80
    Shot-for-shot this is the same game console players had in January - a fantastic, hard as hell shooter that'll knock your eyes out of your head. But with no new content at all and a lack of the ultra-cool bonus multiplayer maps, we've got to dock it a bit.
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  2. 1UP
    50
    Talk about the old sound and fury saw -- you'll finish Lost Planet too soon and won't go back for seconds. That's really the definition of why not to buy something, isn't it?
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  3. GameSpot
    70
    Lost Planet's strong single-player campaign stands out, in spite of buggy online functionality and other missteps.
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