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[rofif]

I hooked up my old 360. I know the game is on pc and that's the version I finished many times when it came out...
16 years ago...(17 for x360)

But I wanted to check it out as it released originally and the way I remember it being advertised.
And with soon to come AC6, I had a feel to play MECH game.
Lost Planet aged terribly though... I just replayed it on xbox 360. The end boss is a nightmare and I almost destroyed my original 360 controller few times... ooof.
The story and characters are worse than I remember. They have few cutscenes but You don't get attached to any of them. Someone appears in a cutscene as an enemy and in the next one he can be your cool bro. And the cutscenes are just boring if that's the worst offense.
The first few chapters are the best though. Mechs and explosions are still incredible. Animations and graphics are still good. The MT framework is some awesome stuff.
But later everything staggers you, the game steps into infuriating nonsense territory. it kinda just gets annoying. not difficult. only anoying.
What a shame. I remembered the game so fondly. Finished it many times as a teen. Should've left it where it was... In my memories. Now I kinda hate it.
It's still way better than Lost Planet 2. That one is fun in coop but nothing more.

BTW, some explosions vids on oled. That part is still somehow unbeaten to this day.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Luka is the best waifu of the game...

And I always like the fire and explosions Effect of this game...

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Multiplayer in Lost Planet: Colonies was one of the most fire experiences ever.

I remember I used to wake up at like 6am to squeeze an hour in to play before getting ready for college back in like 2008 and I was in a free for all match with 4 other people all American dudes in their 30s. In this map made for 16 people and we could hardly find each other and it was all open mic and one dude brought up Bob Lazar and that was the first I ever heard of him and they all just talked about that for the rest of the match. lol.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I bought this game at launch on 360, and while it was good, I was quickly annoyed by the knockdowns and other cheap mechanics.

I think this is one of the games the demo was better than the final product. Not that the demo was bait and switch, but I couldn't stop playing it and when I had the full game my hype kind of died down gradually. The game just controlled kind of clunky.

The IP had potential though, but we know what happened with Capcom after their initial good start with LP, Dead Rising and DMC4. They went hell bent on co-op and westernizing their games. Lost Planet 2 lost all charm, and LP3 was outsourced to some shitty developer.

 

[Fbh]

This is one of those early Xbox 360 games I always think back to because it's the first "next gen" game I actually played.
Haven't played since then though, but I can imagine the gameplay not holding up very well as even back then I remember thinking it was nothing special beyond the visuals.

The visuals still look nice though, I love the look of MT framework games. There's something about the lighting and animations in that engine (particularly in Lost Planet 1 and 2) that I really like
Lost Planet 2 in particular still looks awesome IMO

 

[Kings Field]

love the game. Bought it on a whim and did not regret it.

 

[unlurkified]

Multiplayer in Lost Planet: Colonies was one of the most fire experiences ever.

I remember I used to wake up at like 6am to squeeze an hour in to play before getting ready for college back in like 2008 and I was in a free for all match with 4 other people all American dudes in their 30s. In this map made for 16 people and we could hardly find each other and it was all open mic and one dude brought up Bob Lazar and that was the first I ever heard of him and they all just talked about that for the rest of the match. lol.

Game was absolutely phenomenal in early 2007. I remember playing online and getting put in US/Japan mixed lobbies hearing English and Japanese conversations going on at the same time. So much fun.

 

[Kerotan]

I streamed this through ps premium earlier this year. Graphics obviously shit but you can tell it was a looker. Great fun though and LP2 with co op is so fun.

Disappointed to hear LP3 doesn't have co op but I'll play it in a few months.

 

[Robb]

I never played these but I remember thinking they looked pretty cool back then.

 

[Estocolmo]

One of those games I regret not buying back in the days

 

[Team Andromeda]

One of the best games on the 360. I still remember how awesome it was how you were able to watch E3 for the 1st time streamed to the console and then straight after the show, Capcom said you could download the 360 demo. Simply amazing times, really enjoyed the sequel but LP 3 was a bit lame.

It be nice if Capcom looked to go back to the series, its been a long enough break.

 

[GooseMan69]

I rented it from blockbuster back in the day. I also remember the last boss being an absolute bitch. I don't even know if I ended up beating it or not.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I think I put way too many hours into the 360 demo version of this game. Good memories!

 

[Sticks]

Capcom Classic

 

[mortal]

The setting was cool. The grappling mechanic in this game was fun to use and made navigating the map a lot more interesting.

 

[simpatico]

This is one of those early Xbox 360 games I always think back to because it's the first "next gen" game I actually played.
Haven't played since then though, but I can imagine the gameplay not holding up very well as even back then I remember thinking it was nothing special beyond the visuals.

The visuals still look nice though, I love the look of MT framework games. There's something about the lighting and animations in that engine (particularly in Lost Planet 1 and 2) that I really like
Lost Planet 2 in particular still looks awesome IMO

gifs like these prove we're still in the 360 gen

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

It's one of the best 7/10 games I ever played and I mean that as a compliment.
Still play it every now and then.

 

[CanYouFlyBobby?]

I'm sad I missed the boat on this one.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Is it backcompat?
I'm sure I still have my copies of both LP1 and 2 somewhere

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Is it backcompat?
I'm sure I still have my copies of both LP1 and 2 somewhere

All 3 Lost planets are BC on Xbox mate

Enjoy

 

[Black_Stride]

The explosions slightly off screen, were so good.
Being able to carry mech weapons.
Stealing weapons from abandoned mechs to fit to yours.
Fitting empty mech weapons to a mech then running away just to fuck with the opposition.
Mechs in general.
Lukas .

I was in the beta of that game and it was so good.
I hope Capcom while in the god mode phase can reboot that franchise.



And yes, the stagger was an absolute nightmare, and its funny cuz people complained about it in the Beta and it seems the only thing they changed from Beta to Retail was the sound of the Mech minigun.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I still remember my fresh out of the box X360.and giving the LP1 demo a go...shit was jaw-dropping, truly next-gen stuff (Capcom's Dead rising also).

Bought the game, finished it 2-3 times, spent hundreds of hours in the online mode with my buddies and needless to say, it was one of my favourite X360 exclusives back in the day.

Lost planet 2 , while way worse single-player wise, as a co-op game was...very avant garde, it just didn't capture me like LP1 did for some reason.
Booted it on my XSX 'bout 1 year ago since they gave it for free on GWG and I laughed when I saw I had set Dom from GOW as my main character skin
All my saves from 13 years ago were still intact obviously and the lobbies were also full, give it a try if you're on XSX/XSS since the game usually goes on sale for cheap.

LP3 : got it from GWG also, played it for 2 hours and I just dropped it, people say that it's actually good but it just didn't grab me , a far cry from the crazy JPN-ness of the previous 2 titles.

 

[Timberwolf25]

Darn....just checked and I guess I own LP 2 and 3 digitally, but not LP1. Would've been great to make that GwG swan song
Edit: I do own a disc copy though

 

[Krieger]

LP2 was my most played game back in 2010. I still remember the TDM lobbies with 15 Japanese flags and only mine non-Japanese flag in it.

 

[Alexios]

Fun campaign, great mech mechanics, clunky on foot shooting, the best moments were against the big monsters n stuff, but somehow it often leaned too hard on the human vs human shooter aspects. It sucks LP2 sucked so hard campaign wise and leaned even more on the humans and pvp stuff. I mean, weird Japanese PVP shooters can be cool like Metal Gear Online and so were these I suppose if you are into that but not to the detriment of an awesome single player campaign. It wasn't even the cool sci-fi co-op Monster Hunter-like shooter it could have been online, it was just plain weird.

 

[Alexios]

Thought I'd replay this a bit. Still fun! Multiplayer is dead of course but I don't care for it as in my last comment. If you have the delisted Colonies version on Steam install it, they did remove the GFWL requirement at some point and it's otherwise a newer version of the game missing some original skins or making some stuff unlockable by its defunct multiplayer instead of how it was before but with extra single player modes of play and even a proper first person camera to play the whole game through, complete with visible weapon models and things the currently sold older version lacks...

 

[Ellis]

MT Framework is such a glorious engine. Lends itself very well to a copious amount of SGSSAA. LP, DMC4, and RE5 look incredibly prestine.

 

[Gabe ♥]

Remember being blowed away by the explosions. It was really next gen.

 

[KaiserBecks]

I have fond memories of playing the demos of Lost Planet and Dead Rising back in 2006, they felt like true next gen games. Those early 360 days were quite something.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

We need a full remake of Lost Planet 1 and 2. Particularly 2. The PvP mode never took off, but it was amazing with all the weapons, vehicles and mechs in the game.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I'd be happy with remastered versions of the Lost Planet games... and the localization of Ex Troopers.

 

[Ellis]

Anyone else enjoy the third game ?

I know it sold pathetically, and bad enough to kill the series, but I preferred it to the second game, at least.

 

[N30RYU]

Loved the ex troopers cellshading game... on 3DS... a shame the PS3 version never got translated

 

[David_Android]

that was a great game and visually top notch at the time

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I bought LP2 on PS3 last year btw. The game was still active online depending on the time, a lot of Japanese and South American players. I was truly grateful to experience it again 15 years later. I got one MP game in but the campaign is always being played online.

 

[Signalis]

I'd be happy with remastered versions of the Lost Planet games... and the localization of Ex Troopers.

Apparently the localisation is difficult because the text is hard coded to the speech bubbles(basically an image with the text). So there is no straight up text that they can translate

 

[Jesb]

This was a classic for 360. Now that you brought it up it could be nice to try again on steamdeck. Still $20 on steam lol and not available on most key sites. I don't think I ever tried lost planet 3 but it wasn't well reviewed if my memory serves me.

 

[Ssech]

LP1 was such a banger, must've beat it a dozen times as a kid. I remember loving skating around in those mechs