Lost Planet 2

just played the demo on the ps3, loved every minute of it, i rate this better than the original, carnt wait for it to be released next year, a must buy for any lost planet fan

this game is just awful.confusing in game and even in the menus,the online deathmatch is poor poor poor.2 stars as the graphics are good but the developer has gone for looks over gameplay.please dont buy this,i am livid that i did.

I recently decided to give this a go after burrowing it from my brother and tbh I wasn't expecting too much. I was really suprised by the quality of this game.

For a start the in-game graphics are lush and really portray that sort of exotic, jungle type environment. The cutscenes are reasonable, but not on the same level as games like Final Fantasy 13. The Music to this game is pretty good too, as is the entirety of the audio infact.

The whole customisation aspect is definately one of the reasons this game is so fun to play. There is a ton of upgrading to be done, five factions to choose from, as well as some more imaginative ideas. These include some taunt like actions, a slot machine to acquire abilities and in depth visual cusomisation of each of your five characters.

The actual gameplay is solid enough with A.I teammates (honestly they are not that bad, but the game will be very frustrating at times without human support). With real people however, it becomes very addictive to just keep playing through the game and replaying missions. The variety of enemies is great and the game doesn't ever seem to feel repetitive. The weapons feel tight and satisfying, althought the controls take some getting used to.

There are some other great little touches too, like an assessment on every mission you play with a grade based on your performance. The game may not have a single stand out set-piece of a battle, rather it is consistently fun and compelling throughout. It only really starts when you finish as this opens up a lot more customisation options as well. A great little title by Capcom.

I've not played through the entire campaign but so far I've enjoyed every minute of it. I can't understand why the reviewers rate it so low. OK yeah the AI is not the best but it is at it's best when playing the campaign with other people online. The controls can get some getting used to, but I found using Type B in the options suited me better.
I've had a couple of goes on the online game and was quite impressed considering the bad reviews. The only negative thing is that the game suits to small to medium size maps and not the larger scale ones.
The graphics are nice, and to me it is a good shooter with some epic battles with the Akrid. The VS's are a nice touch especially the ones where one person does the driving and 2 other people can get on the turrets on the side.
All in all it is good mindless fun maybe it's not for everyone Ok it's not brilliant but I like it and to me it doesn't deserve some of the bad reviews because it has alot of good points which overcome the bad points.

Alot of reviews for this game are negative.

However this game really has good qualities that no other game right now has:

Split Screen Co-op
-This seems to be a dying trend as more and more people would rather play online but nevertheless, people really miss this option.

Lots of things to do.
-Story can go in many different directions from watching a scene and having to input buttons (or not) and changing your direction of gameplay.

Factions
- for all those familiar with mag this game has factions
you can battle as you faction of choice trying to own the majority of and unlcok special things

items etc.
- this game has a system called slot machine where as you can use it to unlock weapons, abilities new looks, gestures and 'callsigns'

LVL99.
-that's right each character has the ability to level up to 99, and you can play as all factions.

GAMEPLAY
though as most Shooters now are, there's granadiers everywhere
which often spoils the fun but you can easily hone your skills.

competative modes
-ranked un ranked
alot of confusion here
ranked levels you and earns you career titles
unranked just levels you up.

game modes.
vs batlles
elimination
post grab
akrid egg

each of these can then be fine tuned even further

there are flaws in the game, but none to say this game is pointless it's not a shooter simulation.
blowing outta proportions arcade shooter = imense fun and something different.

Campaign 8/10 (co-op)
Campaign 6/10 (solo)
Online 9/10
Sound 8/10(dialogue could be better)
Graphics 9/10*

*seamless between gameplay and ingame FMV