The game Capcom left behind - Lost Planet (2006) Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Happy New Years! We're cozying up by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate snug in our vital suits. Lost Planet was always a game I enjoyed but never really dedicated time into. So for winter I decided to do a deep dive into it, and man it was quite the trip. There is a lot to this game, from how it plays, how it was made, and how Capcom ultimately left it behind, and I think it's story deserves to be told...
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00:00 - Intro
2:13 - Premise
5:20 - Gameplay
12:14 - Graphics
18:14 - Vital Suits
25:24 - Akrid
29:36 - Plot
44:30 - Development
46:47 - Identity Crisis
54:06 - Conclusion 
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All ima say is lost planet 2 was one of the best coop games to play on 360 that wasnt gears of war or halo. Fighting giant kaiju’s with 3 others was so fun @Andy - Insp. Magnum should make a video covering lost planet 2 clearly alot of people loved it and would most certainly love a video retrospective
its one of my fav games of all time i love it alot
Yeah its underrated AF. Very few games incorporate coop gameplay as good as Lost Planet 2. I don't get why people hate it!
I loved the weapons system
The missions were insane as well. Running around to reload the giant train gun... to shoot another giant train, while fighting a giant bug monster. Glorious.
Yo Lost Planet 2 was my jam.
The mech design in this game is top notch
HELL YEAH!, unfortunately I haven't found anything too close to the style it had...sadge
MechAssault meets dead space.
@@coatgoat5110 armored core
@@skullnumb1532 thats another good series, its crazy that us ravens are getting another game this year! But yeah, the designs from that series are awesome as well
Facts! Nothing was cooler than hopping into a Mech with your friends holding on to the sides.
This game had AMAZING particle physics, smoke effects, snowy wind, etc.
Yeah, it was one of the first X360/PS3 era games that looked truly next-gen without resorting to a fake prerendered "gameplay" footage in trailers.
I’ve never played a Monster Hunter game, but the movement in Lost Planet made me realize why people loved those games so much. The rolling, the weight/momentum of the movement, the pushback from explosions… Everything felt so crisp! I must’ve played both LP 1 and 2 for over 1000 hours!
it was design with MH in mind
I don't know if I'd say crisp for Monster Hunter stuff. There's good design intent there, but a lot of it ends up feeling like bad clunk due to unbelievably jank hitboxes and your character sometimes orienting themselves entirely wrong
Monster hunter is one of my Favorite franchise wirh +1k hours in it. The animations are really similar. Also the overall feel for the charakter is comparable to the old gen monster hunter titles.
Yeah wish we had a Monster Hunter with modern weapons and Mecks like Lost Planet
@@Assassin5671000 yeah that would be so dope. Huge potential.
I literally just bought Lost Planet 2, since it's my favorite game I played when I was a kid, playing it again, I see why I completely adored it. God I wish they would bring it back.
LOVE IT! Probably the closest we will ever get to a starship troopers game
How the heck you get it , i don't see it anywhere on Steam .
@kampfer91 It's on steam, but you can't buy it because Games For Windows Live was shut down. I doubt they'll actually ever get around to fixing it. It's been gone for over a year.
Did the opposit for me 😅
@@tubeguy4066 you should check out earth defense force
Lost planet 2 was hands down one of the most awesome coop games ever! That game was absolutely incredible!
I agree! The bosses were tough as hell!! You needed all the coop help you could get!
Honestly the bosses were so dope to go through!
@@KC_Smooth Favourite boss? Mine was for sure the giant worm on the train 🫡🫡
That game was the fucking shit lol! 4 player coop mech game... don't make em like this anymore
I played it all the time with my brother, good times
It's a crime that you didn't even mention the music. Hands down one of my favourite soundtracks
Jamie Christopherson poured his heart out for this series
It’s up there with Halo definitely
The off center cross hairs is 100% a balancing mechanic and I think it works perfectly. It prevents you from unloading both weapons on a small target, while larger targets are big enough to be hit by both guns. It also encourages you to bring two different weapons to cover situations/enemy types. Lastly if you are dead set on wielding double machine guns the technique here is to fire one until it's empty and the shift to the other for continuous fire. It's a nuanced system, not a bad one.
Exactly, i feel like he nit picked so much
I didn't mind it but the one downside is that they had to dedicate the 2 shoulder buttons of the XBOX360 controller to quick turning left and right 90 degrees. Otherwise, turning around would be too slow unless you upped the view sensitivity. It felt a little off for a 3d person shooter.
I also like it's presentation, when your firing your character doesn't rotate their whole body for minor aim adjustments, in addition to that, It gave me an old arcade vibe, like a free controlling time crisis or somethin
i thought it made irl sense cause the guns arent dynamic on the mech, they mounted to a fixed position and so have to fire parallel to each other
There is also a weak spots on the VS's - mainly unarmored joints, which allow you to kill mechs much faster. For example - the VS miniboss at the end of the bridge on the third level can be quickly dealt with by the standard machine gun if you will shoot at the leg joints, it even have a special effect and sound to let you know that you dealing more damage.
Oh and headshot-kills will make enemies drop their weapons.
The deliberate movement and hefty animations are the best part of this game tbh haha
Yea, it’s that exaggerated Japanese style animation you also find in Final fantasy and other jGames
Very Earth Defense Force
Going back and playing Lost Planet 2 fairly recently I get some crazy Monster Hunter vibes from it and I love it.
Wish they would bring Lost Planet back with a reboot of the franchise.
@@Shishomuru LP2 had the Rathalos armor. I rocked nothing but that once I got it.
@@Shishomuru There's def some monster hunter dna in Lost Planet. I think thats what drew me in when it originally came out.
I replayed this game a week ago after letting it sit in my steam library for 10 years. It's a 10/10 and was very ambitious for its time. love it.
I replay this game like once every 2 years and I also replayed it like a week ago. What a coincidence! It's one of my fave games, no doubt
well for the one that want this game you can't have the colony edition (the online) and the second game on steam, capcom say they do something but it will be almost 2 year with no respond
@@sergio_gyg
Are the sequels as good?
@@Ytnzy250 Never played 'em. LP2 looks interesting, way more arcadey. LP3 my brother got for the PS3 but he told me it sucked so I've never played it, it did look pretty boring, and nothing like the original
@@sergio_gyg its story game set about a different setting, its fun just dont expect the exact same as the old games because it was a new team
The weighty feeling to the movement was something i like a lot since not many games did that at the time.
Yeah im always a fan of weighty movement. Especially when it comes to mechs.
i’ve noticed capcom does this the best.
Resident Evil and Lost Planet have real genuine movement for the characters instead of tracks with an animation.
As a kid who loved Starship Troopers, I couldn't help but to also love this game. So many memories!
I can't believe someone is talking about this game. This was my shit when it came out, and I recently replayed it like a week ago. I remember spending so much time in the pvp multiplayer.
Or the vs Nuke, that thing was brutal
bro the multiplayer popped off so fucking hard
2nd the multiplayer, loved the skyscraper level
I spent so many afternoons after school playing the multiplayer of lost planet 2, it's a shame what happened to the third game.
I was a God in multiplayer. Theres no other game like it. They need to remaster it.
I played this game when i was a 10 yrs old kid and i loved the design of the akrid and the eerie feeling of being in knee deep snow, with my thermal energy constantly depleting and with the thought that a giant animal could come out from below the snow at any given moment.
I also remember thinking “wow this game is so awesome I wonder how games like this will be in the future”.
Well now i’m 24 and games like this are no longer around, they are more focused in skins, lootboxes, multyplayer and mobile gaming 💀
I was 13 when I got this game and would wake up at 4 AM to play online before school... once I got stuck in a 3v11 match when people switched teams right before the game started. I made top 3 in kills and got invited to one of the top tier clans in the game.
One of the best things about the game was it's insane list of taunts/dances you could get.
*By just playing the damn game.*
@@JustAnOldStone good old days, do you also remember the call of duty emblem editor on bo1 and bo2? Back then we could express ourselves
@@lucignolo8333 fuck even old school halow has that same vibe you play the game and BING rewarded. EVEN IN SOLO! (looking at reach for my experince)
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I actually got an invite to the Lost Planet 2 press release event in London. It was heald in some werid old venue under some arches. Was super fun. Got to chat to a lot of the developers some of which came over from Japan. Was a huge amount of fun
LP2 will always be a part of me. So. Fucking. Good. Best co op of my life
i was obsessed with Lost Planet for a time and sadly i couldn't play Lost Planet 2 on its heyday when it had a really cool and active multiplayer community but i still love it since it really feels like playing a sci-fi Monster Hunter
I obsessed over this game back in the day. Was #1 on the leaderboards for a few months as well. I miss this game online.
hey me to! They have active disc servers up rn where we all play you should join!
@@puffergaming9921 what is it
I didn't get that high but same.. I think it was the first multiplayer game I got into. On Ps3 there was this South Korean guy I would always run into and he would just dominate every game. It was sick how every player had their country's flag next to their name
i don't understand why its not a series anymore the depth of the game and the gameplay was amazing
Lost planet 2 is one of my all time favorite co-op games. It was so much fun and was challenging.
Its crazy how I was just looking to repurchase LP1 and LP2 the other day and questioned why is no one speaking about this game and why is there little talk for a remaster? This was a core memory in my childhood and I had so many replays, definitely a fav. Thank you for making this video, hope this video and your channel gets the attention it deserves!
Dont forget with the grappling hook you can hook onto some enemies and ride them while shooting the spot you have grappled.
Not to mention you can hit a human enemy multiple times with the hook and it would knock them on their back. It’s not super helpful in most cases aside from messing around with it in multiplayer.
Yup doing that felt so awesome, grappling on an enemy vs and just unloading into its engine looked so cool.
@@OriginalT2APoptart i forgot you could do that, i usually only used it to kill the small flying akrid since if i remember the grappling hook kills them. I could be wrong tho its been awhile
@@leviblackwell7997 especially tho mibile ones that jump and fly around
The combat in Lost Planet was solid. I never had any issues with the controls nor did I have to worry much about the cold. New players might have an issue with it but it becomes trivial as you progress.
I remember I had the demo on my 360 for the longest time, before I finally played it.
Really a gem of a game that deserves way more love
Rushed to get this one out and just missed the deadline by a hair. Anyway, I played around with this video, went back to a more traditional review structure, and kinda played it a little more goofy. Just experimenting with my editing style to see if you guys like it.
But happy New Years everyone! Happy 2023! I'm excited to see what this coming year has in store for this channel!
I think I figured out who rick looks like. it's carl from jimmy neutron. we now both must live with this cursed knowledge.
also, lost planet 2 is like my favorite third person shooter ever, I look forwards to if you ever make that.
@@manamongmen3381 lmao I will never be able to unsee Carl
idk about Lost Planet 2. It was a bastard to get up and running just to record the footage, and even then it had bugs preventing me from saving my progress
Lost planet 2 is bad sequel to this first BUT it’s a great game I think for coop.
@@BunkerDweller How did you get it running? Doesn't it need games for windows live and wasn't that destroyed?
You can still play all the games in the series through backwards compatibility on Xbox one, they all run fine, don’t know about 3 tho
the online multiplayer was awesome. I miss it a lot. One of their best games.
i actually made a steam group dedicated for lpc matchmaking
A very deep and interesting write-up. You are sorely underrated.
Lost planet 2 is one of my favourite games of all time so this series has a special place in my heart for just how simple and fun it was. Fighting Kaiju in a Battlemech is incredibly satisfying.
I miss this game so freaking much. What blood sacrifice must be made for this to get a modern day re-release?
It will require your blood and only your blood. Will you do it for the rest of us? Or live life forever as a Gaymer?
proably a good bit of capcoms fucking heads aka thoes above dev teams, maybe even a few dev team managers that are shit. may the day be this name rings with power be the day i rise from death is it NEED BE! if there is a god i will fucking fight and if needbe find a way to KILL god inorder to do this deed
Closest you get is playing it on series x lol
@@statesmindsand pc
always love to see vids being made about Lost Planet. Still waiting for the day Capcom realizes the potential of this IP and brings it back.
I remember really liking the game back then due to the weighty animations and movement. In a way reminds me of why I also liked Demon’s Souls and Minster Hunter, it was more “realistic” (veeeery loosely) and made you think before you jumped into combat like a madman
It's actually unbelievable to see someone make a video about this game, I remember everyday I came back from school to play this for hours when I was a kid and the only games I played was ratchet and clank and this and lost planet 2 (and 2 is by far my favourite game of all time) but it's just nice to see that it hasn't been completely forgotten!
I think I can chime in on the whole western games vs Japanese games at the time. I remember it pretty well. There is some truth to the claim that Japanese games were lagging behind, although it largely depends on the metrics used. Like just looking at profit, yeah nothing Japan made at the time came close to Call of Duty money. They weren't even in the same ball park. Big Japanese companies also had a sort of identity crisis at the time that definitely impacted the quality of their games. It felt a lot like how some games struggled to transition from 2D to 3D. Felt like many Japanese companies struggled to transition to bigger budget HD games. Of course the moment those companies realized they just need to keep on making the same games they had always been making did things change. It's ridiculous some devs laughed at Japanese games though, no excuses there, that guy is just asshole. I've always been playing mostly just Japanese games and that era really was dark times. Maybe because of the state of things, games like Lost Planet shine even more brightly in my memories. I loved Lost Planet, the sequel too. Almost imported the weird Japanese spin-off too. The demo of it was pretty cool.
Thanks for highlighting this series. I surprised there isn't more love for these games especially since many of Capcom legacy series' are regardless pretty highly after a certain period of time has gone by.
I find it interesting that many of the criticisms leveled against Japanese games at the time are till very visible in contemporary titles. Terrible UI, sparse world design etc. But they still power through on the fundamentals really well, and we can see the influence of Japanese game design spreading because of it.
"Western videogame design, number one!"
- Ubisoft
@@oompalumpus699 Ubisoft are french though
Ha was going to say the same thing. I remember it too.
You made a video about this lovely game, it hammered my brain with bright nostalgia-filtered memories of clunky robots, the weird-feeling aiming system, and my powerful obsession with unlocking all the playable characters for multiplayer. I will never tire of the snow/mountain pirate aesthetic. Andy, you're a fiend. Please continue.
The timing of this video was really good i just dug this game out to mess around with last month and had a really good time. Glad someone is talking about it. It deserves some attention. Thanks for the video
This game has fond memories for me, I was a 2nd year apprentice at the time. Great memories.
God the sound effects for this game still holds up. Can't express how much love i have for this silly game, I remember just playing the multiplayer demo over and over again when I was a kid
I started to write a piece on lost planet in 2018 & never finished it but ever since then I've been seeing more and more people talk about it and I love it im glad to know more people enjoyed the series great video.
This series was the most fun I've had with my siblings. Especially the 2nd game.
the game was a piece of art...especially the multiplayer.
I remember playing lost planet one and two and loving the Vidal suits, the atmosphere and really inspired me to draw, not only that but lost planet 2 multiplayer is still the must fun you can have with 4 people
Glad this video popped off for you cause it was great! definitely subbed.
Still my favorite game, it has a special place in my heart as my first shooter
Played these games with my step-dad when I was younger pretty good memories
I've only found your channel today and really like this video. I haven't played this game in a few years but I have fond memories of playing it. It's true that the plot was convoluted. From memory, I too boiled it down to a revenge story with the brutal terraforming of the planet being the reason the father was killed. I love the art style of the game and the gameplay. The gathering of thermal energy was a ticking clock but it was in such abundance that it wasn't an issue. Again, great video and will definitely check out some more of your retrospectives.
I LOVE this video!
I got the xbox 360 for my 9th birthday back in 2010, Lost Planet was the 1st game along with Viva Piñata that i had.
The game was difficult, beautiful and now it’s so nostalgic.
Last year I remembered it and had to search it on the xbox game store, and it’s there!
I bought it and have completed the campaign 3 more times already.
A true childhood memory
Hi. Very often I'm disappointed by "retrospective" or "analysis" type videos where 30 to 50 minutes go wasted on shallow descriptions of whatever it's on screen or superficial takes on the game overall, sprinkled with "humor" to make the video digestible.
This video is super refreshing in the sense that it's informative while not completely diving in on systems, game philosophy or design, while also providing surface level remarks about gameplay, story and development history. Your takes on T-eng, VS controls and design, details like mech fights and such are just enough, and help to highlight aspects of the game that deserve the attention. Your "this rocks/sucks" views are all backed and feel fair.
Overall great video about a great video game.
This was the first online multi-player game I ever played and I loved it this game holds a special place in my heart
the demo
Good video, my brother and I were straight up addicted to lost planet 2 co op, so many hours after school spent there, good times.
Thanks for covering this game, more people should know how fun this series is because it's timeless.
My first 360 game. I definitely got into it. Multiplayer not so much but had a lot of fun with the campaign.
I played all 3 games and loved it. I wish Capcom make a remake of it
This game was pretty popular when it was new and half of this planet played it.
Good video, your descriptions about the game and it's gameplay are on point!
lost planet 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. i STILL distinctly remember staying up til 2 am with my brother playing it and getting in trouble over and over again. And nothing has ever scratched the itch like this game has for me.
That menu music still echoes in my head. And now that I think of it, I never beat the game... I just went straight online, the grappling hook was very useful, quicker get away, or better advantage on the roof, so maybe online it had more utility.
This game was great, totally needs a reboot or a PC port!
It is on PC, I bought it on Steam and played it last month
I replayed LP 1 and 2 so many times as a kid I couldn't even give you an estimate. Idk what it was, but no matter how much I played them, they never got old to me.
We absolutely need a Lost Planet 2 Retrospective
We need to have our voices heard so we can get a remastered or remake of this game. Sign petitions and do anything so that Capcom can see and hear to motivate them to make a remastered. I loved this game and miss this game a lot! 😢
I mean Capcom's pretty much on a roll in the last 5 years or so, DMC got a sequel, Dragons Dogma got a sequel, RE1-4 getting remakes and possibly more in the future.. just wait after they release DD2 and RE4 remake maybe then they'll remake Lost Planet too
@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 yeah, I hope so..
played it for the first time a couple years ago- LOVED it! nobody told me it was so dang mech-heavy! 2 owns as well- i was originally put off by the multiplayer focus, but it's fully beatable (with some... train luck) solo. hope Exo-Primal ends up even half as good as Lost Planet 1/2!
one of the best games ever made, glad you made this vid
I absolutely loved the multiplayer in this game(s). I miss the feel of playing this series, swinging on a grappling hook around a corner, taking out the other team, and returning to safety on the backswing and disconnecting.
Playing this coming from the ps2, I thought this was the best looking game ever made. I remember being mesmerised by the game.
Too bad, that Colonies Edition isn't available on PC anymore, due to GFWL problems, which made this game very hard to even install from Steam.
I just grabbed colonies edition for xbox, in their store. Multiplayer features are so dope including playing as an acrid! God I gotta find a community still multi playering this game on the regular! This or LP2! These continue to be my all time fav games of all time.
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That was a great video. Just installed Lost Planet again. Subscribed.
GOD I LOVED THIS GAME. My childhood friend had a mom and step-dad that were SUPER into world of warcraft, like not to be rude but like that one dude from south park leaning back in his chair. So my friend got one of their old pc builds and I got to play lost planet on it. Dude that shit was amazing and such a fun environment snow and cool guns, crazy to think I was 7 years old then, now im 23
Man. I remember I could afford the game. But I had the demo. It was the first thing I downloaded when my family got dsl in like 2006 or something. Memories.
Fantastic title. Still looks great visually - it and AC6 were Japanese powerhouses for the early Xbox 360.
I grew up with this as one of my first games on the 360, as a kid it was really fun and aiming while moving was challenging and helped me multitask. This is a great video btw
Thank you for reminding me of this game. I had a part playing on repeat on of going from fire to fire to stay warm but I just couldn't remember the game.
Sad they don’t make as many co-op games like this anymore
2 is still a very strong game however they missed the ball with its overall story and animations gameplay etc. Overall the first and second game hold a very special place in my heart.
2 didnt feel anything like 1 unfortunately
I'll never apologize for this. I loved lost planet one and two
I remember playing this when I was younger and being horrible at it. I gave up at the big work fight. I finally beat it last year finally and I’m glad I did.
Lost Planet Colonies was one of the most fun online gaming experiences I have ever had. Like, the variety of game modes; including a massive version of Manhunt & the Cryptid vs Human modes were up there, for me, with Custom Games on Halo 3. One of the funniest moments I have in gaming, to this day, is when me and a buddy were Fugitives; and he fired a random rocket toward where the hunters spawned.
Friendly Fire existed in that mood, they had thought we spawned close and killed eachother in a panic. It was golden.
This game was so good, and LP2's campaign making you feel like you were always online with a group of friends, even better if you actually had friends to mess around with, were so memorable for me. I loved the campaign of LP1 and the gameplay was always fun and unique. LP2 just built on that and it was even better
One of the best games ever. Should have never died.
Also I'm from Minnesota as well! Hope you're enjoying all the snow!
You've earned my sub just mentioning this amazing game. Thank you.
To be honest, I enjoyed Lost Planet 2 way more.
It had virtually no story, but the gameplay and coop made it waaaaaaaaay more fun.
I am praying to God that we get a sequel more like two.
I loved the 2nd game when it came out and never got around to seeing the first game until my Ex showed it to me.
I'm only 17 minutes in currently, but I would personally love to see a video on the 2nd game. It has its problems but my bias is too damn strong for it. Plus I still think LP as a whole, besides 3, was underrated. Hope we see LP revived or rebooted at some stage.
I loved playing this game, I’d forgotten all about it until now!
Impressive work and great channel
Meanwhile, Chaos Legion is forgotten by even Capcom fans
Lost Planet was the first seventh-gen game I ever played. It was only at a mall kiosk, but I remember being stunned by the scenic snow levels and blend of on-foot/mech gameplay. It’s what I think of when someone mentions the Xbox 360- not Halo or Gears.
While LP3’s gameplay was bland and unrecognizable, I still think it had terrific voice, acting, cinematography, and atmosphere. Worth looking up a cutscene compilation on RUclips, at least.
Yeah despite playing like a knockoff Dead Space 3 (oh no), Lost Planet 3 imo had the most likable characters, the best story and it really nailed the atmosphere at points. To bad it wasn't all that fun and the mech combat was kinda just a glorified quick time event.
Sensing a bit of accursed farms in that intro, really liking the video format too. It feels like somebody telling you about a game calmly instead of a 10 minute hyper-edited video.
I have been trying to put a name to this memory for three fucking years now, thank you for making this video!
Lsp makes me rockhard. Easily one of the best games of all time. One of the few games i say is a masterpiece.
This game had me hooked its concept is so cool, gathering a bunch of thermal energy for the mechs.The storyline around the team is very dramatic and heroic.
The Lost planet series as a special place in my hearth. Lost planet 2 was one of my favorite games as a kid. I hope you'll make a video about that one too
Pleasantly surprised with this video. I thought it was going to be mostly about just the game but your talk about the state of the industry and Capcom at the time was very interesting and shed a lot of light on plenty of Capcom's later decisions.
The 7th console generation was so brutal, I'd say even some big companies like Konami never truly recovered from it.
I personally don't think Japanese games were outclassed by the western ones but IJapan was struggling with adapting to new technologies at the time but their craftsmanship and nuanced mechanics were still king. It is a real shame that the lesson so many devs took was just to streamline everything and appeal to everyone.
This was one of the best games you could play at the time man. Those mechs and giant bugs were so fun
Lost planet was amazing and built my love for mechs.
I’m looking forward to the new armored core game!
This was definitely one of my favorite games way back. I enjoyed the story, the world building, the whole atmosphere, and the multiplayer was pretty memorable too. I'm a sucker for mechs so this game had me hooked, especially towards the end where you get those really nice looking ones.
I've played this a ton back when the games were released. I always hope that a remastered edition would come out. One of my favorite series.
Wow, an obscure game that I actually played, I loved this game and beat it so many times. The boss fights were absolutely legendary and they built greeneye up just right. There's also remnants of their open world concept, the open snowy field where the "worm of doom" resides is a reoccurring map, and the worm is the only skip-able boss in the game (i've never actually killed him) and I think that was intentional. Rappelling down into acrid nests felt cinematic to me, that clip you kept showing gave me a hell of a nostalgia trip, and mech shotguns were just the best fun for me. I also kinda just remember the acrid fights and the quest to kill greeneye and then a quick scrap with nevec and blah blah blah, memory loss n shit, etc,... never played the sequels, kinda glad I didn't. Would be cool to see a reboot embracing the frostpunk aesthetic and be genuinely original about it but i'm not confident that will ever happen. good times, definitely under appreciated.
I loved this game as a kid, I ended up revisiting it and i ended up falling completely back in love because of the universe it presented. When I discovered this game I just discovered the world of Mechas, I had just bought my first Gunpla when I came across a trailer for LP2, and I immediatley got my hands on the demo, and I HAD to have more. I ended up getting Colonies, I think I got it for free or on a discount, but at the time it got way too tough for me and at first I couldn't finish it. I ended up revisiting it a couple years ago and even with its flaws I still love both games, every now and then I boot one up and I still manage to have fun.
The Akrid are almost majestic when they aren't trying to make a meal out of you. It's fascinating watching them idle around prior to spotting you.
Lost Planet 2 is one of my most played games, I've played it on PS3 multiple times on every difficulty and never got tired of it. I loved the environments, huge set pieces of action and the new bosses. I hope one day we get a re-release of some kind