Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Collector's Edition (Amazon.com Exclusive Cell Included)

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Product Features

• Special Collector's Edition- Comes in "Steelbox" packaging with Amazon.com exclusive premium laser cell, art booklet, soundtrack, and more!
• Xbox Live Enabled- Download additional maps, compete in 16 player cooperative and versus battles!
• On-Foot and In-Vehicle Modes- Command heavily armed bipedal vehicles or switch to more stealthy exploration on-foot.
• Vast and Vivid Environments- Snowstorms, arctic winds, towering buildings, and mountains of ice create cinematic, stunning visuals and breathtaking landscapes!
• Next-Gen Realism- Immerse yourself in the brutal chilling world of Lost Planet as you labor through waist-deep snow, hear the crunch of ice with each step, and fly backward from explosive force during battle!

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000LSF7Z4
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 12, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,837 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

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Rescued from a veil of ice with only fragments of memory, Wayne Holden struggles to recover his past on a blizzard-ridden world swarming with deadly aliens. With only treacherous Snow Pirates and the mysterious NEVEC Corporation remaining, can anyone be trusted or is everything lost? Combining a gripping single player campaign and intense multiplayer modes with support for up to 16 players via Xbox Live online game service, Lost Planet is an epic gaming masterpiece. Taking full advantage of Xbox 360's unprecedented power, Lost Planet contains an unrivalled level of detail as advanced light sourcing is used to ensure a realistic presentation that enhances every explosion, smoke and particle effect. Enormous world maps unfold as players battle hostile creatures in blistering weather conditions across vast snow fields and deserted cities either on foot or in armed Vital Suits. Featuring a real-time loading system, players can expect a seamless experience that leaves them completely immersed. This special Collector's Edition includes an Amazon.com exclusive laser cell, bonus maps, collector's art book, and other rare content.

Capcom's new shooter is from game design mastermind Keiji Inafune (Mega Man, Onimusha, Dead Rising).

Akrid come in varied shapes and sizes. View larger.

Battle for territory on a detailed, post-apoctlyptic world of snow and ice. View larger.

Weapons and armor for your Vital Suit are interchangeable. View larger.

Undeep Akrid emerge and surprise the humans. View larger.

An Epic Story
This fast-paced third person shooter takes you across the vast and frozen landscapes of E.D.N. III. The ability to fight stealthily on-foot or from within heavily armored Vital Suits offers two unique modes of gameplay. While on foot, use the zip line to get up to strategic enemy-annihilating vantage point and discover unexplored areas and weapons. Or, jump into your own Vital Suit or hijack an enemy Snow Pirate's Vital Suit to go head to head with enormous and more powerful Akrid foes.

Lost Planet's highly anticipated multiplayer mode lets gamers participate in heated online matches in stages such as "Pirate Fortress" with support for up to 16 players via the Xbox Live¨ online game service. Players are able to select from multiple weapons, unique robotic assault vehicles and play modes including Elimination, Team Elimination, Post Grab and Fugitive.

A Suit of Destruction
Vital Suits (or VS) are machinery specially developed to suit the extreme conditions on E.D.N. III and replace heavy working equipment brought over from Earth at the beginning of colonization. VS are equipped with a power output device that allows them to utilize Thermal Energy collected from the Akrid without any processing. They are equipped with a variety of weaponry and high mobility in order to battle the Akrid, but they can be especially deadly to humans as well.

Different VS allow the player to perform different maneuvers. The basic GT-01 was originally created to assist with aid efforts at the start of colonization. As a result, it is limited in its expandability and armor. Conversely, the GTF-11 was the first VS to be equipped with an advanced posture control system originally designed for space fighters. This allows the GTF-11 to be outfitted with flight propulsion, and as a result it has been heavily used in the current colonization effort.

An Alien Horde
Indigenous creatures to the planet, Akrid have adapted to the extremely low temperatures. All Akrid possess the ability to extract a rare mineral from the frozen ground and chemically convert it inside themselves into "Thermal Energy" and use it as their energy source. Humans discovered the Thermal Energy inside the Akrid and fight them over the valuable resource in order to survive the deadly cold.

A number of different Akrid ply the vast snow fields of E.D.N. Chryatis, for example, is extremely aggressive and has heightened senses. Upon sensing thermal energy that it traces from any living being other than another Akrid, it immediately attacks the source as a threat that must be eradicated. Once in attack mode, the Chryatis won't stop until all traces of thermal energy are gone. While Chryatis is busy eliminating prey on the ground, the smaller Trilid Akrid take to the skies. Weak on their on but strong in swarms, Trilid attack in groups to overcome and confuse their opponents.

However, not all Akrid are what they appear to be. Dongo, a crawling Akrid, has an extremely hard outer shell that forms a nearly indestructible armor. It attacks by curling into a ball and rolling into or over foes at high speed, or by using its large pincers for stomping and crushing. The Undeep Akrid uses tenticles that act as a sort of radar. This allows it to pick up on the movement of Vital Suits from miles away. The most mysterious of all the Akrid, not much is known about these giant creatures.

A Worthy Arsenal
There are many types of weapons available and while some weapons are meant for use while operating on foot, others are meant for being loaded onto Vital Suits for more aggressive pushes forward. The Vital Suit weapons can also be used separately from the Vital Suit and do pack a more powerful punch, but are much heavier, bulkier, and more difficult to carry in combat.

Your standard issue rifle is a machine gun, firing 5.56mm low-caliber high-velocity rounds and allowing you to lay down fire while moving, perfect for taking down multiple Akrid in a hurry! The semi-automatic rifle, on the other hand, comes complete with a high powered scope to allow you to zoom in on your target. Shots from this weapon can even pierce thin layers of Vital Suit armor, should such a confrontation become necessary.

Hand grenades round out your basic arsenal and can be used as both a strategic and "twitch" weapon. They have a standard range and damage and are very easy to use. Due to their round shape, they bounce and ricochet easily, while shooting these hand grenades produces a larger, more powerful explosion- a key strategy in battle!

This special Lost Planet Collector's Edition package offers fans a flurry of extra content:

• High quality Amazon.com exclusive limited edition laser cell with Lost Planet rendered art and logo
• One exclusive bonus multiplayer map that will only be available in the Collector's Edition until summer 2007
• Custom designed exclusive cover art, for collector's edition only
• Premium packaging in a sleek SteelBook metal case
• Exclusive art book with concept sketches from all stages of development including character renders, VS renders and enemy art
• Soundtrack of select songs from the game
• Fan kit assets for gamers to create their own Lost Planet websites
• Action packed videos and trailers
• Wallpapers, AIM icons, board icons and signature banners
• Digital art files including screens, character art and environment shots

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So cool its cold, March 20, 2007

By	Michael Corona "Nemesis Legion" (New York City) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Circa 2007


GOOD:
- Tight fitting responsive controls (which can be adjusted).
- Great looking graphics and effects, also the animations are done very well.
- Shooting feels spot on, with more then a few guns (a grenades) to choose from (like rocket launchers, energy guns, ect... - as for different types of grenades, you get ones like sticky and EMP to name a few). It should be also noted that while on foot you could pull weapons off mechs (only when the mechs are not in use) and use these over sized weapons.
- Grappling hook -Shot (like the one in the Legend of Zelda Series or like the grappling hook from Tenchu), which lets you scale tall buildings, and fly across the landscape.
- Online Gameplay (versus other players), this really helps extend the life/fun of the game long after you have beaten it.

BAD:
- Enemies can be pretty cheap, Example, after you get hit with a powerful weapon like a rocket you go into a fall and have to get up to recover, during your recover animation many enemies will strike at you making you fall over again. What ends up happening is you get stuck into a cycle where you fall over after getting get shot at or hit and while getting up it happens again (enemies shoot you or hit you) so you never fully get back up and fight back, you just fall again. It is very hard to break this cycle after it starts; usually it only ends if the enemies miss or you die.
- Using mechs or any energy weapon uses up you reserve of "Heat Energy". If your "Heat Energy" runs out you can't pilot any Vital Suit or use any energy weapon. It should be noted that in this game "Heat Energy" ties directly into your life bar if you run out of this "Heat Energy" your life will slowly drain till you die. This makes prolong use of any Vital Suit (Mech) or any energy weapon a risk to your health.
- Pretty confusing story which many people will not get nor care to understand.

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- Sci-Fi 3rd Person Shooter (camera behind the player).
- The game takes place on a world covered in ice and snow, lots of levels have snow and winter theme.
- Life energy or Heat energy plays a big role in this game, this energy ties directly into your life bar if you run out of this energy your life will slowly drain till you die. It should also be noted that this happens even while in doors and underground not just outside in the cold. The only way to refill this energy is to kill enemies or destroy objects in the game, by doing so you'll see a pool of gold colored substance when your characters body touches it your energy bar will refill.
- Fight lots of "Bug" like enemies as well as human enemies.
- Lots of mechs and Mech Combat - mechs are robotic suits of armor you pilot, in this game they are called Vital Suits, they can also equip their own weapons.
- Game is broken up into 11 levels (so essentially this a fairly short game).
- Shoot at to collect "markers" for a higher score (there are "markers" in every level and the look like big spinning coins).
- Wining matches online unlocks new character dress options for your online avatar.
- Online portion of this game has your standard set-up with Death Match, Team Versus, ect...

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (Xbox, PS2)
- Armored Core: Last Raven (PS2)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- This is the Special Edition of this game that comes in a metal case and comes with an Art book as well as a Mixed media CD (that contains Videos, Wallpapers/Photos, Music, and windows icons for your PC). This Special Edition also comes with a new multiplayer level (Battleground), which will be available to all Xbox Live players for free a few more months from now (people who got/get this Special Edition can play this multiplayer level early).
- There are already a few new multiplayer levels available to buy over Xbox Live. The 4 new Levels ready for download and use in online multiplayer action they are called Radar Field and Island 902, which come in one pack and then there is Hive Complex and Trial Point which come in a second package. Both packages sell for 400 Microsoft Points or $5.00 USD each.
- The Korean actor Lee Byung-Hun is the model for the main character named Wayne.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for a Third Person Shooter, March 6, 2007

By	Marcus Roof "marcus roof" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

I don't really like TPS (Third Person Shooters) as much as FPS (First Person Shooters) and mecha doesn't thrill me (I hated Mechassault) but this one does a pretty decent job.

PROS:
- excellent graphics, good environments, snow, smoke, etc
- some fantastic fire fights
- multitudes of enemies and bosses all with there own behaviors and characteristics gradually introduced to you throughout the game
- tons of work put into the cut-scenes (as much as a half-hour or an hour or so - almost like a mini-movie) and you can thankfully bypass them!
- decent amount of weapon variety with there own characteristics; you can also detach mecha weapons and drag them around
- decent length to the game
- although a TPS, you can zoom in with many weapons to make it appear as if you're in an FPS (although certain actions like reloading will throw you back into TPS).
- vehicles - the game shines here. It's a mecha game (they call it a V-suit) so you get a lot of different things to operate. Big boss anime-style mecha toward the end.
- decent button/stick configurations (although no exact mapping)
- never had to consult the internet because of some glitch or something I was required to do that wasn't intuitive.

CONS:
- No save anywhere (though for the most part you will not need it)
- the entire game bends on you collecting thermal energy (like collecting health packs or armor) or you die, but there is so much of it laying around that it never affects game play. There is no dire urgency to collect it much of the time. Plus, collecting 100 bits of it scattered all over the battlefield is rather annoying. Why not have the game require you to collect 1 pool of the stuff every so often.
- camera isn't always cooperative. your view will occasionally go off into a place you didn't want it to.
- main protagonist character acting leaves much to be desired. Plus he's a bit of a puss and never hits on any of the hot anime chicks in the cut-scenes. 10 million cut scenes and he never even gets to first base.

I'm going to place the story/plot somewhere in the middle even though I didn't really get into it. They put a lot of effort into it (you can tell with all the cut-scenes) and it's a little unfair to criticize games for bad or non-stories (Doom3 didn't need one). Overall a good combo of mecha/TPS.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun..., January 18, 2007

By	A. Osborne "Ozzie" (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Part mech warrior, part fps, Lost Planet is an enjoyable shooter with a simple run and gun approach featuring linear boss based level design that is appealing as a throwback for long time gamers, though it will likely hurt the campaign replayability. For a $60 game thats a bit unfortunate, but if you have xbox live the multiplayer content should make up for that. Elsewise it would be better off as a rental.

As far as the controls and what not, it's not overly complicated but remembering which mech you are in and what the controls are would really be the only issue there. Well that and the annoyance of trying to pick up weapons for the mech itself. The B button serves several functions and if you don't line up properly over the weapon on the ground and press B you will exit the vehicle, especially bothersome during boss fights when you need to get weapons on the ground as quickly as possible...

The graphics are amazing, no arguing that, however the story really is pretty weak. It feels foreign, like something was lost in translation, which probably wouldnn't bother anime fans because the characters are basically cookie cutter stereotypes from the genre.

All in all, its fun but I must admit I was hoping for a more tactic based campaign with intuitive AI more in the vein of Gears, but LP is still a lot of fun and while not really offering anything new the gameplay feels very familiar. But like most others have already stated the multiplayer is really where the game shines.