If you havent played Lost Planet, nows the time. And veterans will find a lot to like here as well.
User Rating: 9 | Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (Platinum Hits) X360
I wont spend too much time on this review, but Ill just give you the basics: Colonies is a great rerelease of a great shooter that adds plenty of new content to warrant its purchase. The online modes are much improved over the original and adds in new weapons, maps and achievements. One of the new game modes, Akrid Hunt, allows you to play as Akrid for the first time, and its done very well. Admittedly, the Akrid are somewhat overpowered, but the humans can still win if they work together, which makes this game mode especially great when played with friends. The maps consist of all the original maps (including the downloadable ones) plus 4 new maps, which add much more variety (Area 921 is my new favorite). The new guns are also fun to wield (just nail an Akrid in the back with the Pile Driver and tell me you arent having fun. I dare you). The online system is also massively improved. You start with a greater variety of character models to choose from, and you can unlock many more costumes as you level up. The game has also introduced Titles, which act like medals you would see in Halo, like Pentagon (get 5 kills in one life)Capcom has also released 3 new game modes for Single Player as well called Score Attack, Off Limit Mode, and Trial Battle Mode. Score Attack was my favorite of the bunch, adding a new twist on the campaign with a scoring system. Trial Battle was also decent fun, but not great, and I havent yet tried Off Limit Mode. I was also glad that, eben after more than a year since the original's release, the graphics are still some of the best on systems today.If you have Xbox Live, this game is still easily worth your money after well over a year since the original release. Series newbies will enjoy the game too. If you dont have Xbox Live though, and you already have the original, this probably wont be worth another purchase. Going just off value, I would consider rating this a 9.5, but if you rate just on the quality of the game, a 9.0 is just about right. 
