Lost Planet is a great Xbox 360 gaming experience that won't last that long.......
User Rating: 8.1 | Lost Planet: Extreme Condition X360
Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions is a Sci-Fi 3rd Person Shooter for your good old Xbox 360. In this game, you play as Wayne, some dude that almost kind of looks like my cousin....erm, anyways. This new world that you are in EXTREMELY COLD!!! And also In this "new world" that Wayne is in, you trying to find a way to live in this planet, when suddenly, the "Akrid", which are these alien looking creatures that you constantly run into in this game, attack. Ironicly, these Akird hold a brand new energy source. "Thermal Energy" is your only way to survive. You wear a special suit in this game that has a timer on it. If the suit runs out of thermal energy, well, you die. Don't worry, thermal energy can be found by destroying Akrid, Snow Pirates and VS Suits. Speaking of VS Suits, these robotic mechanisms called VS Suits (VS = Vital Suit) will help you to defeat your enemies much quicker and more effectively. These things are fun to use and will be very helpful in your missions. Your "mission" is to stop the Frontier Project from heating the planet and killing everyone and everything in the process. This chick Luka and her brother Rick will help you in this mission. Lost Planet is a pretty standard 3rd person shooter. You run, shoot the enemies, traverse the level. Nothing quite new. But the pretty graphics and interactive environments make up for the ordinary gameplay. Enemies come at you fast, making the game even more intense. But what's really intense are the boss fights, really the best parts of the game. Although very frustrating at times, but oh so satisfying. This game may dissappoint some fans who were expecting a lot from this game. Confusing story, repetitive gameplay, not a lot of variety in the guns, short single-player campaign are some of the negatives in the game. It will only take you about 8 hours to finish the game. I'm on the last boss, and it pretty much took me about 7 hours and 23 minutes to get to him. Overall, Lost Planet is a great game, but it could've been one of the best Xbox 360 games to date if the developers put a little more effort into the game. More improvements, for example, more guns, have "squads" with you since you're on your own when it comes to shooting your enemies, better story, longer single-player campaign, all that stuff. Great game, but I suggust you give this one a rental. 
