![]() ![]() Completing these sub-missions awards you with credits for a fruit machine which then allows you to earn random weapons for your character and also things like emotes and pieces of costume. Interestingly, some V-suits allow for more than one person to sit in them simultaneously, meaning that your co-op partner can hitch a ride while firing his weapon at the same time.Īs well as the standard missions you are trying to complete, the game will also gives you “good job” side missions, nice diversions that range from things like getting a certain amount of headshots and not losing any teammates to more bizarre things like shooting out windows. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of wearing what the game calls a “V-Suit” in Lost Planet 2 and using its power to take out the enemy. T-ENG is gained via stations which are spread through the lands and also by collecting the coloured blobs from downed enemies.Īnother advantage you have is that you can find weapons of your own such as rocket launchers, gum grenades, rifles, Gatling guns and even empty mech suits which you can get in, activate and use to boster your team considerably. Thankfully though you have a few tricks up your sleeve, such as the ability to heal yourself (and your squad) using T-ENG, the game’s versatile energy mechanic. Throughout each level you will be met with foot soldiers, mechs and all manner of weapons such as turrets and grenades to root out the campers. Regardless, the levels themselves are wonderfully varied, ranging from luscious jungles, deserts and even a rather intense battle on a train. The experience is nowhere near as fun and in fact there are some levels where you will end up finding it difficult to progress as your AI teammates fail to take out turrets with any intelligence, leaving the enemies firing directly at you and therefore almost impossible to take out with any subtlety or skill. Whilst the game’s online multiplayer works really well, with each squad member helping out his teammates, the solitary campaign is distinctly less interesting. If you have someone at home to play with then you also have the option of playing split-screen co-op, which works just as well. You will not be able to join an friend on a level you have not completed, of course, but this isn’t a problem because if you set up a match and no-one is online at your particular level the game will just fill in for the other three players in your squad until someone joins you. When you start the campaign you can either choose to play a quick match and be thrown in online into the level with PSN friends or strangers, or you can customise a match and start play from the level of your choice. Instead that privilege falls to the excellent gameplay and the way in which it embraces social ideologies thanks to its excellent co-operative structure. Each of the chapters within the episodes will lead you through their individual stories, although to be honest it’s unlikely to be the story that will hook you into this game. Lost Planet 2 splits its story into episodes, each of which tell the tale of five different groups of snow pirates from around the Planet of EDN III. Once you’re into a game, though, it’s all a little more obvious. There’s even a countdown before the game starts, as if you’re waiting for the computer to confirm he’s ready too. Whether you are taking part in the campaign mode or the more traditional multiplayer route and battling it out as part of two teams, the option to actually play the game on your own is rather hidden amonst all the configuration options – Lost Planet 2 is touted as an online co-op affair, with the console playing the part of your squad if you’re not online. The first thing that hits you when you first start the game is that it’s built not just with multiplayer in mind, but it’s actually difficult to find the single player option. So, hopes are high here – as fans of the first game – that Lost Planet 2 is a return to form for Capcom, strong enough to succeed on its own merit in a heavily populated shooter market. Lost Planet was a relative success for Capcom when originally released on the Xbox 360 but as is the way in today’s high budget climate, to succeed the sequel is going to have to pull something quite special out the bag to stand out amongst the likes of Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2. ![]()
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