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SpectreSubZero
109,402
TA Score for this game: 842
Posted on 14 October 09 at 04:41, Edited on 16 October 09 at 02:16 |
This review has 22 positive votes and 6 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
I purchased Quake 4 from Gamestop and was pretty disappointed! So I brought the game back the next day, and traded it for Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. When I first tried the game, I really didn't like it. I played it for 30 minutes and turned it off. I decided to try the game the next day, and discovered that this is a good game. The gameplay is very different from other shooter games. Here is my break down:
Story 8/10
The story consists of 11 missions. The missions themselves are not that long, and are very fast paced due to the thermal suit count down. The story line itself is pretty good. It's a basically a Japanese Anime movie when it comes down to the cutscenes. Your mission is to basically help make this lost planet, inhabitable for humans.
Weapons 7/10
There are not many weapons in the game, but they are decently fun to use. There is no upgrade ability on the weapons, so what you find is what you get.
AI Enemy 6/10
Most of the enemy will remind you of Starship Troopers. They're bugs! An over done idea, but done well in this game. You can shoot limbs off or just completely demolish the alien insects.
Gameplay 9/10
Pretty unique style of play. Fast paced and fun; the gameplay is very fluid. The Thermal Suit basically keeps you alive in the extreme cold climate of the Lost Planet. You start each level at 999 thermal units. It continually counts down throughout each level. If it reaches 0, you will die. You can recharge the suit by killing enemies, destroying enemies spawn points, or finding posts. The missions are extremely fun with large amount of fire fight action! You can control different mechs (VS suits).
Multiplayer ?/10
I have no idea. I haven't played the multiplayer.
Replay Ability 7/10
You maybe have to play through the campaign 3-5 times to get all the achievements, but after that, I don't see you ever picking this game up again. Due to the fact is basically a late 2006 game, I can see this game becoming a bit repetitive and boring after a few playthroughs. It is no Gears of War 2. If you played the game on normal from mission one till the end of the last mission straight through, The game would probably take you about 4-5 hours, maybe less. You could very well just run through the levels straight to the end and battle the bosses. That may take it down to about 3 hours.
Achievements 9/10
The basic beat the level achievements aren't worth all that much TA ratio wise, but are very easy to get. The sub achievements are a bit harder and involve collecting things in levels. This can be difficult considering you are pretty much timed in each level. There are multiplayer achievements in this game. So if you don't plan on playing the multiplayer, then don't plan on 100%ing this game. Beating the game on Extreme mode will net you over 1000 TA points for the achievement. But this is beyond difficult! Hence why it is worth so much.
Purchase
I purchased this game used for $9.99 from Gamestop. The game was released in the US in January or 2007. The game was made a platinum hit by Microsoft. It isn't a bad game, but not sure of the price tag. $9.99 for a used, basically 3 year old game? I would definitely recommend the game, but would like to see used more around $6.99. All in all, I am pleased with my purchase.
I you wanna try something different, then I recommend this game.
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HWNDarkside
575,923
TA Score for this game: 2,970
Posted on 04 February 09 at 11:59 |
This review has 12 positive votes and 10 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Shoot things. Once dead, shoot bigger things. Once dead, shoot even bigger things. Simple and straight-forward!
Most of the levels are simply paths leading to the massive boss fights, and it's these battles that make the game. VS (or mechs) add varity as you plough through the destruction. Lots of weapons to choose from too.
Achievement points are sparse with only 450 points up for grabs for completion (assuming you collect all the medals). If you can beat the game on Extreme Mode (150 points on offer) you are truly a gaming god - it's one of the hardest challenge I've come across on the 360 so far.
Multiplayer is surprising good fun with enough variety in gameplay to keep you interested although I suspect the new Colonies edition will receive more support these days.
All in all a well made old skool shooter
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