Lost Planet: Colonies

[tsukaesugi]

I've been playing hella Lost Planet online recently. I hadn't touched it in ages, but I decided to start playing again in anticipation of Lost Planet: Colonies. Lost Planet has to be the hardest multiplayer game I've ever played. The people who are good at that game are brutally good (especially the Japanese players), and for the first few days I was playing I did nothing but die over and over again.

Yesterday Colonies was released here in Japan (I think it was released a day or two earlier in the 'States) so I went to the game store after work and picked it up. I only got to play for an hour or so, but the new maps are gorgeous (especially Space Assault) and the new modes are lotsa fun. Akrid hunting is a riot. Too bad my TV is so small, those huge Akrid would look awesome on a bigger widescreen.

I know when the original Lost Planet came out, most of the people here panned it. Has anyone gotten into it since then, or is anyone planning to pick up Colonies?

 

[Ghost-Dog]

I still think Lost Planet was a great game, and Colonies does look cool. I did enjoy the multiplayer in the original game, but I got consistently raped, especially by Japanese players. I remember getting sniped constantly. I finished the single player game and kind of lost interest in it after that.

If Colonies is ported to PS3 and done well, I will check it out. Unfortunately I won't be able to join you as I don't own a 360 anymore.

 

[jro]

Normally, I would kind of look down on what's basically a re-release, but with a pricetag of what, $30, I might be pretty tempted on this one. I did quite enjoy the original, and I never did quite finish it.

Throw in the new modes, and I will most likely be very tempted to pick this up next week when I stop in to get my reserved copies of Grid and Ninja Gaiden 2, I admit.

I'll have to hit you up for some online. What's your gamertag?

 

[Poison Sama]

Overall, I enjoyed the original. Single player was pretty fun. Multiplayer was a mixed bag for me though (getting knocked down/staggered felt rather cheap, as did being rendered immobile while tossing a grenade), but I did like it more than GoW and R6V. I'm on the fence about getting Colonies, for now. I'm not sure if the additions are really worth it for me.

 

[Average Joe]

I liked Lost Planet a lot but and appreciate this expansion but as tsu said, the online regulars are fucking brutal.

Not that I mind getting my ass handed to me if I'm unprepared, it's just that there's other games out there I'd prefer to devote my time to (see: TF2.)

I don't know... if I didn't have a bunch of games I still needed to beat I'd easily give this a shot, but as of now, I'll probably take an interested but non-participative stance on this.

 

[Kid Aphex]

i have a feeling the lost plant online community is going to be around for the life of the xbox360, possibly beyond [depending on msofts online plan]

so, ill wait for this to drop, or during nother game drought.
but man, i really loved lost planet.
funny how its still one of the best looking 360 games...

 

[The_Chosen_One]

I loved Lost Planet and have many, many hours of online play. Been on Warhawk for the last few months though. I'm curious how it'll turn out for the online community for LP. The new one's not compatible with the old one, but maybe there'll be an influx of people online after buying Colonies.

 

[SpamYouToDeath]

It really doesn't make sense that two editions of the same game aren't compatible in multiplayer. We've got hard drives and online connectivity now, if they change the protocol why not just patch the old version? Lame cashgrab.

 

[DangerousK]

I've been playing hella Lost Planet online recently. I hadn't touched it in ages, but I decided to start playing again in anticipation of Lost Planet: Colonies. Lost Planet has to be the hardest multiplayer game I've ever played. The people who are good at that game are brutally good (especially the Japanese players), and for the first few days I was playing I did nothing but die over and over again.

Yesterday Colonies was released here in Japan (I think it was released a day or two earlier in the 'States) so I went to the game store after work and picked it up. I only got to play for an hour or so, but the new maps are gorgeous (especially Space Assault) and the new modes are lotsa fun. Akrid hunting is a riot. Too bad my TV is so small, those huge Akrid would look awesome on a bigger widescreen.

I know when the original Lost Planet came out, most of the people here panned it. Has anyone gotten into it since then, or is anyone planning to pick up Colonies?

A couple of weeks ago I went online to the multiplayer for the 360 version of Lost Planet. I couldn't agree more with you on how difficult it is when you are playing against people who are good at the game. I forget the name of the map I was on, but it is a really large open map in the snow. There is a canyon/ravine near the center of it where you there are several bridges running across. I can't tell you how many times I got picked off as soon as I could see the center of the map. The online players are insanely good at this game, and the Japanese players I ran into are ridiculous. I was looking to try to unlock some of the online achievements, but god almighty it would take awhile. If you're not good at this game, you have to pray you wind up on a good team. It's amazing how quick some matches are when the teams are stacked...one of the matches I played in the mode where you have to reduce the opposing team's thermal energy to zero, we lost in less than 30 seconds.

I might actually check out Colonies because I do like Lost Planet...it's a good game that got really shit reviews from most of the gaming media for no apparent reason IMO.

 

[tsukaesugi]

Weird... I was all set to do a multi-quote reply, but it isn't available.

So going backwards...

@KA
Yeah, this is the first real Japanese "FPS" (it's not actually an FPS but you know what I mean), so there's a lot of national pride. They'll be playing it forever. I admit though, I almost exclusively play with Japanese cause it's nice to jump in a match and not have to deal with 4ngsty l33t v1rg1n t33n4g3rs.

@Joe & GD
Hurry up and come (back) to Tokyo.

@Hentai
Yeah, the stagger effects are annoying as hell until you learn how to master them. It's actually really annoying that the missiles do little or no splash damage, so at least the stagger makes up for it. If you're getting staggered all you can do is pray one of your teammates shows up to bail you out... but if you're in a VS and you can stagger someone, then you get to get a second clear shot at them.

@jro
What?! It's $30?! It's $70 over here in Anime Country.

The trick to the original Lost Planet was learning how to a) throw a grenade at where you think your opponent will roll out of, b) shoot said grenade so it explodes early, c) roll away quickly so no one else can do the same to you. The cool thing about Colonies is that the new modes make this play style unimportant.

 

[Lagduf]

Does the single player campaign have any new additions?

I liked the demo of LP when I played it awhile ago, I might pick up colonies.

What are the achievements like?

 

[DangerousK]

Does the single player campaign have any new additions?

I liked the demo of LP when I played it awhile ago, I might pick up colonies.

What are the achievements like?

The achievements for Colonies are more multiplayer oriented than the original release of Lost Planet.

Below is from Colonies....

1 Kill (5) Defeat an enemy player during an online battle.
100 Kills (10) Defeat 100 enemy players in total during online battle.
1000 Kills (40) Defeat 1000 enemy players in total during online battle.
500 Kills (20) Defeat 500 enemy players in total during online battle.
5000 Kills (50) Defeat 5000 enemy players in total during online battle.
Bronze Winner (10) Win 10 online battles.
Easy Difficulty Cleared (5) Complete all missions on "Easy" Difficulty.
Easy Mode Coin Collector (5) Find all Target Marks on "Easy" Difficulty.
Extreme Difficulty Cleared (20) Complete all missions on "Extreme" Difficulty.
Extreme Mode Coin Collector (20) Find all Target Marks on "Extreme" Difficulty.
Gold Scorer (30) Receive 100,000,000 points in Score Attack Mode.
Gold Winner (40) Win 100 online battles.
Great Scorer (20) Clear Trial Battle Mode with over 150,000 points.
Hard Difficulty Cleared (10) Complete all missions on "Hard" Difficulty.
Hard Mode Coin Collector (10) Find all Target Marks on "Hard" Difficulty.
Level 10 Player (5) Achieve level 10 in online battle.
Level 100 Player (50) Achieve level 100 in online battle.
Level 20 Player (10) Achieve level 20 in online battle.
Level 30 Player (20) Achieve level 30 in online battle.
Level 50 Player (30) Achieve level 50 in online battle.
Map Marker (10) Battle on 10 different maps online.
Map Specialist (30) Battle on 20 different maps online.
Map Traveler (15) Battle on 15 different maps online.
Map Walker (5) Battle on 5 different maps online.
Match Beginner (10) Play 10 online battles.
Match Expert (40) Play 500 online battles.
Match Regular (20) Play 50 online battles.
Match Rookie (5) Fight to the finish in one online battle.
Match Veteran (30) Play 100 online battles.
Medal Catcher (10) Acquire 3 medals.
Medal Collector (20) Acquire 6 medals.
Medal Grabber (5) Acquire a medal.
Medal Hoarder (30) Acquire 9 medals.
Medal King (40) Acquire 11 medals.
Normal Difficulty Cleared (5) Complete all missions on "Normal" Difficulty.
Normal Mode Coin Collector (5) Find all Target Marks on "Normal" Difficulty.
Platinum Scorer (40) Receive 300,000,000 points in Score Attack Mode.
Platinum Winner (50) Win 200 online battles.
Score Attack Clear (5) Clear Score Attack Mode.
Silver Scorer (10) Receive 10,000,000 points in Score Attack Mode.
Silver Winner (20) Win 25 online battles.
Speed Star (30) Clear Trial Battle Mode in less than 300 seconds.
Title Catcher (10) Receive 5 titles.
Title Collector (20) Receive 10 titles.
Title Grabber (5) Receive a title.
Title Hoarder (30) Receive 15 titles.
Title King (40) Receive 20 titles.
Trial Clear (5) Clear Trial Battle Mode.
Trial Master (40) Clear Trial Battle Mode on "Extreme" Difficulty.
Winner (5) Win an online battle.

Here are the ones from the original release...

"AURORA" Explorer (15) Found all of the target marks in Mission 5.
"BLIZZARD" Explorer (20) Found all of the target marks in Mission 10.
"METEOR" Explorer (10) Found all of the target marks in Mission 4.
"MIRAGE" Explorer (10) Found all of the target marks in Mission 3.
"RAINBOW" Explorer (20) Found all of the target marks in Mission 9.
"STARDUST" Explorer (30) Found all of the target marks in Mission 11.
"STORM" Explorer (10) Found all of the target marks in Mission 02.
"THUNDER" Explorer (15) Found all of the target marks in Mission 6.
"TORNADO" Explorer (15) Found all of the target marks in Mission 7.
"VOLCANO" Explorer (20) Found all of the target marks in Mission 8.
Ace Medal (30) Collect 10 Ace Medals in the Elimination matches online.
Chain Killer (50) Waste 10 opponents in a row without dying in online battle.
Conqueror Medal (30) Collect 10 Conqueror Medals in the Post Grab matches online.
EARTH Explorer (10) Find all target marks in Mission 01.
Elimination Medal (30) Collect 10 Elimination Medals in the Team Elimination matches online.
Extreme Soldier (150) Complete the game on Extreme Difficulty.
Grand Slam (30) Collect all four types of medals in matches online.
Head Hunter (50) Head shot on 50 enemies in online battle.
Hunting Medal (30) Collect 10 Hunting Medals in the Fugitive matches online.
Master Pioneer (50) Find all Target Marks on Campaign on all Difficulties.
Mission 01 Cleared (10) Complete Mission 01.
Mission 02 Cleared (10) Successfully completed Mission 02.
Mission 03 Cleared (10) Successfully completed Mission 03.
Mission 04 Cleared (10) Successfully completed Mission 04.
Mission 05 Cleared (15) Successfully completed Mission 05.
Mission 06 Cleared (15) Successfully completed Mission 06.
Mission 07 Cleared (15) Successfully completed Mission 07.
Mission 08 Cleared (20) Successfully completed Mission 08.
Mission 09 Cleared (20) Successfully completed Mission 09.
Mission 10 Cleared (20) Successfully completed Mission 10.
Mission 11 Cleared (30) Successfully completed Mission 11.
Moth Hunter (50) Defeat the giant moth.
Online Century (50) Logged more than 100 online matches.
Online Master (50) Get to level 50 in online battle.
Worm Hunter (50) Defeat the giant worm.

 

[jro]

Does the single player campaign have any new additions?

I liked the demo of LP when I played it awhile ago, I might pick up colonies.

What are the achievements like?

There are supposed to be a number of new weapons and playable characters in the 1P campaign mode, though, maybe even a few new missions? I picked it up today and barely glanced at the back of the box, think that was about it. I think I'm making up the last one, just wishing, I think.

I had time to play the first real mission, definitely still fun. Didn't run across any new weapons yet and I was stuck playing as Wayne, of course, but it's just as enjoyable as the first time around.

 

[tsukaesugi]

There's also a new mode where you get X amount of points per level based on your clear time, and how many enemies you kill. Kinda like the scoring system in Halo 3.

 

[jro]

Yeah, I re-checked that, and it says three new 1P campaign modes, not three new weapons- I'll take that, I suppose, pretty cool nonetheless.

I'll have to check and see if you can change the setting mid-game, or if you can only set it at the beginning.

 

[hermosaguy]

Now I'm kind of bummed out I jumped on teh PS3 version. I usually prefer any online game on the 360 over the PS3. I really hope Sony can at least catch up with Microsoft on this component.

 

[Bishamon]

I would have picked this up, as I very much enjoyed the original.

However, I refuse to buy a game update that isn't conmpatible with the original game! It would have been so much nicer if this was released as an update over Live.

 

[Ghost-Dog]

From what I've read, PC and 360 owners can play together. I may snag this for PC then, when the new video card shows up.