The new Lost Planet title is not really a new title after all. Its one of those expanded titles. Many of us were speculating that it would be a new game, but the features added on are worth it, especially if you have not bought the game yet. The biggest feature is the expanded multiplayer which allows you to be the Akrid; the alien race that inhabits the planet and stores the precious heat needed for survival. Another added caveat is the ability to play your friends who own the game on PC as well. I am a little disappointed and a little excited at the same time. The game as of now is only available for the Xbox 360 and PC. PS3 owners will have to wait yet again.
You know what we thought was going to be a sequel to Lost Planet? That little thing called Colonies? Turns out is just a super special edition of the game. Bummer. According to a scan from the upcoming Famitsu magazine, it’s just a beefed up version of Lost Planet. Here’s what you can expect over and above the already released gamed:
New Multiplayer modes, including Humans VS Akrid
4 New maps, 2 of which are possibly a city and a desert
New Female Playable Character
Ten New weapons
New Monsters
Trial Battle and Score Attack modes for the campaign bosses
360/PC Cross-platform play
It looks like PS3 owners are getting the shaft here. Even though they just got Lost Planet, they’ll be forced to watch from the sidelines as 360 and PC players get the extra special goodness from Colonies.
No pricing or release date has been set. I’m hoping this is a $40 title, since the game has been out for a long time now. We’ll see what happens.
The next in the line of Capcom games for the PS3 requiring a 20 minute, 5GB install is Lost Planet. PS3 Style got an advance copy (hey Capcom, where’s our advance copy?), and found that the game makes you sit for about 20 minutes while the game caches about 5GB of data to the hard drive, similar to Devil May Cry.
And that’s not even the kicker, as Lost Planet doesn’t have that nice back-story slideshow to keep you company while the game installs. Nope, you get a plain screen with a progress bar. Snazzy.
Now, I understand the BluRay drive reads slower than a 12x DVD, but it’s not that much slower. Is a 5GB install really needed? I’d love to see load time comparisons with and without the data install.
To much fanfare, the PS3 demo for Lost Planet has returned to the PlayStation Store. If you remember, it flat out didn’t work when it was released last week.
Apparently, the game was downloaded by over 100,000 people fairly quickly, which put a bit of a load on the servers. But the networking gurus at Sony and Capcom got hard to work on fixing the issue, and we’re now all blessed from their efforts.
The demo is pretty fun, so I would suggest grabbing it if you haven’t. I always enjoyed the online component of Lost Planet on the 360.
And like that… *poof*… he was gone. Sony dropped word that the Lost Planet demo has been removed from the PlayStation Store temporarily. The reason? Yeah, those pesky issues where you can’t play the damn thing.
We will be working overtime to correct the issue and expect to upload a new version to the PlayStation Network as soon as possible that accurately reflects the incredible online features of the game. For those of you who have already downloaded the demo, the servers are being taken down until the new version is ready to go.
So it’s the servers, then, you say? If those of us who already downloaded the demo don’t need to download again, it would look like Capcom screwed up on the server end of things. Hopefully it all gets straightened out soon.
Capcom made a big oopsey. The Lost Planet online demo released yesterday for the PS3 is broken. Something in the code is not allowing users to join rooms to play online.
Whenever you try to join a room, you get a message saying the room is full, no matter how many players are there. If you create a match, no one can join your room because of said message.
Many people believe the error comes from the change in player limits in the demo. The full game supports 16 players online, while the demo is limited to 8 people per match. Doesn’t anyone test this stuff before it gets released? There’s no way to confirm if the error is in the demo code or on the server side. Either way, Capcom has some cleaning up to do. I have a feeling this might turn off a few people from buying the game.
Just got word from Capcom that the demo for Lost Planet that showed up today on the Japanese PlayStation Store will be seeing the light of day in North America when the store is updated shortly.
The demo supports Elimination (aka deathmatch) and Team Elimination. If you’ve never played Lost Planet, or even if you have, check it out as the online portion of the game is really fun.
The Japanese PlayStation Store has been updated with demos for Lost Planet and Patapon. These demos didn’t make it over to Europe, and no word has been released yet on whether we can expect these in North America.
The Lost Planet demo is an 8 person online demo featuring deathmatch and team deathmatch. From what we’ve seen, the game has worse textures and framerate from it’s older 360 cousin. The Patapon demo looks to be similar to what’s available from Gamestop with pre-orders, but it’s all in Japanese. Trust me, being able to read and understand what’s going on in Patapon really helps.
We’ll keep you posted later today with the US PlayStation Store updates.
Most of us have played Lost Planet for the Xbox 360. We’ve seen the screenshots for the PS3 version, which have appeared a bit sub-par. Here’s the first real trailer for the game, which is set to ship in February for Sony’s console.
Just about anyone who has owned a XBOX 360 has experienced Lost Planet. Now, its time for PS3 owners to have the same good time (it may be a little late to the party, but better late than never). I suggest you take a look. Graphically, the game seems to have remained unchanged from its 360 counterpart. Which isn’t a bad thing at all. Read More »
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