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GoozerNation's Brock Poulsen and some friends take down some giant Akrid, and Brock takes a look at the current bargain-bin treasure, Capcom's Lost Planet 2.
"If you were one of the many who skipped out on Lost Planet 2 on consoles, and thought about picking it up on the PC, I can tell you that for the most part, the game is unchanged, which, by large, is the main issue with the port."
All Age Gaming's Danny Yee takes a look at the Playstation 3 version of Capcom's Lost Planet 2. Is Lost Planet 2 a worthy sequel to the somewhat under appreciated original? Read on to find out.
"Lost Planet was a very well received game, both commercially and critically. It did, however, have some major flaws such as annoying camera angles, a confusing story and game play that became boring and frustrating at times due to a nonsensical control scheme. Lost Planet improved a few things in the graphics category and is an all around playable game. However, no one at Capcom seems to have taken the complaints about Lost Planet into consideration when developing the sequel. The result is m..."
"Almost every boss is identical in it’s execution: find the glowing orange spots on it’s body (protip: on it’s legs), then just keep shooting it until it doesn’t glow anymore. Try not to die.
This was what really killed the game in my eyes. The entire premise seems so good in theory, but is absolutely dull in practice."
"Blowing stuff up is often insanely fun, chiefly thanks to some suitably epic weapon design, and though environments aren't nearly as explosive as they should be, the sheer amount of mayhem going on simultaneously gives Lost Planet 2 a suitably frenetic, kinetic feel. You won't play a shooter this year packing anything like as much simultaneous mayhem, with players screaming down their headsets, blasting, dying, and killing all around you.
Visually, the game marries imaginative character, m..."
![Box shot of Lost Planet 2 [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvQWN0aW9uL1Nob290ZXI=/lost_planet_2_frontcover_small_dzoIbxZJ42nY4OP.jpg)