Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
| Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | |
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Director(s) | Kenji Oguro |
| Producer(s) |
Jun Takeuchi Keiji Inafune |
| Artist(s) | Takahiro Kawano |
| Writer(s) | Tomoyuki Hosokawa |
| Composer(s) |
Akihiko Narita Shuji Uchiyama |
| Series | Lost Planet |
| Engine | MT Framework |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 |
| Release date(s) |
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (X360) 78.56% (PS3) 70.19% (PC) 67.00% |
| Metacritic | (X360) 79/100 (PS3) 67/100 (PC) 66/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | (X360/PS3) C+ (PC) C |
| Eurogamer | (X360) 7/10 (PC) 5/10 |
| GameSpot | (X360) 8.1/10 (PC/PS3) 7/10 |
| GameSpy | (X360)   (PC/PS3)
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| IGN | (X360) 8.5/10 (PC) 5.8/10 (PS3) 5.5/10 |
| VideoGamer.com | (X360/PC) 7/10 (PS3) 6/10 |
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3. The game was released in Japan in December 2006 and worldwide in January 2007. Originally intended to be an Xbox 360 exclusive, it was later ported and released for Microsoft Windows in June 2007 and PlayStation 3 in February 2008.
The game is played through a third person over-the-shoulder view. Players are allowed to switch between first-person and third-person at any moment. Players either travel on foot or ride various types of mechanized suits called Vital Suits (VSs). VSs carry heavy weapons such as chain guns and rocket launchers. They can pick up weapons lying on the ground and fire multiple weapons at once. On foot, players are able to use a grappling hook to pull themselves up to normally hard-to-reach places, or to hook onto a VS and hijack it. Driving VSs and using certain weapons requires thermal energy. Also, the planet's cold temperature causes the characters' thermal energy level to continually decrease. Players can replenish their thermal energy level by defeating enemies or activating data posts. Data posts also allow players to use their navigational radars to see incoming enemies. Each of the 11 levels is accompanied by a boss, which can be either a VS or a large Akrid.
Online multiplayer versus also requires players to monitor their thermal energy level, but here, reaching zero does not cause death. Instead, the characters cannot use VSs or fire the weapons which require thermal energy. Online multiplayer versus consists of four modes, called Elimination, Team Elimination, Post Grab, and Fugitive. Players score points by killing other players and activating posts, and they lose points for being killed or committing suicide. Post grab is a mode where players on opposite teams compete to capture as many posts as possible before the set time runs out. Team-Elimination is a 16-player team competition, and Elimination is a 16-player free-for-all mode. Finally, Fugitive is a game mode where one person is marked as a fugitive, and the other players try to take away all the fugitive's points before time runs out.
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