Lost Planet 2: Quite Pleasent Conditions

Grimthwacker

Since I haven't seen any recent hype for this, I figured I should start a new thread devoted to Lost Planet 2. For the uninitiated, the original Lost Planet was the second of 2 new Capcom IPs from Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune (the other being Dead Rising, which has also been sequelized); it was a solid, enjoyable run-and-gunner set on a frigid planet that forced you to constantly stay on the move and hunt down the vicious insectoid Akrid that inhabit the planet for their valuable stores of Thermal Energy (T-ENG) to recover your own dwindling supply, unless you want to freeze to death. The single player campaign was pretty good, and the multiplayer was apparently popular enough with players to warrant a re-release called Lost Planet: Colonies Edition which added a slew of new multiplayer maps and modes.

LP2 takes place on the same planet, E.D.N. III, which has undergone a major thaw thanks to the efforts of Snow Pirates Wayne and Luka from the original. While the Akrid are still around and as pesky as ever, the landscape of the battlefield has shifted drastically, with massive snow drifts giving way to lush jungles and other vibrant areas:

The focus this time is combat on a much larger scale, with your personally created character being joined by many others during missions, both in single player and multiplayer. Of course, that just means there are going to be even bigger Akrid, which will require a lot of teamwork and concentrated fire to take down. This new shift in gameplay style should make people who were put off by the original's "one-man-against-a-hojillion-bugs" premise much happier. Of course, you'll still have the series' trademark Vital Suits (combat mechs) to help with the squishing, but with the warmer climates, the reliance on T-ENG to power them, as well as to stay alive in general, is still unknown.

Joining the bug hunt this time are special guests including Resident Evil baddie Albert Wesker . . .
I wear sunglasses at night
. . . as well as Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago. You might know these guys from a little franchise called Gears of War.
WHERE'S MY WIFE ?!?!?!?
Lost Planet 2 is set for release May 18. Watching Starship Troopers to psych you up is purely optional.

Edit: Capcom's currently letting people sign up on its Lost Planet community site for an early shot at the multiplayer demo on both systems; all you have to do is register and follow the instructions. The public demo goes up on Tax Day, April 15th.

Cantido

What's this about less killing-a-million-bugs? Because killing-a-million-soldiers was the annoying part for me. That shit's got to go.

Dirty

Grimthwacker wrote: »

with the warmer climates, the reliance on T-ENG to power them, as well as to stay alive in general, is still unknown.

Having the VSs drain energy makes sense, as they are machines, and need a power source. However, T-Eng no longer drains constantly, but rather when you take damage (I guess you suit uses the energy to heal you), or use some weapon that requires energy instead of ammo.

Cantido wrote:

What's this about less killing-a-million-bugs? Because killing-a-million-soldiers was the annoying part for me. That shit's got to go.

I think the OP meant they were dropping the one-man-against-a-million-bugs aspect. Now its four-men-against-a-million-bugs. I played the PSN demo, and there were many Akrid to slaughter.

Skull2185

What the hell's the deal with GoW in Lost Planet?

I mean, If they're going to have GoW in LP, than at least Lancers..or GTFO.

Edit: Ohhh, are they MP skins?

Archonex

Actually, it's more like an entire brigade or small army versus a million bugs, if the demo is any indication.


Single player had you and about a dozen plus soldiers taking on one giant bug. Multiplayer has you with a very large group of people working to take bugs out, and you can do all sorts of awesome things, like dive down it's throat to attack it's heart, complete with modeled bug interiors, or climb on it's back and shoot it in the face.


Neither of those things has a particularly high survival rate, mind you. Leaping onto the enraged ice-worm's back tends to cause it to flip out and murderlize you. Going inside of it ends with it's digestive tract if you get pulled down too far into it. And it's sphincter appears to be a gnashing hole of sharp teeth that'd put the Sarlacc to shame.

Grimthwacker

Archonex wrote: »

Actually, it's more like an entire brigade or small army versus a million bugs, if the demo is any indication.


Single player had you and about a dozen plus soldiers taking on one giant bug. Multiplayer has you with a very large group of people working to take bugs out, and you can do all sorts of awesome things, like dive down it's throat to attack it's heart, complete with modeled bug interiors, or climb on it's back and shoot it in the face.


Neither of those things has a particularly high survival rate, mind you. Leaping onto the enraged ice-worm's back tends to cause it to flip out and murderlize you. Going inside of it ends with it's digestive tract if you get pulled down too far into it. And it's sphincter appears to be a gnashing hole of sharp teeth that'd put the Sarlacc to shame.

Good to see that the grappling hook mechanic hasn't been neglected in this one. It was sorely underutilized in the original, mostly as a means of transportation rather than a legitimate option in combat situations (there were only so many Akrid or VSes you could hook onto, and even then you wound up just firing a few rounds and jumping back off). Watching groups of people climb onto these massive bugs like some kind of Shadow of the Colossus rip-off should be worth the price of admission.

Jelloblimp

Oh wtf there is no activity in this thread. Anyway, sign up at lostplanetcommunity.com for 360 and PS3 early (second) demo access, the public demo is 15:th.
Site seems to be swamped, took several tries for me to get in, also correct sign-up link is http://www.capcom-unity.com/signup1/ , for some reason the sing-up link from pop-up is wrong.
(Those on my friendlist that are on LP1 leaderboards got a pm, you better sign up *waves cane*).

mere_immortal

I'm actually really looking forward to this.

First game was pretty simple fun and the addition of coop and bigger monsters along with customization makes it look kinda like a monster hunter lite but much prettier.

Sheep

I got the beta code for this in my inbox. Wish I was at home. I liked what I got to play of the first game.

Renzo

Signed up. Got my Xbox code. Bam.

mere_immortal

Signed up to the Capcom community thing, does the code get sent automatically?

Fireflash

Is this a new demo or the same multiplayer one that was released something like a year ago?

Sheep

mere_immortal wrote: »

Signed up to the Capcom community thing, does the code get sent automatically?

There will be a link to click on the main page that will eMail you your code. You gotta type in your eMail IIRC.

Klyka

I am looking forward to this like crazy.

Helloween and me are even planning a co-op LP.

CheesecakeRecipe

Wake up Capcom Unity, goddamn it.

BlueDestiny

Fireflash wrote: »

Is this a new demo or the same multiplayer one that was released something like a year ago?

Granted, the demo/beta was really awesome what with diving down the throat of a giant salamander and killing it's guts before getting pooped out.

grambo

Simultaneous release on PC? Wikipedia doesn't specify different release dates so I assume so. Hopefully good co-op on PC as well.

mere_immortal

Hurray got my code.

When does the demo unlock?

Kappus

Oh man, I just about flipped my s*it when I saw Marcus in the trailer.

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Klyka

So I signed up on that Capcom site but where do I actually get a code?

mere_immortal

Klyka wrote: »

So I signed up on that Capcom site but where do I actually get a code?

Go to brands, then Lost Planet on the top bar, then Lost Planet community in the top right.

Once you're on there there should be an option somewhere to sign up then you can get your code sent.

smeej

I cannot get that site to load for the life of me.

RoriProfessor

"Redeem codes are temporarily unavailable. Please check back tomorrow or keep an eye on the Unity Blog / Twitter feed for when they come back online."

smeej

Motherfucker! I can never redeem these codes because I'm too busy working while you nerds hoard the demos!

BloodySloth

While the Akrid are still around and as pesky as ever, the landscape of the battlefield has shifted drastically, with massive snow drifts giving way to lush jungles and other vibrant areas:

Vibrant = brown, green-brown.

I really wish devs would put color back into shooters.

Renzo

Downloadin' mah Lost Planet 2 demo.

Renzo

This game is not meant for player vs player.

They left in the hit stun "you can't fire if you're being fired upon" bullshit from LP1.

Thankfully co-op seems to be the focus.

CheesecakeRecipe

I'm getting an error from the xbox saying that the code was already redeemed, when I just powered the thing on to use it and get the demo.

Not cool, Capcom.

EDIT: I take it there is no one I can contact to get this straightened out?

Renzo

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/31/lost-planet-2-demo-contains-exclusive-weapon/

Hm, maybe this is what I was experiencing.

Eight Rooks

Sounds exactly the same as in the original.

Never had much of a problem with it myself - just roll away before they get a second burst in. God, the multiplayer in the original was so awesome - probably the most under-rated online game I've ever come across. I'd very much like to play the sequel co-op, but it's about the only deathmatch title out or due out I'm at all excited about.

Grimthwacker

Cool, I didn't know the demo was up now. I just tried to go through Capcom Unity to register, but it's acting wonky right now. Maybe later. I'll update the OP with the news.

Ashdrake

Are you killing bugs or each other in this demo?

Renzo

Each other. It's either Elimination (deathmatch) or Post Grab (heehee) which is kind of a Capture and Hold variant.

One map only.

cooljammer00

I played a bit of the Lost Planet demo that was available before. The one with the giant salamander. I think I like teamwork more than killing each other.

Wet Bandit

This has got split-screen co-op, right? I really want to be excited about this game.

BloodySloth

Wet Bandit wrote: »

This has got split-screen co-op, right? I really want to be excited about this game.

If a game has a well-executed splitscreen co-op mode, the likelihood of me buying it rockets up by some absurd percentage. Splitscreen rocks.

Lord_Mordja

New Video!

PC release isn't until Fall.

Which is a real non-selling point for me.

smeej

Anyone playing the demo?

Smeej on XBLA is always ready to kill.

Dinosaur Equals Gas

So I didn't see anything else about this and this seemed like a good spot. But has anyone done the Lost Planet Ice Block thing? There are ice blocks scattered though 8 cities that contain the Lost Planet Multiplayer Demo and some contain plushies. I was able to find 3 Ice Blocks with 2 of my friends today so we all got the beta keys. But we had to goto at least 10 locations if not more. Overall it was a lot of fun though.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/number6/blog/2010/04/15/lost_planet_2_cryptic_map_unveiled

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114573261016974276493.0004829395f27c2373297&z=4

Nocren

So I heard word on the OTHER secret/special characters added. Obviously Dom/Marcus are 360 exclusives, PS3 players get a couple of Monster Hunters and bother systems, in addition to Wesker, get Frank West.

I'm probably going to need to find a source aren't I?

Gimme a sec.

EDIT: Ahhh... Here it is!
EDIT2: Another source. This time with pretty pictures.