It makes the PC controls feel less cumbersome, if a bit less original. Unlike the 360 version, however, the aiming reticle stays fixed in the center of the screen. As on the Xbox 360, you control Wayne from a third-person perspective, though you can zoom in to a closer view, or even use a limited first-person perspective if you like. As the narrative progresses, however, it gets more and more convoluted as characters are introduced and the plot swerves out of control.Īs you can imagine, you'll spend a lot of time in the frozen tundra, though you'll explore plenty of indoor arenas as well. After the assault, Wayne believes his father was killed in the incident, and the story plays out initially as a revenge tale. Wayne and his colleagues, including his own father, are attacked by a monstrous Akrid called Green Eye.
III, a frozen wasteland teeming with buglike creatures called the Akrid. In Lost Planet you play as former snow pirate Wayne on planet E.D.N. Either way, be prepared to turn down visual settings, as you need a beefy rig to run the game, let alone see it in all its frigid glory.
It's also been touted as one of the first DirectX 10 titles, though running it in DX10 mode didn't yield any noticeable quality or performance differences. The high dynamic range lighting is particularly stunning, and the game makes good use of it both in indoor caverns and wintry fields. You trudge through drift after drift of gleaming white snow, fending off towering insects in memorable scenes that will make your heart pound. Make no mistake: This is a beautiful game. Furthermore, it's all capped with stunning visuals that surpass those of its console counterpart.
These are simple but exasperating blunders, but if you can overlook them, you'll find that Lost Planet's single-player campaign features a lot of cool action with larger-than-life shooting sequences. Without the connection, the game can't start, and at press time, will not start even if Steam is in offline mode. Losing your connection during gameplay will cause the game client to quit, and since there are no midmission saves, you'll have to replay the entire mission from the beginning. You may also observe another major annoyance: Lost Planet requires you to be connected to the Internet via Valve Software's Steam client just to play the single-player game. The pop-up tutorials all refer to the Xbox 360 controller, leaving equivalent keyboard commands completely out of the equation-and if you're a keyboard jockey, the correspondingly awkward menu navigation will be the first thing you notice. Right off the bat, you'll detect signs of platform translation. Capcom has opted to bring Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, its exciting Xbox 360 shooter, to the PC, complete with DX10 support.
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