I love co-op gaming, and I’m delighted that this generation’s designers are rediscovering it-particularly at Capcom, where Resident Evil 5 and Monster Hunter Tri have demonstrated how much co-op can enhance a game. ![]() This combines with eccentric controls, badly implemented aiming, and a confusing color palette to keep you from enjoying what few bits of pyrite are embedded in this great big hunk of junk. And while I understand that it’s in the Japanese constitution that all video games must include mechs, the mech combat in Lost Planet 2 is sluggish and boring even by the genre’s low standards. Maps are confusing and over-embellished, making it hard to figure out where objectives are or when you’ve gotten turned around. Unfortunately, any interest the above might generate is done in by the game’s formless levels. The smaller enemies move beautifully and look great, and the big bosses are scary, awesome, and create all kinds of opportunities for high-pressure strategizing much like Capcom’s way more successful Monster Hunter series. The zip-line movement is exhilarating, the environments look groovy, and the enemies are absolutely terrific. What’s really sad is that deep inside Lost Planet 2, there’s a good game struggling to be born. You can try to join up with some random players, but if you’ve ever been on Xbox Live: Does it strike you as a good idea to make your enjoyment of a game dependent on finding teamwork-oriented people on XBL? And God forbid you try to do some co-op with a friend in meatspace the split-screen co-op cedes half the screen to two mini-maps, leaving you with a tiny little window to play in as though it was trying to punish you for having the temerity to share one copy of the game between two people. Although there’s a matchmaking system, there’s no drop-in, so you can only join another game when someone else is specifically waiting in the lobby. So in single-player, you have a game that’s flatly unplayable.Īnd unless you actually have four friends willing to buy the game, plug into Xbox Live, and carefully coordinate a time like you were the Ocean’s 11 crew, getting a proper co-op game is well-nigh impossible. And of course, brain-dead ally AI can’t do that, and you don’t have the control over your allies that other squad shooters offer, much less the ability to hop between characters provided by smarter team games like the original Xbox’s Brute Force. That would merely be cute/annoying, but what makes it truly obnoxious is that mission after mission doesn’t just encourage teamwork, it absolutely depends on it-many chapters require coordinating players at far-distant points on the map. There isn’t even a “Start Game” option, just “Open Session,” and you have to specify that you want to be offline if you want to play without online intervention. Lost Planet 2 is so desperate to be regarded as a kind of action MMO that even when you play in single-player, your AI allies get phony online handles, complete with gangsta “a”s for “er”s. I can certainly understand why Capcom thinks making you buy four copies of a game in order to play it is a good idea, but it’s harder to see why you should bother. What it wants is for you to convince four friends to buy the game, so you can all play it via online co-op. But that’s not what Lost Planet 2 wants you to do at all. ![]() That is, I put the disc in my console, picked up my controller, pressed start, and tried to play the game. Skill-based gameplay: Fast paced action and critical use of your character's skills will see you go far in your quest.I played Lost Planet 2 wrong. Battle against a variety of foes on your path to the truth. Incredible storyline: Follow along a trail of intrigue, as you seek to find out what happened to Hyperion and his nemesis Ophion. Featuresįully 3D world: Playable right in your browser, The Lost Titans will amaze you with the depth of graphical power it can display. Join up with others in an epic storyline, or fight against them in fast-paced PvP battles. Along the way, you'll discover mysteries behind the titan's disappearance, and the sinister plot to destroy Aristos. You'll travel along fantastic lands, wrought from myths and legends, and engage fierce monsters. The Lost Titans is a broswer-based MMORPG that puts you in control of a hero seeking to find out what caused the disappearance of the titan of Aristos, Hyperion.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |