Giant beetles, fighting robots, the pursuit of the submarine on the seabed (peshkom!), snow in the desert - from all of this is Lost Planet 2. Madness? Net! The only pity is that the more interesting of this game is not becoming.
Recent years, Capcom has successfully experimented with multiplayer, offering sometimes quite radical solutions. The same Resident Evil 5 was a pretty mediocre head series, but as a fighter for the joint passage indisputably a success. Another example: the episode, Monster Hunter, which is no multiplayer mode would have lost any attraction at all. It would seem, Lost Planet 2 can easily learn from the best. Developers have tried: they have made campaign exclusively for cooperative transmission, and the traditional competitive multiplayer much finalized: turn on the system of awards, allowed to change the appearance of the character, introduced the levels, titles, add hundreds of nicknames and lots of gestures, emotions (in the same place they are called so in another - anyway) ... But everything turned out well is not what everyone expected.
However, in this case, the phrase "not at all" does not mean that everything is bad and nothing good is not found. Just the opposite - the game came the unusual, exciting, perhaps, a little more complicated than they should, and because little old fashioned, but this feature is now the show Lost Planet. Their work is impossible not to appreciate: an excellent graphics engine, different climatic zones, numerous large and not-so-beetles of locusts - all this makes the first to ignore those flaws that are not even trying to hide. But is it worth to pass half of the campaign, and the frustration is already difficult.
 | |  | Carry a possible two weapons simultaneously. And even if you take both hands, a heavy machine gun, shot with a combat robot, "spare" gun will stay with you. | | Hold simultaneously four control points - the problem is certainly not an easy task. But while these points are still allowed at the time of surrender to the enemy, then to capture again. Later in the same situation like this will condition the failure of the mission. |
In fact, the sequel offers three modes: Campaign, competitive multiplayer, and training. At first it seems that the greatest interest is the campaign - in fact many are eager to buy Lost Planet 2 only because of the fact that it can "walk" with their friends, and already with four simultaneously. Again, this is the regime meets the beautiful scenes and rollers on the engine, set in imitation of the Gears of War and CoD: Modern Warfare 2. Lepota! Surprise is only the structure of levels and then how quickly manifest failure of the plot, plus the fact that at each location is given usually for three minutes of playing time. Except the last one - there's usually a battle with the boss, or performance of any additional orders. In this case, who is the protagonist, with whom he was fighting for the sake of what, why he is attacked and that is all over this planet - EDN III - did not appear at all in any way.If you listen to the negotiations and to show some activity, then we can grab some pieces of information, but the overall picture, they still do not add up.
In most cases, the players will be required to run forward and activate special control points (also known as the point of resurrection), because the hero can not die here as long as there are Battle Points - the root of all problems, but more on that later. Up until the third episode of the orders received the same: "to look for control points," to protect them during a certain time "," destroy everything that catches my eye. " When it comes to the boss's episode, here comments, of course, superfluous. There is a big monster, the body that shine in the huge red spot - vulnerabilities. They can be located on the extremities (worth one such blow blyambu - and the monster was left without a leg!) On his head under the belly - well, anywhere. To defeat this bug, we must work as a team, helping colleagues, to act wisely and do not look for trouble. Twenty minutes, and then half an hour of fierce battle, when an inexplicable rush of adrenaline makes literally drop to the TV screen, to focus attention on what is happening, to believe that now this figure on the screen - a really important member of the team, and victory can be achieved only agreed actions. Cool? In general, yes. Is it that most of the time the characters pose as commandos or bandits, and very rarely the developers can come up with something really worthwhile. Bosses - is an outlet through which (with great difficulty and a lot of reservations) retained the desire to take the campaign further. Alas, even they can not pull the game to the promised level.
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 | |  | After defeating this boss be allowed to sit in a combat robot armor and mindlessly kill hordes of locusts are weaker. Time for revenge! | | The idea is that this locusts can destroy the inside - climbing into the throat. But it is better not to risk it. |
 | |  | Health can be restored if the stock is enough T-ENG - heat, a familiar yet at the first part. | | Shield - a very useful thing, if you play with smart people. Leading human shields, with whom he breaks through to the next checkpoint.Led at this time can stop the enemy scatter a group of grenades. |
There is another factor that interferes with comfortable passage Scene modes: the so-called scale Battle Gauge, which is actually a strip of Life team. If you play one, then it grows and decays only depending on the player's actions, if the four of us - that every team member can not become an assistant, but a burden. After the control points are granted resurrection is not free. A certain number of Battle Points are available from the beginning of the mission, plus 500 charged for each captured Data Post and ... 500 same-consuming for the death. 1000, if the character died in a Vital Suit (VS, but if we just - a manned combat robot). What does this mean? And that has to play with good friends and of course with a headset, or much rely on luck - maybe you are lucky, maybe just get out what to do and how to beat the opponent. Typically, the first attempt turns out not so hot, and the team there is always a silly, that will always come under enemy fire and eventually will cause the failure of the mission. It is this decision - a fair but unpopular - can not be called Scene mode peculiar school of the young fighter, although he was many signs to this title and claims. Unclear, inaccurate articulated purpose of the assignment, the fact that at any moment the gains can be crossed at a stage AutoFit command - all this leads to spit on the campaign and immediately take up the standard, the familiar competitive multiplayer.
 | In multiplayer, the person controlling the robot, after receiving serious injuries can throw a piece of metal, run and hide, and after - to come back in a jiffy to fix equipment and again to rush into battle. |
The one where you have to fight against each other, alone or in a platoon, or simply grab the commanding point. Where there are three types of cards - small, big, huge! - And where all means are good. Can be targeted to destroy enemy equipment, and can climb up himself in a combat exoskeleton wave laser sword, and with gusto to wreak havoc and destruction. Not like the standard weapon? Somewhere nearby lies certainly a special rocket launcher for a fur-suit or a machine gun, which is without the hassle may be used and on foot, but better still attach to the "walkers" and then show the enemy where what. Nobody prevents to hide (but for this you must choose a proper coloring of the costume) in the jungle or a snowbank, throwing grenades and immediately shoot him, so that they exploded in the air and struck the enemy before he can escape. A pleasure to play in the team keen explorers of the planet who know their business, agreeing with the team on the headset, assign responsibilities and follow the simple tactics - such work is necessarily lead to success. Tired of old maps? It does not matter, even before the game was possible to download a set of additional at a reasonable price. And there is no doubt that there will be more - new, big and beautiful.
Everything else, Lost Planet 2 - is one of the few designed for multiplayer games in which online and really works flawlessly. There can be no complaints on the technical side: no glitches, lags, incomprehensible and inexplicable version incompatibility. Miracles: Sixteen people are recruited for a few seconds, but what's there - even searching for players for the passage of the campaign carried out almost instantly. Unfortunately, the PS3 version requires a mandatory install on the hard disk, but it's probably the only annoying moment - not even a drawback, but only a minute reason to frown.
Of course, a stable multiplayer does not compensate for many of the contentious and sometimes altogether unfortunate decision in game design. To the ideal of cooperative shooter Lost Planet 2 jump so far failed, but as an ordinary representative of the genre, it probably seems too complicated. Oddly enough, but come to the aid classic modes of play, having mastered that want to apply to something new - and only then "single" again remind of itself.In the end, there are many interesting ideas (yes, the very fourth episode, all), and in the company of good friends it is easy to enjoy the routine destruction of locusts, not too worrying because of the fact that the plot is primitive, and the boss does unwilling to give up on the first try. This is Capcom, Babes in Capcom nothing comes easy!
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It is known that sometimes the company Capcom allows himself some liberties with regard to female characters, and Lost Planet 2, we can assume an appropriate example. Thus, the game implements a completely normal level system: for success in a campaign or simply in a multiplayer player awarded special points of experience. In fact, the level - it's just a number, nor on what indicators he is not seriously affected. Except, of course, look! Examples below.
In addition, as you progress through the campaign the player has accumulated cash to spend on new emotions and gestures (sometimes come across very funny), titles (some will be available immediately if there are console saves from other games Capcom), skills (faster repairs combat robots, save energy, etc.) and, of course, weapons. Unfortunately, the bonuses are open "by accident": the player pulls the cat out of bag, and that eventually he will get, not known in advance.
 | |  | This - the starting model for a fraction of Femme Fatale. If desired, you can wear socks with stripes and paint clothes. | | On the tenth level there are new things. By the way, "pumped" topics change animation chest. Predictable way. |
 | |  | Twentieth level, but clothing will no longer be! | | And here is the fortieth simply leaves no room for imagination! |
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