Sorry, but Lost Planet: Colonies is Lost Planet redux [Updated]

by Justin McElroy { Mar 12th 2008 at 9:30AM }

We and our dear friends the internet have been doing a fair amount of speculation about what the recently-rated Lost Planet: Colonies could be. The most popular theory? A sequel to Capcom's third person action hit. The least popular? Ritchie's theory that it's an action game featuring Julianna Margulies as a by-the-book cop and Queen Latifah as her sassy sidekick. Now, the real word has come from Capcom via Famitsu and Ritchie got it wrong ... but so did the rest of us. Lost Planet: Colonies is a spruced up version of Lost Planet. Lost Planet 1.5, if you will.

The revamp will have a new female playable character, a new online mode that pits bugs versus humans and includes Xbox 360 and PC cross-platform play. (~~We don't know what that means for the PS3~~. Seems there won't be a PS3 version.) That info, it should be noted, checks out for the Japanese version, but we don't yet know the specifics of the North American version. We're assuming it won't be too far off though.

So, what do you think, are you ready to buy Lost Planet again?

UPDATE: Xbox 360 Fanboy has more features from LP:C including:

4 New maps, 2 of which are possibly a city and a desert
New Female Playable Character
Ten New weapons
New Monsters
Trial Battle and Score Attack modes for the campaign bosses

Tags: capcom, lost-planet, lost-planet-colonies

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

baby sea tuna @ Mar 12th 2008 9:37AM

"So, what do you think, are you ready to buy Lost Planet again?"

A resounding "fuck-no."

xFenixKnightx @ Mar 12th 2008 9:40AM

Are they serious? Pass, I have the 1st one and I read the new content on X3F. Its not worth it IMO.

Haradaku @ Mar 12th 2008 9:54AM

Didn't the PS3 version of Lost Planet just come out? wouldn't this hurt there sales a bit.....

ThePremierAssassin @ Mar 12th 2008 9:56AM

Who cares about the ps3?

They'll get their version in a year or so...its what it deserves...

Haradaku @ Mar 12th 2008 10:03AM

Well it's everyone that loses out Capcom, PS3 owners.....ermm oh yeah it's only PS3 owners that lose out, Wow, Capcom are dicks.

Kodros @ Mar 12th 2008 11:49AM

@ThePremierAssassin - So basically you are saying that any games that are complete garbage should go to the 360 first.

Replica23 @ Mar 13th 2008 7:43AM

The real question should be why the fuck the PS3 version of Lost Planet wasn't Colonies instead of slight better-than-the-PC port. I bet the decision was made over a huge shit on lunch break.

Joe @ Mar 12th 2008 9:56AM

Why would PS3 owners buy this game now then. Not only were rewiews bad for a crappy port now the 360 is getting the game with added stuff. You would have to be insane to buy the PS3 version.

I think I see why PS3 fans say do not buy Capcom games.

ThePremierAssassin @ Mar 12th 2008 10:11AM

I didn't get the first one so I might be tempted to get it...

Mullinsmcd @ Mar 12th 2008 10:28AM

Why recycle the same horrible shitastic game? The overwhelming response in reviews and sales is that this will never be a classic and its only worth playing at a bargain bin price. If theyre going to build a new IP then just make a sequel thats way better then the original. Enough with the rehash.

Bleu @ Mar 12th 2008 10:18AM

PS3 gamers dont care about this game from capcom....so we wont be buying it.

Mr. Cantu @ Mar 12th 2008 10:20AM

Well, I guess since I didn't get 1.0 it wouldn't hurt to pick this up. Also, since I can't check out that link they put up to 360fanboy did they mention anything about improving the SP enemy AI?

drdre74 @ Mar 12th 2008 10:21AM

Why are they trying to milk this crappy ass game. Let it die already. I just sold my copy. I never even finished it. The game just didnt do anything for me.

Jeff @ Mar 12th 2008 4:07PM

I and, clearly many others, loved this game.

It felt like what would happen if Nintendo made a shooter-- gameplay-wise.

In fact, the only aspect of the gameplay I found lacking was the inability to sprint. All of the weapons were great, and I loved the V.S.

wootman @ Mar 12th 2008 4:12PM

thats sad, because the ending sequence was one of the best i have ever seen.
of course the story was ridiculous and the fighting a little slow, but the boss battles and VSes made up for it.
definetly a great rent.
on another note, it would be awesome if they shipped a disk with just the bonus content that worked with the original.

jdeuel @ Mar 12th 2008 10:21AM

Does the single player manage to not suck yet? Didn't think so.

Shape @ Mar 12th 2008 10:26AM

This is the sort of thing that DLC is meant to provide for a few bucks more, not another $60 for the same game with a few things added.

FoxHoundADAM @ Mar 12th 2008 10:28AM

I was completely underwhelmed by the poor action and boring story of teh first game. I sure as hell am not going to play version 1.5 of that. What a waste, but typical of Capcom.

Shimrra @ Mar 12th 2008 10:42AM

I would pick this up if it is priced at 30 dollars. I wouldnt mind giving my old copy to my friend so he can play around with it. But if they release this at a 60 price tag then no way. If anything just don't buy it and wait for the price to drop on it then pick it up. Also I thought the single player was good enough for what it was. I can't understand why people even think this would even have a decent story I mean you are basically an exterminator on a planet. What do people expect from an action shooter especially from Capcom of all places. Capcom isnt really know for releasing deep and engaging story games.

Robobagins @ Mar 12th 2008 10:31AM

Why is Capcom still spending money to develop and produce a crappy game?

Rask @ Mar 12th 2008 10:39AM

Well I skipped out on Lost Planet the first time around so this may be worthwhile...

kennya @ Mar 12th 2008 10:48AM

To everyone who says Lost Planet sucks: why?

I played and finished the game. I thought the boss battles were very intense and challenging. The mechs and rocket launchers are awesome. The grapling hook provided some interesting gameplay.

So why do some say it sucks? Are you just jumping in on the SUX bandwagon before even playing the game?

ThePremierAssassin @ Mar 12th 2008 10:58AM

No they're jumping on the "I'm a ps3 owner who's pissed of Capcom cuz Capcom doesn't think the ps3 is worth sh*t anymore and took away all our undeserved exclusives so any game by Capcom sucks" bandwagon...

Capcom is definitely putting out some high quality games lately.

Keep up the good job. I can't wait for Resident Evil 5. As for this game if its priced at the right amoung I'll definitely pick it up. I heard a lot of goods things about it (except for the storyline which kinda gets wierd/hard to follow at times) and that the multiplayer was awesome so I'm definitely interested in the game now. Especially since its going to be the enhanced version.

baby sea tuna @ Mar 12th 2008 11:03AM

No, it doesn't "suck" per se, but it was hella mediocre. For every thing it did right (graphics, scale, smoke effects, environments) it did 2 things wrong (endless knockdown animation loops, poor targeting controls, lame grappling mechanic, awful boss battles, throwaway story-line). Out of all of my friends that bought it, every single one sold it back...and I'm the only one I know who finished it first. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement, is it?

Kodros @ Mar 12th 2008 11:54AM

@ThePremierAssassin - You can say "shit". I promise that I won't tell your mom.

rc @ Mar 12th 2008 10:46AM

How many times are they going to try and sell this game. Jesus, let it die, it's not worth a damn anyway.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 12th 2008 10:50AM

Having never purchased this game initially, I wouldn't mind waiting for the uber version.

LiK @ Mar 12th 2008 11:16AM

new female character? at least i get to stare at her butt instead of the dude's. and if they changed the grappling hook to make it work more like Bionic Commander, i might consider it.

Knoxximus @ Mar 12th 2008 11:21AM

Boooooo

deaftly @ Mar 12th 2008 11:22AM

LP still has the best explosions ever. Yea thats about all I have to say about that game.

Jeff @ Mar 12th 2008 4:08PM

Crysis? ;)

Mooseman721 @ Mar 12th 2008 2:41PM

Shit game, i'm not quite sure why it has a pc, 2x360 and a ps3 version. Am I missing something? Its a (just about) passable shooter in the snow. And you can play as a bloke called Wayne, some bird and the man from dead rising. Is that everything?

Orionsaint @ Mar 12th 2008 2:57PM

So what do I think? I think Capcom are a bunch a lazy bastards lookin for a quick buck. That's what I think.

ScallionN @ Mar 12th 2008 3:11PM

Is there a site that keeps track of the time between rehashes, ports, and remakes by Capcom? I think this has even beaten their record for porting RE4, and this wasn't even that great of a game.

Jeff @ Mar 12th 2008 3:28PM

I'm really, really excited for this.

The Akrid were damned fun to fight, and I can't wait to play them online.

I just hope they change the damned server system for PC:
a) we wan't dedicated servers
b) we want to be able to join games in progress
c) in short, we want real online functionality. Not borderline Wii-level garbage.

I could care less about cross-platform, as odds are it will either cost money, be Vista-exclusive, or both.

blah @ Mar 12th 2008 4:43PM

The original games story was admittedly weak, but everyone know the graphics were awesome...the game play was hella fun, VS suits were kick ass and online was just fantastic. The only problem was with the massive lagg on the servers, if they had gotten that sorted out id probably still be playing now.

If you can fight the akrid online mode, whether thats a co-op against them or one team controls bugs, it will be a lot of fun. All they need to do is sort out a few kinks like the lagg and the knock down issues and id suugt this game to anyone.