If you were jealous that we got our greasy, unworthy hands on a 4-player co-op demo of Lost Planet 2 during our ransacking of E3 2009, you can now cool your jets -- according to producer Jun Takeuchi during an appearance on Famitsu's "Midnight Live 360," the same demo is coming to Xbox Live "soon." Actually, Takeuchi's exact words were, "soon, I guess," a sentiment that doesn't exactly fill us with optimism regarding the actual soon-ness of the demo's release.
Takeuchi showcased a number of new features during the Famitsu program, such as computer-controlled bots, custom weapon sets and character customization, which he explained can be done using items you unlock in tandem with certain achievements. We don't know whether any of these features will be present in the demo -- but if it's as similar to the E3 demo as Takeuchi says, it should be radical enough without them.
Reader Comments (41)
Posted: Jul 13th 2009 1:22PM (Unverified) said
i think there are less splitscreen games, in particular with LP i doubt it because it would be too demanding, consoles don't have the hardware to run games with graphics like this split into 4
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 2:41PM (Unverified) said
but he never said it will come to the psn! or did he?
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 2:44PM (Unverified) said
What about PSN?
I don't see why this was posted on Playstation.joystiq
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I don't see why this was posted on Playstation.joystiq
Posted: Jun 28th 2009 2:47PM thehunter1320 said
It's because Griffin couldn't write a proper post if William Shakespeare had a gun to his mother's head
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 2:56PM (Unverified) said
And because he has greasy little troll hands...That to...
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 4:44AM ged2000000 said
Yeah what's this got to do with Playstation. Man joystick is really slipping lately. I think they forget most of there readers started reading because it was PS3 fanboy. Now we are getting microsoft news and articles for games with the Xbox cover art pictures. I don't like Xbox and I dam sure don't wanna read about xbox, so come on shape up will yas
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 3:27PM RKN said
Yes, the game is coming to PC, I hope we get the demo around the same time as well.
Sadly, there's been several times where the PC version of a game doesn't get a demo at all, like Dead Space. And then we are forced to pirate the whole damn game just to try it out. > : (
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Sadly, there's been several times where the PC version of a game doesn't get a demo at all, like Dead Space. And then we are forced to pirate the whole damn game just to try it out. > : (
Posted: Jun 28th 2009 3:32PM (Unverified) said
Pirates get hanged you know...Or get shot and killed simultaneously while on a boat with three other pirates...
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 12:30AM (Unverified) said
I think part of it is a technical limitation. Depending on what engine the game is running on, some systems might not be able to render it without sacrificing graphics. and if they are tight on time for the release, split screen co-op would prob be the first thing to get cut as its something that isnt a major purchasing factor for most ppl imo.
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 3:19PM (Unverified) said
I'm just going to assume that the demo will be available at 'the same time' for both XBL and PSN (quotes used because of Store Thursday updates).
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Posted: Jun 30th 2009 1:49AM FeaturePreacher said
Most likely not. They only have the 360 version developed. That's why they demoed the game on the 360 during E3 and not the ps3. My guess is that even though Capcom said they would make a better ps3 port, that the ps3 version will initially release for $40 on the ps3 and look worse just like the first Lost Planet did.
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 6:09PM DeepFriedSushi said
this is essentially the single player demo, game campaign is 4 play co-op
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 7:26PM captplut9465 said
So the other co-op partners could be AI like RE5?
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 6:29PM ch3burashka said
The huge monster battles look awesome. I want more of them. Perhaps Gears 3 will feature a similar battle?
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 7:05PM (Unverified) said
why are so many people getting hyped about this game? the first lost planet was abysmal
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Posted: Jun 28th 2009 10:48PM LuTon James said
I wasn't a fan of the first one but I'm taking more interest in this one. But Jun Takeuchi took the best action adventure game of the last generation and butchered it so who knows, could be awful.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2009 3:11PM Firewarrior said
I am seriously contemplating getting a 360 this October, I really love the demo for everything on the marketplace thing. I REALLY WANT TO TEST OUT A GAME BEFORE I BUY.
Fuck I AM. There's too many games too miss out on the platforms. I will be entering the green world this October.
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Fuck I AM. There's too many games too miss out on the platforms. I will be entering the green world this October.
Posted: Jul 23rd 2009 3:50PM (Unverified) said
Hey is this 4 player co-op in one console? or would you need 2 xbox's for 4 player co-op???
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