Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xbox 360, 2007)

I bought this game becuase I'd heard good things about it. I love shooters so I had high hopes. This game just wasn't that great for me.

Gameplay:
This is only a third person view game. I would have liked to have been able to toggle my view. The controls are fairly easy to get used to, but when you're in a vehicle it can be frustrating because it doesn't seem as responsive as it should be. As far as completing levels, its pretty straighforward. You can explore a little bit but for the most part there's only one way to complete each mission. If you like bosses then you won't be dissappointed. There's some sort of boss-type creature on every level. It gets kind of repetative and you just have to keep trying different things to defeat some of them.

Storyline:
Just ok. I don't know if its because its made by capcom but I got the sense of a lot of Japanese influence in how the characters look and act and by no means am I into that kind of thing. There's cut scenes to every level and the plot is predictable and the acting not that great.

Other:
I just played the campaign, no online stuff so I don't know anything about that. It took me about 10-12 hours of play time to beat the whole campaign. You can't manually save your game so if you quit in the middle of a mission you have to start that mission completely over when you play again...I learned that the hard way. You do hit waypoints though so if you die you can start again at your last waypoint, this does help with the bosses if you're having trouble beating them.

This game is just ok. Nothing special, but if you really like shooters, this will pass the time a little bit.