Lost Planet 2

Overview

Lost Planet 2 is a third-person shooter developed and published by Capcom for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows. It is the sequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and takes place ten years after the first game, on the same planet. It was first planned for early 2010, then moved to 11 May 2010 in North America and Europe, 13 May in Australia and 20 May in Japan. It has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Much of the first game returns, including big boss fights, harsh terrain and the Vital Suits, the piloted mechs. There are more co-op suits this time, some that carry two extra players on the sides, and some flying suits. Thermal energy no longer drains all the time as it did in the first game. It drains while you pilot a suit and use weapons that need energy, and a player can pass energy to a teammate who has run out. Play earns experience points, and once the game is beaten on any difficulty that character can be used in the campaign. Points unlock costumes and attachments for your pirate.

On E.D.N. III the climate has changed in the ten years since the first game and the planet now has very different regions. The human factions still fight over thermal energy, called T-ENG, and the native Akrid have changed into new forms. The most dangerous are huge Akrid classed as Category G. The story is told in six episodes.

Lost Planet 2 runs on MT Framework 2.0, an updated version of the engine behind the first game. The campaign supports up to four players working together online. Players can build and customize their own characters, with much more depth than in the first game, and edit weapon looks and colours. It was announced on 8 February 2009. A PlayStation Network demo arrived on 24 September 2009 and a multiplayer demo on 22 April 2010.

Capcom added guest characters. PlayStation 3 players could download two Helghast skins from Killzone and Rathalos armour from Monster Hunter, and Frank West from Dead Rising and Albert Wesker from Resident Evil also appear. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago from Gears of War were added for the Xbox 360 version only. Map packs and a Boss Rush mode followed in June 2010.

Reviews were mixed or average on every platform. Critics liked the monster designs and the multiplayer, but many were frustrated by design and interface problems and the story. A Japanese magazine gave the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions 33 out of 40.

Official trailer

Lost Planet 2 Kill Big Trailer, Capcom USA. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Lost Planet 2 Full Walkthrough Gameplay - No Commentary (PS3 Longplay), Lacry. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Third-person shooter

Developer

Capcom

Publisher

Capcom

Series

Lost Planet

Engine

MT Framework 2.0

Composers

Marika Suzuki, Akiyuki Morimoto, Jamie Christopherson

Writers

Tomoyuki Hosokawa

Producers

Jun Takeuchi

Directors

Kenji Oguro

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

4

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Disc IDs

The serial printed on the disc and the case. It tells you which region a copy is from.

Trophies

Trophies51

Platinum possibleNo

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

9

Bronze

39

Total

51

Points

1335

Platinum time

250 hours

100% time

250 hours

Difficulty

9 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

4

Playthroughs for 100%

4

Platinum without online

No

Online trophies

7

Online servers running

Yes

Boosting needed

Yes

Local co-op is enough

No

Online note

Ranked wins, matches played and faction wins need online play.

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC still for sale

Yes

DLC note

No DLC trophies

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

Yes

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Needs

A headset for the Chatterbox title

Players with the platinum

0.09%

Grind

• 300 chapters of campaign
• 100 ranked wins and 500 online matches
• Every weapon, VS and grenade title

Glitches and fixes

• The leaderboard titles cannot be earned because of hacked scores

• Snow Pirate Dominator For the one who has gotten everything. Platinum 0.09% of players
• Complete Prologue A Complete Episode 1 Chapter 0-A. Bronze 86.83% of players
• Complete Prologue B Complete Episode 1 Chapter 0-B. Bronze 24.68% of players
• Complete Episode 1 Complete all the chapters in Episode 1. Bronze 62.76% of players
• Complete Episode 2 Complete all the chapters in Episode 2. Bronze 55.27% of players
• Complete Episode 3 Complete all the chapters in Episode 3. Bronze 49.33% of players
• Complete Episode 4 Complete all the chapters in Episode 4. Bronze 44.34% of players
• Complete Episode 5 Complete all the chapters in Episode 5. Bronze 41.52% of players
• Complete Episode 6 Complete all the chapters in Episode 6. Bronze 38.25% of players
• 100-Chapter Playback Play through 100 chapters. Bronze 8.65% of players
• 200-Chapter Playback Play through 200 chapters. Bronze 2.76% of players
• 300-Chapter Playback Play through 300 chapters. Silver 1.4% of players
• It's So Easy Play any combination of chapters 39 times on Easy. Bronze 9.38% of players
• Rookie Complete the game on Easy. Bronze 8.36% of players
• Soldier Complete the game on Normal. Bronze 10.03% of players
• Super Soldier Complete the game on Hard. Bronze 5.94% of players
• Ultimate Warrior Complete the game on Extreme. Silver 3.28% of players
• Snow Pirate Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 10. Bronze 63.32% of players
• Snow Pirate Warrior Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 30. Bronze 31.75% of players
• Snow Pirate Leader Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 50. Bronze 16.6% of players
• Snow Pirate Commander Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 80. Bronze 7.54% of players
• Rounder Chief Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 99 with the Rounders. Silver 2.37% of players
• Fight Junkie Berserker Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 99 with the Fight Junkies. Silver 1.57% of players
• First Among Snow Pirate Elites Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 99 with the Snow Pirate Elites. Silver 1.47% of players
• NEVEC Black Ops Commander Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 99 with the NEVEC Black Ops. Silver 2.17% of players
• Femmes Fatales Faction Leader Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 99 with the Femmes Fatales. Silver 2.15% of players
• Quintuple Factionalism Achieve a Career Level of Lv. 99 with all 5 factions. Gold 0.98% of players
• Endangered Species Defeat 3000 S- and M-sized Akrid. Bronze 2.68% of players
• A Thousand Unmarked Graves Defeat 1000 enemy soldiers. Bronze 22.23% of players
• VS Graveyard Destroy 100 enemy VSs. Bronze 41.57% of players
• Monster Hunter Defeat 30 bosses. Bronze 13.53% of players
• Instrument of Destruction Defeat 9999 enemies (Akrid, VS, or enemy soldiers). Bronze 2.31% of players
• Thermal Energy Reactor Accumulate a combined total of more than 99999 units of thermal energy. Bronze 60.61% of players
• Death Wish Die more than 444 times. Bronze 11.13% of players
• Weapons Master Unlock all regular weapons and grenades. Bronze 11.75% of players
• Prove Your Mettle Unlock all the Abilities. Bronze 19.73% of players
• Warrior of Many Names Unlock 100 Noms de Guerre. Bronze 28.08% of players
• A Collector's Collector Unlock all items (weapons, Abilities, Noms de Guerre). Silver 0.09% of players
• All in a Day's Work Achieve 100 different Good Job awards. Bronze 39.92% of players
• Honeymoon Period Celebrate your six-month anniversary with LOST PLANET 2. Bronze 26.27% of players
• Welcome to the Battle! Play one Online match. Bronze Needs online 41.84% of players
• War Vet Play 500 Online matches. Bronze Needs online 1.25% of players
• Centurion Win 100 Online Ranked matches. Bronze Needs online 1.27% of players
• Slayer of a Thousand Men Achieve 1000 kills in Online matches. Bronze Needs online 2.74% of players
• Me Against the World Complete 93 areas while online without the help of other players. Bronze Needs online 2.2% of players
• Two is Better Than One Complete 386 areas with one or more other players. Bronze 1.66% of players
• Let's Go VS Force! Merge two VS units. Bronze 6.46% of players
• Hot Shot Gain promotion to the rank of Gunner. Bronze 2.26% of players
• Professional Turncoat Fight for a number of different factions in Faction Match. Bronze 3.65% of players
• Good Job, Soldier Earn all the Good Job awards. Silver 0.21% of players
• Committed 'til the End Earn all the Good Job awards, items, and Career Levels available in the game. Gold 0.09% of players

Space and patches

Space needed4.61 GB

Update patchPatched, no longer downloadable

DLC

Two map packs, a Rush Arena mode and free costume packs came out for PS3 in 2010. The paid packs are still sold.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
Map Pack 1	2010-05-11	Extra multiplayer maps.	US$4.99	Yes
Monster Hunter Armor	2010-05-25	Monster Hunter armour costumes.	Free	Yes
Map Pack 2	2010-06-01	Dockyard Battle, set on the overland battleship from Episode 5, and Frozen Wasteland, a remake of a map from Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.	US$4.99	Yes
Helghast Assault and Scout	2010-06-22	Two Helghast skins for multiplayer and single player.	Free	Yes
Rush Arena	2010-07-27	A Boss Rush mode and the Post Modern skin.	US$2.99	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Campaign, split-screen co-op and online play all still work.

Online

Online servers runningYes

Plays offlineYes

Online co-op and versus still work on PS3. The leaderboards were filled with hacked times long ago.

Services

Service	Status
Online co-op and versus (PS3)	running

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	68	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Eurogamer	6	10
Game Informer	8.5	10
GameSpot	5.5	10
IGN (UK)	6.8	10
PlayStation Magazine	3	5
Famitsu	33	40

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Kenji Oguro
Producer	Jun Takeuchi
Writer	Tomoyuki Hosokawa
Artist	Takahiro Kawano
Composer	Marika Suzuki
Composer	Akiyuki Morimoto
Composer	Jamie Christopherson

Notes for collectors

• Capcom moved the release from early 2010 to May 2010 to stay out of the way of other big games.
• Monster Hunter's Rathalos armour was a PlayStation 3 exclusive model, and two Helghast skins from Killzone were offered as free downloads on PS3.
• Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago from Gears of War are Xbox 360 only.
• The PS3 demo from September 2009 had two new levels and could launch four-player games straight from PlayStation Home.
• Capcom said it would donate 50,000 US dollars to Music for Relief if the multiplayer demo reached a million downloads by 5 May 2010.
• Reports in February 2010 that the Xbox 360 version was cut to fit one DVD were later called a mistranslation, and the producer said nothing was cut.
• The platinum trophy needs all five factions at career level 99 and every Good Job award, and fewer than one in a thousand tracker users hold it.

Credits

Publisher

Capcom

Developer

Capcom

Director

Kenji Oguro

Released

2010-05-11

Age rating

ESRB T

Disc ID

BLUS30434

Region

US

Time to beat

about 10 hours

Copies in the shop

• Lost Planet 2 (PS3) CA$14.99