This game is a little of a graphics hog but if you have a medium to higher end graphics card using Windows Vista you will be pleased with the gaming experience. It is a FPS that rocks with great baddy gunplay and aliens/monsters that you can take down. Multiplayer is tight and the Colonies Edition is a must buy. I bought this game for less than $8 with S&H and it is a great purchase. I have played it for several hours and still not done and have not even tapped into the multiplayer experience (much). Lost Planet 2 should be out in about 8 months to give you an idea of what a great game this is. You can also use the xbox 360 controller and or mouse for better controls. I would recommend buying this game for $20 or less but you can find it for less than $10 on eBay. Go get it and enjoy!Read full review
I bought this game because I love shooters and thought the wintery cold environment would be a fun world to play in. I'm able to run the game maxed out because I have a high-end PC with 64-bit Windows Vista. The game looks pretty nice, but not *as* good as I expected. Also, while it is fun to play, I can to find out this was ported from the console version and you can tell. The control options are not intuitive and worst of all, if you prefer to inverse your Y-axis, as most players do, there is no option for that. Sadly, after a few hours, I still could not get used to playing the other way. The other downside, is I cannot sell this game to anyone else because it requires the Steam engine, and only 1 person can register it. So not only has Steam taken care of pirating (which I'm all for), they have also made it so an honest person can't sell their game to another person when they're done using it (like every other product in the world!) So, this game now sits in on the shelf, I'm out the money I spent, and I haven't played it since.Read full review
Graphics big deal!!! if you are running a gaming laptop like me you wanna make sure you graphics card is way above bare minimum so you can play stranglehold or gears. Great game even if you have to make a little sacrifice. It is a game to play if you need entertainment and you do not mind First person shooters that are kind of old school with sweet graphics. I do not need much, so if you just wanna shoot things and make stuff blow-up then get to it. the reason this is a good and not an excellent is the stages are kind of limiting and the constant snowing in the game makes the game difficult to see sometimes.
Lost planet isn't the best thing around at the moment, but considering that it's now a mere $20 to pick up it's worth it if you have some time to kill and a fast computer begging for something to do. As to the two previous reviewers problems, this game WILL NOT~! run without the absolutly most updated directX versions (will run Dx9 or 10). And it required the most recent nvidia graphics driver to start. With taken care of, this game will make your computer sweat. Gameplay is a bit dissapointing, as the AI of the human characters is almost non existant, save the MECH or as the game calls them VS battles, which doesn't totally kill it because of all the 'akrid' you have to fight, which are mostly large 'insect' looking things that come in huge numbers to hurt you. Turn up the resolution, grab a warm throw and something hot to drink, you'll be walking through a lot of snow and ice...Read full review
First let me tell you I am a computer person. I solve computer problems for a living. My home gaming pc is pretty simple. Pentium 4, 3.0 ghz, Nvidia 6800 GTOC, 2gigs of ram and XP pro. All name brand parts. I have been playing shooter since there have been shooters (purchased doom from ID on floppy). This game is no different. You are the good guy they are the bad guys. Most problems with the game seem to come from DX10/Vista people. Here is a hint. If you have a dual core processor running at 1.8 ghz or less (dont buy this game). Even thought you have 2 processors working on the game they are still only 1.8 each. Forget running it on a laptop. Your hard disk is probably a 5400 rpm and is too slow also. I usually don't go by the system specs on the box. You should know if you have a slow computer or not. If surfing is slow, writing documents is slow, running simple stuff is slow, then this program will not work. If you have a higher end system you will love the graphics. I felt like I was in the snow. The now blowing streight toward me (very cool effect). The monsters are reminesant of HL2 in alot of ways. I love the guns and grenades and the sound is top notch. One complaint is always haveing to work about my health and collecting more. It does make you move in the game. It make me tense, when I am watching my health drain, with now where to recharge in site. Hope this helps. Oh, I would take a single core P4 3.0 or Athlon 64 4000+ over a dual core 1.7 or 1.8 any day. BradRead full review
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