Some frigid areas hark back to the original Lost Planet, including the prologue, which features great Lost Planet standbys: giant mechs known as vital suits (or VSs), enormous aliens called akrid with glowing orange spots (hint: shoot them!), and snow flying everywhere. You sprint through a number of diverse locations, and fantastic visuals bring the planet of E.D.N.
This sequel offers up a lot more variety than its predecessor. This still isn't the sci-fi shooter to end all sci-fi shooters, but it's a gorgeous technical achievement and a substantial package that will provide a comfortable home for action junkies looking for something a little different. For that matter, so do the mouse and keyboard controls, which are smooth and intuitive as long as you turn off aim assist and tweak the sensitivity sliders. And yet a variety of tweaks and fewer communication gaffes make a big difference in Lost Planet 2's overall playability. The package still sports a number of flaws-a dumb and puzzling story, silly online rewards, and a reliance on frequent knockback attacks to create difficulty. How refreshing, then, that developer Capcom has addressed some of the shortcomings that plagued the console release, making the newly released PC version noticeably more enjoyable. Lost Planet 2 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was a good example of how messing up gameplay basics can render a gorgeous and full-bodied third-person shooter hopelessly un-fun.
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