I remember writing a three pages of praise when reviewing the original Lost Planet, and while Lost Planet 2 is certainly bigger and more diverse, it's remarkably trite and should be claimed the biggest disappointment of 2010, if not the worst game, come this year's end.
This may be me getting old, possibly lazy and using old as an excuse, or it may just be so; the menus are a disaster. The menus themselves certainly look slick, but are nearly impossible to navigate successfully let alone quickly. Even navigating one's way to a single-player mission is an annoyance I haven't the patience for.
I haven't any complaints on the gameplay, however.
Online is a mess. It's fun, I guess, but it's a mess. In the free-for-all gametypes players are able to spawn on one other which too becomes rather bothersome and even more unbearable.
Lost Planet 2's only upside shines through the online experience. There's co-op, which is fun, as it always is. But, there are plenty of unlockables to keep fans busy. The only problem is I highly doubt anyone will want to play long enough to unlock everything.
Fan of the original Lost Planet? Sorry, skip this one.
