Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (commonly shortened to Lost Planet) is a third-person shooter video game with some role-playing game elements developed and published by for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The game was directed by and produced. Lost Planet takes place in the year T.C. -80 on planet. After the Earth's conditions become too hostile for humans due to war, global warming, and pollution, an interstellar megacorporation named ( Neo- Venus Construction) plans to colonize E.D.N.

Lost Planet: Colonies is a special edition of Extreme Condition for the Xbox 360 and PC. The game includes new multiplayer maps, a Human vs Akrid multiplayer mode, and a selection of new multiplayer characters and weapons. Install virtualbox on ubuntu. Jul 3, 2013 - it requires GFWL yes, but you probably can play the SP mode without using GFWL, all GFWL games that i own allow that. You can still save if.

III, a new Earth-like planet in grip of a brutal ice age. NEVEC discover that E.D.N.

III is inhabited by an aggressive and territorial insectoid alien species named the, which come in all shapes and sizes and generate their own thermal energy. 150 years after a great war was fought in which the humans lost to the Akrid, the plot of the game revolves around, a 'snow pirate' who attempts to overthrow the ruthless NEVEC (who still vie for control over E.D.N.

III) and help colonization efforts for the remainder of the human race by destroying the Akrid, all the while attempting to survive both betrayals and the extreme conditions of the planet. Lost Planet received mixed reviews on the PlayStation 3 and PC, but more positive reception for the Xbox 360 version. The game sold over a million copies worldwide by April 2007.

On May 27, 2008, a special edition of the game was released in North America titled Lost Planet: Colonies. A sequel to Lost Planet, titled, was announced in February 2009.

Contents [] Gameplay The game is played through the third person over-the-shoulder view. Players are able to switch between first-person and third-person at any moment. Players either travel on foot or ride various types of mechanized suits called (VS).

VS's carry heavy weapons such as. They can pick up weapons lying on the ground and fire multiple weapons at once. On foot, players are able to use a grappling hook to pull themselves up to normally hard-to-reach places, or to hook onto a VS and hijack it. Driving VS's and using certain weapons requires thermal energy. Also, the planet's cold temperature causes the characters' thermal energy level to continually decrease.

Players can replenish their thermal energy level by defeating enemies or activating data posts. Data posts also allow players to use their navigational radars to see incoming enemies. In the game's campaign mode, when a character's thermal energy is depleted, their life slowly melts away, which eventually causes death. The campaign consists of 11 levels.

Multiplayer Players engaging in an online battle. Multiplayer also requires players to monitor their thermal energy level, but here, reaching zero does not cause death. Instead, the characters cannot use VSs or fire the weapons which require thermal energy. Multiplayer consists of four modes, called Elimination, Team Elimination, Post Grab, and Fugitive. Players score points by killing other players and activating posts, and they lose points for being killed or committing suicide. Post grab is a mode where players on opposite teams compete to capture as many posts as possible before the set time runs out.

Team-Elimination is a 16-player team competition, and Elimination is a 16-player free-for-all mode. Finally, Fugitive is a game mode where one person is marked as a fugitive, and the other players try to take away all the fugitive's points before time runs out. Story The game starts with Wayne, his father Gale, and a band of snow pirates taking on a mission to kill a giant Akrid known as Green Eye. During their mission, Wayne is separated from his squad and watches his father's VS explode. Wayne is left drifting in the snow and is frozen solid for 30 years. Wayne wakes up and finds himself in the care of Yuri Solotov and his crew of snow pirates; Luka and Rick. Yuri is particularly interested in the thermal extension (or ) attached to Wayne's arm, which has enabled Wayne to survive all this time.