HandsomeDead Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 This was announced during the blackout and I thought I'd start a thread for a few reasons. 1: It's getting made by Spark Unlimited (lol) and Capcom defended the decision. Capcom has defended its decision to hand Lost Planet 3 to Spark Unlimited, the developers behind the critically mauled Turning Point and Legendary: The Box.Californian outfit Spark Unlimited has been recruiting for two mysterious projects since last year, one a "franchise and genre expanding game" the other a "bold new take on the action/horror genre", leading to some speculation that it could be working on a new Resident Evil game. It's now been revealed that one of those games is Lost Planet 3, a continuation of a series that started late in 2006. Spark Unlimited previously worked on Call of Duty spin-off Finest Hour, though it's more famous for its brace of first-person shooters from 2008. Turning Point received a 3/10 when reviewed, while Legendary fared even worse with a 2/10. The company's current metacritic average stands at 52. "For people who wonder why we made that choice, it's certainly important to look at a track record and what people have done in the past, but that can't tell you the whole story," Capcom's producer Andrew Szymanski told Eurogamer. "Particularly when it comes to a collaborative effort - what we found is they've got the technical ability and the passion and the drive. I don't think Spark alone or Capcom alone could have created this - it had to be a collaborative effort." Capcom has handed out its key franchises to western developers in the past with varying results. Swedish developers Grin's take on Bionic Commando proved a flop, while Slant Six's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City was met with a similarly muted response - although Canadian developer Blue Castle's Dead Rising 2 earned a respectable response. Yup. Hell, it might be good. Who knows. 2: This is the reason for the thread. An anime as fuck PS3/3DS spin-off is also in the works. Capcom has announced EX Troopers, a Lost Planet 3 spin-off for PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS.Japanese magazine Famitsu (via Andriasang) describes EX Troopers as an action shooting game being developed by Shintaro Kojima of the Monster Hunter series. EX Troopers shares the same world view as Lost Planet, but carries an anime visual style and a school themed story. It's about the fight between the snow pirates and Akrid aliens on EDN-3rd. You play Bren Turner, an academy graduate from EDN-2nd. Other characters include TeeKee, a female snow pirate who can talk to the Akrid, and Gingira, a next generation AI who lives in a Vital Suit. Gingira calls Bren his master. The story is told through manga demo cut scenes that play out between stages. They're similar to those in PS Vita game Gravity Rush. Kojima said the game is intended to be an action shooter for beginners. EX Troopers is 60 per cent complete and is out in Japan this year. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-46CzmiR0ek" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Yeah... This seems super weird. I get it as a 3DS game, as there is something about the gamepley that I can tell from the trailer that reminds me of Kid Icarus but the PS3, too? I guess it could be a downloadable game, and making it cross platform with the Vita would work I guess but that's still a weird choice. It looks a bit bare at the moment and maybe too simplified, but that music is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Lost Planet 2 was all sorts of bad, but I still kind of enjoyed it. I did only pay like £2.50 for it new though, so that might have been a deciding factor. I feel this could be the same car crash gaming 2 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 "For people who wonder why we made that choice, it's certainly important to look at a track record and what people have done in the past, but mainly, they're really fucking cheap," Capcom's producer Andrew Szymanski told Eurogamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 I tell you what would be cheaper: not fucking making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I really like the idea of the knock off Starship Troopers game, if they do away with al the human on human shit and just concentrate on man or man in mechs blowing the shit out of bug ranging from cockroach size to continent size I can totally roll with that. Not every game needs to be AAA. Even the shit ones can be enjoyable. If it's anything like that LP2 rip off Resi game it can totally go fuck itself in the arse with a cotton wool swabs soaked in petrol. That was just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 15 minutes of footage from Gamescom: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/28/found-fifteen-minutes-of-lost-planet-3/#more-121772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I'd totally forgotten about this, it's looking alright so far considering Spark's making it. I'm guessing it'll be out in the "hope you saved your Xmas money" clusterfuck of early 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Didn't look bad, a bit pedestrian but I can live with that for now. I hope they keep human vs human out of it though, it was the worst part in the last 2 games. Just let me blow the fuck out of giant insect like creatures and I'm good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yeah the 'story in LP2 was absolute bollocks. Twats in masks, sometimes taking their mask off to reveal-another mask! Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Lost Planet 3 just looks like Dead Space with Mechs. But there is more Lost Planet: EX Troopers <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KBr-GM0u8?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KBr-GM0u8?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KBr-GM0u8?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> I still can't tell what the game will be like. The trailer is just colours, J-Pop and shouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Gameplay walkthrough: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Capcom has announced that Lost Planet 3 will be released in Europe on 28th June. The US gets the game slightly earlier on 25th June.A swanky new CGI trailer has been put together for the announcement. It's got spaceships, snow, stompy robo-mech things and glowing orange T-Eng. Lost Planet 3 is being made by Spark Unlimited rather than internally at Capcom. Spark doesn't have the best track record, what with the black marks that are Legendary and Turning Point, but Lost Planet 3 could of course sweep all that away. Lost Planet 3's a PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game. http://youtu.be/zV8yQmUz5Dk http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-06-lost-planet-3-out-in-europe-on-28th-june Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Reviews: Polygon - 7 CVG - 7 IGN - 6.2 Game Informer - 6 Nowgamer - 6 Eurogamer - 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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