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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition xbox360 Game Reviews
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
Critic Score
Metascore: 78 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.1 out of 10
based on 23 reviews
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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition provides action for both online and offline players. Gamers who missed the original Lost Planet will have the opportunity to experience the original with the added bonus of fresh new content and cross platform multi-play all at a great value price. Fans of the Lost Planet's online action will enjoy new online modes, maps, weapons and models. [Capcom]

PUBLISHER: Capcom
DEVELOPER: Capcom
GENRE(S): Third-Person Shooter, Action
PLAYERS: 16
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: May 27, 2008

What The Critics Said

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100
1UP
The new Colonies Edition lured me back for a third circuit with beautiful graphics that echoed the original game and a wealth of exclusive new features.
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95
Game Chronicles
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition is by far the best version of the Lost Planet.
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88
GameFocus
Still one of the better action titles on the game market and it offers some intense and fun multiplayer gaming that is only comparable by a few other games.
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85
Gamers' Temple
Lost Planet Colonies brings in a few new single player extras and a wealth of new online features that will have Lost Planet players, new and old, roaming the wastelands of E. D. N. III once again.
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84
WonderwallWeb
If you are a first time player to this game you will really enjoy this title. However, if you own the first version, read the above score as 6/10, as with only a few new multiplayer additions, it’s not really worth the cash.
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83
Game Informer
In the end, super fans and newbies should definitely give Colonies a look. [June 2008, p.97]
80
Official Xbox Magazine
Colonies ups the frigid fun and arachnid ass-kicking while lowering the price: thirty bones buys the original's content plus tons of new multi- and single-player offerings. [June 2008, p.77]
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80
Games Radar
As a comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable multiplayer package, however, Lost Planet Colonies is well worth seeking out for its refreshed online servers and distinct new play modes.
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80
Official Xbox Magazine UK
Probably the best budget game we've ever seen...You'd have a frozen heart not to love it. [July 2008, p.95]
80
Deeko
If you're in an online gaming slump this summer and a burned out on CoD4 or the like; Colonies just may offer a reason to stay inside and enjoy the frosty chill online.
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80
GameZone
With the main mode intact, the real reward is the extra game modes and the new multiplayer goodies fit for cross platform action. In short, this is the best version of last year’s great action game.
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76
Cheat Code Central
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition crams a lot of new content into the frame of a respectable game.
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75
IGN
If you fell in love with Lost Planet in its previous iteration, you'll find a lot to like here. If you haven't given it a try, this is the version to pick up and have a go with.
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75
PALGN
While bringing nothing majorly new to the table, the budget price-point and new features are reason enough for newcomers to give the game a chance. Lost Planet veterans, however, need not apply.
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75
Ferrago
This is one just for the blasting fans though, game objectives are clear at all times and there's no "pesky" things like immersive storyline or challenging puzzles to "get in the way" of mowing down enemies. Bizarrely enough, Colonies Edition is incompatible with the original game in online play so you can only play with other purchasers of the re-release; make what you will of that.
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75
Console Gameworld
A worthwhile bargain purchase for hardcore LP fans and for anyone who missed the title the first time around, but this is not going to knock everyone off their feet nor is it a "must play" for anyone with less than a fanatical interest in the original.
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75
GameSpot
New multiplayer additions make this the best Lost Planet experience so far, but there's not enough here to warrant another purchase for veterans.
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70
EuroGamer
There are new Achievements, and lots of new things to tinker with, but not a lot of incentive to plod through the campaign missions again or start over ranking up your multiplayer stats.
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70
X360 Magazine UK
It's the same game as before, but better. Lost Planet isn't perfect, but it looks good and is certainly different from the other third-person shooters out there. [Issue#34, p.97]
70
GameDaily
The visuals still look great a year and a half later, but the controls are still sluggish and the campaign is over too quickly.
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70
AceGamez
Compared to the plethora of games that came after it, and indeed some that came before, Lost Planet: extreme Condition - Colonies Edition feels dated. But, at its bleak and frozen heart lies a rewarding experience.
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60
DarkZero
Overall LPECCE is something of a contradiction. While its additional features are aimed at the hardcore lovers of tundran gaming, the fact that it is incompatible with the original Lost Planet is mystifying. Forcing players to start from scratch, with their only reward being some more achievements is an unnecessary irritation.
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58
Gaming Nexus
Lost Planet: Colonies Edition has all of the same problems the original game had, only this time with a cheaper price point and a ton of new content.
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