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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (Xbox 360)

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]

Capcom
Third-Person Shooter, Action
Players: 16
T (Teen)
Developer: Capcom
Released May 27, 2008

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

78 / 100

Critic Reviews

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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
76 Cheat Code Central
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition crams a lot of new content into the frame of a respectable game.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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