Lost Planet 3
Lost Planet 3 is a Xbox 360 shooter game released in 2013 developed by Spark Unlimited. It centers on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around the Xbox 360 wired or wireless controller's twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.4 / 10
About this game
Lost Planet 3 is a Xbox 360 shooter game centered on combat encounters, story, case, or mission progress, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while HD video, DVD streaming, surround audio, HDD installs, and television-distance interfaces need to keep action, state, and text readable. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include disc and HDD installation, storage devices, controller batteries, video connections, resolution and frame rate, Kinect space and calibration, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Lost Planet centres on battles against enormous Akrid creatures and human rivals on E.D.N. III. Guns and towering machines give its action a distinctive sense of scale, with thermal energy and hostile environments shaping the struggle.
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AI review
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A convincing frozen frontier and working Rig cannot fully offset repetitive routes and ordinary shooting.
Lost Planet 3 on Xbox 360 casts Jim Peyton as a thermal-energy worker rather than merely a combat pilot. His heavy industrial Rig blocks a large Akrid, grabs it and drills its exposed weak spot, giving those encounters a distinct working rhythm. Gunfights on foot fall back on familiar cover and repeated weak-point patterns. Messages between Jim and his wife, a family photograph in the cockpit and the isolated frozen colony give the journey a human reason to continue. Yet two reviews explicitly covering the Xbox 360 build describe repeated trips through icy tunnels, routine repair interactions and recycled bosses. Later stretches rely too heavily on the less distinctive on-foot combat. A stiff zip line and monologues used to bridge mission loading add smaller usability costs. Players who value character and frontier atmosphere more than varied encounters may enjoy the single-player campaign. Historical comments about multiplayer do not establish whether its service works today.
Strengths
- Rig blocks, grapples and drilling provide a distinctive work-machine loop.
- Character exchanges and the frozen colony make the setting engaging.
Weaknesses
- Repeated travel and bosses sap later momentum.
- On-foot shooting is conventional and zip-line movement is stiff.
Who it is for: Xbox 360 solo players who value character and cold sci-fi atmosphere over brisk pacing.
Play notes: This covers the original Xbox 360 campaign; current multiplayer service availability is unverified.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension A substantial campaign is slowed by repeated routes, repairs and bosses. | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Rig grapples and drills stand out; familiar shooting and repeated weak spots limit depth. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Family messages and a lonely frozen frontier give Jim's work emotional context. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stiff zip-line movement and disguised intermission loading add friction on Xbox 360. | Reviewed | 6.1 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Spark Unlimited
- Publisher
- CAPCOM
- Release date
- 2013
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- Real-time CombatShootingFast-pacedThird PersonSolo-friendly3D GraphicsLinear LevelsPlayer versus EnvironmentReplayableStory-drivenDodgeMain Story Under 10 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2013
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