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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (2006)

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Duration: 55:23

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Time to infiltrate a familiar facility. No giant worm this time, but there are plenty of drones and heavy weapons to stunlock me for days. We also fight a quadraped mech with drills and limitless drones for free energy if I need it. Oh, and I figured out how to use the scope recently, so we also take advantage of the only worthwhile human-sized energy weapon to snipe some soldiers and drones.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is the first of the Lost Planet series, originally an Xbox 360 exclusive that made its way to other systems after being released in 2006. Playing as Wayne Holden, you fight against the alien Akrid (whose unique physiology produces vital Thermal Energy), snow pirates (who survive in the harsh environment by harvesting said Akrid energy), and NEVEC, a colonization force from Earth. This shooter combines on foot and mech piloting combat together with a grappling movement system and the persistant Thermal Energy drain of a harsh environment, pushing you to keep moving forward. Many of these kinds of systems and ideas would be done better in other games, but Lost Planet was a worthwhile experiment with a fanbase that still plays the game's multiplayer mode 15+ years later.

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