Several months after it appeared on the Xbox 360, Capcom has finally released the PlayStation 3 version of Lost Planet, a tale of one man's quest for revenge on a planet ravaged by snow, space pirates and giant bugs.
While the plot won't win any awards for originality: amnesia-suffering hero Wayne uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the existence of mankind. Oh, he also wants to avenge his father's death to a monstrous bug named Green Eye.
The game is not rubbish by any means, but it's a little disappointing that flaws that plagued the Xbox 360 version are still here and there is very little to differentiate the different versions.
In Lost Planet, thermal energy is king: every time you kill a bug or enemy, they drop thermal energy, which you need to keep your body temperature warm. If you run out of thermal energy, you freeze to death.
Weapons include staples such as shotguns, grenades and rocket launchers, and you can detach weapons from contraptions called Vital Suits and lug them around.
Apart from a new playable female character and having to install files onto your PS3's hard drive (it takes about 20 minutes), it's frustrating to find that the frame rate drops and less than intuitive controls remain here. The graphics, too, while looking nice, are hardly stellar.
None of the faults are game breakers, but surely the PS3 version, which has been released months after the other versions, was the perfect opportunity to fix some of those issues? I guess not.
Worth a rental if you love shooting alien bugs in the backside and watching them shatter while it snows