Lost Planet 2 Cut for 360

[The DSM]

Oh no I was so looking forward to it.
/sarcasm

The first seemed quite meh and no one else I know was getting it so it doesnt affect me.

 

[mikecoulter]

This made it pretty obvious to me that the 360 is now stopping progress. Blu-ray is the way forward for sure.

 

[MetalDooley]

Tbh I'm pretty sceptical about stuff like this.Is it really a case of space/time constraints or devs just wanting to cash in on DLC?Games like Fallout 3 seemed to have no problem fitting massive amounts of stuff on 1 disc.The GOTY edition has the full game and the 5 DLC packs on one disc afaik

Like I said: it's another shooter. That's ALL I need to know to think it doesn't deserve a sequel. It may sound ignorant, but when you've been a gamer as long as I have, you know what to expect from all shooters in general. Let me guess: Lost Planet had gameplay akin to a Gears of War/Splinter Cell hybrid, with more taken from the former. You aim and shoot at things using various weapons, possibly use a cover system of some sort, and have one or two unique gameplay elements like aggro from the Army of Two games or, considering the setting, some kind of thermal-survival majigger.

Whether I'm too far off or not, much of the gameplay is probably very similar to previous shooters, so did we need a sequel to what can essentially be considered, well...a sequel? No.

If that's the case then why do we need any new games at all?You can pretty much guess what any new rpg/adventure/sports/driving game is going to feature in general

 

[Ironic Pirate]

If the demo was any indication, you aren't missing much.

Wow, really? I liked the demo a lot! What didn't you like about it?

I don't know, it was the whole feel of it. I like how the t-energy didn't tick down constantly, and I liked the new assualt rifle sound effects, but something was missing. I never played the demo of the first game, so maybe they always make the game better by the time it comes out, but I just didn't really have fun. I was also in a bad mood when I tried it, so that might have had an effect.

 

[Sidley]

I <3 my PS3 it's the greatest gaming machine i have even over the 1200 dollar gaming computer i have.

 

[delet]

If the demo was any indication, you aren't missing much.

Yea, the demo didn't wow me enough to spark an interest in the game. Not too big a loss.

Agreed i myself wont be wasting my money ,pretty much gave up on capcom these days so they can go shove it lol

'cept for Dead Rising. I so love killing hordes of zombies, and with a chainsaw paddle!

 

[Woodsey]

Why can't they release it on 2 discs then?

Seems like DLC excuses to me.

 

[MurderousToaster]

Wait, so you can fit sprawling, detailed, deep action-RPGs on one disk, but when it comes to a game that boils down to "shoot alien, roll, rinse repeat", you can't?

EDIT: Got my 1337th post this post.

 

[TyroSe7en]

you and me both


Still don't see why they couldn't do multiple dvd's

other games have done it

I know eh? I mean it's not like DVDs are expensive to make :/

 

[Plazmatic]

I'm not surprised. The real question is what is M$ going to do about the next generation, where higher compression is required for more space on the data disk. Whether they use Blu-Ray (lololol M$ using Sony stuff) or they devise their own competing medium, I don't know.

If anything brings about the next generation of Xbox, I have a feeling it is the need for more disk space. Especially with Blu-Ray disks now reported of having compression limits of what, 50gb on a disk? Old DVD-9 ain't looking so good with only 8.5gb on a single sided dual layer disk.

Meh, the whole thing is bullshit...just the developers attempting a power-play for more money, and that's it. Blu-Ray discs do have more space than a DVD, obviously, but at the same time, it's still cheaper to print/distribute a game on two DVDs than it is on one Blu-Ray disc. So why can't Capcom do that? They think Microsoft should be paying them more. Simple.

Yet I won't be surprised when Microsoft calls their bluff...Capcom titles aren't worth a damn when compared to what they once were. They sure as shit aren't Mass Effect/GoW quality.

I loved lost planet one, this one is going to be awesome, its a good day to be a PC player OH WAIT! its always good to be a PC player

Any way

"Meh, the whole thing is bullshit...just the developers attempting a power-play for more money, and that's it. Blu-Ray discs do have more space than a DVD, obviously, but at the same time, it's still cheaper to print/distribute a game on two DVDs than it is on one Blu-Ray disc. So why can't Capcom do that?"

Really it costs more to make a blue ray than two disks? I feel sorry for the XBOX 360 players now, always getting ripped off and over paying.

 

[clutch-monkey]

Oh no I was so looking forward to it.
/sarcasm

The first seemed quite meh and no one else I know was getting it so it doesnt affect me.

i quite liked the first one as it felt old school somehow, like an old school action/adventure game, whether on purpose or because capcom can't make modern games..
however once again capcom have proved themselves to be autistic with this fuck up. HUURR DUURR CAN'T USE TWO DISCS DERP DERP

 

[sneakypenguin]

I sense a cutscene heavy game...Really for something linear like this there is no reason not to use 2 disc. Just swap out in between missions... Or give us an MP disc like ODST.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Linkage. [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=235556?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-News-RSS]

Fanboys: ready, set, go!

But seriously, this can't be right, surely? I can understand something like Mass Effect 2 needing more than one disc, but Lost Planet 2? It must be a huge jump up from the original to warrant enough content to fill an entire disc.

Either that, or Microsoft have pissed off Capcom in some form. Either way, it seems us Xbox gamers have pulled the short straw this time- with no news as to whether we'll ever actually see the cut content on the system.

Discuss.

Hmm, glad I read this. I was considering getting it on 360, but I think now I'll get it on either pc or ps3.
I don't imagine the cut out material will change the story all that much.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Why does everyone on this forum get so angry about developers and publishers trying to make money on their product? If you don't like DLC or think it's a raw deal, don't buy it. Then come on to the Escapist forums and announce to everyone that you didn't buy it, to satisfy whatever urge it is that makes you do that. Tell everyone that you think Capcom is a greedy money-grubbing machine set out to fuck you over. Problem solved.

everyone on this forum get's angry, not about developers, but about their marketing way of selling the product.

So you get angry about marketing? Huh.

Personally I'm more pissed that DLC has become the norm, instead of traditional expansions. Expansion packs were usually around $30 and included 20-40 hours of additional content. DLC packs generally cast about $10 and include 3-5 hours of additional content. So even at their best, spending $30 on DLC packs will yield 15 hours worth of content, as little as half or less of what expansions had.

It's not that I don't WANT the extra content for certain games, it's just that I don't want to spend this much on them. So I usually end up reluctantly buying DLC packs, knowing that expansion packs have gone the way of the dinosaur in favor of a marketing strategy which tips the scales heavily to the developers' advantage.

Not quite entirely. WoW still has expansion packs (gag) and then there's Awakening coming out for Dragon Age soon. They're much rarer, but they do still exist.