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A-Z #55 Lost Planet 3 ULTRAWIDE Gameplay

Lost Planet 3

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We are finally starting to get to games that I have been wanting to play for a long time but never had the chance to, at least not for more than 15 minutes. Starting off as per usual, pros and cons.

+Beautiful aesthetics
+Well put together presentation
+Atmospheric AF
+Talented voice actors
+Dialogue is well composed
+The music is awe inspiring

-Enemies are kinda dumb
-Pacing is off
-Long corridor walking with nothing happening
-Weapons do not cause any impact
-Level layout uninspiring

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Although this title is not very graphically advanced, it holds up to this day for a sole reason, and that, in my opinion, is the presentation of the aesthetics. The overall world design can be quite uninspiring and simplistic. The levels are not very complex and can get quite linear. That can sometimes be bundled with a boring walking section with nothing happening.

However... The presentation and the atmosphere that the game manages to accomplish can leave you standing there and simply admiring it. Crawling through corridors is significantly immersive. The sounds that are playing in the background, the music that is changing to match your actions, and the sense of urgency the game manages to create even though there is no timer pushing you to go faster, simply screams talent. A lot of games will feel the need to put up a timer giving you a certain amount of time before it is too late to compete an action, but this game does not require such feature. On the contrary, it manages to give you a sense of urgency and push you to go faster, even though you do not necessarily need to.

And that is where the game performs best. Sadly though, those moments are done very scarcely between the sub 10 hour long campaign, and quite truthfully, they do not always land when they are attempted. There are sections of the game that feel unnecessarily shoved in to squeeze for time, and those are truly evident.

The game suffers a lot on its pacing, and what it has players doing for long stretches of the level. On occasion you will need to travel between sections of the level you are in with nothing ever happening. That can cause a sense of repetition, monotony, and quite frankly boredom. Those walking sections should have either been shorter, or simply non existent. If they needed to have existed, then they need to be filled with something more than dialogue.

When the dialogue takes place however, it is done with skill and professionalism. The voice actors are connected with their characters, bringing their personality to life. The writing is adequate, and the variety of characters you find can be a bit more than what you would usually come across. They do manage to add to the variety of your environments however and take away some of the dreadful monotony that the boring level design occasionally brings into play.

The weapons feel fairly dull. You do not have the ability to reload and sprint at the same time. That would had been fine if the walking was not so dreadfully slow. What is even worse however is how slow the sprinting is. There barely is any difference between how quickly you walk and sprint, which only intensifies how boring the game can get when you must walk back all the way to the beginning of the level.

The boss battles for the most part are just shoot the monster on its orange part, which is an indicator of its soft spot. you will maneuver  yourself around the levels to get better access to firing your weapons at the soft spot, all while avoiding attacks from the giant monsters that occasionally change sequences as you move further and further down the rabbit hole of semi levels within the section.

The game is at its best when it manages to capture an incredible atmosphere, deliver it to the player full with immersive audio design, ambient noises, and dialogue that is delivered brilliantly. Occasionally you will come across enemies at the right time, with the right combination, and the proper amount of effort necessary to progress. Those moments are not as often as the boring parts of the game. But when they take place, they make you forget about the negatives!

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