![]() ![]() After an initial story explaining the history of the planet and the humans’ struggle with the Akrid you suddenly find yourself in the middle of a city battle. Lost Planet begins by throwing you straight in at the deep end. I grabbed my machine gun, my grenades and my snow boots and trudged off into the snowy depths of hell – insects beware. Killing, a staple of the video game, is generally considered a pretty healthy ingredient for enjoyment by gamers. That’s not to say it won’t be fun though. In terms of gaming complexity, Lost Planet is amoebic. ![]() Set in the snowy wastes of a ‘Lost Planet’ your character, Wayne, must blast his way through thousands of Akrid (lots of different insect-like creatures) on a mission to avenge his Father. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a traditional, classic brainless shooter for the Xbox 360. God how I hate cockroaches! Killing them is so much fun so surely, killing massive ones with special, glowing, orange energy inside them will be even more fun? Surely? In stamping a big, booted foot down onto it black shiny, shell listening out for that reassuring crack, the crunch and then the final squish as destiny finally catches up on the stupid little blighter. IntroductionThere’s a certain base level of satisfaction in squashing a cockroach.
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