Day 40 - Lost Planet 2 Coop Demo

Lost Planet 2 Coop Demo

Developer: Capcom

Publisher: Capcom

PS3

The name is perfect.  I was indeed lost on this planet.  The demo world dumps you and a bunch of random people in to a coop non-PVP jungle on (pause for effect) lost planet where you are assaulted by plants that walk around pretty much trying to suck your face out of your skull. Fortunately for us I have some weapons and even better: a suit of space marine armor that 1. makes no sense at all and 2. protects my junk from pedophile ground crawling vegetation. 

You play in 3rd person format so aiming and camera angles are great until you face off against a boss. At that point the camera is your enemy as you fight to see where you are going while trying to keep a critical eye on the thing that is about to smash you. My first boss battle against what I think was a dandelion went well.  The 2 Japanese guys I was playing with ended up being the perfect "bait" to send forward to their death while I sat back with a frickin' Gatling gun and hosed the bastard.

I just didn't enjoy it other than watching those poor Japanese guys get mauled over and over again.  We completed the first level but right before the end those hosers dumped out of the demo and I was playing solo against an army of salads. Pretty much just hold down the trigger and aim for the glowing spot. How original right?  I ran out of ammo and then just to show the game how retarded it was I cannon balled through the remaining board and took a pacifistic gauntlet run and still won the level.  

Verdict: Nope