History Videogame / LostPlanet

** [[BandOfBrothers Rounders]]: A faction consisting of Snow Pirates who constantly need to be on the move, or [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin get around.]] There are two groups here, the [[PunchClockHero Mercenaries]], which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and the [[BloodBrothers Waysiders]], a group of people who fight to survive.

* BigBad: Dennis Isenberg.

* ChainsawGood: [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Mounted in the left arm]] of the PTX-class VS units.

* {{Checkpoint}}: Data Posts

* MegaCorp: NEVEC ([[FunWithAcronyms Neo-Venus Construction]]).

* NintendoHard: As expected from a Capcom game.

* SpaceElevator: The Orbital Elevator

* {{Terraform}}: Yuri and NEVEC's goal on EDN III. However, NEVEC plans differently from Yuri.

* BugWar
* CarFu: With an ''artillery train''.

* GasMaskMooks: About 90% of the available head skins for multiplayer.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Literally done with Akrid X, the second episode's boss.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: This game features [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]] and [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West]] as {{old save bonus}}es or through a password, [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago]] (UsefulNotes/XBox360 only), a VideoGame/MonsterHunter suit and a [[VideoGame/{{Killzone}} Helghast Scout and Soldier]] (UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} exclusives). [Incidentally, the ''Gears of War'' characters' presence was announced on January 26, 2010, the same date as the American release of [[VideoGame/TatsunokoVSCapcom another Capcom crossover which included a Vital Suit as a playable character]]].

--> "They [Capcom] contacted us about the cameo and we said 'heck yeah.'"

* DarkerAndEdgier: The game incorporates more elements of the survival horror genre like Franchise/DeadSpace. The plot, unlike the previous games which had more or less an ExcusePlot, focuses on people being unable to trust each other and ends on a bittersweet note.

* SlaveMooks: What Isenberg was hoping to turn the Akrid into.

* WombLevel: [[spoiler:The heart of Nushi.]]

''Lost Planet'' is a ThirdPersonShooter series developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and the PC.

''Lost Planet'' is a ThirdPersonShooter developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and the PC. The game takes place on a planet known as EDN III, a planet that humanity was attempting to colonize. However, the native Akrid, a mysterious race of insect-like creatures, drove off the colonists. Only after discovering the potent "Thermal Energy" inside their bodies did humans fight back. Now [[MegaCorp NEVEC]], led by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Commander Dennis Isenberg]], is attempting to take control of EDN III by using what is known as the "Frontier System", which will {{terraform}} the cold planet in exchange for [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the elimination of all life on the planet]].

A sequel was released on May 2010. [[TimeSkip Ten years]] after the first game, large parts of EDN III have been terraformed, resulting in a variety of environments. The story follows the actions of several groups of "Snow" Pirates as they enter fights against opposing factions and fight off the increasingly aggressive Akrid. This time, NEVEC decides to use their [[KillSat space cannon NEOS]] to simply gather as much Thermal Energy as they can, and abandon the planet. At this point NEVEC becomes so heavy handed that a breakaway faction, known as Ex-NEVEC, begins to rally the Pirates to eliminate both the corrupted corporation and the titanic Over-G Akrid in the UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny.

All three games are very different from each other with the first game being a story driven yet arcade-y shooter while the second is a co-op centered missions-based shooter with emphasis on fighting giant monsters and the third is a story-driven cover shooter with {{Metroidvania}} elements.

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* BonusBoss: Two of them. The giant [[SandWorm snow worm]] in Mission Three, and the [[GiantFlyer giant moth]] in Missions Four and Five.

* {{Terraform}}: Yuri and NEVEC's goal on EDN III. [[KillEmAll However, NEVEC plans differently from Yuri.]]

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Lost Planet: Colonies adds new weapons, maps, characters, and Akrid Hunter to multiplayer.

* FakeMixedRace: Wayne is supposed to half white, half Japanese, but his character model is patterned on the full-blooded Korean actor Lee Byung Hun.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Potentially anyone who uses the Harmonizer. [[spoiler:Wayne is actully 30 years older than he's supposed to be. Though in Wayne's case it might have more to do with the fact that he was frozen in his Vital Suit after his first encounter with Green Eye.]]

''Lost Planet 3'' is prequel revolving around one of the first expeditions to EDN III. You take control of Jim Peyton, who joins an NEVEC-sponsored expedition to EDN III to earn some to money to feed his family and to help find an alternate energy source to end Earth's energy crisis. However, he immediately discovers that the wild life is extremely hostile but also something weirder, a lost human colony established decades before and a cover up by the NEVEC corporation, who now plans to destroy all evidence of their mistakes and misdeeds.

* NotSoDifferent: Jim easily cuts through Isenberg's assertions that he's a WellIntentionedExtremist, accusing Isenberg of being nothing but a killer. Isenberg fires back, saying that Jim is a hypocrite as he murdered over 100 NEVEC soldiers who were only [[PunchClockVillain doing their jobs]] in a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] act of [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorism]] by using a false distress call to lure them back to their ship and then detonating it. While Jim wasn't the one who did it, he was privy to it, and he does not refute what Isenberg says.

** [[BloodKnight Fight Junkies]]: As the title says, a faction consisting of people who like to fight and exert their dominance over other groups. These consist of the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Jungle Pirates]], [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Carpetbaggers]], and [[{{Bandito}} Vagabundos]].
** [[SuperSoldiers Snow Pirate Elites]]: All members of this faction consist of the Snow Pirates from the first game.

A [[CelShading cel-shaded]] cartoonish spin-off called ''VideoGame/EXTroopers'' [[http://andriasang.com/con11r/ex_troopers_site_and_movie/ was released in 2012 for PS3 and 3DS]]. It trades the cinematic sci-fi of the rest of the series for a VERY anime style. Apparently set at a NEVEC school/training academy, it features a HotBlooded shounen protagonist, his stoic {{Bishonen}} rival, a [[MysteriousWaif mysterious]] girl who can somehow communicate with the Akrid, and Vital Suits that adhere more to traditional HumongousMecha designs. [[NoExportForYou Unfortunately, there are no plans to bring it to the west]], [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/10/e-x-troopers-not-planned-for-western-release-say-capcom-usa/ and because of the way the text is coded into the game, it would have to be virtually rewritten from scratch in order to localize it.]] On the bright side, the [=PS3=] is region free, the 3DS region lock can be circumvented, and the 3DS version received a full fan translation in 2019.

** In a patch, many things were nerfed in multiplayer to balance with other weapons. Of particular note is the Cannon, which had its ammunition changed from ∞​ to 15, and its reload time quintupled. The Gun Sword SP also had its lag time lengthened.

** In a patch, many things were nerfed in multiplayer to balance with other weapons. Of particular note is the Cannon, which had its ammunition changed from ∞​ to 15, and its reload time quintupled. The Gun Sword SP also had its lag time lengthened.