Lost Planet 3
The extreme and unpredictable conditions that characterized the Lost Planet series return, harsher than ever before. Lost Planet 3 reveals new truths about the foreboding planet and the colonial history of…
Lost Planet 3 is a shooter developed by Spark Unlimited, released 26 August 2013 on Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.73 at Gamesplanet.
What Lost Planet 3 is
Lost Planet 3 is a shooter game developed by Spark Unlimited and released in 2013. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A prequel to the series, the story follows Jim Peyton, who recounts as an old man how he first came to the frozen planet E.D.N. III. Decades earlier, hoping to earn enough to support his family back on Earth, Jim signs on with an expedition funded by the NEVEC corporation to mine the planet's precious Thermal Energy, a blood-like substance that could solve humanity's energy crisis. Piloting a massive utility rig across the hostile ice, he works alongside a crew of scientists, technicians, and fellow pilots. But as strange events mount, Jim begins to suspect a saboteur is among them, and he uncovers unsettling evidence that this expedition was not the first to reach E.D.N. III, and that the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Lost Planet 3 holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 63, across 57 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual core CPU 2.5 GHz, 3 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 or better. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 16GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.73 at Gamesplanet, 81% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Lost Planet 3 launched on 26 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Lost Planet 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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