May 10, 2011 -- 12:50PM, HiPOL wrote:

May 9, 2011 -- 7:10AM, TRisk wrote:

I had planned to write a blog about this, but I guess I can write something here too.

Looks like many of us is thinking about it cause i also wanted to start such a blog/thread....

Problem is that it looks like everybody has different opinion what should be changed in LP3. I disagree with most James ideas. I`d like LP3 to be kind of back to the roots - LP1. Or keep multiplayer LP1 styled and campaign LP2 styled. There will always be 2 groups now. People who started adventure with LP1 and second group who started with LP2...

Well much of what could be said could be said I could just take from my Lost Planet 2 Colonies Blog which I have already started. 

I like the way LP2 did the campaign did things as well, short levels and a lives system. I'm a fan of arcade style games so this was just up my ally. However, I would have like it to save between each level, not for my convenience, but so I can replay those specific levels when I want. Pretty much this is what I had written down for how I think the Story should play out, a middle ground if you will:

What i'm trying to say is have 4 Protagonists that can be customized just like in LP2, however they aren't nameless just like Wayne Holden wasn't nameless in LP1. Not only that, write the game's script so that the characters are never referred to "he" or "she", just by name. Furthermore give each of the 4 protagonist unisex names and dual voice actors, a male and female so that neither gender gets shafted. These 4 protagonist would be the only 4 that you play as, this way coop is still there but theres a set story based on only their actions. 

I think that should definitely return, in fact given the Killzone DLC trailer you would expect this to be possible. If you remember, the Helghast Scout sniped a Jungle Pirate in a VS with a Rifle I. To me, it added to the game. Also, I want to automatically target a Gum / Disc grenade that I planted on a VS mid flip via Anchoring Technique.

We really should get new Anchor techniques, who wouldn't want to punch someone with a Normal grenade that was sent towards them with the Anchor? Something like that could put like a cooldown time on the anchor before you use it again I suppose. I also would like to see how much the game would change if we could anchor mid jump and or twice, once from the ground, cancel it and once in mid air.

May 11, 2011 -- 6:24AM, james wrote:

Or if when you fight red eye you grapple onto the shell the cannon fires and it takes inside him (if the shell hits an eye, of course) and you can fight him from the inside. or using the grapple to pull your enemies towards you (like the abyssal chain on darksiders)

Grappleing grenades sounds awesome too. there should be loads more techniques, offensive and defensive, and maybe the anchor should have an increased range. i always thought it was quite limited, especially with the fact that you only use it when stationary. Tarzan swings anyone?

I don't think we'll ever be able to use the Anchor to draw enemies towards us. We can already use it to knock people over or stun them already. 

It's become apparent that Harmonizer's don't just give enhanced regenerative abilities but enhanced strength and agility. Waysiders were able to toss around and catch bullets as big as them and kick them into loading docks, whereas Mercernaries have shown to dodge fast attacks from Akrid.

I suppose each grenade could have differences, like Shuriken Grenades do a buzzsaw trick or a quick slash before a fast detonation. I also want a Release Grenade that I can use like a portable turret that I can get behind and fire dual machine guns from. The grenade explodes (Non Fatal) once you stop manning it or it simply runs out of bullets. Perhaps no more then 200 bullets?

Speaking of slash, this is something I wrote for my blog entries concerning Gun Swords:

I doubt you could really say Lost Planet was inspired by Gears of War when both the originals came out almost the same month, that and the only real comparison is that both are third-person.

Like I said in my post, it was pretty much what you said. Have an ACTUAL plot but still have the ability to "customize" your characters and still be able to do 4-player co-op. Though the characters actually have real names and dialogue, and it would serve as a "bridge" between LP1 and LP2.

I also think Capcom should wait til they fully optimize MT Framework due to LP1 and LP2 framerate issues, and flesh out the graphics engine even more (MT Framework 3?).

On my not so strong notebook the engine is one of the most fluent engines I know. The framerate is not high .. but it's fluent. I do play campaing with shadows and motion blur .. which I can't do for any other game.