Lost Planet Multiplayer Preview & Screens

As promised, the multiplayer mode of Capcom‘s upcoming third person action game Lost Planet has been revealed to press audiences at the Leipzig Games Convention. GameSpot are one of the first to post a preview, along with a hefty number of fantastic-looking screenshots. Here’s the gist of their hands-on:

• Players can set a variety of parameters for a host game, including match time limit, the starting weapon, win conditions, and of course the map itself.
• Four confirmed game types so far: Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture The Pole, and Foxhunt.
• Elimination is regular Deathmatch; Capture The Pole consists of trying to capture as many of the telescoping units (As seen in the demo) for your team as you can before time runs out; foxhunt has players trying to fill up an energy bar by killing enemies.
• The vital suit will be present in multiplayer as well, and feature a deadly array of rockets.
• Other weapons include shotguns, plasma rifles, vital suit machine guns, and assorted grenade types.
• At the start of a game, the radar doesn’t show enemies yet, players will have to capture stations for it to work.
• Buildings will be indestructible.

Via GameSpot

As promised, the multiplayer mode of Capcom‘s upcoming third person action game Lost Planet has been revealed to press audiences at the Leipzig Games Convention. GameSpot are one of the first to post a preview, along with a hefty number of fantastic-looking screenshots. Here’s the gist of their hands-on:

• Players can set a variety of parameters for a host game, including match time limit, the starting weapon, win conditions, and of course the map itself.
• Four confirmed game types so far: Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture The Pole, and Foxhunt.
• Elimination is regular Deathmatch; Capture The Pole consists of trying to capture as many of the telescoping units (As seen in the demo) for your team as you can before time runs out; foxhunt has players trying to fill up an energy bar by killing enemies.
• The vital suit will be present in multiplayer as well, and feature a deadly array of rockets.
• Other weapons include shotguns, plasma rifles, vital suit machine guns, and assorted grenade types.
• At the start of a game, the radar doesn’t show enemies yet, players will have to capture stations for it to work.
• Buildings will be indestructible.

Via GameSpot