Lost Planet

I trust that by now you have all logged in enough hours on the Lost Planet multiplayer demo to have found your best controller layout pattern and sensitivity type and setting.

And I hope you have been able to get your pre-order card to unlock the special version of the demo with 2 maps. There weren’t really enough people to play in that demo last week, but we cleared up some issues and hopefully there will be plenty of people to play against from now on in the separate demo. If you enjoy the Pirate Fortress stage, doing the pre-order is definitely worth it to be able to play in Dilapidation as well.

If you’ve been playing lately, though, you may have noticed some strange goings-on. Players doing strange things, like hoisting their guns in the air or slapping their own arses. You may have even seen people spinning around the bridge at the top of the map.

Supposedly this was all discovered by some Japanese players, as the videos that surfaced (see below) originated from a Japanese website. I have a hunch it was some of the developers or testers showing off online that started it.

So how do you do this stuff?

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Well, pressing the Start button and then one of the directions on the D-pad lets you gesture to your teammates or foes, a la Monster Hunter or your traditional MMO.

And people have also figured out how to latch onto the side of the bridge and spin themselves around it. I saw someone doing it Sunday night and didn’t pay much attention. I know with the anchor you can swing a bit, so it didn’t surprise me seeing someone messing around with it.

But Mirimar on the Lost Planet forum introduced me to those Japanese videos that show all this stuff going on. Seeing one person swing around is one thing, but seeing 4 or 6 people doing it is quite the sight indeed.

Here are four videos showing some of the the crazy antics that have been witnessed in the demo.

That’s all for today!
See ya online!



—Brian