Because the benchmark is non-playable, we can’t offer opinions as to how good the gameplay is, so we’ll leave that for our review of the game at its launch. It could be assumed that we’d see a playable demo closer to launch.Īs Lost Planet 2 is the latest game to see DirectX 11 support, we thought we’d take the benchmark for a spin and see just how worthy this support really is. Unfortunately, unlike the Lost Planet: Extreme Condition demo release, which was both a benchmark and playable demo, the one for Lost Planet 2 is strictly for benchmarking. Though the game’s official PC release date is unknown, Capcom has gone ahead and released a Lost Planet 2 benchmark that allows you to test both DX9 and DX11 modes. To help make up for the familiar delay this time around, Capcom has introduced DirectX 11 support into the game. In almost a rinse and repeat scenario, both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 saw the game’s release this past May, with the PC release still tentative. To make things worse, the game was plagued with performance issues when running under DX10 mode – even the top-end cards were sluggish.ĭespite all that, the game sold very well, and paved the way for Lost Planet 2.

Personally, the game did little to grab my attention, and I found myself rather bored a mere hour or two into the game. The problem, though, was that the game was hit or miss for gamers in terms of likability. Given that the DX10 software selection was quite slim, many gamers opted to purchase the game when it first came out, and in the case of sites like ours, it became a popular benchmarking tool also. For PC gamers, the “Extreme” delay wasn’t exactly appreciated, so to help keep interest high in the title, Capcom unveiled DirectX 10 support for the game.Īt the time, many PC gamers were sporting either AMD Radeon HD 2000 or NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series of graphics cards, both of which supported DirectX 10. In early 2007, Capcom released Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for the Xbox 360, and about six months later, it became available for the PC.

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