With Lost Planet 3, you can plainly see that they tried to make it conform to a modern game sensibility. There's an open world that isn't actually as free-range as they likely wanted, a quest system that feels bolted on, and collectables that feel inessential. Yet, what saves the game is its icy, space-trucker aesthetic, its humanist story, and core gameplay that is more than acceptable, if a little stale. At the very least, it left me curious in the franchise; maybe I'll pick up LP1 one day.