

Braddock explains that his father was the colony's leader before it was lost, and that to maintain the expedition's funding from NEVEC he must keep the incident secret. Jim confronts Braddock with his discovery of the first colony. Kovac, who's been studying how to control them. Returning to base he finds it under attack by Akrid, the result of an experiment by Dr.

Their leader Soichi, Mira's father, does not trust Jim but allows him to leave their enclave after repaying his debt under the agreement that he not reveal their existence. The woman introduces herself as Mira and her people as "The Forgotten", survivors of NEVEC's first colonization attempt. He awakens in a settlement a few days later, healed. Attempting to leave, Jim fights a massive Akrid leaving his rig damaged and himself close to death before he is saved by the woman he saw at the comms relay. The last records detail the Akrid attacking the base and killing the inhabitants. Some time later Jim stumbles upon an abandoned NEVEC base revealing that the expedition crew were not the first ones to land on E.D.N III as they were told. He finds that Doctor Roman has had similar sightings, but dismisses his suspicions and focuses on working to support his family. On a job to repair the comms relay, Jim begins to suspect there is a saboteur on the base when he sees someone near the damaged relays.

Kendric Kovac, operations director Phil Braddock, Doctor Roman, head technician Gale and fellow Rig pilot Laroche. Funded by the NEVEC corporation, the expedition hopes to tap E.D.N III's "Thermal Energy", a blood like substance that could solve the Earth Energy problem. Fifty years earlier looking to support his family, Jim joins an expedition to mine the resources of E.D.N III. Realizing that he does not have long to live he begins to tell her how he came to be on E.D.N.

Unlike the previous games in the series, which were developed internally by Capcom, the game was developed externally by Spark Unlimited with Matt Sophos serving as game director, though series creator Kenji Oguro was still attached as franchise creative director.Ī prequel, Lost Planet 3 takes place long before the first game, following the story of Jim Peyton revealing the events that led to the first game.Īfter nearly being buried alive in a cave an elderly Jim Peyton is found by his granddaughter Diana. The game takes a more story-driven narrative approach to the campaign similar to the first game. The game is the prequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and Lost Planet 2 and takes place on the same planet of E.D.N. Lost Planet 3 ( ロスト プラネット 3, Rosuto Puranetto 3) is a third-person shooter action-adventure video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published by Capcom for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
