2010 was an outstanding year for sci-fi video games, with titles like Mass Effect 2, Fallout: New Vegas, and Halo: Reach launching to critical and fan acclaim, securing themselves top positions on best sci-fi games lists for a generation. Far less successful was Lost Planet 2, a co-op shooter that arrived too soon, before Helldivers 2 and other online action games set in outer space made a splash.
First of all, we should underline that Capcom wasn't doing amazingly back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, with its big-name franchises floundering. Big swings were being taken, though, and Lost Planet (2006) was a major effort to create a brand-new futuristic third-person shooter franchise rooted in the relevant subject of climate change (video games have always been political, folks).
