I never had high hopes for this game, but I am a little surprised at those really bad scores. That being said, the PC Zone UK review is a terribly written review. It seems like it was written by some emotional 15 year old and not a professional. The only thing that review convinces me of is that I should never listen to them for any of my gaming questions, not that I would have anyway. 
 
I guess we will all just have to wait and see how truly bad this game is. I'll probably just rent this game from Gamyfly anyway.

In house Lost Planet 2 will be solid, that's what I'm looking forward to..

I was expecting this. I never understood the hype, the game always looked average to me.

The PC Zone review is really bad. It never tells exactly what was wrong with the specific point it is critisizing. It just oversimplifies everything to a point where it sounds like the author holds some kind of grudge against all games that use UE3.

But still, bad news.  I've got a feeling that Capcom Japan is gonna massively downsize Capcom US. Any project Capcom US has directly overseen has failed pretty bad.

One thing everybody should remember normally game magazines don't review final copies

sometimes they don't even finish the game

This could be one of those cases also it's gamepro and PC zone UK when IGN, Gamespot , Gamespy and Giantbomb give it a score loke that then you worry

Unsurprising but Ouch :(

Ooghhhh... this is truly unexpected coming from the developers of Crimson Skies, one of my favorite games. Shame. 
 
Oh well, time to cancel my preorder.

These guys made Crimson Skies? I didn't realize that, that makes me more hopeful for its future reviews. 
 
If those are just as bad, THEN we know it's a sham. Knowing that it's the CS guys, though, gives me a lot more hope. (Still glad I didn't preorder, though.)

As much as I don't care for those reviewers, it looks like the game may turn up as a generic third person shooter. Looks like I may have to drop this from a buy to a rent.

" @RiddleBrother: I'm a big fan of Dead Space, Dead Rising and the Resident Evil franchise. Also, Devil May Cry's pretty good, if a bit hard for me (I began on Devil May Cry 3, which apparently is the hardest game, so I'll be trying the rest of the franchise later.)  Also, Street Fighter is in the upper echelon of fighting games IMO. Not a fan of Tekken, Virtua Fighter or Mortal Kombat myself. "

Two more reviews up, PS Official Magazine seemed to have a significantly more enjoyable time with the game. 

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yeah, i kind of figured this game would get mediocre reviews judging from the videos that capcom has released. but oddly enough, i actually thought the demo was better than i expected and i was starting to change my tune with this game. but i guess it turns out my gut instinct was correct in this case.

Can't say I'm surprised. Oh well, always worth a quick rental when there's nothing else to play, I suppose.

I'm rooting for this game because I love the premise, but I've been prepared for the worst since the demo impressions started rolling in. I'm not surprised, just disappointed.