The plot of the game revolves around Wayne Holden, a soldier who attempts to overthrow NEVEC, who still vie for control over E.D.N. III military personnel continue to seek out a nomadic existence as 'snow pirates', harvesting T-ENG from fallen Akrid. 150 years after a great war was fought in which the humans lost to the Akrid, civilian colonists and E.D.N. III is inhabited by an aggressive and territorial insectoid alien species named the Akrid, which come in all shapes and sizes and generate their own precious thermal energy. III, a new Earth-like planet in the grip of a brutal ice age.

After the Earth's conditions become too hostile for humans due to war, global warming and pollution, an interstellar megacorporation named Neo-Venus Construction (NEVEC) plans to colonize E.D.N. 80, 80 years before the trial century, on the planet of E.D.N. Lost Planet takes place in the year known in the game as T.C. Each of the 11 levels is accompanied by a boss, which can be either a VS or a large Akrid. Data posts also allow players to use their navigational radars to see incoming enemies. Players can replenish their thermal energy level by defeating enemies or activating data posts.

Also, the planet's cold temperature causes the characters' thermal energy level to continually decrease. Driving VSs and using certain weapons requires thermal energy. On foot, players are able to use a grappling hook to pull themselves up to normally hard-to-reach places, or to hook onto a VS and hijack it. They can pick up weapons lying on the ground and fire multiple weapons at once. VSs carry heavy weapons such as chain guns and rocket launchers. Players either travel on foot or ride various types of mechanized suits called Vital Suits (VSs). Players are allowed to switch between first-person and third-person at any moment. The game is played through a third person over-the-shoulder view.

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