Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Standard or Colonies Edition?

looks like they both offer single player but colonies also added "New modes for single-player campaign" no idea ifs a lot of content but price dont seem that much different :)

According to the Steam discussion forums for both games, you can still play both games single-player, but if you want to play multi-player then you should get Colonies. Apparently not many people still play the standard edition in multiplayer.

This is really needlessly confusing I must say.

I played this game when extreme condition first came out and I would say I don't think it matters which one you get. I would recommend getting the cheapest version because it is interesting and a good story but I bet the online multiplayer is dead so you probably wont be playing it much, just for the single player for a run.

You're buying through Steam, right?
Get Colonies, see if it works without problems for an hour and a half, and if it does, keep it. If not, refund it and get Standard.

Think that'd do, right? :)

Flip side, Extreme Condition is a full game, even if it may be missing a few add-ons, and it works reliably. So if you don't want to gamble, that's your best option.

(Note: I've played neither.)