Lair: What a wasted opportunity

[colonelstubbs]

I walked into gamestation and saw this at the number 1 spot in the PS3 chart.

'hmmm that means it must be good right?' i thought to myself

NO

I read the reviews when i got home. 'terrible controls!' they screamed. 'poor targeting system!' they bellowed.

Could it be that bad?

After the first two levels, no, it wasnt that bad. The sixaxis is woefully inaccurate (sometimes moving a fraction moves the dragon a fraction, sometimes it sends the dragon diving into a hill).

Then, by the third level, i realised there were issues. Random groups of soldiers would just be stood in random places doing nothing. I would land smack bang in the middle of them on my bloody big dragon, and they wouldnt respond. Even after munching on some of the soldiers, the rest just didnt react.

Then, it was time to experience the full horror of the targeting on the stupid bridge level with the charging pig monster things. Target them and pick them up the game told me. I tried, i really did. Whos idea was it to not give you a manual targeter? The target just targeted whatever the hell it felt like (trees, bushes, my own soldier, myself) and never what i wanted it to.

And then the boss battle against the giant water monster. A complete write off. 'Target its armour!' screamed the game. 'Fuck you!' i shouted back

This game should never have been made. The end