@ Diomedes1976: According to Gamerankings, nearly 80% of reviewers gave Lair below a 70% in reviews. It wasn't just a couple of doofuses at Gamespot and IGN; that's a total of 45 reviewers. By comparison, only 9 reviewers gave it a score in the 70s (all of which are 75 or below), and four reviews gave it an 80 or above, including Play Magazine (lol) and three no-name websites.
I'd consider it an anomaly if only a few websites gave it bad reviews, but it's hard to argue when 45 websites and mags, including most of the big names (Gamespot, IGN, Gamespy, Eurogamer, PSM Mag, Game Trailers) review something poorly.
And, my god, I can't believe people are still defending Lair.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
