Ugh. Someone just make this game go away. Please.

http://www.ripten.com/2008/02/21/lair-controls-patch-experienced-at-gdc

One of Lair’s biggest criticisms was that it’s motion controls were compulsory. The rumour of a patch adding analogue stick control caused a sigh of relief among Playstation 3 gamers.

Now one fellow has claimed that he’s experienced the patch at GDC and that it will be released in the coming months.

Perhaps regrettably on their part, Factor 5 have swallowed their pride and patched the game’s controls. In truth the controls were the least of Lair’s troubles, but every little helps.





DugBuzz, an IGN Blogger, reports that the patch will be released in Q1 2008 and that it now plays so well that IGN should change their review score:

MEGATON!!! Lair patch coming in Q1 which adds choice of analog control.

I played it and Holy shit; Greg needs to give them a new score. It was kind of clear that Factor 5 put in the extra effort a little begrudgingly, but the results were amazing. This might push me over the edge into the “must buy PS3” territory.

I also mentioned Greg Miller’s name, and the Factor 5 guys burned a hole through my skull with their looks of hatred. I think they’ll be alright once the patch is out for a while though.

I doubt we’ll be this excited when the patch hits, but it will surely deserve our time, especially with such large environments and an award winning musical score by John Debney. We’ll still put this report in the rumours section, since “Dugs” reliability is at the moment unknown.

That would be so ironic if they drops the HD textures and released it for the Wii with controls that worked well. Wouldn't that piss off a lot of Sony fanboys. Doubt it'll happen though. Still a 'meh' game anyway from what I hear.

I really don't understand why Factor 5 were so loathe to do analog controls in the first place, and why they've waited until now to patch the damn game.

Somebody needs to take a pin a deflate their massive egos.

I had such high hopes for the game over the Summer. :( 

You really like to start a flame war dont you? (You fanboys think its only about HD textures..)

So? I guess it's good that they're making it playable...

I still want to see how bad it is with motion controls, it is on my rent list

Rented it and liked it ,controls were ok and has fabulous graphics and sound .A bit on the hard side seeing todays standars.I am waiting the platinum edition to buy it.Nice that they added analog controls.