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Forums - Sony - I am going to give Lair a try...who is with me!!!

So I was on the new psn store and low and behold the patch for lair with analog controls was there!  I am going to rent the game because I was very excited about this game before it came out, only to be disapointed to the point of not playing it when i heard about the problems with its design.

Who is with me in giving it another chance now?  It could be that they did not fix enough, but who knows it could be a decent game now.  I am going to rent it today



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Its not just the bad controls there were other issues with game such as mediocre level design and repetitive game play. Some games should be given a miss, I say rent it if you must play it.



true that rock on, but im bored so...eh why not



Controls is not the only problem with the game.

After i install the 2.30 i'll get the patch and do what i never thought i would do again... Put Lair inside my ps3 and play...




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There was frame rate problems as well. I do feel tempted to rent Lair after the patch was released.



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I don't know of Factor 5's other games, but I feel that the only reason their Star Wars games were cool was because they were Star Wars. Lair was similar to their Star Wars games with repetativeness, weird dialog lines, and general meh'ness. The only exception was that Star Wars saves them.

I was content with the controls so I doubt it'd make the game any better for me if I replayed it.



Summary taken from EuroGamer Lair gets 4 out of 10. http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=812152

Lair, sadly, is a classic example of the apocryphal polished turd. Strip away the HD bluster and the game beneath is little more than a basic PS2 shooter with a makeover. The derided motion sensing controls can be grasped with just a little patience but the game simply doesn't offer anything to justify even that small investment. Even with the controls mastered, even with the numerous technical flaws ignored, the game remains shallow and repetitive, devoid of drama and reliant on sound and fury to disguise the fact that at its heart is a rather shoddily constructed collection of hoary old clichés.

Average review score from over 129 reviewers from www.gamerankings.com give Lair an average of 55.6%.



Lair is actually pretty fun. If you liked Factor 5's other games, I think you will like it.



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Your a very brave man then...JK  I was also looking for something to hold me over till GTA4 sees the light of day... if I had a PS3 I would definitly give it a rent... how bad can a game be that lets you ride a dragon and burn paople like ants ???



 

 

 

Even if it is a pretty bad game, it justifies a rental just for the cinematic experience and grand scale of it. Don't purchase it, though.