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Even though you stated that lair was going to be a big game as well as bio shock, in the news section or a thread.

Hey, Strikers looks like a rip off of Megaman Soccer and Megaman Soccer was all sorts of fun.  Though I am shocked that it would be reviewed well.

What are you talkin about mario strikers is a good game.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who's played both Strikers and Mega Man Soccer could honestly say this.

 Well I still expect Bioshock to do well...and I expect Lair to sell well still.

And trust me, I've always been gung-ho about Bioshock...Lair not as much.

 There wasn't much strategy in the ground missions in Rogue Squadron III either...  it was basically run and gun your way to the end.  Similar to "mowing things down" when you need to in Lair. 

I assume Lair will have you flying around, completing objectives, and sometimes your objective will be to kill some guys down on the ground...

I don't like how when you kill the soldiers, they're just standing there, and it kicks into slow motion every other kill.  It'd get tiring for me...

But again, I'll hold judgement til more reviews come. 

I haven't played strikers yet.  I plan to pick it up however, though mostly because i thought it'd be a lot like Megaman Soccer.  IE Soccer game with some stuff to spice it up a lot.  Granted Strikers adds a lot to that like the Multi-ball thing but i generally thought it'd play like Megaman Soccer.  A Soccer game isn't the kind of game i'd expect to be reviewed well in an american magazine.

Why does it play different?

To me, they've made the ground combat seem more like Dynasty Warriors when they've described it. Now, except that you can fly and be on the ground, the moral system and events where you'll have to destroy things to increase the moral is very much like Dynasty Warriors. 

As for the slow motion stuff, I hate it when games do that. I've cringed at every gameplay video where it shows slow motion while you're mowing down stuff. I wouldn't mind a slight 'slow-mo' effect (kind of like God of War 1 and 2), but there is WAY too much emphasis on the slow motion in Lair. I think it takes away from the action of the game and deters you from doing certain things because it forces you to go through slow motion. Spartan: Total Warrior is another example of that, after a while, you'll probably only start to use the 'Blades of Athena' not only because they're fast, but their 'rage move' is the only weapon in the game that doesn't force the game in slow motion when you use it. 

So how will all this affect Lair sales?  I don't think this game has any chance now of selling a million copies and very likely won't raise PS3 sales beyond what the price cut has.