http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-62766.aspx

http://onaxis.blogspot.com/2007/08/sony-worker-son-gets-final-release-of.html

 http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=lair&thread.id=5167

My mom works for Sony, and she brought home a copy of lair last night. I quickly slipped it into my trusty PS3, and started playing. So far I am about half-way through. LET ME TELL YOU 1 THING: The reviewers are totally wrong. I mastered the controls after doing the 5 minute Tutorial. After that, it was amazing. Graphics: Amazing Storyline: Great Everything is great! Ask me questions, because I will be on this topic all day. General-Kinobi said a great thing that I totally agree with: "basically, f*** reviewers. they'd rather play the same old boring fps / halo / copycat game then try to learn something new. As with anything new, its gonna take some time to get used to the sixaxis motion. but how could riding on a dragon, flying around battlefields that make peter jackson hard, dishing out fire and ice, not be as cool as it sounds? PS3 for life baby." -General-Kinobi Amen to that, bratha. (btw i'm not religious XD) All Questions I have answered put together, Including the ones from the GameFaq topic I made for this:

 1: What dragons have you unlocked? Well, for every mission you earn medals. Since I am just trying to beat the game, I am not getting the best medals yet. I think Gold Medals are required to unlock other dragons.

2: Is the game really only 6-8 Hours? I bet if you were an uber pro and you could beat each mission on your first try, and get a gold medal on each one on the first try, it would be possible to beat in 6-8 hours. But, for normal people like you and me, It would probably take 12-16 hours just to finish the storyline, and then you have to get all the gold medals, which may take a long time.

3: How would you rate the game? Pro's, cons? I would rate it a 8.5-9.0 The Pros: The Motion sensor movement is great. It brings a new aspect to the game, and I feel like its more interactive. Sometimes I just to loop-de-loops just for fun, because it's so entertaining to fly around. The battles are great, and you basically get to pwn the little soldiers, and you destroy ships and enemy Dragons. Also, they have special goals like "Take Bombs from the Carrier monsters and blow up the city (thats real, and its really fun)." The different things you can do in the battles is good too. You can Land on the ground and charge into enemies. You can take the skies and Incinerate catapults and ships from afar. And you can Get close and personal in Scratching battles against other dragons, which includes different Button Key Combos that create strong attacks and kill the enemy Dragons. Also, the graphics... oooo the graphics. My TV is old, so It doesn't have HDMI... but the graphics are still amazing. In battle and in Cutscenes, I feel like I'm really there. There are more to tell and I will continue updating this post.

Cons: It's pretty difficult. I was stuck on a level that is really hard, which includes having to dodge spotlights, which if see you, you would be shot on sight, and it's not all easy to dodge the lights. Then you have to single handedly take out at least 50 dragons. Frustrating to have to do that over and over and still lose. Also, one thing about battles is the Lock On System. When i lock on to something, and I kill it, my camera suddenly spins to the way my controller is facing. Annoying, and I lose my sense of direction.

4: Have you fought any bosses yet? I defeated a Sea Boss. It was really great. Basically, you have to dodge his attacks with the mosion sensor, then you counterattack at the exact right time with the analog sticks and the D-pad/face keys. Was challenging and fun.

5: So have you run into the "repetitiveness" that everyone complains about? It is slightly Repetitive... but not in a way that makes it boring. I find it interesting because every battle has a different feel to it, and different things to accomplish.

6: When you're battling on ground as the dragon, do you have to use the Six-axis? Or can you set it to analog sticks? I have no problem with using Six-axis while flying, but on ground swording troops, I'd rather use the sticks. Actually, When you land on the ground, you dont actually dismount. You just whack troops with your tail and flame em up with your fire, and you can like charge into them and it has Slo-Mo when you do something cool. And to answer your question, That doesn't include SixAxis, it's just the D-pad and the face buttons.

7: Is there some kind of multiplayer in Lair? Sadly, no. But the producers said that if there is a sequel, there most likely will be. 8: hey dude, can I come over? No. What can I say? I'm selfish! I want it allll to myself! Pictures for general Proof: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00002.jpg - That the box http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00003.jpg - That's the manual thing http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00004.jpg - That's the CD http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00005.jpg - another CD pic http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00006.jpg - Also a Warhawks Box Pic XD Pictures of the Back of the CD Case http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00007.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00008.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00009.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00010.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00011.jpg Pictures of my TV with the game inside http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00012.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00013.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00014.jpg http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/dnremember/DSC00015.jpg  http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-62766.aspx

seems like someone got lair early and loves it

The reviewers are totally wrong? Did your mum say if the game had been re-worked since the poor reviews (as in controller changes)? Do you think that this is your personal preference, or do you believe that reviewers have actually just totally stuffed it up? Like i mean can you see why they reached the scores that they did, or is it a complete mystery?

lol he has Warhawk and cant play it as servers wont be put up till wednesday.

Anyways thats cool that he enjoyed it.

Yeah he sounds like a child at christmas. The game has obviously made quite an impact on him :)

I would have liked an option to switch to just using the analog over the sixaxis, but as he says you get used to it, and I play super-rub-a-dub with the sixaxis without a problem. Although I'd say guiding a dragon through battlefields is a little harder then twirling a duck around in a tub.

12-16 hours sounds like a good solid length.

 actually they werent reworking controls as that would have take more then 3 weeks, they were adding online leaderboards and that crap. The might have fixed the camera problems though, but who knows. 

Does lair really not have multiplayer? wow i thought i read it has gnarly online death matches....bummer

I guy at neogaf has a gold copy of the game.

Anyway, he says he would give a 5 to the game - but if the controls were fixed by the recall he'd give it a 7.

I stopped reading when he used a 1 instead of typing one.

To be honest Bonafide732, it sounds a bit like Lair may just be your acquired taste. With the various reviews and the guy at neogaf sieanr mentioned, i think once they get over the graphics the majority of gamers might find the gameplay a little to bland or fiddly. Still, we'll wait and see and im glad your enjoying the game