Continuing my second takes from the floor of GC07 in Leipzig, I had my first hands-on with Lair (despite being within feet of a playable station on more than one occasion). After playing for about 15 minutes, here are my thoughts (I like it, btw):
More after the Jump ...
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When shopping for new video games you can often trust the name publisher or developer on the box to be an indication of the quality of the game. Names like Nintendo, Square Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Xbox Game Studios and Sega are world famous because they helped shape the industry by releasing some of the most defining video games of all time. Though sometimes even these great gaming houses stumble and put out a stinker."
Splatterhouse remake . Loved the og’s at the arcade growing up . Hell the best thing about the remake was the og,s were included . And left alive by Square . That game had so much potential , but the gameplay was worse horrendous .
I'm pretty much certain that any Sonic game that comes out will be terrible, I've not enjoyed one since the original side-scrolling days of the MegaDrive.
A reimagining of 5 disappointing video games and the masterpieces they could have been underneath other studios.
The Order has its faults yes but it had a fantastic atmosphere and some great gameplay. A game with enormous potential and far from disappointing. I say give Ready at Dawn another crack at it because I think they created an diamond with some rough edges that just needs some tlc.
The order should have had a sequel. The first one wasn't bad just needed a few tweaks.
PlayStation’s strong and impressive lineup of exclusives is probably the biggest edge it has over its direct competition in the market- a fact that has been true for as long as anyone can remember.
Ridge racer for PSP was actually good and shouldn't be on this list. I think I'm the only one that enjoyed Haze.
When this piece of flotsam indicated that "Being a clone of GTA shouldn't be that hard" I just closed the window.
To save you from clicking those annoying slides:
HAZE (PS3)
LAIR (PS3)
KNACK (PS4)
RIDGE RACER (PS VITA)
TWISTED METAL III (PS1)
LAST REBELLION (PS3)
BRAVO TEAM (PS4)
BASEMENT CRAWL (PS4)
MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES (PS1)
GANGS OF LONDON (PSP)
LITTLE DEVIANTS (PS VITA)
PLAYSTATION MOVE APE ESCAPE (PS3)
APE ESCAPE ACADEMY (PSP)
KUNG FU RIDER (PS3)
EYETOY: OPERATION SPY (PS2)
now im confused
to play or not to play lair?that is the question.
i cant wait for this game, i know this game will be fantastic. and tomorrow is the day i will try it at the gc. i am sure this game will crush every other game in may aspects. cant wait to play lair!!! and this review prooves, that ppl should take any review with a grain of salt, especially in todays fanboyism.
I think the game has and does everything it's supposed to: wicked high-fidelity grapics, huge environments, innovative controls, epic battles.
The developers never claimed it to be anything other than those things. They never said it would have multi-player (which reviewers are docking it for), nor did they claim that you would like the innovative controls (another complaint), just that it had them.
Still, Kotaku and I have a love/ hate relationship. I've ragged on them before for not being "real" journalists.
That said, at least they are impartial and smear/ praise Sony, MS and Ninty equally.
Day one purchase for me - already bought and paid for. Reviews between now and then be damned, I'll make up my own mind once I get my hands on it. (Though I've always had a soft spot for dragons and 'epic' battles - even liked Drakengard.)
Cheers,
- C
I find the issue with lair is mostly controls (and a few other things, but nothing is perfect)
To me its irritating, because I know that if you bother to learn the controls, it will be a killer game.
I think of MGS3, every review said the controls were hard to learn, but since it was an established franchise, they took the time to learn them and loved them.
It sucks that the reviewers don't take the time to learn the controls properly just because it a new franchise.
i was alwasy gettign this game, it was teh reason i got my PS3 so early. i can care less about reviews, they are just the opinion of a person. Soem people like some games some people hate them, big deal.