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Ken Levine, 2K Boston president and creator of potential Game of the Year BioShock, has come to the defense of Lair, possibly one of the worst games of the year. Levine speculates that Factor 5 may have been given a mandate of sorts to push the motion controls with their game.
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kooplar
- 840 days 22 hours ago
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1 - that explains it...
``Levine speculates that Factor 5 may have been given a mandate of sorts to push the motion controls with their game.´´
that explains why it sucked......
NOT!
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Itachi
- 840 days 20 hours ago
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1.4 - @ EVIL-ANGEL
WHY ARE YOU SO FIXATED ON A MANS EYES
PLEASE KEEP YOUR GAY POSTS TO YOURSELF
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- 840 days 18 hours ago
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1.5 - Evil-Angel: STFU!
"LAIR potintioal SGY(SH11test game of the year) (vs) BIOSHOCK POTINTIOAL GOY"
***LAIR is hardly the "SH11test" game of the year.
"give it a rent game (vs) THE GAME OF 2007=MUST MUST MUST BUY"
***Must buy? Are you kidding? I played BioShock and it truly is an amazing game but it's not worth $60. I played through it the first time on Hard in a few days. I only played a second time on Easy to get 6 achievements I missed. After playing it 2 or 3 times there is absolutely no replay value. If you want to waste $60 to only play a game twice then that is your decision. For me it was a definite RENT.
"LAIR+HS (50GB of date in 2 BR DISC=less than 13hs gameplay) (((VS)))BIOSHOCK DVD9 around 20hs of unrepretative gameplay"
***Seriously? "Unrepretative?" I don't know which game you played but it obviously was NOT BioShock. BioShock is very repetitive at times. The entire game consists of collecting items, killing splicers, and killing big daddies. How is that not repetitive? As for the hours of game play, however long it takes someone to complete a game, it should not factor in on whether the game is good or bad. As long as the story is compelling I wouldn't mind a game being even 5 hours long.
"inredabile detail -but one of the worse looking games-(vs) increadible graphic"
***WTF? LAIR is one of the "worse" looking games? The graphics in LAIR are great. Not the best graphics ever but certainly not the worst.
"ride your dragon (vs) complete invoation and revolution in FPS"
***"Invoation and revolution?" What exactly about BioShock is innovative and revolutionary? If you want a revolutionary game that offers plenty of innovation see: Half-Life 2
"CELL+RSX+PS3 POTINTIOAL ((((VS)))) XENOE+360 devloper frindly design"
***What the hell does this have to do with the games themselves?
Any semi-intelligent person can clearly see that your comment is pure flaimbait. I honestly feel that I may have become stupider after reading your comment. Next time you want to degrade a game, and in the process diss a console, make sure you learn proper spelling and grammar. At the very least try to use the little spell check button that n4g provides.
"Potintioal" LMAO!
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frizshizzle
- 840 days 22 hours ago
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So Lair was used to promote motion sensing...
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- 840 days 19 hours ago
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lair is the game you buy for fanboys and non gamers they are both to blind to see what crap they just got, no one ever talks about any paticular fun they had in the game. i personaly didnt mind the controls. it was the core gameplay that nobody wants to talk about that ruins this repetive and laggy some times ugly game.
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- 840 days 22 hours ago
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"Possibly one of the worst games of the year..." is a bit of an exaggeration. Disappointing maybe, sure, but it's nowhere near the bottom of the heap.
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ISay
- 840 days 19 hours ago
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if you actualy played the game than this is 100% true
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Keyser
- 840 days 14 hours ago
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3.2 - I own the game and it's 100% not true.
If you play it you'll like it. ISay never even played the game. The game is actually fun. It's not perfect but so far I have found a single game that is. On the other hand the game is fun.
If you don't want to risk $60 rent it. If you hate 6 axis then stay away from Lair. It truly is a fun game. No fanboy.
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xaphanze
- 840 days 22 hours ago
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I think sony did this with factor 5.They forced them on motion sensing to show people that they made the right decision with making the six axis.
Sixaxis + rumble would be really cool. Wii and 360 controller together ;P.
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apoc06
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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i disagree. every since the new controllers unveiling it seems like warhawk was the sixaxis poster child. warhawk was 100% under sony's control. if they didnt force warhawk to use motion control, i dont really see why they would force lair to do the same.
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doublertist
- 840 days 22 hours ago
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5 - the game is better than people say
i have this game and yes the controlls are tough and there is a bit of a curve but still on of the best looking games out on any consol right now, and the story is great and the cinematics are awesome, people who hate the controlls just are unable to adapt to the sixaxis control and for them sorry and i do understand that they hate it and factor 5 should have given the user the option to use the joysticks as the control for the dragon and so its too bad that they left that out but if you odnt believe me, go rent the game and see for yourself that it has some great potential
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PimpHandHappy
- 840 days 22 hours ago
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6 - games that are worse then Lair (short list that could be much longer)
Hour of victory=360
Cyber Ball 2072=360
bomerman act zero=360
Vampire Rain=360
ok now im done here
peace
oh btw
i know most of those games are old
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MACHone
- 840 days 22 hours ago
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7 - One of the Worst Games of the Year?
Bull! Who the heck let that get approved?
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DeZimatoR
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10 - LOL @ Evil-Angel
I guess what Levine said was as painful as a kick in the nuts for you right?
Man its funny when this kind of stuff happens, it really puts fanboys back in their corner, AHAH
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jackdoe
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Is it just me, or does Ken Levine look like Steve Carell? Anyway, defense coming from a surprising source.
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nobizlikesnowbiz
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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Yea I was thinking the same thing.
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nobizlikesnowbiz
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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I doubt this game was one of the worst games of the year.
I hear it looks gorgeous, and is fun...sometimes.
There are other games out there that blow total ass. This isn't one of them. Even though it was hyped up to be a total killer app.
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RunamukK
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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So according to everything that ive read the main reson people say Lair sucks is because it forces you to use the motion controls and Factor five didnt give you an option to use analog sticks right?
Well, then why cant they just release a patch that lets you use the analog sticks?
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jackdoe
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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Factor 5 could be stubborn, or they could be working on it.
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He totally does look like steve carell
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Mars Attacker
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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LOL! The fanboys still defend Lair! This article hit the nail on the head.
Admit it. The game was way over hyped and a HUGE disappointment. Keep your head in the sand and defend Lair, so you won't have to admit the underlying problem: the Sixaxis controller is a POS. Let's see how many big games use motion control after this mess.
That loud clicking sound you hear are millions of keyboards and mice working overtime to remove motion control from future PS3 games.
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tplarkin7
- 840 days 14 hours ago
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15.1 - Everything Levine said was a no-brainer!!!
Duh!!!
Of course, Sony pushed Sixaxis on Factor 5.
Of course, Sony added tilt sensing at the last minute to justify the lack of rumble.
But, the journalists just take whatever Sony hands them. If Sony says, "rumble is last gen". Then the journalists just repeat those words. They don't "speculate", nor investigate.
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Keyser
- 840 days 14 hours ago
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15.2 - Either you have no PS3 or you hate everything new...
the 6 axis adds a new element to gaming. Like everything new sometimes it can be cumbersome, difficult to learn, used improperly, and not given a chance.
My personal opinion is that they did the right thing adding it because like rumble, it adds to the immersiveness in games. Most games allow you turn it off if it is not your taste and then you can hold the controller the same way you did the NES controller in 1985.
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Komrad
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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that isn't the 40 yr ol' virgin there?
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aiphanes
- 840 days 21 hours ago
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17 - Motion controls work in some games...just not too well in Lair...
It works in warhawk.....and in heavenly sword...But there should always be a way to turn it off or configure to use the analog sticks...like in warhawk.....The Lair devs will find a way to patch the game so it can be played without the motion controls...
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the game while frustraiting at first gets better with some practice. not the GREAT game i was hoping for but a good game none the less. " worst game of the year" i think not. didnt another so called AAA 360 title get scores of 2 out of 10 TWO WORLDS i think its called?
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Robotz Rule
- 840 days 20 hours ago
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Thank you!
+Bubbles+:)
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sajj316
- 840 days 14 hours ago
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20 - See my latest blogs ...
http://n4g.com/up/4982/blog...
My own take on Lair + suggestions on Lair 2. Those that claim its the worst game of the year have never played it.
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Bathyj
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As I recall Factor 5 jumped at the chance to use motion control. They had been wanting it since the gamecube
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