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Turning Point is the new Lair

As per the previous news of the CEO of Spark Unlimited speaking out against reviewers not singing Turning Points praises - Geekpulp has drawn the comparision between this and the events surrounding the release of the reviewers guide to Lair
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Published: 653 days 14 hours ago | News | Xbox 360
 
 

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I Call 9MM - 653 days 12 hours ago
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I have to say Turning Point was a half assed game. Sure, great concept and all, but really there is more to it then that: the game has to be fun. The graphics look worse then a lot of last generation games, and it plays like an older game. It's not smooth like CoD4 or something like that. It's rigged. Heck, the weapons look like they came from Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, which itself was a great game, but that came out in like 2000 or so. Firing the guns just doesn't feel right, hitting the enemies doesn't feel right, nothing feels right. Glad I played the demo first, because I was really looking forward to this game for awhile. Developers really should know when their games are crap, because this game is close to that.

Don't blame the gamers if they don't like the game, blame yourselves guys.
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alster23 - 653 days 12 hours ago
2.1 -
same here
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RJ2000 - 653 days 12 hours ago
2.2 - Are you serious?
I would rather REMEMBER than forget what our great soldiers did in World War II. I know you are not saying to forget, but why not have games and movies on World War II? It has been 50 years. Most WWII vets have passed and their memory must remain.
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Palodios - 653 days 11 hours ago
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I don't think its a matter of forgetting what tens of millions of people died for in war and in genocide. I haven't played it because the reviews are so poor, but from wikipedia and other sources, I've learned that in this alternate reality... all those millions died for nothing and Germany won, implying the extermination of the Jews(along with homosexuals and jehova witnesses, I'd assume). All the people who died would have died in vain. A game is supposed to be entertainment, enjoyment, and that isn't something I'd want to play, and nothing I'd want to enjoy.
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Scottama - 653 days 1 hour ago
2.5 - @2.4
Actually, I would like to play a game with the KKK in the White House (is that your pun or mine? :D) It would be just like Harry Potter 7; a huge change from reality! Seriously, that book destroyed the entire formula of the other 6 books, and it was really tense and exciting all the time. I couldn't get the idea that there was always a Death Eater just waiting for them out of my head.

I like alternate reality games, and the whole point of them is to be RADICALLY different. Just like Harry Potter 7, just Resistance, just like FP:ToL SHOULD HAVE BEEN (and I'm so disappointed that it's failed), and just like your KKK game would be.

Noone (well...) here is saying that Nazism is right, but it would be interesting (and perhaps frightening), to play through a game which is so radically changed from our own history, especially when you consider how close this was. Had Churchill died, there might now be a furore about a videogame which depicted Nazism losing.

Anyway, I realise I've rambled, but seriously, get a grip.
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whoelse - 652 days 23 hours ago
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There's a difference between supporting the Nazis and reminding people about them.
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Electronic Arts - 653 days 12 hours ago
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Now wait just a minute there

I would give lair an 8.5 after the controls

Honestly Turning point had a great concept

But I think we all new this was coming. From the trailers I noticed how bad the graphics were, it looked like a flash game to me. There was just something telling me this game wouldn't score at least an 8

Also, this would kick ass if i made it :D
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Ri0tSquad - 653 days 12 hours ago
4 - Why is this just under Xbox 360?
This came out for PS3 as well.
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Theo1130 - 653 days 12 hours ago
5 - Turning Point is not the New Lair because
Lair was good, but the main problems were related to the controls. Fix that and its a very good game, as Turing Point is a complete turd, and deserves the stick it is getting.
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gambare - 653 days 12 hours ago
5.1 - Agree
Lair was good, not awesome but good, the only "problem" was the six axis, many of the reviewers hate it, like many people in fact, but with some tweaks on the dual analog lair can turn into a great game, tur(d)ning point is actually bad, so we can't really say that is the new Lair because Lair wasn't a bad game.
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Iron Man 2 - 653 days 11 hours ago
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Thank you,bubbles for you Theo!;)
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toughNAME - 653 days 12 hours ago
6 - The only difference between the two games is...
you never would have heard of Turning Point if it wasn't this bad
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The gaming GOD - 653 days 12 hours ago
6.1 - You know,
You're probably right on that
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The gaming GOD - 653 days 12 hours ago
7 - People, Lair wasn't a bad game at all. Turning point however IS
If people didn't have trouble learning how to use the sixaxis, Lair would have received probably about and 8/10. They tried to give the gamers something they need (meaning something new).

Turning point however tried nothing new and still managed suck. I never thought it was possible to make an fps suck. Guess I was proven wrong
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humble_gamer - 653 days 12 hours ago
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lairs not bad. if you wanna check out something bad, go to yahoo.com and look at the worst console of all time.
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Butthaul - 653 days 10 hours ago
9.1 - Dumass
Your comment lacked truth. Your jsut talking out of your ass
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ParaDise_LosT - 653 days 10 hours ago
10 - isn't this multi
console?
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cr33ping_death - 653 days 9 hours ago
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shouldnt the title be "turning point is the new TWO WORLDS" ? that was a bigger flop than LAIR. though LAIR was mainly judged for its bad controls which i didnt find all that hard to control.....but still could have used the analog controls.

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

TWO WORLDS is rated at 50 on meta

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

LAIR is rated at 53 on meta
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cr33ping_death - 653 days 8 hours ago
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love how someone disagrees with pure facts :)
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SnakeDiesinMGS4 - 653 days 6 hours ago
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Both games suck bad! The difference is that sony fanboys thought Lair was going to be a AAA title. So Lair is a bigger flop. Nobody thought nothing of Turning Point.
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Captain Tuttle - 653 days 3 hours ago
13 - Nah...
Lair had broken controls as well but at least looked great. Turning Point has broken controls (although not nearly in Lair's league) but it's quite old looking graphically.
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mariusmal - 653 days 1 hour ago
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i've played both games. lair had bad controls and some bad mechanics. turning point is an unfinished product. bad animations etc etc.
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Boink - 652 days 23 hours ago
15 - I wouldn't say it was the next lair
lair LOOKED like it was going to be awesome, but bombed.

turning point looked mediocre and bombed.
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ZackFair - 652 days 23 hours ago
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not nearly as hyped as lair was
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Captain Tuttle - 652 days 21 hours ago
16.1 - Good point...
Lair was hyped so bad by fanboys that the disappointment was that much worse.
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