What's wrong with Lair? Ken Levine weighs in
Category: PlayStation 3, Posted: 09/21/2007 at 02:56AM CDT by Andy Groen, Content Contributor
Make no mistake, more than a few shins were scuffed and whimpering tears were shed over the critical reception of Lair. For the last two weeks it's been pretty much Factor 5 versus the world. The world said Lair was mediocre, Factor 5 seemed intent that it was a Halo/WoW/Final Fantasy killer.
Now instead of fanboy rants and hurt feelings, we finally have a voice of rationality and objectivity. A voice I think we all can expect. He's attained near rock star status after the release of his media darling Bioshock....ladies and gentlemen...I give you: Ken Levine on Lair! He was recently featured on a podcast aired on Gamerswithjobs.com where he gave more than a few opinions, but most notable was his shpiel on Lair. It starts off a bit off topic, but he wraps it together nicely.
"Is there a game, with the exception of Wii Sports, that you've been thrilled that there's no option to go back to a regular d-pad? I think you're seeing a lot of this lately. Aren't there a lot of games where you're just like, 'Dude, can I just use the d-pad or the analog stick?' Ever since the DS came out I feel that there have been a lot of games like that. They've been so impressed by their control mechanic that they just really, really want you to play with that. Sony had an expensive lawsuit with that rumble company so they sort of seemingly at the last minute threw in this motion control stuff and they have to follow through on that; from a corporate standpoint they need to follow through on that. I think Lair came out of that to some degree. I think there may be an excellent game in there... but the [motion control] limitation is painful right now."
There you have it. It's not exactly a defense, and it's not exactly, "ZOMG! Lair is the suk! LOLcats FTW!!! Simpson's did it first!" Cool, calm, and rational. (Yes, that's meant to be ironic.)
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I wonder if a patch could be released to allow usage of the Analog and digital contol scheme? I don't see why not?
^^ Yeah, it's what they should have done in the first place, then the game would probably get like an 8.5/10.
That's pretty Ditto...if people wanted to wave a controller around they would have bought a wii and used the lighter controllers that don't break your wrists when you constantly waggle them around....
I agree. When this game was play tested before it shipped and Factor 5 had it's focus groups, i have no idea why somebody did not speak up about the horrid controls. The focus groups consist of gamers right? I borrowed it from my friend for a week and i must say the musical score coupled with the story, is the best i have ever seen so far in a game. If the controls were fixed, this would of received a 9.5, or possibly a 10. The game frustrated me so much, that i could not play another minute. I really, tried to like this game and see through it's shortcomings. Oh well, there is always the sequel...........