This game really wasn't that bad in 07. It was not the worst game or anywhere near as bad as most people or revies said it was. The controls aren't the best but they aren't the worst if you get used to it. The biggest problems I had were figuring out the little things that meant a lot in this game. The fire balls for instance. If you mash the button the dragon shoots little ones, but if you wait a couple of seconds and then press square, he shoots a big one. The big fire ball is essential to defeating the first major boss in the game. Doing the 180 turn around was rather simple if you learned how to do it right. If dipped the controller down and then immediatelay up, it did the move 90% of the time. If you just held the controller and jerked up, no it would not work. I would easily give the game a 7 back then maybe a 6 today because it's been a couple of years. The biggest problem with the game are the missions. It's kind of the same thing in each level for the most part, It's always something like destroy the bad guys attacking the mantas or turrets, or something of that nature. The physical fighting was a bit dumb. It was cool that you could unlock new moves, but they were just longer combo variations of the moves already there. They had all the ideas to make a great a game. If they thought up different style missions while tightening the controls, it would have been a pretty cool game.
Factor 5 was the first company to realize that if you make the PS3 first and then port to 360, you will get good results on both platforms, so I wouldn't say that they are a crappy company for one bad game. Factor 5 are not one trick pony's. They made Turrican way before Rogue Squadron even came out so I don't know where that is coming from.
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