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#1 Essian
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I want the opinion of someone who has actually played Lair! Now, this game gets a wrap as one of the biggest let-downs in the PS3's short history, and I wanna know if that's true. Do the analog control make up for the game's other shortcomings? I mean... It's freakin fighting on dragons!!! How bad could it really be? Give me your opinions of the game, but only if you have actually played it

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#2 raven_squad
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Before I played it, I was EXTREMELY excited for it. The dragon battles looked incredible to me, and even with the poor review scores I felt I would love it just because the controls and targeting seemed pretty nitpicky when you on a freaking dragon and having air war... and while I did still enjoy the game quite a bit, it was definitely a severe let down. The controls take a TON of getting used to (never used analog controls though), and the targeting was definitely broken as hell making it unnaturally difficult at times. Still, I recommend at least renting it to see for yourself. It's kind of hit and miss. You may enjoy it quite alot.
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#3 Arctic_Grillz
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The control is terrible, I really wanted to like this game because I love dragons and stuff but the story and gameplay is just terrible.

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#4 Essian
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damn I was hoping you guys would surprise me with a whole lot of positive feedback

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#5 Ultrabeatdown55
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I really like Lair. I thought the game was extremely fun and had NO problems with the motion controls. I beat it with the motion controls and then I started it again with the analog controls and beat it again. Much to my surprise, I liked the motion controls better. Buy it. Its probably pretty cheap now.

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#6 Essian
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I really like Lair. I thought the game was extremely fun and had NO problems with the motion controls. I beat it with the motion controls and then I started it again with the analog controls and beat it again. Much to my surprise, I liked the motion controls better. Buy it. Its probably pretty cheap now.

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yeah it's only like 13 dollars... I would never play with motion controls because I like to lounge about while I play, but with analog I can see myself really liking this game potentially
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#7 Ultrabeatdown55
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[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"]

I really like Lair. I thought the game was extremely fun and had NO problems with the motion controls. I beat it with the motion controls and then I started it again with the analog controls and beat it again. Much to my surprise, I liked the motion controls better. Buy it. Its probably pretty cheap now.

Essian
yeah it's only like 13 dollars... I would never play with motion controls because I like to lounge about while I play, but with analog I can see myself really liking this game potentially

Its only $13? BUY IT!
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#8 Essian
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[QUOTE="Essian"][QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"]

I really like Lair. I thought the game was extremely fun and had NO problems with the motion controls. I beat it with the motion controls and then I started it again with the analog controls and beat it again. Much to my surprise, I liked the motion controls better. Buy it. Its probably pretty cheap now.

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yeah it's only like 13 dollars... I would never play with motion controls because I like to lounge about while I play, but with analog I can see myself really liking this game potentially

Its only $13? BUY IT!

I don't know if I can justify it... I've been looking at reviews, and as far as I can tell, the controls were only the tip of the gamplay problem iceberg. Here are some other cited issues: 1) Horribly targeting system leads to frustration in clustered battles 2) Camera does some damn weird things... 3) Mission waypoints are sometimes misleading 4) Mission objective descriptions are even worse 5) Every mission feels the same if these are seriously NOT true at all, I will pick up the game, but if they are, I have to say I'll pass
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#9 Ultrabeatdown55
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[QUOTE="Essian"][QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"][QUOTE="Essian"] yeah it's only like 13 dollars... I would never play with motion controls because I like to lounge about while I play, but with analog I can see myself really liking this game potentially

Its only $13? BUY IT!

I don't know if I can justify it... I've been looking at reviews, and as far as I can tell, the controls were only the tip of the gamplay problem iceberg. Here are some other cited issues: 1) Horribly targeting system leads to frustration in clustered battles 2) Camera does some damn weird things... 3) Mission waypoints are sometimes misleading 4) Mission objective descriptions are even worse 5) Every mission feels the same if these are seriously NOT true at all, I will pick up the game, but if they are, I have to say I'll pass

Look up some gameplay vid's and you will receive your answer. Isn't there a demo also? I am not sure though...
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Game is bad..period! There's still allot of people in denial because of the potential this game had..it wasn't executed the correct way and it payed for it.
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#11 Ultrabeatdown55
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Game is bad..period! There's still allot of people in denial because of the potential this game had..it wasn't executed the correct way and it payed for it.gamer082009
Are you trying to say that I am in denial? Because I am not.
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[QUOTE="gamer082009"]Game is bad..period! There's still allot of people in denial because of the potential this game had..it wasn't executed the correct way and it payed for it.Ultrabeatdown55
Are you trying to say that I am in denial? Because I am not.

You two just keep meeting each other on opposite ends of the fences. :P
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#13 envybianchi
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Look for $13 I think you should give it a shot & determine whether the game is good or not. I try to base my purchases off of reviews but that's because I'm trying to justify a full price purchase. At $13, I think it's a great price for a fun game with difficult controls. It's not by far a cake walk mastering the controls but doable if you put some time & effort into the training mode. It was easier with the analog controls for me. For some reason, the sixaxis controls were non-responsive for my part. Half the time the dragon wouldn't go in the direction I wanted to. Could be interference within my building or I just plain suck. :P :D

Give it a shot & have fun!

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#14 gamer082009
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[QUOTE="gamer082009"]Game is bad..period! There's still allot of people in denial because of the potential this game had..it wasn't executed the correct way and it payed for it.Ultrabeatdown55
Are you trying to say that I am in denial? Because I am not.

No, I'm just saying some can't acknowledge that the game was a huge let down..is that you? I don't really know. I guess somebody has to buy it, and it probably happened to be you and the other 10 people.
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#15 kendahlj
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I've seen it as low as $7 used. For that price, how could you possibly go wrong, even if you hate it. At least then you'll know for yourself and won't have to rely on the words of strangers. I am sure there are plenty of games that you like that everyone else hated. Okay maybe not plenty, but some...

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#16 Essian
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okay... I guess I'll buy it! Besides I heard the story is pretty decent and the graphics kick ass. And if I don't like it, it's not like I'll be complaining about how I wasted 60 bucks, since it' gonna be less than 10 with the small amount of trade credit I'll get for another game
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#17 Azurathe
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Just spend that $10 on some microwave burritos or something. They'll be far more enjoyable than this turd of a game.
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#18 deactivated-598fc45371265
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It's pretty bad, not exclusively because of the controls though. There's bad design choices all around.