At the first I was disappointed by GameSpot review. I just bought a PS3 and I wanted to experience the new Sys Axis control system. Lair seemed the right game to me. Looking at the pictures (and at the review) I understood it was a beautiful game, but before to waste 55€ I wanted to be sure it was playable. I searched in the internet and I discovered that the Six Axis problem was due to an OLD PS3 FIRMWARE! There is even a video in YouTube that proves how smooth the controls are. So I decided to buy it. Playing it I discovered it also has a great sound track. The music goes with the action, as it always should be. I believe too many people have been influenced by GS review giving their rate. Lair is a great Game. Innovative. To fly a dragon in a 3D environment it is not something you could easily experience before. True, the fighting system is damn hard. At least for me. And being each environment huge it is very easy to get lost and miss the targets. That means that one has to play and replay various times the same level before to understand where to go, and what to fight. Also it SEEMS that sometime you lose control of the dragon. When you face an obstacle or a wall, the dragon flies away. Well, what did GS expect? They wanted the dragon to become smashed potato? Sure, it may get annoying. You wanted to go left, but the AI system decided that it had to turn right. Just bad luck. But still, just move up the Six Axis and you do a 180 degree turn, The concept, as the producers say, it is the one of a Top Gun model. Instead of flying an F16, you fly a dragon. That's what makes Lair very realistic and that's what makes it difficult to play. You MUST use the Six Axis. Too many times I find myself trying to turn using the left analog stick. But hey! How many times does it happens with the old dear games that we try to turn moving the joypad? And that's how Lair controls work! One must just get used to it and that's it. I just agree with the complaining about the camera, especially when targetting. Often it makes you wondering where you ended up. But it is also true that if you keep holding the target button, you keep hitting the enemy. Until it is dead or you move away. Seemingly the game is a little short, and this is a let down for 55€. But considering that you must replay few times the same levels, the entire experience gets much longer. Still, you can always rent it and enjoy what the new tech of PS3 has to offer. In few words Lair is a beautiful game, with a nice story, amazing music. Sometimes very hard to play due to unexperience/inability to the new control system. But a true new, innovative 3D cinematic experience that anyone owning a PS3 must try.
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