Comments on: L.A.I.R.: HANDS ON PREVIEW

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:02:28 +0000

lolololol

By: Wes Lydon

Wes Lydon — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:19:29 +0000

Brian Hash brings up Kotaku’s statement, and it has merrit. Motion controls are going to be a large part of the user involvement with these new systems, including the 360 (willing to be they will join in this user interface as well). L.a.i.r. might get some bad press for requiring its use, but the technology will have a difficult time becoming common and comfortable unless a game steps up to force it. I hope enough people pick up L.a.i.r. to become used to such controls, because a bevy of new options will open up for developers when they are no longer restricted by the learning curve.

By: VirginiaSlim

VirginiaSlim — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:19:34 +0000

hard to stomach that Warhawk review. I was the beta. It’s one of the best console multiplayers i’ve played. I hope word of mouth on this game limits the impact of this puzzling review.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:03:18 +0000

Liar looks mighty interesting. One reason why I have chosen the PS3 over the Xbox 3360 as a PC gamer is that Sony offers typical console games while nearly every Xbox 360 game is a PC game that has been ported to the Xbox 360.

With Lair, Heavenly Sword, R&C Future, Drake’s Fortune and WipEout HD I’ll be playing typical console games while I can get typical PC games like Crysis, Bioshock, Quake Wars and Half Life 2 Orange Box for my PC.

PS3 + PC = Best of both worlds and I like challenging games. Motion control just takes skill and some more time to learn. Giving a game a low score because you suck at it and refuse to adept is pretty weak. That is why they have to release a demo of some sorts.

By: templar648

templar648 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:55:07 +0000

well im not worried about the frame rate cause factor 5 handed out those versions saying that they knew about the problems with the frame rate and were fixing it
also im not worried about the warhawk thing either. cause the guy from psm who reviewed it had just got a job there from an xbox mag and everything he wrote in the mag bout the ps3 was bad

By: Zed Zee

Zed Zee — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:10:12 +0000

All these comments prove precisely how the whole PS3 launch and games availability has gone so far…It’s been a disaster!

Magazines are being alienated. Developers are worried and are siding with Microsoft/PC instead. Retailers are complaining the console is too expensive - Sony are not helping by keeping the UK/European price up and playing a very dirty trick in the US with the models.

While gamers are bewildered why they have such a powerful beast sitting under their televisions (that some probably bought especially for the PS3 to enjoy its full visual glory), but there’s next to no decent games out for it.

And the fact that every single game (even if it’s any good like I’m sure, at least, Warhawk is) gets debated to death, simply shows that Sony has caused so much frustration with its delayed UK/European release, so much dismay because of the lack of constant good titles and so much disappointment as their position in the current race slips (and rightly so) to third place.

The problem Sony has is that Microsoft has lined up the XBox360 very closely with PC games, so translation between the two units has been made very easy for developers. So whatever game comes out for PC, it’s either out for XBox360 immediately or follows soon after, with very little focus on PS3 and none for Wii; there’s even rumours abound that developers are not classing the Wii as a nexgen console!

Having so many games (and I grant you some are potentially crap) for Xbox360 means there’s more choice on the shelves and means there’s more diversity but the PS3 sadly lacks and badly needs this…NOW!

I’m an avid PlayStation fan and have been so since the PS1 (I don’t own and have never owned any MS or Nintendo games device), but I cannot justify purchasing the PS3 at its current extortionate price in UK/Europe nor with the little choice of online/offline games available and like many others like me, I don’t have the home equipment for BluRay films either, so again that makes it a non-starter.

I don’t know if the XBox360 user base figures can be reached or not, but I can predict that it won’t be Sony that will beat them (not at the current price anyway)…it might just yet be Nintendo!

By: thesilent85

thesilent85 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:50:16 +0000

the frame rate drops! this is the main problem with the game everything is superb!

By: danoo

danoo — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:14:47 +0000

Ya really you gusy shouldnt get mad at the messenger. It’s not his fault that game reviewer’s are not liking those game’s. Blaming PSM for giving them a bad review because sony doesnt give them disc’s?? are you serious i am sory to say but it isnt just PSM that didnt like liar and warhawk its EGM and IGN also i know it’s kinda hard to take when the PS3 really need’s some good game’s. On the bright side heavenly sword just got 100/100 from play and another really good score from another site(dont remember which offhand) beside’s while sony does have some decent title’s coming this year i really think 2008 is the year when the PS3 comes into its own and beats up the competition =)

By: dbarrade

dbarrade — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:17:43 +0000

Is it possible to get off the Dragon?

By: NDGO

NDGO — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:54:33 +0000

I think many mags are pissed at sony because sony has pulled off of a lot of them. specially PSM cause sony doesn’t want to do any more demo disc. and why would you trust PSM’s oppinion about warhawk when you can go to just about any website and see the opposite oppinion.