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Official LAIR thread
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Valkyr Junkie
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So how do you handle the gesture motions with those controllers? Because the gesture crap is what really blows. Tilt for flying feels great.
Kobun Heat
Member
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
holy shit i'm playing lair with a saturn pad
holy shit i'm playing lair with a saturn pad
Kobun Heat
Member
Weird. It's obviously completely tuned for the motion controls.
AlphaSnake
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The game does play awesome with standard controls. But you lose certain abilities like doing 180s and such. Stuff that specifically requires motion.
The next week I already had an HD. :lol
dark10x said:
The next week I already had an HD. :lol
Kobun Heat
Member
Speevy said:
Yeah, it... holy shit, this is, like... playable.
MachoInfinity
Member
Kobun Heat said:
Holy shit, you mean like the game already is???
MachoInfinity
Member
bud said:
Because...it doesn't.
AlphaSnake
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KTallguy said:
Because he's right, I'm sure.
Anyways, you can't play through the game without the motion sensing. There are portions in the game that require you to shake the controller in order to break or kill something. I think the game is still pretty damn playable with the SixAxis. It barely took anytime for me to get the feel of it.
AlphaSnake said:
What makes you think this?
If this is the case, why didn't they force you to use motion in Warhawk?
I think this is all the developer's business. Obviously Sony has requirements, but I don't think one of them is "make your game only support our experimental control scheme". Sure, Sony wants more games to support Sixaxis, but to say that they wouldn't allow them to put on a stick mode is kind of dumb.
AlphaSnake
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KTallguy said:
Because they only wanted to have one game relying on SixAxis controls, as opposed to two.
AlphaSnake
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Well, after more play (I'm on the 7th stage) I can honestly say this is the best implementation of SixAxis motion controls ever. I'm very, very used to it. And I actually think LAIR is a very good game once you give the controls some time.
AlphaSnake
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Madman said:
Probably that, yeah. I personally hated it at E3, because:
A) I had no time to learn the controls.
B) I had another 60 games to play.
C) Other people were waiting for a turn.
D) I was also pissed that I couldn't play it with normal controls.
So most of that falls under time. But, what I can definitely see is that the game is incomplete. You'll notice tons of issues like squads of fighters looking like stick men, moving at a frame per second. Furthermore, when you swoop down to pick up a soldier with your talons and throw him, it looks terrible. The camera pans off of you, to follow the soldier as he free falls. The little trooper just flies off into nothingness, no sound, no collision detection with any objects he flies into. Nothing. It's an absurdly pointless feature, and Factor 5 should've allowed us to turn off action-cam scenes such as this. Luckily, grabbing soldiers is totally optional, so just avoid it -- it's not fun anyways.
Yeah...the game definitely seems to be rushed in order to make this release date. The more you play the more things you pick up on that make it clear the game is incomplete. There's just no polish, at all.
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But when you get past that, the game is still a ton of fun and highly engaging. And that's the most important thing: is that I'm engaged.
AlphaSnake
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Random question: how are so many of you playing it already? Did stores break the date?
Greg said:
my local blockbuster had a few in. I am finding you have to hold the controller firmly to have proper control (i use proper loosely lol). Anyone else think of superman 64 with those rings ?
I hope they patch in analog support, the restraint my thumbs are enduring sucks.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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MachoInfinity said:
i play Warhawk with sticks...
AlphaSnake said:
Yeah, I just went through the first 5 levels and I must say I'm quite positively surprised by the game so far. The controls are fine, I went through the basic movements training as well as the first air combat training and it's been fine.
I don't know what to think about the graphics though, it's mindblowing in parts but the lighting is just off most of the time. It's kinda lame that sometimes it's too dark and other parts are too bright.... so much that you loose details and textures. The frame rate is OK too, overall at maybe 25fps, but it's not as bad as it sounds. There is so much going on that it's easy to forget about the frame rate drops here and there... at least it's not a tearing fest as well.
The story is quite boring, as expected.. but the soundtrack, OMG! that's quality. It fits the action perfectly and it's what I expect from a big budget game like this one.
Overall, for the first 5 levels, I'd say it's a solid 7.5 for me.
I picked it up today and am really enjoying it. It takes a second to get used to the controls and I have to stop for a second when I switch from ground to air combat. Overall, I'd give it an 8 right now. I'm only two levels in, but I'm really enjoying it so far. Fuck the haters.
Opus Angelorum
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Proc said:
I find that really ironic considering how much Factor 5 talked about Liar as a graphical showcase.