AltogetherAndrews said:And in that regard you're correct; it's certainly not soft fantasy. But I think it's horribly unbalanced, and cluttered.
Did you look at the newest pics in the other thread?
AltogetherAndrews said:And in that regard you're correct; it's certainly not soft fantasy. But I think it's horribly unbalanced, and cluttered.
FormulaOne said:Given your console pedigree and recent post in which you defend Viva Pinata by calling it a "Nature Management System" I would have to question your real motives.
Bildi said:So what's this game about?
WickedLaharl said:hey, i've seen people say that you work for sony. is that true?
Speevy said:I simply said that for all its technical mastery, the game remains visually unappealing.
You mean when she swam around and killed all sorts of sh*t?Karma Kramer said:Its a new take on the little mermaid essentially
Drinky Crow said:the art direction is ridiculously noisy for a game that focuses on battles of scale, where many of your enemies are often mere pixels in the distance. really, if any game should have favored anti-aliasing over glossy shader effects, this game is it.
Tim Rogers and a cavalcade of circle jerkers posting meta-reviews mostly to take the piss and I guess vent their frustrations in ways not usually permissable. Not exactly game reviews per se, think message board rants run through a couple of creative writing courses. Somewhat more entertaining to read than normal game reviews though.Oblivion said:I'm not familiar with actionbutton.com, are they purposely being 'tough' on purpose? Twilight Princess might not be 10/10, but 1/4? wtf?
Really? I was gonna call him out for stealth trolling because of the last half of those pics.HomerSimpson-Man said:Jeez at those pics, I'm probably just going to get this game down the line just for the pure showcase eye candy of it's 1080p visuals on my tv.
Segata Sanshiro said:Christ almighty. Did I just wake up in the year 2505 or something?
Since you seem to have not bothered parsing what people have posted in this thread, allow me to make a quick summary:
1) Play Magazine gives Lair a 9/10
2) Some people say that Play Magazine's reviews are dubious, seeing as how they gave Sonic 360 a 9.5/10, or the much-maligned Rebel Strike an A-, just as examples. Play is known for their enthusiasm; this is a tremendous asset to their magazine, but it does have the side effect of making their review section an essential whitewash of fanman exuberance.
3) Some disagreement about Lair's artistic merits
4) Drinky Crow
Inasmuch as discussion of the review is concerned, all people are saying is that Play loving it has little bearing on the game as Play LOVES EVERYTHING.
If anything is being attacked here, it's not Lair...it's Play Magazine's reviews.
That was my attempt. Let's see if I'm screaming in the desert or not. Since it's you, Tideas, I'm not predicting heavy showers.
:lolY2Kev said:Could it be any more obvious the main character is modeled on Eggebrecht
HomerSimpson-Man said:Jeez at those pics, I'm probably just going to get this game down the line just for the pure showcase eye candy of it's 1080p visuals on my tv.
...Thunderbear said:I personally just love the scale/epic feel of it even though I somewhat agree that the art direction is up and down.
But to claim that for that reason it can't possibly score a 9.0 is pretty ridiculous and there's definitely a lot of trolling going on.
I hope it's good, and I am glad the first review was this positive.
Y2Kev said:Could it be any more obvious the main character is modeled on Eggebrecht
Bildi said:You mean when she swam around and killed all sorts of sh*t?
BradVanDam said:screw you speevy and your attempts at trolling.
Zefah said:I haven't read anything about the game since losing interest when I played the 2006 TGS build and being unable to get over its awful controls. Did they ever add analog control to the game? Did they at least make the motion sensitive controls somewhat playable?
i wouldn't pay much attention to speevy. i mean, that dude used to defend sudeki's awful art.FormulaOne said:Given your console pedigree and recent post in which you defend Viva Pinata by calling it a "Nature Management System" I would have to question your real motives.
Although he didn't speak a mistruth about Viva Pinata in that post he's referring to. I'm surprised anyone that played VP would try to say it's not a nature management game.dai said:i wouldn't pay much attention to speevy. i mean, that dude used to defend sudeki's awful art.
I like you Segata, you an island in this sea of madness.Segata Sanshiro said:...
Nobody is claiming that. Stop putting up straw Romans to martyr yourselves on.
Do you even read Play Magazine? Do you truly want to contend that Lair is no better than Rebel Strike and a half-point worse than Sonic 360? Are you okay with Sonic Heroes being a 10/10? HEY GUYS LAIR IS PRETTY AWESOME BUT HERMIE HOPPERHEAD MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A PILE OF PUKE
yepSegata Sanshiro said:Although he didn't speak a mistruth about Viva Pinata in that post he's referring to. I'm surprised anyone that played VP would try to say it's not a nature management game.
dai said:i wouldn't pay much attention to speevy. i mean, that dude used to defend sudeki's awful art.
bumpkin said:Play loves everything. Have they given a low score to any major release?
Segata Sanshiro said:...
Nobody is claiming that. Stop putting up straw Romans to martyr yourselves on.
Do you even read Play Magazine? Do you truly want to contend that Lair is no better than Rebel Strike and a half-point worse than Sonic 360? Are you okay with Sonic Heroes being a 10/10? HEY GUYS LAIR IS PRETTY AWESOME BUT HERMIE HOPPERHEAD MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A PILE OF PUKE
Halverson enjoys climbing up on his well-worn soapbox over GTA. I've read a couple of his editorials where he just railed the series. As for Blinx, it's a platformer, which automatically bumps it into the 8-10 range, with "8" being a zero on the normal 0-10 scale, and "10" being a five.Speevy said:
ZealousD said:6/10 TimeSplitters 2
5/10 Scarface: The World is Yours (PS2/XBOX)
6/10 Aggressive Inline
6.5/10 Kirby Canvas Curse
5.5/10 Elebits
7.5/10 GTA: San Andreas
6/10 Lego Star Wars
6/10 Luigi's Mansion
6/10 Tekken 4
6.5/10 Hitman: Blood Money
6/10 Marvel vs Capcom 2
Here's the opposite end of the spectrum.
9/10 GRAW PS2
7.5/10 Fight Club
8.5/10 Sonic 360
8.75/10 Nanobreaker
8.75/10 Death by Degrees
9/10 Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia
7.5/10 Catwoman
10/10 Wario World
10/10 Devil May Cry 2
10/10 Blinx: The Time Sweeper
8.5/10 Bullet Witch
8.5/10 300: March to glory
8.5/10 TMNT
8.5/10 Tenchu Z
7.5/10 Shadow the Hedgehog
8.5/10 Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
10/10 Medal of Honor: Frontline
8/10 Dawn of Mana
9.5/10 Sonic Heroes
9/10 Blinx 2
8.5/10 Kirby Air Ride
8.5/10 Red Steel
8.5/10 Enter the Matrix
9/10 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
8/10 Shrek 2
If gliding over a beautiful starlit ocean to the haunting strains of opera doesn't impress you, you're dead inside
Onix said:So does that mean Mario Galaxy gets an 11?
It gets a "HERMIEHOPPERHEAD/10" with extra scanned in tears-of-joy-stains dotting the page.Onix said:So does that mean Mario Galaxy gets an 11?