LAIR

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 25 March 2008 - 16:04.

Up until now, Lair hasn't been sitting at the top of everyone's Most Anticipated lists beside Metal Gear Solid and Killzone 2. But that, we're willing to bet, is about to change.
Lair's graphical prowess hits you like a bus the moment you start the first level. It has that Factor 5 touch. You leap onto your dragon and launch into the air, and it stuns you with its ultra-high-detail environments that stretch far into the distance for you to gawp at as you soar through the sky on your giant dragon.

Factor 5 clearly still knows how to get a console's chips ticking, as it did when it produced the technically stunning Star Wars: Rogue Squadron games on GameCube.

The first of the six levels we played during our exclusive hands-on is particularly stunning. A town with literally hundreds of buildings is sprawled out in a sort of canyon between two huge mountains. This awesome scene overlooks the sea, with the most amazing water ripple being lit up by a gorgeous sunset. In 1080p on a on a big screen, it really is a sight to see.

Our favourite level is set along a river down which ships full of your men and equipment are sailing. Your primary objective is to protect them until they're safely within the confines of the city walls at the far end of the river.

You start off zooming down the river to maul a group of armour-wearing thugs that have decided to mess up one of your watch towers. Spying the troublesome group in the distance, you swoop down, yanking the L2 and R2 triggers to make your dragon slam on the brakes and land, before stomping over to maul their asses.

Again, this all looks amazing. As your dragon grips a soldier between its teeth the game occasionally switches to slow-mo and gives you a cinematic panning view of the action. The game is so huge and the soldiers are so small, yet you can still see their limbs reacting with realistic weight and momentum as the dragon thrashes around, and they drop their weapons which fall to the ground.

You wouldn't expect such fine detail in a game with such wide open scale.

The grand finale of the level is to guard the city gates as the boats enter. This is epic.

You fly to the gates where there awaits an army of literally thousands of little men. Not hundreds, thousands - stretching into the far distance. Granted, it seems the closer ones, the first couple of hundred maybe, are the most animated, while the rest follow a slightly less detailed pattern of movement. But come on, guys - there are thousands of men on the screen. It looks amazing!
Seriously though - what a rush.

You often hear people say that graphics are far less important than a game's gameplay. That's true. But Lair is one of those games which proves that extremely high-quality visuals and sound have a massive impact on the experience. They make the difference between a fun game and a mind-blowing, cinematic ordeal.
That's what Lair is.

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 27 June 2007 - 22:42.

Lair Trailer (1): http://fp.scea.com/C...1/movie720p.mp4
Lair Trailer (2): http://fp.scea.com/C...1/movie720p.mp4
Lair Trailer (3): http://fp.scea.com/C...1/movie720p.mp4

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Här tankade man hem alla tre och trodde att det var tre trailers... 

Nåja, det ser trevligt ut, men jag är inte övertygad än, tröttnar man inte snabbt? den frågan kanske vi får besvarad på E3, det ser iallafall enormt snyggt ut!

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Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 27 June 2007 - 23:27.

Det ska släppas i USA i augusti om det inte blivit senarelagt även där.

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Om man får tro på detta så kommer det inget Lair till Europa på tre månader
Europeiska releaser

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Ska man bara flyga omkring på olika banor och döda andra drakar? Isf verkar det extremt enformigt.

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Redigerat av pacman, 29 June 2007 - 18:54.

Jag fattar inte själva gameplayet i det här spelet. Vad går det ut på? Ska man bara flyga omkring på olika banor och döda andra drakar? Isf verkar det extremt enformigt.

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Preview av IGN på LAIR.

Verkar mycket lovande. 

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"We've done a lot of focus testing to get the SIXAXIS controls just right", explains Maher. "Initially we were aiming to perfect one type of controls, but quickly realised people play in different ways and therefore introduced sliding sensitivity." As a result, Lair is surprisingly easy to pick up and play, and piloting your dragon in the heat of a battle - with swarms of enemies bombarding you from every angle - becomes simple with practice.

One thing that is apparent from the time we've already had with Lair is that it's progressed enormously since the bridge levels we first saw at the tail end of last year. The missions have been fleshed out and the controls refined, plus visually it looks as spectacular as it ever did, running in 1080p at a steady 30 frames per second. Admittedly there were a few moments when the frame rate dropped, but Sony is certain this will be ironed out come release.

Indeed, you'll be able to check it out for yourself because our Sony rep was confident that a Lair demo would appear on the PlayStation Network, although they admitted it could well be post launch because Factor 5 is working flat out to get the actual game finished. If what we've seen lately is indicative of the final game, which we're pretty sure it will be, it's time well spent.

4. What did you do on this game that you couldn’t do on another platform?
The combination of traditional controls and radical new usage of motion control is certainly something only possible with the Sixaxis. That then combined with the 1080p graphics and 7.1 hi-def sound, I wouldn’t know of any other platform offering that combination. The PS3 and Lair complement each other rather perfectly.

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 10 July 2007 - 02:18.

Paying attention to the gameplay was a tough task though, mostly because Lair is simply stunning to look at. The draw distance is fantastic, and the enormous maps are rendered down to the last detail. We saw plenty of gorgeous details, from beautiful water shaders to lovely motion blurring when we did a 180-degree turn. Even more amazingly, Lair pulled it off without a single hitch in framerate, making for plenty of smooth flight. And as you can imagine for a game featuring so much fire, the flame effects are some of the best we've ever seen.

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 15 July 2007 - 18:16.

North American version of Lair has completed its development and is now in manufacturing! That means that we are on track for our August 14 release date. It goes without saying that we’re eager to get this out to those of you that have been waiting so patiently (or not!) for it to arrive. Considering the new PS3 price and now Lair, hopefully there’s even more of a reason to scoop up a PS3 if you haven’t already!

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 25 July 2007 - 21:48.

Allt för att hårdvaran tillåter det den där Bluray-skivan med 50gb...

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Redigerat av Unregistered0650da58, 26 July 2007 - 09:32.

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 28 July 2007 - 10:01.

Verkar som de fixat gräset, äntligen.

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Verkar som de fixat gräset, äntligen.

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Gräset, äh

Effekter is the shit, ser ut som de fixat elden. Hoppas röken ser bättre ut också.

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Redigerat av Unregistereddc471864, 28 July 2007 - 16:02.

förvånar mig inte då LAIR ser otroligt rörigt ut.Ser inte ens roligt ut.

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GAMEPRO - 3.75/5 (A)

Pros: Gorgeous graphics, amazing orchestral soundtrack, dragon based action is fun.

Cons: The decision to use a SixAxis only control scheme hurts more than it helps.

Some random quotes from the review...

ON THE CONTROL SCHEME ISSUES:

"To be fair, the motion sensing is pretty accurate but requiring you to constantly move your hands around while fiddling with buttons over the course of a fairly long game is asking too much. It's unfortunate that the game relies so heavily on a gimmicky feature that no one has been able to get a true grasp of (pun intended)."

ON THE GOOD QUALITIES:

"At it's best, the dragon-based combat of Lair is pretty damn awesome. Soaring around majestically in the sky; raining hot fiery dragon-breath death upon your foes' heads; grappling with other dragons and clawing their eyes out; leaping onto an enemy dragon-rider's back and hacking at him with your weapon; swooping down onto the ground and rampaging around like Godzilla--there's no shortage of thrills to be had."

SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

"I should point out that we were playing an early review build and Factor 5 will probably make tweaks up to the moment the gold master goes off to the mastering lab, but the core gameply mechanics are already in place and there's no denying that it's flawed. I expect many fans will be disappointed thanks to all of the hype that's built up around the game, but the inevitable complaints about the control scheme will no doubt be warrented. Despite all this, Lair still manages to be a decent title that all PS3 owners should look into but you may want to reserve your true excitement for the day when the other hotly anticipated PS3 titles like Heavenly Sword arrive."

ON THE GROUND CONTROLS:

"The Sixaxis-only control scheme that plagues the game is noticably absent when you land your dragon on the ground as the analog sticks take over, making it easier to wreak havoc."

Redigerat av Unregisteredf64a5233, 30 July 2007 - 00:57.

Hans åsikt och ärligt talat så skiter jag fullständigt i den.

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Redigerat av Cragganmorax, 30 July 2007 - 09:21.