Recently, the company's president, Julian Eggebrecht, told IGN "If we find a chance in the future that would bring Lair to the audience which didn't get any access, that would be fantastic," he said. "I can't say anything quite yet, but there might be something in the works there. We might have a chance yet to bring those back to the table and hopefully, if that should happen, they would give the game a second chance." Now, as much as we'd like to see a patch, we get the sneaking suspicion he's hinting at a sequel. What does it sound like to you?
[Update: More of Eggebrecht's quote added.]
[Via PS3F]
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The game engine has nothing to do with the way the game looks my friend.
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I thought that the problem with Lair was that it was basically crippled in the first place. You know, on the PS3.
Asked about the Wii game's state of completion, Eggebrecht responded: "We're pretty much at a state where we're almost done with the engine. But the biggest milestone or mark right now is that we're almost done with the engine and it does everything that the PS3 did and then some, quite frankly. So we're pretty happy with that."
"it does everything that the PS3 did and then some." The quote roughly translates to "it does everything that the PS3 did, except control like crap (and run at 1080p, but who's counting p's anyway)."
I have no doubt that a Wii port of this game would (assuming they're working on one) both handle a considerable amount better than the PS3 version and look nice as well.
"Eggebrecht promised that Factor 5 was aiming to 'outdo everything else on the platform, the same as we did for the Star Wars games back on the GameCube.' We're certainly not opposed to the idea of a game that's prettier than Super Mario Galaxy, but that is one very tall order.
In the same interview, Eggebrecht also admitted to loving the pointing aspect of the Wiimote, and revealed that this was 'probably the biggest innovation which we're working on right now.' So there you go. Pretty graphics. Pointing."
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I still think its worth a play, just be prepared to play each mission several times, not due to difficulty or control issues but beacuse you'll have no idea what the goals are and how to achieve them without trial and error.
Oh, and sometimes you need to ignore what the game is actually telling you to do.
So, yeah. I think I'll trust joystiq proper over PS3Fanboy.
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Do not resuscitate.
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Don't bother with a fix-patch-port for LAIR. You had your chance at QA testing, probably didn't listen to the testers, and kicked this crock'o'dragon-turd to the market anyway hoping for the quick buck on a market of early PS3 users scrambling for whatever new game to try.
Admit failure and just release a new title and/or sequel. At least save *some* grace & face over this.
Couple with this news, Lair Wii?
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I'm sick of this "you didn't like my game? Well fuck you!" attitude that so many devs have. What about some humility?
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I'd buy a Wii version.
Not sure about this though.
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Orta was amazing. It's one of my all time favourite games, and definitely the best game on the Xbox.
A remake of Panzer 1 would be cool though.
Lair isn't PS3's best game, but it is far from the worst.
JET
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-punny rimshot-
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Sounds like porting, not patching. Although you'd think the PS3 version would get a dual analog patch if the game heads to 360.
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But I doubt that it'd look as pretty.
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Anyways,
Sounds like:
a patch, (I know someone who works there, so I even know how it might go down, think cameras)
a port (Wii, but a scaled-down version, and maybe even a smaller-version for the 360)
and a sequel (toughen out the numbers, and we'll all get the dragon goodness)
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