I spent a fair amount of time playing Lair at Sony's Gamer's Event. Given the delays and the fact that the game is so different than most anything out there I was really interested in seeing if the hype was worth it. I'm sure it is not in final form yet, but what I saw did not disappoint.
Some of the video below is me flying the dragon around with one hand while holding the camera with the other. I couldn't breath fire while doing this, until I held the controller differently, etc. Anyway, it was even remotely possible because the flight of the dragon is controlled by using the six-axis controller. It is very responsive and a very natural way to control a flying dragon. I should know, I've flown dragons with other devices and well... alright, so this was my first time flying a dragon (other than overhead shooters back in the days). Despite my novice-ness, flight using hand gestures was very cool.
I was able to try out quite a bit of the demo and take out other flying dragons and whatnot. The cut-scenes were very nicely done and looked amazing. After playing it I will likely be picking up Lair when it comes out. I know it was one of the games I've been waiting for and I do not think I will be disappointed.
Enjoy the video:
They had DJ's pumping music into the place the entire time we were there. When the games all around weren't cranked up there was the rest of the music to keep our ears entertained. haha.. it is not in-game!
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