Acid-Hippie2007 | Acid-Hippie2007

• 11:05am BST - May 15th, 2009
• 1

Lair sucked anyways...

O_G_H

• 11:25am BST - May 15th, 2009
• 2

Wow.  People are so negative.  If you guys even fathomed the big picture.  You'd know that you should be saddened by this.  And Lair wasn't even that bad.  It died because of PS3 negative hype.  If it came out today, It would be a solid 8.0.  People were still "Sour Graping" the PS3 because of the $600 price tag back then.

bobtheduck

• 11:25am BST - May 15th, 2009
• 3

I wasted money on Lair, they went out of business... We're even now

 

Ok, that's really mean. I wish the team well as they look for work in other companies. I hope they learn from their experience and bring something with them to the new teams they join.  It would suck to lose a job, I really was just joking...

posingparrot

• 11:27am BST - May 15th, 2009
• 4

NIce one Acid-Hippie2007

As someone that has close links to the gaming world, and has friends that face unemployment because of similar reasons - its good to see that your comment of "Lair sucked anyways" is a great representation of the current economic climate and am sure that all the staff of Factor 5 appreciate your concerns for their personal futures and that of their families.  Nice one . . .

O_G_H

• 11:41am BST - May 15th, 2009
• 5

That's what I'm sayin'...kids.

Smithy2306

• 12:00pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 6

Lot of idiots in these comment sections.  Looking at you #1

RustySpoon80

• 12:17pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 7

But Factor 5 made the excellent Rogue Squadron games on the GameCube. They will be missed.

FireSol | FireSol(EU)/FireSolus(US)

• 12:39pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 8

 #3

then why M$ still alive???

with you logic they must went out of business years ago

DaLi6 | PRISONISHELL

• 12:56pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 9

ONLY IDIOTS AND WUSSES WOULD SAY LAIR S,,,,, like this piggy pig in ign who reviewed and gave it a bad review just because it was the first game most realistic way to fly a dragon i never had any prob with that game i enjoyed it so much i don't know why idiots would wanna play an awesome game and comment by saying that they should have (goo goo gaga) pad control instead of sixaxis, grow up !!!

they were working on an awesome game for ps3 and it was exclusive !!! damn well i hope some miracle occure for them to reopen and continue the project

Javonne

• 1:09pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 10

I feel bad for them, I mean Lair was'nt the best game out there but I still liked it though.

@3

Just because they made one game that didn't interest a whole bunch of people or you, it doesn't mean you should bash them for trying something new.

posas | posas

• 1:13pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 11

One of the greatest developers ever!  I was a fan ever since I bought and played the first Rogue squadron game for the Nintendo 64, and I bought the GameCube because Factor 5 was exclusively supporting it.  I was excited when Factor 5 announced they would exclusively support the PlayStation 3. 

Best wishes.

 You will be missed.

xVxSMOKExVx

• 3:09pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 12

I wonder why Sony didn't offer to buy them up to add to our team of first party devs.  Give them all those resources, and most importantly money.  I bet they would have been a great for more of PS3 top notch exclusives. 

NeauxFear | Shadeaux

• 3:22pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 13

@    2... too true O_G_H, too true. I've played lair and I didn't think it was that bad, and that was before the patch came out.

west_end_matt

• 3:26pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 14

 There's no way Lair would've been an 8 if released today. maybe a 4 if you're lucky. It was a bad game that didn't work period.

Skyesapaart | Skyesapaart

• 4:21pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 15

All idiots above, yeah everyone has own opinion of games, but if studios keep closing down you wont have any games. This is getting really bad, how many studios we gonna see fold :(

KZ3000

• 7:04pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 16

3D Realms was 9999x times better producer than Factor 5 and they shut down too.

This is not fair , 3D Realms should never shut down.

Duke Nukem Forever were going to be beat the crap out of any FPS game

Acid-Hippie2007 | Acid-Hippie2007

• 7:54pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 17

Wow, whats with the name calling, how old are you guys?

seb | MorpheusPSU

• 8:08pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 18

Lair wasn't a bad game. They just made a critical error in choosing to support the Six-Axis controller.  At the time Sony had to come up with something to replace the void left by the Dual Shocks disappearance. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it turns out that they pressured Factor 5 into supporting the damn thing even though they knew it was terrible.  At the end of the day if it had been d-pad only I think it would have been a fantastic game, but the six axis killed it.

Free_Agent

• 8:49pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 19

 This is a bummer, I never like seeing studios going belly up after 1 bad launch. The problem was obviously the six-axis BS that Sony tried to throw in as a last minute decsion, and then force developers to try and use it effectively. The game wasn't that great, but was much better with just the analog sticks, too little too late though. This is also why developers aren't developing exclusively for the PS3 anymore, it cost's way too much, and gamble just isn't worth it, especially with how Bi**y and moany the PS3 user base is. No wonder everyone is going multi-platform. 

tgf5 | tgf5

• 8:59pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 20

People that say Lair sucked, just sucked at the controls or barely played the game.

Acid-Hippie2007 | Acid-Hippie2007

• 9:19pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 21

Lair sucked the big one and if you care so much about it, invest in the company and buy it up, put your money where your  mouth is.

Drak_Shadowreap

• 9:58pm BST - May 15th, 2009
• 22

Good riddance, Lair was suckage.

Robotron

• 12:28am BST - May 16th, 2009
• 23

They were a great company and they will be missed. Thanks for the games you guys did make....good luck to the staff who are now looking for work. These guys made some good games in the past.

As for the idiots crying over Lair......so if I dislike who you work for I can laugh when you're unemployed....if you even have jobs.....

starblinky01

• 12:39am BST - May 16th, 2009
• 24

ah man, that sucks.... So many people losing their jobs.

 

But if they didnt ef up so bad on Lair, Sony wouldnt have ended their partnership and they would still be in business..  its too bad.

fourtunehunter1

• 2:03am BST - May 29th, 2009
• 25

 THANK GOD MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED NOW NO ONE WILL TRY TO MAKE A SEQUAL FOR LAIR!!!!