RSS 7:39pm EDT Sat 5th Jul 2008 340 online (125 members & 215 guests) PSU.com: News - PS3-Lair score wins IFMCA award
AllPS3PSPPS2
Register | Why sign Up? Forgot password?

New PSU Articles

See Also

Related Games

  • Lair Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: SCEA Genre: Action Sub-Genre: Third Person Release Date: Sep 4th, 2007 Additonal Info:
  • Croteam Project [untitled] Developer: Croteam Publisher: Gamecock Media Group Genre: Action Sub-Genre: N/A Release Date: TBA 2009 Additonal Info: N/A
  • Just Cause 2 Developer: Avalanche Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive Genre: Action Sub-Genre: N/A Release Date: TBA 2008 Additonal Info:
Developer: Factor 5 Publisher: SCEA Release Date: Sep 4th 2007 Genre: Action Sub Genre: Third Person
Lair
This article has been read 1,806 times

Lair score wins IFMCA award

Posted on February 19th, 2008 at 20:32 EDT

After receiving heavy criticism on its launch, The PlayStation 3 exclusive, Lair, has finally received some positive recognition from the media.

The International Film Music Critics Association announced their 2007 award winners, and this year was the debut of the award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media award, with the honor going to John Debney the composer of Lair's score. The IFMCA established this award because of the recognition of the increasing importance of music in gaming and gaming as an entertainment medium.

Although many critics claim that the gameplay is broken, so much so that a possible patch is in works to fix the controls, apparently a great score was wasted on a pretty average game. Since 59.99 USD is a pretty steep price to hear a soundtrack, luckily iTunes has added Lair's score to their library for gamers to get their fix for 50 USD less than the game at $9.99.

Source

Next: LittleBigPlanet to possibly host lip-synched voice chat

According to the latest edition of Edge Magazine, the highly anticipated title, LittleBigPlanet, could receive a big addition to the already massive appeal it provides.&n...

Latest videos

Latest Screenshots

User Comments

You must Login or Register to post comments
What are your thoughts?
posted 8:34pm EST - February 19th, 2008
1

nice to see lair getting some acclaim if only for the sounds

posted 8:52pm EST - February 19th, 2008
2

and of course itunes is cashing in on it as well. just like guitar hero 3

posted 9:03pm EST - February 19th, 2008
3

We should be able to Download it or purchase it on the PSN.

posted 9:14pm EST - February 19th, 2008
4

PSU where have you been !!? You're forums are going mad about this ingame XMB rumour and you haven't even reported on it yet !!

posted 9:20pm EST - February 19th, 2008
5

I personally thought that Lair was a great game. The Sixaxis controls were just great for me but it took me about 30 minutes to get used to not using the Analog sticks for flight, but you can use the Analog sticks to control the dragon once you land on the ground. If the Sixaxis controls weren't mandatory in Lair, there is no doubt that it would have gotten a much higher score.

However, Lair was a pretty short game just like Heavenly Sword. Lair would have been better if it had free-roaming in the game and you could fly to your missions. But I do remember that Lair had some very good music in the game. I'm glad to hear that Lair has gotten recognized for something.

posted 9:30pm EST - February 19th, 2008
6

@AclayPS3

Yeah I also enjoyed Lair. I loved using the sixaxis controls in the game and actually felt they were better than the one in Warhawk. Also found the game short. Anyway the score on Lair was great and if you want there is one piece that you can download off the PS store for free.

posted 9:42pm EST - February 19th, 2008
7
i didn't think the controls were all that bad. they couldve improved some things, and the gameplay situations could have been better (less reliance on fireball), however. but all in all i thought it was definitely a good game. not the greatest, but good. btw the soundtrack was one of the great parts of the game.
posted 9:47pm EST - February 19th, 2008
8

I'm looking forward to Lair with the new controls.

posted 10:23pm EST - February 19th, 2008
9

I dont understand why everybody says lair has horrible graphics. I thought it had on of the best graphics in a game that I have ever seen.

posted 10:34pm EST - February 19th, 2008
10
its not just the controls, the graphics were just aweful... i just couldnt stand it...
posted 10:59pm EST - February 19th, 2008
11
Good to see it got an award. It's unfortunate that's all it got.
posted 11:28pm EST - February 19th, 2008
12

I love the soundtrack for the game.  And the controls were fine.  People that sucked and are uncoordinated are the problem. :-D

posted 11:41pm EST - February 19th, 2008
13

FINALLY!!! am i the only one that loves this game??... and just because people suck at playing games doesnt make the game bad.....

(wtf the grafix werent horriable?????? why are so many of you shallow grafix whores.. witch in this case u shouldnt be becuase the grafix were literally amazing.. fuuckin cry babys and there poor gamer eyes... go rot)

and may i add this game had some of the most beautiful music ive ever heard in a game so it deff deserves this award 101%!!!

posted 11:55pm EST - February 19th, 2008
14

Wow, just heard the soundtrack on iTunes and the music was great! John Debney(Lair) and Greg Edmundson(Uncharted) should work together on video game soundtracks.

posted 11:56pm EST - February 19th, 2008
15
i kinda agree with dave the rave....i mean..GDC is on and barely any articles are here, i guess most stuff is yet to happen though, but no offence psu :) @deldwen - thats not very nice.
posted 3:37am EST - February 20th, 2008
16

Lair sucked a.ss. It wasted my money, but its not the only game I have purchased for PS3 and regretted doing so. There are way more stinkers than decent ones.

posted 7:13am EST - February 20th, 2008
17

Haha it's funny they say the controlls were "broken" but Lair was one of those games where you either loved it or hated it.  For me, the graphics were awesome and I loved the ground battles but I couldn't get into the flying part (which is like, 90% of the game).  But I'd think I'd pick it up if they puat analog controls into it.

posted 8:13am EST - February 20th, 2008
18

psn id: gingo... i always thought the lair score was beautiful and epic but many people skipped by that and just critisised the gameplay rather than looking at the whole of the game

Top Games: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 | Need For Speed Pro Street | Grand Theft Auto IV | FIFA 08 | Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix | Assassin's Creed |
Top Cheats: Resistance: Fall of Man Cheats | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Cheats | Rainbow Six Vegas Cheats | Ninja Gaiden Sigma Cheats |
PSU: Advertise | Contact | Staff | Jobs | RSS Feed | Wallpapers | Upload a wallpaper | PS3 Themes | Upload a PS3 Theme | PodCasts | Events | Game rankings
Copyright 2006-2008 GameBurst Media Ltd. All Right Reserved. Designed by Naveed Lalani.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameBurst Media Ltd. is prohibited.
Use of this site is governed by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .
Affiliates: Armchair Empire | Creative Uncut | Chapter Cheats | DarkStation | Free MMORPG | Gamers Brain | Game Cheats | Game Design | Gamerskrew | Gamers Europe | GamerZines | La PS3 | Max PS3 | PlayStation Portable | PS3 | Ps3 cheats | PS3 | Talk Xbox | Xbox 360 Cheats | Xbox 360 News | DarkZero | CheatHappens | NintendoSpin
eXTReMe Tracker