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Dragon's Lair 3D Not Worth The Effort
Anonymous Coward writes "While not the best source for gaming information, CNNs Technology section has a review of Ubi Softs Dragon's Lair 3D. Long story short, according to the writer Marc Saltzman, the game isn't worth it. In fact, the opening paragraph says, 'The only thing worse than a lousy video game is when it taints a well-respected, 20-year-old franchise.' One interesting tidbit from the article, the original Dragon's Lair is one of only three video games on display at the Smithsonian. The other two games being Pac-Man and Pong."
Why is this on Slashdot now? That game has been out a while. I messed with it on XBox. It's the only title that does 1080i HD. The game itself was terrible...though my Dragon's Lair fan friend liked it.
Not even worth an article.....
Shall we define well respected? Dragon's Lair was never a good game, just memorable since it used full animated cartoons and had a story in a time in which no one questioned why the yellow circle eating dots. Dragon's Lair 3D didn't do anything to the legacy in my opinion.
Schnapple
Game reviews are so subjective I don't know why anyone would put any stock in them.
I could write up a review of the latest version of nethack describing how intense it is and how it sucks you right into the game and eats up hours of your life which would be a bunch of blather to someone who only enjoys FP shooters. Of course that's an exageration to prove my point but you get the idea.
All the best,
--Bob
There is one title that completely nullifies your opinion of UBI...
IL-2 Sturmovik.
One of the best flight sims ever, but largely ignored because it deals with the eastern front. Hopefully the stand alone 'expansion' Forgotten Battles rectifies this by adding the American aircraft to the mix. Its one of the best flight sims I've ever played, and kicks Combat Flight Simulator 3 all over the skies!