Sorry for writing this, but yesterday saw and seen the sinc LAIR's outlook of THE CULT. It's a big shame to hear something like that about great game from the man, who lives near me and depends to be a great ZX custumer... No words, it's a big shame.
Thanks for your opinion. Personally, I think that when you publish something you always expose yourself to all kinds of criticism, more or less constructive.
In the case of the Lair video that you mention, it seems like a tantrum to me mainly motivated because the game does not adapt to his level of clumsiness. And I say this because clumsiness is what he demonstrates in his video, he falls into all the traps and gives absurd advice such as: move forward by letting yourself get hit and then recharge life in one of the houses, without realizing that recovering life in this way wastes time and It should only be used if you know you will have leftovers. Then he complains that time kills him... Normal... And other things like that. Either he does it expressly to make fun and receive the applause of his clappers (colyte followers), or he really is that clumsy.
He also complains a lot about the respawn time, which is okay, it may not be to everyone's taste, it's normal, but with a little skill and practice it's not difficult at all to keep the ghouls at bay and advance, as he shows "Modern ZX-Retro Gaming" in its Walkthrough video, where you finish the game with life left, time left, and having left unused weapon reloads.
This is the difference between a video published by a Gamer who solves challenges and enjoys playing, and that of a crybaby like Lair who only makes him complain and cry because he can't advance in the game.
It is my opinion.
It's not your opinion. It's true. For me, as a real spectrumhead, it was a big shame to hear and watch this. You did a big work, and finally? Someone f**ks this up... By the way, he also disgrated UROK. Maybe, this man cannot play such games. May be, Neoplasma is all he can play. NES games designed for ZX. And, he also hates Roolandoo games, which are perfect...
Anyway, best regards from Ukraine. Thanks for such great games. I love you, man :)