bit-tech News: Haze (PS3)

news · May 22, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Haze for PlayStation 3* - if you

could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*

*Picture:*

*Quote:

*/"For a game that's had so much hype surrounding it, Haze should have

been the perfect game. The problem is that few games rarely live up to

the hype, and Haze falls firmly into that category.

Nectar should have been an important part of the game, but instead it

comes across as just another gimmicky power-up. It makes the opening

sections of the game far too easy and appears to disappear in the rebel

sections of the game, only to be used as an artefact to drive the

plotline forward.

The storyline itself is hackneyed and feels lazy in its execution. The

tale of the corporate stooge who joins the rebels to bring down the

corporation has been done before and, more importantly, it's been done

far better. There are a few clever twists and turns to the tale later in

the game, but not enough to drag the story out of mediocrity.

Taken as a run-of-the-mill FPS, Haze certainly isn't dire, but on the

other hand it never really reaches the heights to which it aspires. At

around six or seven hours to complete, there's not really enough in the

single player game to keep you coming back after the first play through.

You might play it again in co-op mode, but even the multiplayer games

aren't enough to get you hooked.

Haze could have been so much more, but it falls short on so many levels.

The game feels unfinished, as though it has been pushed out of the door

six months early. Depressingly, it might be that another few months of

spit and polish could have produced the game that the hype promised.

Then again, perhaps not. Maybe every game studio is destined to produce

a game that they're embarrassed about. If that's true, then Haze will be

hiding at the back of Free Radical's closet for a long time to come."

/*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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