Famitsu Reviews - Haze Scores and More

paul_war - 592 days 4 hours ago

Very good reviews indeed.

Just makes me wonder even more why they are not sending out review copies in time. Which is not ususally a good sign.

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Massacre - 592 days 4 hours ago

Great review here. I think am in the minority here but I loved the demo. Day one for me.

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Hatchetforce - 592 days 4 hours ago

Well let me join you in that minority. The naysayers are in large part non PS3 owners and those that did not run the demo at all. SOme still won't like it but it seems many players have been surprised. I was. The game doesn't shine until you go to hard difficulty and then it really comes into it's own.

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decapitator - 592 days 4 hours ago

Guys, dont leave me out. I loved it as well. I will be playing more later on in the day...:D

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PS360WII - 592 days 3 hours ago

title is kind of funny. How is 34/40 better than 34/40?

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BeaArthur - 592 days 3 hours ago

paul_war...the game is still not releasing for another week. It's not like GTA or MGS4 where it will sell a million copies the first day. It's a pretty big release but not a critically acclaimed sequel, so it's not that surprising that we haven't seen any reviews for it yet. We will probably see some reviews star to trickle in by the end of the week, which I am looking forward to because the reviews will probably determine whether I pick up the game or not.

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gaffyh - 592 days 3 hours ago

OMG I honestly thought haze was crap when I played the demo, I may wait for some video reviews to see what the full game is like, 34/40 is really really good.

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paul_war - 592 days 3 hours ago

BeaArthur

It's just that a couple of UK mags have been out this week, both complaining that they haven't got review copies yet. Forcing them to review it next month, post game release.

I'm almost 100% going to buy this game, but I still want to know their reviews before I pick it up.

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BeaArthur - 592 days 3 hours ago

paul_war...well like I said, I wouldn't try to read too much into it. You will know whether or not to pick it up within the next few days. Maybe they were making some last minute adjustments so they couldn't get them a copy to review.

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MrSwede - 592 days 2 hours ago

Good call on the title PS360WII :). I totally missed it.

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sonarus - 592 days 2 hours ago

lol how is it better lol. Plus you really can't judge such scores from a Japanese magazing. Famitsu scored Dark Sector very high (imo its a pretty good game) but when it hit America, the scores were pretty low

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jwatt - 592 days 1 hour ago

I think the only reason I would get it is to play it online.

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shine1396 - 591 days 23 hours ago

It seemed like the haze pr team were actually trying to lower the pr effort... I'm guessing ubisoft is going to push it though...It's free radical, concept's cool. all it's really missing is mind blowing graphics... I bet this would have been a superhit hyped massive game if the graphics were they could have been. I played the demo and it was well built. I tried to look for where they could have optimized it, like every game needs... and all I could find is that it needs to be a little racier...but I tell you what, the controls for me are much more natural then all the fps's out there...I wish it's sprinting was as quick as Cod4...

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liquidsnake - 591 days 21 hours ago

I thought the Haze demo was really cool.

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joydestroy - 591 days 16 hours ago

i hope it continues to get good reviews.

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Sevir04 - 591 days 11 hours ago

Thats how i play all games now a days i skip the easy and normal settings. The AI is soo smart and while the graphics arent that i do remeber them saying that the demo on the PS store was a build from november and the latest screens really show that. either way i'm picking it up in a week or so, really good game and the nectar thing became like crack for me i couldn't get passed it without the nectar. LOL!!!

I especially liked how the friendly AI was when they overdosed ^^ it was pretty cool. i'm part of that minority who loves haze

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TheIneffableBob - 592 days 1 hour ago

The console ports of The Orange Box were pretty bad. I'm surprised it got even a 34 out of 40.

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Hapimeses - 592 days 1 hour ago

Regardless of personal preference, the console versions still scored very well in the reviews, especially the 360 version. Hence my slight surprise here.

:)

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shine1396 - 591 days 23 hours ago

orange box was one of the best games I've played in a long long time, and if a prestigious magazine is putting you on the same level as the orange box, I would be really proud.

I've moved from just about interested, i.e., rental only, too buying now...could be an experiance, between GTA4 and MGS4.

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TheIneffableBob - 591 days 18 hours ago

Yeah, the PC version of The Orange Box is amazing. I've put over 200 hours into Team Fortress 2 and have replayed Episode Two 4 times.

But the 360 version of TOB is really not that good.

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Adamalicious - 592 days ago

I played a few minutes of the demo last night - I was impressed by the controls and fluidity of gameplay. I haven't really been excited for this game, but I'm more likely to check it out after playing a bit of the demo. It's too bad it comes out between GTAIV And MGS4 as I probably won't have time to play it when it comes out - I think I'll be lucky to finish GTA by the time MGS comes out!

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Saint Sony - 592 days 3 hours ago

finally another AAA would be right way to say it..

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Mr_President_ - 592 days 3 hours ago

Yeah there hasn't been anything AAA since GT5P and GTA IV. Oh nose we got no new AAA's for 3 weeks Lol

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shine1396 - 591 days 23 hours ago

saint sony>>>>>pawned .....

sorry dude, say it like I see it, unless you missed GTA4.

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disrupt3r - 592 days 4 hours ago

i dunno why, but that demo is the exact same one i played at vendors show 12 months ago. i have a feeling they added a bit more to it since then.

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Fishy Fingers - 592 days 4 hours ago

Really?

I've noticed a few people saying the demo is from an old build.

Personally I hope that's the case as the demo wasn't overly impressive (to me). Still, that's also some terrible marketing/PR work from Sony.

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disrupt3r - 592 days 3 hours ago

really really

yeah i was also confused after i downloaded the demo looking forward to seeing how it turned out, but nothing was different. only thing they added was the 4 player co-op to the demo. agreed on poor marketing.

i guess we will find out in a few days how it has turned out, but i have a gut feeling its gonna be pretty good

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mabreu - 592 days 3 hours ago

I did not enjoy the demo at all but that won't stop me from buying the full game. Demo's never give the players the whole picture anyway.

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mightydog01 - 592 days 3 hours ago

The demo was an early build...it got delayed so they could spend more time on it. Wait till we get proper build before passing judgement....The score looks very promising

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m-s-8-2 - 592 days 3 hours ago

Single player demo was ho-hum. Had my bro download it, too, and we played together on hard difficulty. Upped the fun by like 5 or something. That's where the games strength is going to be, not relying on ai controlled teammates.

Day one buy for me.

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kingme71 - 592 days 3 hours ago

I would think putting out an old build of a demo does more harm than good. Demos have a way of turning me off to games I'm interested in, rather than the other way around. Better to just not put one out in that case.

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shysun - 591 days 22 hours ago

You cant tell if it has story by a demo man, you should know that. The story is the one thing I've been looking forward to. The whole switching sides mid game should be nice. The little things like the captain of the drop ship disappeared when he died. You could hear screams in the village the Mantle drop ships blew up but you didn't see any bodies, they "tell" you it's just "animal" screams!?!

The story was definitely there, I guess I just payed more attention than just running and gunning...... Maybe you should replay it.

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Magnust - 592 days ago

makes me wonder then why they'd give us something that is this old, maybe they wanted to bring down the hype a little so when it finally went on sale it would suprise people or something :)

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crck - 592 days 3 hours ago

Probably 9/9/9/10.

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Hatchetforce - 592 days 4 hours ago

Once people play it they see it is better than they expected. The issue of the scores is that simple. Had the game released last year it wold have had half that score. But the dev team managed to rectify a lot of issues in a short amount of time. The demo has been a blast to play.

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juuken - 592 days 4 hours ago

Damn papers and finals...I didn't have a chance to pay the demo.
Definitely trying it out tonight.

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juuken - 592 days 4 hours ago

You buffoon, a 34/40 is a really good score.

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Tryst - 592 days 4 hours ago

juuken - BS3 was referring the article summary where it is saying that Haze is better than Orange box, when infact, they rate the same.

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juuken - 592 days 4 hours ago

I see.

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pwnsause - 592 days 4 hours ago

lol BS3 failed, doesnt know how famitsu scores work.

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t-0_ot- - 591 days 13 hours ago

@Pwnsauce - Apparently you don't either.

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Jason 360 - 591 days 10 hours ago

LOL t-0_ot-

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I_Is_Nasim - 592 days 3 hours ago

Shut up you xbot. Haze will be on 3Fixme too that's why its crap.

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Jason 360 - 591 days 10 hours ago

Your so fu*king stupid you don't even realize he is a PS3 fan.

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rhood022 - 591 days 23 hours ago

That's what I was thinking but I couldn't place the familiarity of the level. Then it hit me, I remember playing the exact same demo in Germany last year.

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Kleptic - 591 days 22 hours ago

Free Radical confirmed on three speach that the PSN demo was first shown at Sony's Gamers Day in May 2007...that was the first time it was publically played...and it wasn't changed since...

the demo was actually supposed to hit the Store october, but was delayed with the game obviously...but FR did say they didn't 'update' the visuals of the demo, only the final game...the only work the demo recieved was for network debugging...

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juuken - 591 days 23 hours ago

I can't wait either. I laugh at the naysayers now. :3

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Tmac - 591 days 20 hours ago

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callahan09 - 591 days 4 hours ago

If you count strategy RPG's and games so far only available in Japan, the PS3 has Disgaea 3, Record of Agarest War, Mist of Chaos, and Valkyria Chronicle. Angel Love Online and Tears to Tiara both come out soon in Japan.

If you don't speak Japanese and/or don't like strategy RPG's, you've got a good argument that the PS3 is short on RPG's.

But personally, I think the PS3's Strategy RPG lineup is superior to the 360's RPG lineup including its traditional & strategy flavors.

And there are of course more traditional RPG's on the way for PS3, like Final Fantasy XIII and Star Ocean 4, though they all do seem quite a ways away yet.

Anyway, I've got no problems with the lineup of PS3 vs. 360.

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