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PSX Extreme: Haze Demo Impressions

PSX Extreme writes: "Among upcoming shooters such as Resistance 2, Gears of War 2, and Killzone 2, there lies a new intellectual property, and it's Ubisoft's Haze. Haze has managed to garner a fair share of its own attention, seeing as how the developers behind it have brought us FPS games such as TimeSplitters and GoldenEye. The Free Radical game has often undergone questioning of when it'd finally be released, and while the game is still about a week off, we've been given a demo to play and here's what we think.

The playthrough is fairly brief, about 15 minutes, if you include the tutorial pauses, and 10 if you don't. The one aspect that differentiates Haze from other first person shooters is nectar injection. Characters inject nectar into themselves which heightens a variety of their abilities. The most notable change is the ability to detect enemies, as the nectar injection allows you to see an enemy's body heat - this'll help you spot threats from a distance."

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rafael055835d ago

http://www.gamereactor.se/r... Url from a swedish gamemag site, gamereactor. Two reviewers gave it 5/10 and 6/10, they basically said it sucked, especially when it comes to graphics. guess its not that much prettier than the demo.

rafael055835d ago

personally i think that the gameplay in haze was ok but graphically it did not impress.Graphics is not everything but if it looks like the demo im not going to buy it.The reviewers at gamereactor have played the whole game and i think that gamereactor makes reliable reviews.I usually look at igns reviews and they often makes about the same scores as gamereactor but will see what other major sites have to say about the whole game.

LenHart5835d ago

so it depends

some reviewers praised the game

I think HAZE will get 8.5/10 from IGN too.
I am more looking forward to IGN's review , other than the reviews of an unknown website

Famitsu is a very trusted source too

Timesplitter145835d ago

I'm afraid I have to agree. The demo was abysmal

shadowghost7525835d ago

Timesplitter14, i agree what a waste of my time, a)downloading the damn thing and b)being there online as some idiot kept on shooting me just below my neck causing me to constantly overdose on necter

Genesis55835d ago

I don't know if I'd call it abysmal. But it really hasn't done anything to stand out from the FPS crowd.

CRIMS0N_W0LF5835d ago

That site is known of crap reviews.

They also gave 6/10 for Resistance.

YOU are an EPIC FAIL

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yaf5835d ago

thought it was a decent game, graphics were good, Game play better then good. However my only real problem was aiming, prefer the COD style. First day buy not really sure

poopsack5835d ago

actually when your playing as the rebels you aim in the typical "non sniper" way, the snipe with everything thing is only a skill the troops have, just to clarify for those who didnt like the aiming.

yaf5835d ago

Thanks didn't know that.

kylegtheassman5835d ago

HAZE is good and all but there was some thing not right with it and the graphics need to be better its 2008 not 2006.

ISA_Scum5835d ago

I was once very hard on this game for the unjustified delays, but I'm now looking forward to Haze and have it pre-ordered. Free Radical better come through for me, the demo was decent. I think we all got way to used to COD4 and Halo 3 and also have forgot that a demo doesnt give away the result of an entire game.

Agent VX5835d ago

Haze looks like you generic shooter, but might have some interesting aspects, while graphics look "oh-humm". Where are are the different types of games promised for the PS3 instead of shooters. Looks like the PS3 is the new "Shooter" console on the market.

MGS, SOCOM, Resistance, Haze, Killzone..... All in the Shooter category and all the "most looked forward" to this year or soon after. Just not that much in variety.

LenHart5835d ago (Edited 5835d ago )

MGS4 is the best game of the year

Resistance 2 would be awesome --IGN calls it surest bet for SONY for 2008

Socom always delivered

jealousy is a bad disease troll

MGS4/Resistance 2 doesnt have variety but Gears 1.5/Lame Gaiden 2/Too neverwinter nights have variety?

poopsack5835d ago

So not true, you seem to forget LBP, Gran Turismo 5, Also Home though not a game it is very looked forward to. Motorstorm 2. GOW 3 Anything else?

The Closing5835d ago (Edited 5835d ago )

MGS is in a genre of its own. It's still a stealth action game that you have the choice to play as a 3rd or fps if you so choose. Now thats true variety.. Plus all the games the person above me mentioned.

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Top 10 Bad Games by Good Studios

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "When shopping for new video games you can often trust the name publisher or developer on the box to be an indication of the quality of the game. Names like Nintendo, Square Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Capcom, Xbox Game Studios and Sega are world famous because they helped shape the industry by releasing some of the most defining video games of all time. Though sometimes even these great gaming houses stumble and put out a stinker."

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Gamerking821405d ago (Edited 1405d ago )

Splatterhouse remake . Loved the og’s at the arcade growing up . Hell the best thing about the remake was the og,s were included . And left alive by Square . That game had so much potential , but the gameplay was worse horrendous .

Game-ur1405d ago

once Great studios getting destroyed is actually common. happened with ND and Last of Us2, Bioware and Mass Effect Andromeda/Anthem, Bungle and Destiny .

BeRich2331405d ago

Fuse should have been on that list (Insomniac Games)

Yui_Suzumiya1405d ago

Splatterhouse remake kicked ass

merryja1405d ago

I personally don't like these games.

East76lands1405d ago

I'm pretty much certain that any Sonic game that comes out will be terrible, I've not enjoyed one since the original side-scrolling days of the MegaDrive.

HarryMasonHerpderp1405d ago

Then you might like a recent sonic "sonic mania".

jaymacx1405d ago

For this Topic it says Good Studios that make bad games. Sonic Team hasn't been good in years.

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Phoenix Down 76.1 – Haze

We bring death to Montel Williams.

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Phoenix Down 76.0 – Haze

Guns, drugs, and unnecessary war. Fun for the whole family.