Hey Free Radical…we still believe in you

ballsofsteel - 327 days 9 hours ago

Free Radical has not rolled well with the time imo. they were great back in the day but now with games like Haze that is the definition of generic

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barom - 327 days 8 hours ago

Even I who found HAZE to be quite enjoyable would not give it such a high score. Something more around 7.5-8/10 would be fair or B-. The game was definitately not as bad as most people wants it to be. Especially the co-op and the multiplayer. The single player is kinda somewhere between so-so and bad. But I personally love the multiplayer, there is a mode (think it's assault mode) where you do objectives. So instead of "kill the enemy" it's "go steal some crates" or "blow that building up" or something along those lines.

It's been a while since I've played it now with all the new games I bought. But I definitately intend to go back and play it. It was so much fun playing dead or plant a bomb. Mantel soldier wasn't as fun I must admit, everything felt automatic.

Anyway if you're someone who likes to play around and mess with the AI. I would definitately recommend HAZE (at a low price point of course, like 10-20$). I mean stuff like in Metal Gear the CQC moves (especially the human shield) or in San Andreas where you could gather up some gang members and go loose. I mean they're not even close to being the same but you know just messing around and have fun with the AI. You can do that in this game with the nectar grenade stuff and it's always fun to do the weapon steal mode or even the play dead thing (all are on the rebel side though). I think at least...

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nos4speed - 327 days 8 hours ago

Yeah this is too bad, these days developers are on a knives edge, once slip up and there gone :(

Seems unfair when rockstar can overhype the shiz out of a game which really wasnt up to much yet still sell so many units and keeps its respect. Oh well at least midnight club rocked!

P.S every1 go buy valkyria chronicles!! Just started playing it and OMG it rocks!! It deserves way more sales!

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DrWan - 327 days 2 hours ago

Sony should buy them if they have extra money around, but of course i think Level 5 should be the next reasonable purchase because they lack strong internal RPG team.

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Jacobite - 326 days 23 hours ago

Haze was'nt that bad, not great in anyway true ,but ok for a budget title,yes even fun with co-op and online for a wee while.Cant understand why people so harsh with it,7/10 I would give it.I remember some mags/sites with their previews over hyping it saying a Halo 3 Killer in he making, maybe it was the backlash from that not living upto the hype that done it .

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Steven Colbert - 327 days 9 hours ago

That is kind.

I don't want Free Radical to die.I hope someone helps them out now because no developer deserves this.Reminds me of when Origins Systems went down

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