Haze Week; the PS3 Attitude review

Excerpt from PS3 Attitude:

"There are two things I noticed immediately about Haze when playing the campaign mode, and interestingly both of these items became largely insignificant later, but for different reasons.

The first is the graphics.

Haze is never going to win any awards for graphical prowess. After a mammoth 8-hour session playing the single-player campaign through, I can honestly say I didn't notice any major issues with the graphics - certainly not the pop-ups being commented on in other websites and magazines. The graphics are not remarkable, but they aren't terrible either."

[Bellic Jr]

IGN really stuck it to Free Rad unjustly. I played the demo and while it did fall way short of what i was expecting, it sure in the hell was far better than Turok. Which makes me wonder how did Turok recieve a better score from IGN whilst being an obviously crappier game.

Nice to see a website call out out IGN on some ALLEDGED issues that HAZE was unfairly cited of having but in reality do not.

Still, I'm sitting this one out and its not because of IGN, its because of the voice acting. YUuuuuuuuuuK

[theKiller]

do expect somethings from a game specially if it was a ps3 exclusive and if they game fall short in one or two aspects of what they expected then they take revenge for making thing get all hyped up and give it the lowest score possible, i mean how is it possible Haze gets 4's and 5's and 6's and echocrome gets 7's and 8's??? i know echocrome is on a different level but when someone judge a game he/she should look at the graphics level, gameplay, sound and overall the game feeling, and i know it cant be 4.5/10.

its sad to see sites take their anger to the gaming scores!!

[DolphGB]

I agree with you. And it appears the bigger the site or mag is, the more there's a chance that the review will be swayed by revenue-related issues too.

We've tried to be balanced in our review, and something you should know about our Haze Week - we did it because we truly like the game and because Ubisoft were good enough to work with us, not because it was being sponsored by Ubi - in fact everything we do is independent and not swayed by advertising.

[theKiller]

i didnt expect someone who wrote the article will write to me! this is the first time :)!!

well yes i also realized that the bigger the site the more confident they get to give the game scores as they wish even if its not realistic scoring, well i never take review so seriously and i always try to see what the scores on other games i liked, so if i see it reasonable then i consider the site opinion, but there was games like MGS3 i liked it more than MGS2 but most sites gave later one a higher score,the most thing i consider is gameranking and metacriric average reviews if the game was higher than 8 then it should be very good game if its above 7 then average, i buy average games but not with full price, i dont have so much money to spend on gaming these days am still student.

i think free radicals should put a nice demo with intense action level to let the people see for them self's.

bubble for u @DolphGB

[DolphGB]

Glad I could be of service.

For the record, I think more reviewers/editors should play an active role at N4G and get involved...

[mistertwoturbo]

I've actually learned from Haze reviews, to take Reviews in general with a grain of salt. I'm actually starting to catch on which websites obviously is hopping on the "I hate it too" bandwagon. You can tell when they really don't go onto much detail why they think something is bad. Or don't go onto any specific areas where they felt the "slow-down" or "pop-ins" or whatever.

I will be starting a website soon with a group of my friends, to hopefully combat this kind of stuff. Give a much fairer insight of a game. If it sucks, then it sucks. If it's moderate, then it's moderate. And being more consistent with reviews of other games as well. That's one of the main things lacking from these corporate paid websites. Consistency.

[Lookbehind]

is just fine.. multiplayer is fun except I notice alot of people team kill each other other than that at least the sniper rifles hit where you aim. Try it people it's really not as bad as they say.

[nofilter]

PS3 Attitude's Haze review is probably the best I've read - perfectly balanced and thoughtful without ever swaying towards hyperbole or rubbishing the game for the sake of it.

Written by a gamer who obviously enjoyed writing about it.

[achira]

the game is very good. especially coop. forget ign.

[Sez]

this game sucks. no review can save this peice of sh!t. just accept the 4, rating an move on.

[princejb134]

agree with u there
this game does suck, it plays just like Halo rubbish
i played this on the psn demo of this and the guns looked just like halo guns and the gameplay was like it also, except for the drug use

[Sez]

if you want to compare this game to halo. then thats your opinion. but you really can't compare this to game to halo. maybe halo's SP could have been better or longer. but the MP is what makes halo and has always made halo a good FPS. not the best, but a good fps. this game the graphic isn't that great. but the game play is generic,the feel of the ps3 controller don't help either.(or maybe it just don't feel right to me) the AI is dumb. but i guess thats because it's a demo. it made me feel like i was playing snowblind for the PC.( just outdated)

[hardcorehippiez]

its the best 4.5 game i've ever played , controls great is smooth and fun online. not greatest graphics granted but by no means bad.

[yanikins111]

Meta: 6.2, User 9.0

I dont recall ever seeing a difference that big. Im gonna pick this up tomorrow. If its any good IGN and alot of other sites are off my list. Sure the game was over-hyped, but i expect more from the bigger websites than bashing a game because it doesnt live up to the hype that those sites themselves helped create.

[Bathyj]

I've been playing this game for 3 hours and IGN are way off. A 4.5 is insulting, this game is a low 8 in my book. Easily worth a purchase.

The graphics are good, not fantastic, but its like the review says and I think like watching a movie with subtitles. After a while its not annoying at all and you dont even notice it. The framerate is smooth, the most important thing for a shooter for me. Better than alot of shooters going. And while I'm playing on hard it fairly challenging. It doesn't take many shots for you to die.

Worth noting, you can map any control to any button including on foot and in jeeps. Thanks you FR. Finally you can make a proper car control scheme for vehicles instead of that stupid FPS in a car scheme Halo uses.

[SL1M DADDY]

No score and a decent level of information to go with. It is as with other reviews, an opinion and woudn't sway me but to say it honestly, I like how they seemed a bit objective in that it is all about the game play and then graphics. Many bash the graphics and commentary and say little about the game play and then unjustly score it lower than some of the dogs out there now. This game seems good to me and makes for a good rental.

[Ashta]

I'm going to be picking it up today to take a run through it. I never intended on buying it "day one" (thus, thats why I'm renting it and saving my money for PC Mass Effect next tuesday) but I can't say that I was not impressed with the game with what I've seen in action.

Side note: I don't think the Flamethrower effect is "awful" either. Does it look like real fire? No. Does any games fire look like real fire? No.

Anyways, this article is probably the most objective and balanced of any of the articles I've read on Haze, so far.

As for IGN? I usually tend to try the games anyways despite their crushing review scores and I usually find that I like the games they hate anyways.

Examples: Godhand (loved it) and Lair (Yes, I mean it, I really did like Lair. I thought the level where you had to fly at night through the canyons and avoid the spotlights was absolutely ****ing awesome. I even liked the motion controls and I must have the best hands in the world because I never once has a problem dashing or pulling a 180.....yeah...I'm looking at you Greg.)

Anyways. Yeah. Rant over...and stuff.

[mistertwoturbo]

Believe me when I say the video game industry is more about politics, propaganda, corruption and less gaming.

Review scores are starting to mean less and less the more games that come out. Granted they are people's opinions, but these big websites aren't paid to have an "opinion." They're paid to give a thoughtful and insightful "buy it or pass it" review. Not "The graphics aren't good. 4.5/10"

I've been iffy about reviews since Halo 3 getting 10/10s everywhere. Jesus christ, that game did not deserve it at all. 8/10, or even 9/10. But not 10/10. And don't even dare to justify those character models that looks like it was smeared with doo doo.

/rant

lol

[moolox]

Just got haze and its OK , 7/10 IGN do have huge issues and they are costing developer money with there lazy reviewing. They gave it the same as rampage?? Its no COD4 but not as bad as they are saying. Was suprised with eurogamer rampage though 4/10 which seemed more fanboy rampage there usual good honest 4/10 reviews.

HALO 3 was my biggest let down last year as i had never played it before. 10 should be for a game running 1080p at 60 fps, (the peak of next gen gaming). All other games should be scored against that.

GTA5 was another bad 10 as yes its GTA but 10 for graphics? and i find the characters running round no more intelligent than assasins creed.

[trancefreak]

this game is a definite 7 thus far in my game play. im into around the 4th mission as a mantel trooper and according to the reviews i thought the whole mantel nectar appeal ended pre maturely. But i dont see it that way because im still a mantel trooper playing co op with my kids taking my time not to rush the game. its been fun especially the mantel atv sequence where i killed my co op buddy for fun into the side of the hill lol :) I like running over rebels too.
this game is no half life, halo, cod4 but it doesnt have to be it good to its own. I think it could of been much better but its still cool.

[trancefreak]

The game is lacking but i find it to be very fun especially co op. i think the whole problem with the game is its missing the little details to make the game great. the developers just didnt put enough into the game and the story doesnt smack u in the face you have to actually think on your own like when u read a book.