Haze E3 2007 Impressions

Free Radical, best known for its TimeSplitters series will unleash Haze this fall, a PlayStation 3 first person shooter that blends frantic action with drugs. As gamers blast enemies, they can inject their bodies with a powerful substance called Nectar, a useful cocktail that boosts their abilities. Overdosing, however, has dangerous consequences.

[Kleptic]

it looks generic? that is kind of harsh...I have always thought it looked pretty good...and still looks to be a lot of fun, especially with the 4 player co-op...

[computer]

It looks very good in my opinion... Oh well, we'll have to see when it gets here... sooooo many games.... I'm gonna be broke =/

[jodonn08]

i think that this game will definitely be good, i just hope it doesn't get lost in all of the good games coming out

[QuackPot]

As it's a shooter and timed exclusive then if you have a ps3 and want a shooter then you have this, UT and COD4, Warhawk to chose from before year's end.

If you love shooters you'll buy all four. And if you have an xbox 360....well....we already know you've pre-ordered Halo 3.

So it won't get lost.

[Kleptic]

yeah I am putting this up against COD4...I probably will not get both...haze looks to have a newer gameplay technique...and COD4 obviously has some serious graphics...

right now I am definitely leaning towards haze...I know COD4 is a different time frame than the past games...but I still was never a fan of how scripted everything was...unless they change that considerably, I will see what this nectar crap is all about...

[Nicosia]

They gotta show us those moral choice stuff, because they still havnt show us.

[power of Green]

One Halo 3 killer down one to go.

EDIT: you people been smoking that Nectar?, the devs said this thing was going to crush Halo 3 and they have little time to convince these guy's from the story before the Haze launch. Haze the mature halo, because of what!, color filtering?; they both have charators brains being blown out. lol

What does haze have to offer?, Nectar junkies having sex for drugs with Profanity every other word?. Sony used these guy's to hype PS3 to steal thunder from Halo 3 knowing it wasn't up to par or didn't stop them, and this game took back seat to KillZone. lol

[TruthHurts]

HALO3 isn`t even a HALO2 killer.

on topic: Games that have gotten BAD PREVIEWs that got GREAT REVIEWS.

1.Shadow Of The Colossus
2.Dead Rising

a PREVIEW is a PREVIEW.
Nothing more Nothing less.

and this isnt even a preview, its an impression.

@POG
1.Only puss!es ignore, people. decide what you are.
2.If i`ve been ignored, how are you responding to me now.
3."I guess the "truth' isn't the only thing that hurts"

i have no idea what your talking about on #3,so your alone on that one.

maybe you thought of how much it hurts that HALO3 isn`t HALO3 and you just quickly responded? take your time POG, explain yourself.
instead of coming back w/ what you came back w/.

@POG
do you switch between multiple accounts to disagree w/ people and take away their bubbles? you do! thats the lowest.

@PG(again)
that was a complete RANT.
you don`t even know what you just said.
you better put me back on ignore, so you this doesn`t happen to you again. TRUTH HURTS.

[power of Green]

I guess the "truth' isn't the only thing that hurts.

Did you say something you've been on ignor for weeks.

[QuackPot]

As I will get all three consoles EVENTUALLY this Halo killer rhetoric is idiotic.

Not interested in your trolling as I'll be enjoying Halo 3, Mass Effect, Too Human, Haze, CoD4, Gears, Killzone 2 etc etc.

Also, it would be very difficult to KILL Halo as it has got everything right interms of gameplay, story, weapons/vehicles etc. That's unless you copy everything and improve upon it. That can be done but surprisingly hasn't by developers who have chosen to go for more realistic, grittier shooters.

So again, I'll be enjoying all the games. Try it. You might just like it.

Edit:

@POG

No. I'm not a hardcore gamer. I don't need a Wii or xbox 360 yet so will be waiting for the price to drop to bargain basement. Unfortunately, that takes a few years. But I will be getting them EVENTUALLY to try all the great games and try out that controller.

I'm actually a very casual gamer. Like yourself apparently......hmmmmmmmmmm?

[power of Green]

you're a "hardcore Gamer"; i a'm not. go play all your console's if you so choose. lol What does that have to do with me. Is this hardcore gamer trying to poke fun of my for being a casuual gamer?.

I can give a rats ass if you have more than one console the dev of this game was talking so much sh*t its not me you should be worried about. lol

Mature Halo tell me what that means while i go blow somebodies brains out in Halo 2 painting the walls with blood. lol

Look at that cartoony pic of Halo 3 i posted why don't you do the same as the Marine in that pic.

[San anto]

who gives a flying sh!t if this is a halo killer or not, after next year halo3 will be out then halo is finally over woo0o0 no more bs about it, as it is slowly forgotten about

[IBLEEDBLU]

clearly u were dropped as a child - and more then once

halo3 is not new - its the same as halo2 with extra add features..whoa thats sooo amazing - let me spend another 70 bucks and play the same game that i already have and say its a halo king...lol

COD4, HAZE, KZ2, UT3 ruin it in graphics - and i mean ruin it...these games make halo3 look like a nintendo game back in 1990...

2nd of all - COD4 already offers sooo much more in terms of online play and single player and is different...WAY! different...thats where bungie screwed themselves - they played it safe and ppl dont want that - its next-gen - its time to show ppl what the system can do and let the dev explore new things....why would u want 2 be stuck playing the samething again?

i cant comment on KZ2 gameplay since no1 has hands on - but from what i saw its coming along nicely - best fricken death animation ive ever seen and its only alpha holy...

haze will do great - co-op with the nector factor will be intresting to use...

UT3 is UT3 - fast pace action

now do u see how stupid u look when u say halo3 is the biggest thing out there lol itll sell alot because of the bots but dont compare it 2 those games i just mentioned -

[Lex_Yayo_407]

I have to agree I put hours on the Halo 3 beta and it does look like Halo 2 with better graphics thats it. I wouldn't pay no $65 for a game thats gonna be practically the same as part 2. Now on the other hand Haze is gonna be a first-person with a gameplay thats gonna be real serious. The graphics look so real I mean real looking. I know its only the trailer but come on Halo 3 do not look as good as Haze. HANDS DOWN!!! All I gotta say is that all you 360 fans almost s****d in your pants when they said Haze was gonna be exclusive for PS3....this year. Still 360 gotta wait for Haze though.

[razer]

It's an artistic choice that Bungie has made with Halo. They want the game to be more "cartoony" than a realistic looking shooter.

So I take it you got to play a final build of the game? How was it?

Because if you didn't then you are nothing but a fanboy running his mouth about something he knows nothing. Bungie came out and said that the graphics in the beta were far from final. Everyone who played it at E3 behind closed doors said the graphics are fantastic, particularly the environment fx. You are basically slamming a proven franchise for one nobody has played all based off of a trailer.

Lets just say I would never be stupid enough to bet against the Halo franchise.

On Topic: I will be passing on Haze for both consoles, maybe a rental.

[BlackTigea]

Haze looks awsome, for sure and halo3 as well. I see no point hating on the developers of Halo 3, we all know they are working to make it one hell of game for us. If you got anything to say, say when the final game comes out to us. Until then don't give crit to them.

[Lex_Yayo_407]

Let me repharse myself homie. Really I wanted to say trailer wise. You got a point.

[BranWheatKillah]

Personally, I thought Haze looked great and anything besides ordinary. Also, how is the idea of a stimulant drug far fetched? I mean, even if it was over the top and far fetched, it is a fictional storyline within a video game. Why would that matter? I thought the idea of a multinational corporation using a PMC force with enhancing drugs sounded rather realistic for a semi-futuristic shooter.

[StateofMind]

Anyone notice how much the mood changed for this game after it became a timed PS3 exclusive?

I've been looking forward to this the moment I learned Free Radical was making a new FPS. It looks good and I think it'll play really well.

I don't think it'll be a Halo killer, but I don't think a game has to kill Halo to be good. Personally, I think Halo is about to kill itself. The aesthetic choices they made last generation don't seem to be aging very well.

[jodonn08]

halo 2.5 or halo hd, whatever you want to call it will sell a lot of copies and be overrated like every other halo does

[Rhezin]

nothing will ever be a halo killer unless it makes more sales than halo 3 will come this september, and nothing won't. except maybe gears of war 2.

[Dr Pepper]

My biggest problem is with the devs. They seem very full of themselves. They are overhyping their own game.

[StateofMind]

I think they just have an odd sense of humor. They are British aren't they?

[Sevir04]

the story of Halo 1 was amazing, they tried to pass halo 2 as the game that tops halo 1. in terms of story halo2 sucked, it's multiplayer was what sky rocket it to the top. and halo 3's beta and even the new trailer and new showing at e3 left many underwhelmed by it. if for one the graphics don't scream 360 power at all, not like Mass effect or dare i say Call of Duty 4 which has been in development about the same time if not shorter time than Halo 3 for the 360. Halo 3 will sell hordes but i really feel bad for bungie because i have a gut feeling that this game will fail to live up to everyones expectation. and i think in my opinion halo 1 offered the best of the package. if they can do the world and make halo 3's story every bit as good as 1, and improve on the multiplayer that halo 2 excelled in. then halo 3 will be great. but already the beta was a let down. and the graphics compared to everything thing i've seen, with COD4 being the most impressive game to date for the 360 kills it. personally
i think many should just skip halo 3 and move straight to COD4 because what was shown at MS's press con and the announcement that the 360 has the Beta exclusively, only cements what i've said and puts a huge dent in what halo looks like. COD2 was excellent on the 360 and the same creators who made COD2 is doing COD4 and have come leaps and bounds over everything seen on the 360. halo will only kill in sales but nothing else. i think COD4 is 360's shooter or game of the year this year, heck it may even be the PS3 game of the year for this year.

my little input