haze demo not that impressed

Dues Bellator · 09-05-2008 03:10PM #1

i downloaded the haze demo last night ,it was more than 1 gb dont know what all the fuss was about ,i know its only a demo but theres nothing really special about it.

AtomicHorror · 09-05-2008 04:12PM

almanu wrote: »

i downloaded the haze demo last night ,it was more than 1 gb dont know what all the fuss was about ,i know its only a demo but theres nothing really special about it.

The fuss, as with many of the games hyped before the PS3 launched, was about the trailer and the apparently "in-game" graphics shown within. In 2006, Haze looked a lot more impressive and the first trailer suggested a really interesting storyline. The newer ones didn't interest me at all as much. I may take a look at the demo anyway but right now I've got enough games to keep me occupied.

String · 09-05-2008 04:29PM

I saw some pics on a ps3 forum of pics of what they said it would look like, and what it looks like now. Theres a huge difference! Its just a bog standard shooter to me. Though im hoping the full game will some how be good and the multilayer but at the moment its just a rental!

unklerosco · 09-05-2008 05:39PM

I agree... Same oul shoot em up

Dues Bellator · 09-05-2008 07:42PM

unklerosco wrote: »

I agree... Same oul shoot em up

yep had another bash at it for an hour or so , same oul sht different box

Mossy Monk · 09-05-2008 10:29PM

Haze is fantastically brilliant compared to the Bourne demo. That is terrible.

Otacon · 10-05-2008 03:23PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Haze is fantastically brilliant compared to the Bourne demo. That is terrible.

Where did you get the Bourne demo? Its not on the Store?

Niall0 · 10-05-2008 04:20PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Haze is fantastically brilliant compared to the Bourne demo. That is terrible.

Agreed , my only problem with the haze demo was that it was too short .

Mossy Monk · 10-05-2008 05:55PM

Otacon wrote: »

Where did you get the Bourne demo? Its not on the Store?

It is on the US store.

Dues Bellator · 10-05-2008 06:43PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

It is on the US store.

how did you access us store mate, i heard you can buy all your 110% stats on tiger woods

10-05-2008 07:38PM

Halo 3 for PS3 if you ask me, not impressed with it at all, graphics are a let down too.

Zatoichi · 10-05-2008 08:25PM

Haze looked extremely mediocre from the videos so I didn't bother with it. Check out the new gameplay vid from Killzone2, it looks superb and I've heard that the gameplay has changed which can only be a good thing.

wayne040576 · 10-05-2008 10:13PM

It's a second rate shooter at best. Probably why they didn't release it back in November. Must've seen the competition that had just come out at the time and realised it wasn't up to that type of standard.

Mossy Monk · 10-05-2008 10:26PM

almanu wrote: »

how did you access us store mate, i heard you can buy all your 110% stats on tiger woods

Setup a new account on your PS3 and pretend you live in the states.

Dues Bellator · 11-05-2008 12:31PM

ho ho the paddys infiltrate the us store c,mon lads attack attack attack, lol im sick of getting lashed by the yanks with there imetec controllers, if your wondering why the yankies never slice a drive its because of THAT controller, there not compatible here,

FreeOSCAR · 20-05-2008 08:27AM

IGN gave it a 4.5...
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/875/875229p1.html

I really had high hopes for this game, i know it was only one reiview but it was a very critical one. I just hope it doesnt turn into Lair all over again.

Anybody getting the game over the next few days, post your thoughts on it, especially the multiplayer aspect. Cheers.

unklerosco · 20-05-2008 08:51AM

I thought it was gonna be good too... Was unimpressed by the demo tho..

Starting to wonder why I bought a PS3....

syboit · 20-05-2008 08:57AM

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

IGN gave it a 4.5...
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/875/875229p1.html

I really had high hopes for this game, i know it was only one reiview but it was a very critical one. I just hope it doesnt turn into Lair all over again.

Anybody getting the game over the next few days, post your thoughts on it, especially the multiplayer aspect. Cheers.

4.5!!! holy crap. And all the rubbish we listened to about this game, going to be the killer app etc etc. I suppose if it came at launch it could have been better but all these delays seemed to have killed it.

Kev_ps3 · 20-05-2008 10:07AM

tbh I knew this game was going to be rubbish ever since watching the trailers of it on Gamer TV more than 6 months ago. Dont ask me why, I never rite off a game by a few trailers..

Dues Bellator · 20-05-2008 10:18AM

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

tbh I knew this game was going to be rubbish ever since watching the trailers of it on Gamer TV more than 6 months ago. Dont ask me why, I never rite off a game by a few trailers..

totally agree even after a week i posted this its still pants, its a mish mash of every bad game thats out at the minute, its ok to get as a prezzy as then you can trade it and get a decent title very unimpressed

Somnus · 20-05-2008 12:22PM

I had been looking forward to this game but now it looks like it'll be disappointing now

I agree with FreeOSCAR. If anyone gets it let us know what you think

monkeyfudge · 20-05-2008 11:21PM

I gave the demo a go there yesterday... It's pretty terrible and it's one of those FPS games that gives me motion sickness within 5 minutes.

Resistance: Fall of Man is an infinitely more playable game and Resistance: Fall of Man really isn't all that great a game.

unklerosco · 21-05-2008 08:10AM

I know it aint a biggie but the game isn't even HD...

Littlewood then confirmed that the game will run at a resolution of 576p, not 720p, and that the PlayStation 3 will thus have to upscale the image.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/20/haze-not-in-hd-needs-4gb-install/1

I thought the PS3 was meant to be a beast of a machine... With this running at 576p, which to be honest, is fairly bad and GTA not running in HD too. Adding to that the installs they require... What the hell is going on????

The 360 is running games in HD, with no installs on smaller discs... I aint a fanboy I'm just wondering why the PS3 seems to be behind on this.

GTA is a great point in hand, its frame rate is slower on the PS3 yet its not in HD and has a install on the HD to work with too.

Is there a reason for this???

Ciaran500 · 21-05-2008 08:13AM

unklerosco wrote: »

Is there a reason for this???

Its a **** to program for and its not the super computer Sony told every one it was.

unklerosco · 21-05-2008 08:18AM

Really considering selling mine... I don't really have a use for it. I'm not a movie buff, so don't use the blu ray player. That and all the movies I want I have on HD, n got for next to nothing. I've a blu ray drive for my PC too so thats no loss....

The main reason is there's bugger all games for it, or bugger all decent games for it... This is my 2nd PS3, I sold my first for the same reason...

Ciaran500 · 21-05-2008 08:22AM

At least wait till MGS4 come out in 3 weeks.

Sephiroth_dude · 21-05-2008 11:53AM

Its out 12th of june

anyway

Its out friday,was gonna get but im undecided now as too whether I should or not,after reading the reviews its sounds only ok.

Zatoichi · 21-05-2008 08:21PM

I don't know where everyone is getting this hype/high expectations for this game from. I browse all the major gaming sites regularly and I never saw anything amounting to massive or even great hype. The dev demo they released some time ago pretty much showed how mediocre and uninspired the game was.

Jessthemess · 21-05-2008 08:40PM

I just pre ordered haze today from www.consolerepairsireland.ie

Sorry now after the reviews I've just read.:(will Have the game hopefuly tomorrow so lets hope the critics are wrong.

Somnus · 22-05-2008 09:28AM

Jessthemess wrote: »

lets hope the critics are wrong.

I hope so too. I was really looking forward to it. Hopefully its not as bad as they're making out and its just been a bit overhyped

Kashkai · 22-05-2008 10:36AM

Guess I'm in the minority then but I thought the demo (which is a beta release and not the full shilling) was pretty good. Reminded me a little of Far Cry for the PC with the rich jungle setting. I've ordered it from Play.com and am looking forward to playing it. Will post again when I've gotten through a few levels.

As for GTA IV - now that is a game thats been mega over hyped. Its not as fun as the earlier GTA's and the graphics aren't brilliant - I've seen places where the main character Niko can have half his body merging with walls etc. I've only been playing it for a couple of hours but not very impressed with what I've seen so far.

lee_baby_simms · 22-05-2008 12:25PM

I've been playing Haze since monday and its very average to be fair. The bad reviews are justifiable for the most part.

It feels very stale and unimaginative. The controls are good but thats probably only because they're mapped exactly like most other fps games.

I'm yet to come across any element of the game thats in any way innovative or interesting.

projectmayhem · 22-05-2008 11:01PM

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

I'm yet to come across any element of the game thats in any way innovative or interesting.

this is my problem. i really want to like this game. timesplitters is a great series. free radical come with a great pedigree... but haze just isn't good.

actually i lie. haze is good. but it's as good as every other fps out there. it doesn't do anything new, or even anything the same but with a new sheen or level of excitement.

halo or killzone don't do anything new, but they've got excitement about them. half life, crysis are great examples of technical wizardry (in different ways) but also tell a good story and have some interesting ideas about themselves.

haze just has nothing new to offer. i blitzed the demo like a games tester and cleared it insanely fast. i wasn't engaged by gun battles or the enemy AI. running through, taking a few hits as i went was just as good as sitting there picking off shoddy AI.

also, it looks awful. i know they went with upscaling standard resolution to get better FPS... but i don't know why. this game has been in development for a while now. why do they have to do that while kojima's achieving mad stuff with mgs and guerilla can put more polygons on one screen then i can bare to count?

to top things off, the games story doesn't even seem that interesting... which is a shame. if they could write some interesting stuff then it might have been worth a rent at the very least

haze demo not that impressed

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