Haze Demo Impressions

Alright well I just got through playing the demo. First things first the graphics are a beast! Very nice on my HDTV!! The nectar stuff is actually pretty cool and I like it. Objectives seem to run pretty smoothly just hopefully it's not just kill this gang of people and then this group and so on throughout the full game.

Major complaints are #1- There is no indicator on where the hell you need to go during a mission *unless i'm reading the HUD wrong or something* #2- There is no run button.. You should not have to rely on Nectar to run.

Graphics- 10

Gameplay-6

Controls-8

Flow of story- 7

Based off the Demo I would not be rushing out to go buy this game. Even though it is one of the best shooters I have seen graphically on the PS3.

gameplay a 6?

flow of story? it was 5 mins long

no run button?

ive seen enough

really, no objectives?

are you sure youve played the demo?

gameplay a 6?

flow of story? it was 5 mins long

no run button?

ive seen enough

hishkarnib

Yes without a indicator on where you need to go during a objective marks the gameplay way down for me. When I said flow of story I meant the flow of objectives vs story/cutscenes ect.

No there is no run button you have to use nectar to go faster\

*note* I had a butterfly land on my gun :lol:

Graphics 10? :lol:Duckman5

Yes it definately looks good!!

[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Graphics 10? :lol:-supercharged-

Yes it definately looks good!!

Dude graphicswise... it was TERRIBLE. Go play some COD4 is you want some 10 graphics.

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[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Graphics 10? :lol:Ocram_Zepol

Yes it definately looks good!!

Dude graphicswise... it was TERRIBLE. Go play some COD4 is you want some 10 graphics.

Dude I own Call of Duty 4 and Haze looks just as good if not better in some places.

the MANTEL troops looked fine, but the trees and water and such were bland. It actually felt a lot like Turok in that it was uglier, kind of stupid, but had SOME interesting elements. To me it was a derivative, slow shooter with AWFUL dialogue...i.e. "We knocked them down like Skittles!" WTF? but it looks nothing like the gameplay videos they have for download on the PS store, so there is some hope that it will be better. But I hated the fact that when you shot your gun, you felt no rumble, but when you shot an enemy and it hit them, the controller rumbled. It felt so backwards.

Though the game had its moments; the first time I took a TON of Nectar and the screen starts to pull apart and you fire at everything you see was cool. And when you walk through the bomb site and the body flashed on the screen was pretty cool. Yet it just seemed a little bland and pointless. Not very intense, not fast, not rewarding in any way. It was just "meh" in my opinion. PERHAPS the final product will be worth a rent, but the demo they gave me put me off and left just another sour taste in my mouth.

6/10

Good- Nectar affects are an interesting and cool novelty, albeit pointless. Good character models. Actually has rumble. Dialogue is laughable and painful.

Bad-bland, derivative, sometimes ugly, often stupid. Dialogue is simply terrible.

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[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Graphics 10? :lol:-supercharged-

Yes it definately looks good!!

Dude graphicswise... it was TERRIBLE. Go play some COD4 is you want some 10 graphics.

Dude I own Call of Duty 4 and Haze looks just as good if not better in some places.

how? that is just ridiculous. COD 4 has the real-time lighting, well used blurring effects, strong character models and animations, and other amazing effects, and HAZE, well HAZE just had shiny yellow helmets and you could see your feet.

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[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Graphics 10? :lol:-supercharged-

Yes it definately looks good!!

Dude graphicswise... it was TERRIBLE. Go play some COD4 is you want some 10 graphics.

Dude I own Call of Duty 4 and Haze looks just as good if not better in some places.

Well then maybe we both played different demos, because I wasn't at all impressed by what I saw. The nectar effects were decent looking... but the character models, the foilage... they didn't look so good. The voice synching didn't look that good either. I was overall dissapointed by Haze (especially since it had so hype).

Demo was decent. Graphics were average by today's standards they should be better, controls were alright everything felt good the gun response is cool. Story interests me alot but some of the dialog is just stupid, seems like your stuck on a one way path but could change as you further into the game. Nectar is a interesting idea and while it seems overpowered for mantal troopers it is going to be fun playing as a rebal making them overdose. Overall the game seems alright so far, if it didnt have 4CoOp or 4 player online i wouldnt buy it.

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[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Graphics 10? :lol:Ocram_Zepol

Yes it definately looks good!!

Dude graphicswise... it was TERRIBLE. Go play some COD4 is you want some 10 graphics.

Dude I own Call of Duty 4 and Haze looks just as good if not better in some places.

Well then maybe we both played different demos, because I wasn't at all impressed by what I saw. The nectar effects were decent looking... but the character models, the foilage... they didn't look so good. The voice synching didn't look that good either. I was overall dissapointed by Haze (especially since it had so hype).

I kinda feel the same way, u think with all the time they had it could be polished up a bit more then what we were shown on the Demo. All well, it looks like we PS3 owners get yet another A or AA exclusive, I felt Haze could be a sleeper before MGS4 but i had hope and doubts, and the demo solidified that feeling of doubt for me...

I'm not defending the game. I am just telling you guys that the demo was made around August 2007. Hopefully the graphics and everything else gets better. Controls are a beast though.

Don't forget guys, this reminds me of a certain game. 4 PLayer co-op, average graphics, tight controls, generic. If the multiplayer is really good, it will be just like Halo. Though I still think not as good though.

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[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Graphics 10? :lol:Ocram_Zepol

Yes it definately looks good!!

Dude graphicswise... it was TERRIBLE. Go play some COD4 is you want some 10 graphics.

Dude I own Call of Duty 4 and Haze looks just as good if not better in some places.

Well then maybe we both played different demos, because I wasn't at all impressed by what I saw. The nectar effects were decent looking... but the character models, the foilage... they didn't look so good. The voice synching didn't look that good either. I was overall dissapointed by Haze (especially since it had so hype).

The environment felt alive to me especially the foliage. The character models are not better than COD4 that's for sure but they are not horrible either. Maybe your expectations were just too high....

Pros:

Lush jungle

Solid controls and shooting

Nectar is a plus

awesome for coop

challenging

Cons:

Why the hell didn't they give us a rebel demo? Rebels>Mantel (Mantel is like every other shooter but rebels have some kickass abilities)

Looks unpolished (maybe its an old demo)

linear and easy to get lost

overall I'd rate the demo a 7

After playing coop with my bro I'm definitely probably gonna pick it up depending on the reviews. Seems like a solid 8 game, which is what i've been saying about the game since last year.

If u want 10 graphics:

Cod 4 and UT3 nuff said.

The game is medicore I will not be rushing to spend money on it.

Based on the DEMO.....

Graphics....9

Sound....7

Control....8

avg.....8

Im hyping HAZE for a 8.5!!!

BTW, those of you who are saying that the HAZE demo is lacking, go play the opening level of Halo 3 and I think you will see alot of similarities. I personally love the way HAZE plays and I think it will be a very good game for the PS3!!

Aright what i think

graphics 8.5

gameplay- 10

Controls- 10

story - ????

i thought it was awesome the necter was awesome every thing was impressive

AND AS FOR YOU MAJOR COMPLAINTS!! 1 there is a compase at the top that has a little simple on it pointing to the next objective. 2 yeah whatever no big deal thou its not needed

I was worryed about the game But this demo has me sure that i want to own This game

Of course it was linear; it was just a tutorial mission. As for the dialogue, that didn't bother me too much. The Mantel soldiers are idiots, easily taken in by propaganda. They're supposed to sound like fratboys.

The jungle looked good in a static sense, but it seemed dead... keep in mind that there ought to be a lot of different environments that could look better. (Or worse, for all I know.)

I think the game'll turn out pretty good.

the graphics were blurry, definately not like videos or pictures i'v seen, i doubt its a very well made demo.

i liked it though, my only thing with it was you could not adjsut the sensitivity which seemed kind of high, even for a sci fi fps

Perhaps I'm just jaded, but after playing a game as good as COD4 nothing else really measures up. Meaning the bar has been raised in the First-person-shooter department and if a game doesn't look or feel as good, I'm just not interested.

Graphics: 8-ish (good character models and smoke effects)

Gameplay: 9-ish (Try co-op if you haven't)

Based off the demo, that ^^^ is what I think the final game will be...

I thought the graphics were great, almost had a since of crisis to it. Only thing I didn't like was the controls with L3 being the scope. I kept bringing the scope up when I had no intentions on doing so. But I think the game has alot of potential and I think it will rate a 8.5 when release. Graphic wise I really don't know what some of you ppl expect anymore out of games. I'll give you cod4 having great animations but this demo really didn't show a whole lot but other than that I think haze looks better in most areas compared to cod4. Haze is sharp while cod4 has that soft feel that looks more believable and real but haze does look great even for a demo. Some one said blurry when talking of haze I really need to know what tv your playing on but mine was not even close of being blurry on my 50" samsung plasma.

Oh and team mates turning red and shooting you is because of their nectar draining out of their suits, they turn from yellow to red. Theres a pipe running from their back to the back of their head, shoot it and watch spray out as they turn red. Pretty funny lol but you may have to really look to see it through all of the blurriness and no detail in the game lol.

On my set when walking up to the crash site I stopped and just set back and looked at the land scape and stuff and it damn near looked real to me. So graphic wise I was definitly happy with it.

Online was fun, and I guess I'm just not a graphics snob, because I didn't think it looked bad at all. I think the whole Nectar thing is a dumb gimmick, after using it a couple times, I stopped bothering. Too bad you can't turn it off completely.ItsEvolution

Don't you know the story? You will eventually turn off the nectar completely ;)

Not bad, but not good enough to get my really interested.

Why waste $60 on this game when Metal Gear Solid 4 is just a month away?

Not bad, but not good enough to get my really interested.

Why waste $60 on this game when Metal Gear Solid 4 is just a month away?

knicknut17

Same here. Althought I already have MGS4 preordered and paid off, I really canot see me spending money on this game until I see the final product. The story however, I thought it started out pretty slow and I was a bit lost from this demo. I can't actually have a real opinion on it though because for all I know it could have some kind of MAJOR plot twist that could make this game a sleeper hit story wise.

I'm not buying it unless it is better then the Demo in the end. This is where reviews will have curve my impression. I hated how once you quit in game, you had to wait like 5 minutes with those stupid ad pictures after playing. I couldn't skip em. When a host left the game, I just shut the game down and brought it back up, cuz that would be faster then those damn pics.

Still, it seems to have some potential, the nectar holds it back though, however without the nectar its not a very original shooter. Looks like a Halo clone, even with the helmet.

Alright well I just got through playing the demo. First things first the graphics are a beast! Very nice on my HDTV!! The nectar stuff is actually pretty cool and I like it. Objectives seem to run pretty smoothly just hopefully it's not just kill this gang of people and then this group and so on throughout the full game.

Major complaints are #1- There is no indicator on where the hell you need to go during a mission *unless i'm reading the HUD wrong or something* #2- There is no run button.. You should not have to rely on Nectar to run.

Graphics- 10

Gameplay-6

Controls-8

Flow of story- 7

Based off the Demo I would not be rushing out to go buy this game. Even though it is one of the best shooters I have seen graphically on the PS3.

-supercharged-

Man I honestly loved the demo .. but graphics a 10? No man, that would mean like every other game out deserves a 10 in graphics .. Gameplay was a 9 though, same with controls .. flow of story? there was no flow since there was no story .. just my two cents ..

HAZE = a mixed bag . Raivon

:lol: Yeah HAZE is like a bag of Trail Mix ..