Haze Demo Impressions

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

navigata

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

[QUOTE="navigata"]

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

420Token420

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

Yea so what. What im trying to say is that the way these guys are gonna try to do it will be horrendous. I mean with COD4, you were into it with the story, graphics smooth gameplay and everything. It offered something. Something unique. Haze will have a story, but generic. It wont be interesting for the most part. IT WILL BE A RUN N GUN THROUGHOUT. COD4 actually had some moments in it where it incorporated some unique things such as stealth sniping, getting in a heli shooting down ppl. This will be just the exact opposite.

[QUOTE="420Token420"][QUOTE="navigata"]

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

navigata

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

Yea so what. What im trying to say is that the way these guys are gonna try to do it will be horrendous. I mean with COD4, you were into it with the story, graphics smooth gameplay and everything. It offered something. Something unique. Haze will have a story, but generic. It wont be interesting for the most part. IT WILL BE A RUN N GUN THROUGHOUT. COD4 actually had some moments in it where it incorporated some unique things such as stealth sniping, getting in a heli shooting down ppl. This will be just the exact opposite.

So you've played and beat HAZE? How do you know it won't have sniping?

Someone tell me why they would release a demo that is from a year-old build? This game has gone through so many delays, many who were looking forward to it are now concerned that it will be another mediocre shooter. So what does Free Radical do to get people excited again? "Here you go, guys! Try this demo from August 2007! It sucks, but don't you want to buy the game now??"

WTF?!

graphics-8

gameplay-7

controls-you can change them completely so 10

story-7 but im not sure yet (telling from demos and trailers).

overall-8.6/10

You got it all wrong.

Graphics - 7.5
Gameplay - 9
Flow of Story - It was 5 minutes long, there was no introduction to the story yet.

I didn't play it on an HD TV, so the graphics could have been better. But the jumping animation was ugly.

[QUOTE="420Token420"][QUOTE="navigata"]

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

navigata

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

Yea so what. What im trying to say is that the way these guys are gonna try to do it will be horrendous. I mean with COD4, you were into it with the story, graphics smooth gameplay and everything. It offered something. Something unique. Haze will have a story, but generic. It wont be interesting for the most part. IT WILL BE A RUN N GUN THROUGHOUT. COD4 actually had some moments in it where it incorporated some unique things such as stealth sniping, getting in a heli shooting down ppl. This will be just the exact opposite.

You just called cod4 unique, your point is invalid

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]

[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.

no way in hell does COD4 deserve 10 graphics. if you really want 10 graphics than just look at killzone 2; now THAT is ten graphics

[QUOTE="navigata"][QUOTE="420Token420"][QUOTE="navigata"]

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

Artosa

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

Yea so what. What im trying to say is that the way these guys are gonna try to do it will be horrendous. I mean with COD4, you were into it with the story, graphics smooth gameplay and everything. It offered something. Something unique. Haze will have a story, but generic. It wont be interesting for the most part. IT WILL BE A RUN N GUN THROUGHOUT. COD4 actually had some moments in it where it incorporated some unique things such as stealth sniping, getting in a heli shooting down ppl. This will be just the exact opposite.

You get to ride in a gunship with a minigun. You get to drive around jeeps, ATVs, Mantel vehicles, etc. You get a flamethrower. Play dead, steal guns. The demo barely showed off anything

[QUOTE="Artosa"][QUOTE="navigata"][QUOTE="420Token420"][QUOTE="navigata"]

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

ski11buzz

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

Yea so what. What im trying to say is that the way these guys are gonna try to do it will be horrendous. I mean with COD4, you were into it with the story, graphics smooth gameplay and everything. It offered something. Something unique. Haze will have a story, but generic. It wont be interesting for the most part. IT WILL BE A RUN N GUN THROUGHOUT. COD4 actually had some moments in it where it incorporated some unique things such as stealth sniping, getting in a heli shooting down ppl. This will be just the exact opposite.

You get to ride in a gunship with a minigun. You get to drive around jeeps, ATVs, Mantel vehicles, etc. You get a flamethrower. Play dead, steal guns. The demo barely showed off anything

Some people forgot about these facts that will make the game very fun, especially on co-op ..

And let's look at it like this, demo is from an earlier build, maybe they gave us this demo so that we will understand why is was truely DELAYED ..

Some people forgot about these facts that will make the game very fun, especially on co-op ..

And let's look at it like this, demo is from an earlier build, maybe they gave us this demo so that we will understand why is was truely DELAYED ..

420Token420

Why would they do that? The purpose of demos are to release a trial of the game hoping they can lure some additional buyers, why would they release a demo thats inferior to the final product and turn away future buyers with it?

[QUOTE="420Token420"]

Some people forgot about these facts that will make the game very fun, especially on co-op ..

And let's look at it like this, demo is from an earlier build, maybe they gave us this demo so that we will understand why is was truely DELAYED ..

nohnaimer

Why would they do that? The purpose of demos are to release a trial of the game hoping they can lure some additional buyers, why would they release a demo thats inferior to the final product and turn away future buyers with it?

But how much of the game do you want in the demo? It's quickly showing gameplay .. which is it's strong point .. but we all know the final build will look much better ..

They delayed it twice .. once it comes out people will jump back on the banwagon ..

[QUOTE="nohnaimer"][QUOTE="420Token420"]

Some people forgot about these facts that will make the game very fun, especially on co-op ..

And let's look at it like this, demo is from an earlier build, maybe they gave us this demo so that we will understand why is was truely DELAYED ..

420Token420

Why would they do that? The purpose of demos are to release a trial of the game hoping they can lure some additional buyers, why would they release a demo thats inferior to the final product and turn away future buyers with it?

But how much of the game do you want in the demo? It's quickly showing gameplay .. which is it's strong point .. but we all know the final build will look much better ..

They delayed it twice .. once it comes out people will jump back on the banwagon ..

Agreed. I think once it is released and people see the visual improvement and coop gameplay... and everything else that wasn't in the demo.. which would constitute nearly everything the game has to offer... they will be back on the bandwaggon as you mentioned.

The tree graphics and plant graphics were not so good (looked kinda like GTA plants, but a little better). Character and gun models were near COD4 tier.

I liked the gameplay (apart from no blood. I hate how Nectar doesn't allow you to see traumatizing images unless you get a disruption. I can't really tell whether or not I hit my enemies anymore). I liked what I saw from the AI. They actually did what they would in real life: find cover when hit.

I think most of us can agree that the dialogue sucks, though.

[QUOTE="nohnaimer"][QUOTE="420Token420"]

Some people forgot about these facts that will make the game very fun, especially on co-op ..

And let's look at it like this, demo is from an earlier build, maybe they gave us this demo so that we will understand why is was truely DELAYED ..

420Token420

Why would they do that? The purpose of demos are to release a trial of the game hoping they can lure some additional buyers, why would they release a demo thats inferior to the final product and turn away future buyers with it?

But how much of the game do you want in the demo? It's quickly showing gameplay .. which is it's strong point .. but we all know the final build will look much better ..

They delayed it twice .. once it comes out people will jump back on the banwagon ..

That's what I think so, too. There's no way in my mind, IMO, that FRD would let this game be a flop.

[QUOTE="navigata"][QUOTE="420Token420"][QUOTE="navigata"]

Demo/game is horrible. Generic fps. Everything in it has been seen and done before. Graphics are poor, especially with other games out there like COD4. Btw I do play on a HDTV, sony bravia xbr4 1080p. The only new thing seen is that nectar ish.

Game is going to be the following guaranteed:

"run, shoot this guy, objective complete...blast here, inject nectar, shoot, next objective" - Watch!

Artosa

Really? I would have never guessed it myself ..

Come on man what FPS isn't?

Yea so what. What im trying to say is that the way these guys are gonna try to do it will be horrendous. I mean with COD4, you were into it with the story, graphics smooth gameplay and everything. It offered something. Something unique. Haze will have a story, but generic. It wont be interesting for the most part. IT WILL BE A RUN N GUN THROUGHOUT. COD4 actually had some moments in it where it incorporated some unique things such as stealth sniping, getting in a heli shooting down ppl. This will be just the exact opposite.

You just called cod4 unique, your point is invalid

There are more weapons in Haze, too. A lot more. The weapons are also very interesting on their part.

Also, you can use vehicles in Haze, too. That pretty much is their equivalent of COD4's chopper strikes.

This is a demo, and you are judging it like a game (BTW, if you guys haven't noticed, I'm talking to navigata). You are talking as if there is only one weapon in the actual game, and no vehicles at all. Also, you don't know that it'll be run n gun throughout. No, not at all.

Also, the story, to me, seems quite interesting from what I've read.

But how much of the game do you want in the demo? It's quickly showing gameplay .. which is it's strong point .. but we all know the final build will look much better ..

They delayed it twice .. once it comes out people will jump back on the banwagon ..

420Token420

Admittedly I haven't tried too many demos for the PS3, but all the ones I've tried so far were identical to the final product (obviously a small portion of the final product, tried Folklore, DMC4, Uncharted demos). But it makes no sense to me for a developers to release a demo thats far worse than the actual game it self,, just seems like that will scare away potential buyers.

As for the gameplay in the demo, pretty uninspiring. A very linear jungle environment, not a very exciting Nectar system, etc

Graphics: 7.0 - They are pretty good with big open environments but a lot of textures looked bland.

Gameplay 7.5 - The gunplay feels kind of weak and it was hard and annoying to spot enemies even while getting high with Nectar. Nectar also felt gimmicky but the demo was short so I can't say too much about it. Granade tossing wasn't that good, you can't throw them at very long distances but you can cook them like COD4.

Voice acting 7.0 - It was cheesy as hell but funny "Dude you got newbie nerves?"

The strong point of this game will be its multiplayer. I wish they used a multiplayer deatmatch map for the demo. I think I'll buy it later.

[QUOTE="420Token420"]

But how much of the game do you want in the demo? It's quickly showing gameplay .. which is it's strong point .. but we all know the final build will look much better ..

They delayed it twice .. once it comes out people will jump back on the banwagon ..

nohnaimer

Admittedly I haven't tried too many demos for the PS3, but all the ones I've tried so far were identical to the final product (obviously a small portion of the final product, tried Folklore, DMC4, Uncharted demos). But it makes no sense to me for a developers to release a demo thats far worse than the actual game it self,, just seems like that will scare away potential buyers.

As for the gameplay in the demo, pretty uninspiring. A very linear jungle environment, not a very exciting Nectar system, etc

Never played the Resistance demo? And the Uncharted demo was small portion of the final build ..

They delayed this game TWICE .. people got pissed off and pretty much said F this game .. so they said well here is the game when it was first going to come out ? People woulda been pissed, two delays better and it will better the game and it will be well worth the wait ..

This demo was just that...A DEMO. It's unfair to judge a whole game just by it's demo.

Let's wait until the final product comes out and see what it looks like after all, in this demo they clearly state when the game is loading:

"the preview levels and online performance are taken from a product that is still in development and as such does not represent the quality and the appearance of the final product."

FRD are basically saying that this is indeed an old demo and that the final prodcut will most likely look much more polished. Hopefully when the full game comes out FRD prove me right. I really love the gameplay (especially co-op) and the graphics are good but they could be improved.

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-

a 10 in graphics? LOL what do you give Uncharted a 20?

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-

a 10 in graphics? LOL what do you give Uncharted a 20?