Is Free Radical screwed after the Haze flop?

No, no developer has a perfect record, none, so they released a mediocre game, they'll live to release another game, and who knows, the next one could be as great as their older releases or even better.Andrew_Xavier

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]No, no developer has a perfect record, none, so they released a mediocre game, they'll live to release another game, and who knows, the next one could be as great as their older releases or even better.RoganSarine

No there not screwed but time splitters 4 has to be a drastic improvementShamrockRovers

yeah free radical still has a shot after haze suckageness lol :)

Just because haze is the worst game on the ps3, doesnt mean overall that the company is bad, they did a good job with time splitters on the ps2, they just need to recover from this blow :) realistic44

I doubt Haze is the worst PS3 game. Pre-patch Lair probably has that dubious honor.

Just because haze is the worst game on the ps3, doesnt mean overall that the company is bad, they did a good job with time splitters on the ps2, they just need to recover from this blow :) realistic44

Haze is far form the worst game on the PS3.

[QUOTE="realistic44"]Just because haze is the worst game on the ps3, doesnt mean overall that the company is bad, they did a good job with time splitters on the ps2, they just need to recover from this blow :) mbrockway

I doubt Haze is the worst PS3 game. Pre-patch Lair probably has that dubious honor.

Maybe i shouldnt gone that far, haze is pretty bad though, itll be difficult for free radical to recover from this, but i still think its possible.

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]No, no developer has a perfect record, none, so they released a mediocre game, they'll live to release another game, and who knows, the next one could be as great as their older releases or even better.RoganSarine

Bioware have been pretty faultless, plus they've created better games then Blizzard in my opinion...

Anyhow, I think Haze was just badley advertised, and if it didn't have the hype surrounding it, people may of regarded it slightly better then it was rated. It's no way the worst PS3 game, just the biggest flop. It did have some pretty fun multiplayer too.

[QUOTE="RoganSarine"][QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]No, no developer has a perfect record, none, so they released a mediocre game, they'll live to release another game, and who knows, the next one could be as great as their older releases or even better.SamcottsPSWii60

Bioware have been pretty faultless, plus they've created better games then Blizzard in my opinion...

Anyhow, I think Haze was just badley advertised, and if it didn't have the hype surrounding it, people may of regarded it slightly better then it was rated. It's no way the worst PS3 game, just the biggest flop. It did have some pretty fun multiplayer too.

I got to admit after 8 days of rental, the multiplayer was the only good thing about the game, especially the co-op mode, which is pretty good to see in fps games, but other than that, the story mode was just plain terrible, aiming system was way too medicore, i think Conflicts D.o. was even better in the shooting system category that is., and the character acting in the game was flat out horrible, as well as the enemy's ai'. if it aint the worst game on the ps3, its at least consider top 5, other then the multiplayer in haze which is pretty decent, other than that, haze is a sorry excuse for a ps3, especially when it comes from a company like free radical, they couldve done a much better job but instead they fall way too short.

They're not screwed. As has already been made clear not every developer has a 100% track record.

I've seen some pretty awful Konami and Capcom games, not to mention the amount of turkeys EA have foisted upon us.

Although, Free Radical need to pull their fingers out to make sure they don't screw up again, the next Timesplitters game should do that, and they need to take on board all the criticism aimed at Haze and improve on those areas.

Also, they could do with chatting to team Kojima, Guerilla and Naughty Dog about making visuals that get the best out of the PS3 rather than creating what they currently have.

Lessons will be learnt, to be honest, we don't learn from when we get things right. We learn, when we get them wrong.

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]No, no developer has a perfect record, none, so they released a mediocre game, they'll live to release another game, and who knows, the next one could be as great as their older releases or even better.RoganSarine

Blizzard? Well, Starcraft: Ghost is there massive failure, millions spent, and the game was just never finished, originally scheduled for 2002, they spent an additional 4 years developing it, only to have it canacelled due to low quality.

Millions spent + nothing earned = an unperfect record :P

Also, Blackthorne was awful, just awful, and justice league task force as previously mentioned.