Haze Developers Blame PS3 For Bad Game Design

[Free Radical Design's Haze was not a good game. After being delayed multiple times, the futuristic first-person shooter landed with a thud. Part of that can be attributed to the developer's struggle coming to grips with PlayStation 3 hardware.

It's not an unfamiliar story, and a story heard countless times throughout System Wars - but one that may explain why the former TimeSplitters devs faltered with Haze. Free Radical co-founder Karl Hilton, now at new home Crytek UK, explains to Develop how "technical issues" affected the final product.

"We hit a few stumbling blocks on it that meant we spent more time trying get the game running properly and less time to design the game properly," Hilton says, lamenting that Haze "wasn't the game it should have been."

Hilton's still up on the PS3, though, despite Haze's critical and commercial performance. He calls Sony's platform a "powerful machine but a difficult one to get the best out of."

And believe it or not, his new employers will get the best out of it, Hilton says.

"We know the PS3 can do amazing things, and no one has pushed it as far as it can go, but I think the CryEngine gives us a great head start on it," he says.]

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A lot of anti-PS3 articles in the media as of late. Cows: thoughts?

Blaming a console because of your bad developing is ignorant, sure I've heard that it's hard to develop on it.. But people still need to have some dignity and blame it on themselves.

Free Radical = Win

Shame Haze didn't work out, but it seems they're still wanting to put effort into it. They make a new game comparable to Time Splitters and I'm sold. That'd be awesome.

Heard it all before. Going back to the NES. Nothing to see here. Move along.anarchist4eva

...so the voice acting, story, and the overall feeling of mediocrity through out the whole game is the PS3's fault....?????

...so the voice acting, story, and the overall feeling of mediocrity through out the whole game is the PS3's fault....?????

ReaperV7

@videogamesdead6

Please... be quiet. Everyone gets it.

You're making yourself look like an overzealous fanboy.

[Free Radical Design's Haze was not a good game. After being delayed multiple times, the futuristic first-person shooter landed with a thud. Part of that can be attributed to the developer's struggle coming to grips with PlayStation 3 hardware.

It's not an unfamiliar story, and a story heard countless times throughout System Wars - but one that may explain why the former TimeSplitters devs faltered with Haze. Free Radical co-founder Karl Hilton, now at new home Crytek UK, explains to Develop how "technical issues" affected the final product.

"We hit a few stumbling blocks on it that meant we spent more time trying get the game running properly and less time to design the game properly," Hilton says, lamenting that Haze "wasn't the game it should have been."

Hilton's still up on the PS3, though, despite Haze's critical and commercial performance. He calls Sony's platform a "powerful machine but a difficult one to get the best out of."

And believe it or not, his new employers will get the best out of it, Hilton says.

"We know the PS3 can do amazing things, and no one has pushed it as far as it can go, but I think the CryEngine gives us a great head start on it," he says.]

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A lot of anti-PS3 articles in the media as of late. Cows: thoughts?

Zythyl

Of course they did. If I developed HAZE I'd be looking for anything to shift the focus from me too...