Haze is a first person shooter that stays true to the classic fps formula, 'here's a big gun, and theres people to shoot at'. In short the gamplay is there, but theres a lack of graphical sheen for all you picky people out there. Personally I dont think that graphics makes a game, (in most cases) and if your like me, then i think haze is the fps for you! Plotline is basically non existant, there is a drizzle of story to keep you going through the game, and a few twists and turns, but is not the highlight of the game. The contols and video options are open to tinkering, eg, button layout, brightness (i point this out because i own an lcd tv which when playing games, even with the brightness altered on the tv, is very dark, and im sure there are people out there who may have the same problem), however no analog sensitivity options. Difficulty is variable as there are 3 difficulty settings initially. The game stars you off as a soldier called shane, part of a private military corporation called mantel positioned in south america (game enviroments include jungle fights, quarrys, desert, which have multiple vehicular sections, and indoor enviroments) and you have use of a performance enhancing drug called nectar, which basically just highlights your enemies, makes you stronger for one hit kill melee attacks and increases your accuracy. Theres a nice feature in this nectar use which i realy liked the idea of, which is that you control your nectar intake (R2 by default) and thus can overdose, causing you to lose control of your character as he fires at anything that moves, and the same can happen to your team mates if their nectar administrator on their back is shot. But a few missions into the game and you get involed in an accident and you are cut off of your nectar supply and make the decison to switch sides, removing the free use of nectar, but at the same time giving you a couple of new abilities, such as the ability to play dead (handy in multiplayer). The gameplay is solid, its a fun game to play, the guns just feel so right to shoot, but as i said before, this isnt the next best looking game out there, thats not to say its not a nice looking game, i really liked the lighting at some points, but its graphics wernt its selling point, the ai can infrequently be well, dumb, but i have to point out, during my playthrough of the campaign, i have only experienced unusual ai behaviour on 2 occasions, which is no where near as bad as gamespot makes it out to be. the multiplayer is gd, solid framerate and well balanced, i have to say i havent played enough of the multiplayer to give a gd enough verdict on it, so this review is based on the single player campaign. i feel that it has been underrated, its a good first person shooter with all the foundations in the right place, 8/10
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I won't bother with an indept review of the game because there's plenty of those across the web by people with far superior writing skills to mine.. I will just say this: Haze is a very solid buy for any shooterfan... Read Full Review
