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HAZE demo impressions

Well, Haze is now up on the PSN store in Europe. Here are my impressions.

The graphics are not the best, but it looks very good still. The colours are very vibrant, and it makes a nice change from next-gen grey/brown. Walking through the forest is quite immersive, as there is a lot of attention to detail. The sound is excellent as well. Very clear, although im not yet convinced on the script ant voice acting. It wasnt bad, but its something ill have to wait until the final game to judge.

The control sceme is very good, although i would have preferred to have had the triggers act as the gunfire and grenade, and switched upthe nectar and melee to L1/R1. I havent checked the control options yet though. I did love the way they used the HUD for the tutorial. The nectar itself seems to have its uses, although overdosing didnt cause a bad a loss of self control as i expected. However, one moment when i glimpsed my AI teammate overdosing and killing another ally made for quite an intense experience as i ran and hid from him wilst avoiding rebels.

The co-op seems to work well, although i havent been online yet. Good news is that the game has the friends list from the XMB integrated though .

Overall, from what the demo showed, its definately a solid game, and its nowhere near the disaster many expected.