Haze PS3

[Altimus]

Re: Haze PS3

Haze new site is up. Some pretty neat stuff there.

http://hazegame.uk.ubi.com/experience/

I might be picking this game up after all... depending on the demo next week.

[Altimus]

Re: Haze PS3

Demo is up in the UK store but not yet here in the US.

Some impressions and pictures.

http://talkplaystation.com/haze-demo-screenshots-and-thoughts/

I’ve just downloaded the Haze demo (1557mb) from the European Playstation Store and here’s my initial verdict.


Graphics - 8/10


My first impressions on the graphics were WOW. The look and feel is great. Haze looks so much better when actually seeing it on your 40″ HDTV. The videos you see on the internet aren’t very good and doesn’t show what this game is capable of. The explosions look great and the firefights suffer no slowdown at all and runs at a solid frame rate.


The foliage, trees etc make it look like your in a real jungle. During my time of playing i didn’t notice any jaggies or blury graphics in the background, it looked solid and crisp. Oh and for those that want to know Haze runs at 720p max, it won’t run at 1080p.

Sound and Music - 8/10


The voice acting in this Haze is top notch no complaints here. Guns sound good enough, the explosions sound real, there is a lot going on and the sound does well to keep up. No problems with the sound and music. During firefights there are explosions going off, team mates shouting, enemies calling etc. It’s all good.

Gameplay - 9/10


Although i only had a short play through the demo i can tell you that the game is very fun play. The gameplay mechanics are excellent with the use of nectar to boost your movements, strength and to easily see the enemies work well. The controls are good, the learning curve is around 30 minutes. Haze uses the pretty much the same controls as your standard first person shooter with triggers to shoot, X to jump etc.

Co-op - 9/10


This is where i spent most of my time. Playing co-op over the Playstation Network suffered no lag at all and it’s super fun! Me and a friend teamed to go up against the AI through the campaign mode.


There is a lobby system when looking for a game to join and, its easy to use and navigate, you won’t have a problem joining a game. I havent witnessed any connection problems either, i’ve always connected first time.
This is probably where we will spend most of our time playing Haze.

Overall - 8/10


I had a good experience playing through Haze, the cut scenes are good, the voice acting is great and the gameplay is even better. If you havent played Haze yet, download the demo from the European Playstation Store. You will probably play through single player one or two times and then spend the rest of your time online. I’d say Free Radical have done a fantastic job.


I will be buying Haze when it’s released later this month purely because co-op is fun!


Here are some screenshots that i took:-

[eDotd]

Re: Haze PS3

Gametrailers is also having a contest for best Haze/Korn mash-up video using the Haze theme created by Korn. They provide everything that is required in the video on the contest homepage (link below)

1st place winner gets a 46" Sony HDTV, A PS3, a customized Haze guitar signed by Korn + an amp, and $1000.

Second place: A PS3, ubisoft's PS3 library of games as well as a complete collection of Korn CDs, and $500.

Third Place: Collection of Korn CDs and a ubisoft's PS3 library.

http://www.gametrailers.com/usermoviecontest_haze_contest_sub.php

Here's an example video:
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" height="392" width="480">



<embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=209646" swliveconnect="true" name="gtembed" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="392" width="480"> </object>

I will be joining very soon, I just haven't gotten around to putting together a video (last day to upload and enter your video is may 18th). I'll also be selling that guitar on ebay for what i'd expect to be a pretty penny (If I win of course...)

[WTF]

Re: Haze PS3

Good luck MC... If you don't want to TV or the money, I'll take it brother. lol

[Cyros]

Re: Haze PS3

Gametrailers is also having a contest for best Haze/Korn mash-up video using the Haze theme created by Korn. They provide everything that is required in the video on the contest homepage (link below)

1st place winner gets a 46" Sony HDTV, A PS3, a customized Haze guitar signed by Korn + an amp, and $1000.

Second place: A PS3, ubisoft's PS3 library of games as well as a complete collection of Korn CDs, and $500.

Third Place: Collection of Korn CDs and a ubisoft's PS3 library.

http://www.gametrailers.com/usermoviecontest_haze_contest_sub.php

Here's an example video:
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" height="392" width="480">



<embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=209646" swliveconnect="true" name="gtembed" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="392" width="480"> </object>

I will be joining very soon, I just haven't gotten around to putting together a video (last day to upload and enter your video is may 18th). I'll also be selling that guitar on ebay for what i'd expect to be a pretty penny (If I win of course...)

You better not dissapoint MC. You're carrying the pride of OS on your shoulders!

[Altimus]

Re: Haze PS3

Demo is up on the PSN.

[Altimus]

Re: Haze PS3

Wow for Team Radical's sake I hope this demo is a very early build.

The game play seems pretty mediocre so far. Graphically, if you take out the explosions you have a PS2/Xbox game. The textures are really low quality from the mountains to the trees.

Not impressed so far. As I said, hopefully this is an old build watered down build. But if it is, why even put it on here?

At least the game runs smoothly.

[Flawless]

Re: Haze PS3

It plays like a run-of-the-mill shooter. There's nothing that stands out. I didn't even think the Nectar dynamic stood out that FRD has been talking up. The graphics leave a lot to be desired. Some truly shockingly bad texture quality. The TimeSplitters games for their time were great looking. Maybe they lost their desire to work on this game at some point and switched most of their attention to TimeSplitters 4, because this isn't the quality I expect from FRD.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Haze PS3

I thought I read it was near a final build?

[Altimus]

Re: Haze PS3

It plays like a run-of-the-mill shooter. There's nothing that stands out. I didn't even think the Nectar dynamic stood out that FRD has been talking up. The graphics leave a lot to be desired. Some truly shockingly bad texture quality. The TimeSplitters games for their time were great looking. Maybe they lost their desire to work on this game at some point and switched most of their attention to TimeSplitters 4, because this isn't the quality I expect from FRD.

The Nectar was okay I guess. Not something that "whoa I wish every game had this" type of feature.

If this is the final product than why all the delays?

[Altimus]

Re: Haze PS3

BTW, the same guy that said the resolution Halo runs on and GTA on the PS3 said this game is only 520p with no AA. At least the demo.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Haze PS3

BTW, the same guy that said the resolution Halo runs on and GTA on the PS3 said this game is only 520p with no AA. At least the demo.

I haven't d/l this yet, but that doesn't sound good if the game looks so-so.

[ChaseB]

Re: Haze PS3

I haven't d/l this yet, but that doesn't sound good if the game looks so-so.

Game doesn't look good you can tell even by the starting menus. However there's a lot under the hood that is nice about this game if you can get by the just so-so textures.

[Scott]

Re: Haze PS3

Downloading the demo as we speak...will probably check it out tomorrow..

[Scott]

Re: Haze PS3

As someone whos never played Haze before, I was confused in the beginning. But wow, this seems like a great game, Graphics I would give a 10. Gameplay at least a 9.