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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 204 months Binding: Video Game Brand: UBI Soft EAN: 0008888343851 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Label: UBI Soft Manufacturer: UBI Soft Model: 34385 Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 Publisher: UBI Soft Release Date: May 20, 2008 Sales Rank: 928 Studio: UBI Soft
Features:
Play both sides of the same war as an elite Mantel trooper and as a Rebel soldier
State-of-the-art multiplayer modes let you engage in online battles and furious four-player co-op action while revealing hidden secrets in the single-player campaign
Haze comes straight from the developers of the critically acclaimed TimeSplitters series and the publishers of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Far Cry
Get cutting-edge gaming technology exclusively developed for PS3
Gear-up with a high-tech arsenal of vehicles, deadly weaponry, and the performance-enhancing drug Nectar
Product Description: Set in the year 2048 in a world where Governments have outsourced military operations to Private Military Corporations (PMC), you play a newly enlisted soldier seeking fulfillment and thrills by fighting for a good cause. As the leading PMC, Mantel Global Industries offers a high-tech arsenal of vehicles, deadly weaponry, and on top of that a performance enhancing bio-medical support known as Nectar. As a result, Mantel troopers are the most feared by terrorists, dictators, and the corporation's political enemies. Your conflict begins in a war-torn country where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, the Promise Hand. At first glance, all is well, but things quickly begin to look a little strange? Entirely streamed experience with no loading times between levels. Fire up your console for online battles and choose from a variety of online modes including furious 4 player co-op action! ESRB Rated M for Mature.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Overated
I feel that the hype that was built up in the media and with the companies that created it, was in fact to much hype. The game in my opinion did not reach anywhere near the "greatness" that was all over the advertising for it. Would I ppurchease the sequel if it were released?...Only after renting it first this go around. I will not purchase the sequel without a test run.
Rating: - Huge Disappointment
This game was a huge letdown. Graphics, game play, everything was very disappointing. I had so much hope for this game. I wouldn't even recommend renting it.
Rating: - Haze (PS3)
If you're looking for an average to above average first person shooter then this fits the bill. It's not the best out there but what it does it does very competently.
Advantages are that there is split-screen co-op an upto 4 player co-op online. You can also have split-screen in online games unless it's a ranked game. Graphics are decent. Plot is OK. Gameplay mechanics are very solid.
The only real drawback to this game seems to be the hype. It was hyped as the next COD4/Halo etc ... and it turned out to be only a decent game.
Rating: - Halo killer? More like on par with Turok. (disappointing)
All show and no go. Hype, hype and more hype. The story is too short, the games message too clumsy and shallow, driving vehicles is kludgy and annoying. Oh yeah and you can finish the game in a strong evening of play. Maybe its supposed to be another generic multi- player game instead of actually having a decent story, maybe my expectations were too high. Anyway dont waste your money, wait until it starts showing up in the cheap bins. If you want multi-player get Unreal 3.
Rating: - Be Patient and It's Fun
My first experience of Haze was this: I open the amazon package and pop the game into my ps3. I start up an online match, just to see what it was like before I actually learned how to play. My character spawns right outside of a big building. I see a rocket launcher and I walk forward to go and pick it up. About halfway there to the rockets, the game crashes and I have to shut off my ps3.
By anyone's standards, this is not a good start.
Here are the pros and cons of Haze, now that I am a seasoned player who has beaten the campaign and participated in many online matches:
Pros:
-The variety of weapons gives you a nice selection on how to kill your opponents, whether you want to burn them, knife them, grenade them, or just plain shoot the hell out of the them with a minigun.
-Multiplayer matches always have good connection
-4 player co-op campaign is really fun no matter how many times you've played that level or if its the same people every time
-Shooting your teammates in the back causes them to overdose, and you won't know what an overdose is until you buy the game, but pretty much it's one of the funniest things in any game, unless a teammate does it to you...then it sucks
-Your character looks funny when he jumps.
Cons:
-The game crashes an average of once a day (I only play about an hour a day, so this is a lot)
-My online stats from the day before get deleted about every other time i start up the game. I once got 26 kills without dying and I was so proud of it, until the next day when it didn't save it on the online stats page.
-Your teammates think it's funny to shoot you in the back, so always choose the "rebels" team.
-The rebels suck, so choose the "troopers" team.
-There are only two teams.
-6 multiplayer maps can only keep you interested for so long
-In almost every campaign level, going through it the first time, I got stuck and couldn't find a way through to the next part of the level.
-Cut scenes are way too long and you can't skip them. I once went to the bathroom, got a snack to eat, and came back to find that the cut scene still was not over
Despite the number of cons vs. pros, Haze is a fun game. You just have to be patient. Four player co-op is the most redeeming part of Haze, because with four friends running around instead of one, you a 4x greater chance of find the way to proceed to the next area. I have fun playing this game, and I don't care what anyone rates this game or what anyone tells me, I am going to keep playing this game.
- Huge Disappointment 
- Halo killer? More like on par with Turok. (disappointing)
