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Haze (PS3)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/First-Person Shooter

RELEASE DATE

20/MAY/08

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Blood, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Drugs

DEVELOPER

Free Radical Design

PUBLISHER

Ubisoft Entertainment

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

Other players and NPCs 31
Other players 12

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

From the same developer that brought gamers the critically acclaimed TimeSplitters series, comes Haze, a first-person shooter set in 2048, when soldiers no longer swear allegiance to their country but to megacorporations. Players begin as a newly enlisted soldier fighting in Mantel Global Industries' war against the Promise Hand rebels. Mantel serves as something of a peacekeeping force around the world, outfitting its troops with high-tech weaponry and dosing them up with a powerful performance-enhancing drug known as Nectar. Nectar turns soldiers into killing machines, simplifying targeting, and allowing players to move faster and see targets more easily. As with all drugs though, Nectar has its side effects: it blurs vision, it prevents players from seeing dead bodies, and it makes soldiers lose control and indiscriminately fire at both enemies and friends.

There is something not quite right about a peacekeeping force so dependent upon drugs, or a corporation so willingly providing a fix, and the twisting storyline eventually finds gamers fighting with the Promise Hand rebels instead of against them. Though they are technically inferior to Mantel soldiers, the rebels use teamwork and tactical thinking to hold their own. They can harvest Nectar from fallen Mantel soldiers and use it to make enemies overdose or go on a self-destructive killing spree. Driving sequences offset the FPS levels, and online play provides a number of other options including a four-player co-op mode. ~ Christopher Brown, All Game Guide

Haze (PS3)

GENRE/STYLE:

Shooter/First-Person Shooter
RELEASE DATE:

20/MAY/08
TOP TRAITS:

FPS, future, story-driven
DESCRIPTION:

From the same developer that brought gamers the critically acclaimed TimeSplitters series, comes Haze, a first-person... more

players 89

followers 1

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POPULARITY: PS3 PLATFORM

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Haze (PS3) by: Kahitri

“Nice looking shame it failed at everything else, it was fun for the short time I played it.”

created 26/SEP/2009

Haze (PS3) by: xersia

“I bought this game for its coop side, but the extremely boring and "patriotic/idiotic" cut scenes had us falling asleep constantly. The graphics was not half bad and the controls was quick to learn. Still a bit of a disappointment.”

created 17/AUG/2009

Haze (PS3) by: Clawfy

“This game did not deserve all the horrible reviews it got. I think it is just as good as any other FPS and IMO most FPS out there now are just run of the mill. At least this had character development and a story line and not just mindless action.”

created 25/APR/2009

Decroux played Haze on 14/APR/09

“Oh god. I'm still not sure why I'm playing this game. Am I so starved for FPS's that I have to resort to this piece of crap? Apparently. I have played Haze for about 2 hours now and I'm quite...”

created 15/APR/2009

Clawfy played Haze on 14/MAR/09

“Got stuck at missile escort mission lol.”

created 20/MAR/2009

Haze (PS3) by: XyberDAWG

“Pretty Good game, has elements of Army of Two, can revive a downed player (Computer or Human Controlled). Also has many Halo campaign elements. Haven't tried the multilayer modes sides Local Co-Op. But if they are half as good as the Campaign mode, t”

created 31/AUG/2012

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