Haze demo available in the US tomorrow

by Andrew Yoon { May 7th 2008 at 10:45AM }

Jealous of Europe's PlayStation Day demo of Haze? Don't worry -- Free Radical's upcoming PS3 FPS game will be available to test in tomorrow's weekly PSN update. The demo, which clocks in at about 1.4GB, features two-player split-screen action and four-player online co-op. Will the game live up to its incredible hype when the masses finally have a chance to play the demo?

Gallery: Haze

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ashley Mazillius @ May 7th 2008 10:50AM

Awful.

James @ May 7th 2008 12:11PM

Thanks for that piercing insight. What's the matter? RRoD?

Popfrogs @ May 7th 2008 12:38PM

@James: judging by his total of 4 comments on that account, he is a ps3 owner but just doesn't like this game.

Although, him saying he died in the first 2 minutes raised an eyebrow. I think I died maybe once at the end of the demo.

mike @ May 7th 2008 10:50AM

I can't wait,

I understand this game isn't going to be a halo killer or anything, but this game is just what I want in a shooter! Sure it wont redefine FPS's, but that's what I like about it.

It's just the game for me.

AshStampede @ May 7th 2008 1:48PM

I played the eu demo, i think it plays just like halo3 and abit faster moving. I'd rent it to go through the single player, but i have to many online games i'd rather play than to invest that time in this one.

chicken blade @ May 7th 2008 10:53AM

hhahahaha

I think it will..
I have heard some people knocking it.....
we havent even played anything yet......
do they know something I dont.....

Ashley Mazillius @ May 7th 2008 11:04AM

Yes we do it's godawful! The gameplay is terrible. Might just be me but I played for about 2 minutes, died then deleted it. Probably be different for other people, but I thought it was a bit rubbish.

adolson @ May 7th 2008 11:05AM

You deleted the demo because you sucked at it? lol, that's funny.

Ashley Mazillius @ May 7th 2008 11:08AM

No I deleted it because it sucked and I'd had enough of seeing such a dire game on my PlayStation

iNime @ May 7th 2008 11:49AM

Yep all '2 minutes' that you glanced at it, i mean 'experienced' it... at least make your comments have some backbone to them if you want people to take you with any seriousness... 2 minutes? you didn't even get past the first group of baddies... i think you just suck at games and blame it on the game... this is from my 2 minutes that I've known you via proxy on the net... lol

johnnyknox @ May 7th 2008 10:55AM

pretty shocking. the graphics and gameplay leave much to be desired.

Gaucho @ May 7th 2008 10:57AM

downloaded it last night. it was ok, the flow of movement feels good but the aiming is a pain, I felt myself having to run up close to the enemy and using the melee attack. the way the story is integrated into the game is good. overall I'd say its slightly better than run-of-the-mill but just barely.

adolson @ May 7th 2008 11:04AM

You can tell all of that from a 7-minute demo? Wow... You're good.

Amish Gramish @ May 7th 2008 1:11PM

@Adolson:
You should read the book Blink, it talks about how we don't need to see much of something in order to "get it." A short amount of gameplay shows what the entire game may be like. (Emphasis on may, because, even though we are surprisingly good at judging things without looking at it much, we are still wrong sometimes.) How many people knew how great of a game GTAIV was within the first five or ten minutes of playing it? I know I did.

From what I have played, it's gone from being the "Halo killer" everyone thought it would be to a 7 or 8 out of 10 game. I wasn't too impressed by it, so I might not end up be buying the game in the end, because there are just so many other games that I have that I have to beat, let alone MGS4 is coming out in one month, and I can only play that for about a week until I spend a couple weeks in Europe.

Maybe when Haze drops to $30 or $40 I will pick it up.

adolson @ May 7th 2008 1:50PM

@Amish,

You should read the book Different People Have Different Tastes, which is a book I just made up because I disagree about GTAIV. It's good, maybe great, but it's not perfect, and it's not for everyone. I played it for about 8 hours and I sold it. I'll be buying Haze. It's more my kind of game, and I learned that by playing the demo, which lasted much less than 8 hours.

Gaucho @ May 7th 2008 11:10AM

Yeah, sometimes i amaze myself.

what I meant by how the story is integrated into the game is that its seamless and doesn't break the mood during the mini cutscenes. It feels a lot like Halo 3 (for better or worse)

Gaucho @ May 7th 2008 11:11AM

sorry meant to be a reply. sorry for the double post too.

Nate @ May 7th 2008 11:25AM

His point was - how can you tell how the story works into the game just by playing a demo? Most demos contain just enough of the game to give you an idea of gameplay, not really of the story.

It's funny, there was supposedly a lot of hype over this game, but I never really saw any of it. I mean, there were lots of articles about it being delayed, but they never really talked about what made it *good*. It was almost like meta-hype. Hype about the hype that should have been but never was.

Gaucho @ May 7th 2008 3:54PM

what I said I was basing on the segment of the game that I played. I meant that in assuming that the rest of the game is told in the way that this first part of it was it is pretty cool (not very unique but good).

I don't really know where the hype for this game came from maybe because its an exclusive (for now )ps3 fps and all exclusive fps are expected to be great/special. . . i guess.

gumby @ May 7th 2008 11:13AM

I played through the demo and it was ok but didn't seem like anything grand in my opinion.

reson8er @ May 7th 2008 3:54PM

While I admit the demo was a little underwhelming, it did seem to have potential for fun. I kind of liked being the Mantel Soldier and their absurd bravado. The added effects of the Necter really had me "addicted" to using it, made for some interesting thoughts about feeling the need to use it.

I tried 4 player co-op and while it was fun, I would appreciate being able to skip the cutscene while playing with 3 other people.

I'm not going to say I'll pass on this one just yet. I'll reserve judgment until a more complete experiance is available.

I will say this, as shooters go, the DEMO was, as others have said before, slightly above average.

That being said, if you were to get a demo of the original Halo

leiwei @ May 7th 2008 11:20AM

After seeing KZ2 gameplay. Unbelievable. Absolute wow. Now Haze on the other hand... I guess it sucks so much even MS doesn't want it on their system. After being delayed so much and being "okay" from what you guys are saying, they should just start over from scratch.

flavio @ May 7th 2008 11:28AM

played the demo yesterday. i didn't really like it, the aiming was poor and the nectar powers make the demo 2 easy

Rowdehaj @ May 7th 2008 11:32AM

I don't know what games these naysayers have been playing, or which demo they (think) they're talking about - When I played it yesterday I thought it was very good. I am not some sort of refined FPS connoiseur or experienced shooting veteran, but I have come across many games far, far worse than this.

I don't know what all the bashing is good for. This isn't even the final build of the end product, is it?

adolson @ May 7th 2008 11:42AM

Because it isn't Halo, that's why... I agree with you, I liked it a lot, and I'm buying it. I was ready to cancel my pre-order based on the negativity, but after playing it, I'm convinced I'll dig it a lot. The controls are great, and that's my biggest thing about Free Radical - they nailed it with TimeSplitters 2 and I see that they still know what they're doing.

Afro_Dude @ May 7th 2008 3:37PM

I too have had my interest piqued by this title, but I'm having second thoughts now by all the bashing it's received. I'm a big fan of TimeSplitters 2. Is it anyway as good as the co-op in that game? Better?

thenextbigthing1 @ May 7th 2008 11:35AM

I downloaded the demo which took about 5 hours. The game is brilliant . . .i've played the demo at least 5 times alone . . .and even more with my friend. The graphics are great, the game play is fast and I can't wait to play the full thing online!

iNime @ May 7th 2008 11:50AM

Here here dude. me and my buddies went 4 man and turned the campaign into a improvised deathmatch. Tons of fun!

True_Darknight @ May 7th 2008 3:54PM

Ok so people really do need to get an Uk account :P

So i played this.. the drop-in , drop-out game was fine. Specially when i got messed up and my buds healed me all up.

Oh oh oh and I got messed up on nectar!!! hahah I started going wild and shooting everything. that was fun.

As for the aiming.. you guys have all your brain cells and fingers? aiming was fine. Took some nectar... saw the rebels.. used the zoom on right analog.. gone.

It was actually quite easy from that point. Will go back and do Single Player today.

And yes the story segments just flow right into the game. very nice presentation. May need a better GPS!!!

Overall it might be something to pass the time. But I just took the prestige plunge on CoD4.. so yeah I'm gonna be busy and i got GTA4....

And I'm guessing that with vehicles and wat not added it could be even more fun.

Ok back to my nectar...

Woodwater @ May 7th 2008 3:54PM

I know some people working on the project.

I've seen some footage.

It's crap. Unfortunately. The PS3 needs a good shooter.

I'm sure some people will find something to like though.

preciousdeath @ May 7th 2008 11:50AM

This game does not need to "live up to its incredible hype", it needs to counter it's anti-hype, which is evident here and everywhere. It's amazing how no one wants to give it a chance despite the reputable Developer and the innovative 4-player co-op. It's a frickin' 10 minute demo people!

Rygar @ May 7th 2008 12:10PM

I hadn't heard much bad about it. Most of the hype I heard was from this site and the Sony forums.
I didn't care for the demo myself. Nothing particularly bad, just not particularly good.

Gaucho @ May 7th 2008 12:15PM

I agree with Rygar, imo the game is solid but it isn't fantastic. Its average. Maybe the game is mostly geared towards multiplayer like halo. Im not bashing the game at all. its not a bad game. I personally would have preferred that they focused all their resources on the new TimeSplitters

gumby @ May 7th 2008 3:54PM

I personally hadn't followed the game at all and know very little about the studio developing it all I'm saying is that from the demo that I played I found it simply ok. With COD4 still going strong and GTAIV up and running I simply don't feel that this game is worth my purchase. I realize this was just a short demo but if I was putting a demo out for my game I would put a kick ass portion of the game into the demo and either they didn't do that or if it was a "sweet" portion of they game it was lacking in my opinion. I liked the nectar powers but the aiming was pretty weak and I just didnt feel immersed in the area like I do with some other shooters.

JaseH @ May 7th 2008 12:24PM

I loved Haze. The setting made me feel like I wanted to keep going... it made me want to shoot those MotherF'n bad guys. The colors, the pace.... it was all great.

I don't get it why people love to give it a hard time, it's fun. Maybe I'm less narrow minded & I have a broader view of "fun"... but I have to be honest, the way they made this game, it just feels right. The gameplay was fluid, everything peiced in together nicely, even the cutscenes.

God damnit... I'mma go play it again... :D - Ive got GTA IV, and thats saying something.

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JaseH.

RazLeboL @ May 7th 2008 12:34PM

I played it yesterday. Disappointed.. It's not super bad.. but it's nothing special and it will not be getting my money.

ajiezer @ May 7th 2008 3:53PM

I'm not saying yet that I won't buy it but the demo for a game that has been delayed so many times was disappointing, the textures weren't next gen, I mean the leaves looked like crap and it was easier to shot them at 3 feet because the bullets just didn't do a thing to them, also jumping felt really underwhelming for a drugged super soldier and correct me if I'm wrong but no running or whatsoever.

I was hopping for a much better game, "Much Ado About Nothing"

Riley Freeman @ May 7th 2008 12:50PM

lets run a pool. who wants to bet tomorrow when everyone goes to download and play this game. nobody can connect like pretty much everyother multiplayer online demo that has been released?

adolson @ May 7th 2008 1:13PM

I'm not betting against that... I downloaded it yesterday, and I had problems connecting online a lot... But I did manage to play through on co-op mode twice, eventually.

Amish Gramish @ May 7th 2008 1:15PM

Hey, I'm in the U.S. and I connected to the European server and played... for about five minutes, then everyone died, we restarted from the checkpoint, and I was booted off the server.

toefer @ May 7th 2008 12:53PM

I can't imagine this game pulling me away from CoD4, and that game is enough to scratch my FPS itch. Definitely worth renting I'd think, to play through the story.

Kruegmeister @ May 7th 2008 1:27PM

I liked it.
Halo Killer or Not, It played exactly like Halo1,2,3. Which I like.

My son and I played it 3 or 4 times to take in the whole level.
There is some funny "Nectar" moments in there.
I think they should have put in some of the Vehicle Gameplay in if they were hoping to really show off their upcoming game.

What happened to 4 Player Split-Screen Co-op???
Is that Gone?

Rated-G @ May 7th 2008 2:06PM

I made a European account just to play the demo... At first I didn't think it was anything special... it's not the prettiest game on the PS3.... but I don't let graphics get to me. The controls were kinda weird at first, but it has a lot of alternate control schemes and of course the option to completely re-map the controls.

Considering Free Radical claimed that the game would run at 30 fps because it didn't need 60, the game runs as smooth as butter, even when I played 4 player online co-op, there wasn't an ounce of lag, everything in this game flows smoothly.

I know I said I wasn't impressed at first, but after playing it once, I went on to finish my homework, and I had to take like 8 breaks to replay this demo because I kept getting the itch to play it. It feels a lot like Halo, only more realistic in the lack of aliens and "pyew-pyew" guns....

It's a good sized demo guys, it's short, but it gives you just enough of the gameplay to leave you wanting more and enough of the story to get you curious.

The acting in the demo seems a tad melodramatic at times, sorta cheesy but not in a bad way... it kinda gives the demo a sort of charm.

The sound effects are good and the guns pack a punch, the nectar effects are great and zooming on this game is at it's best. The music sounds like it's going to be pretty good too.

I'll be picking up the game as soon as I've paid off MGS4, just because I have an itch for an FPS now because of this demo, and this game looks adequate to say the very least.

Danie @ May 7th 2008 3:50PM

Don't get serious is lying. Just another xbric 360 owner.

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Consolcwby @ May 7th 2008 8:20PM

Hmm... interesting comments - reminds me of what happened when the Heavenly Sword demo released. I loved that game, so I'm going to ignore the above and see what this game has to offer. I think what people hate most about this game is that it's a new IP with some new story ideas - and as most analysts will tell you - gamers (particularly the 'hardcore (read fps gamers)) HATE new IPs. Sad.