Guys I read a lot of hate about Haze, a much of what's said is true. I didn't buy it when it came out, though I was intending to buy it day 1 before all the badmouthing came out. Well for $10 I said sure, why not.
So me and my buddy loaded this up the other night. We were high as shit. Decided to take on the campaign on the hardest mode.
We actually had a hell of a great time.
The graphics are... different. They look bad yet they look real. The art direction maybe is just perfect for the engine, to make it really pop out, and feel more '3 dimensional' than most games, and smoothness makes it look like you're playing a really amazing looking standard def game. If this makes any sense to anyone. There's no detail really but besides that it looks good.
The enemy AI is not really all that smart, especially after playing KZ2. Yet they are interesting. Their tactics, where they spawn, where they go, makes them feel like their character. They have personality which is rare. Most AI are just a range of dumb to smart, and they are very smart yet predictable, these are less so.
The guns are nothing special but they're alright. The level design is alright. The plot is pretty good really. People tend to hate on all aspects of a game when they dislike it in general, as well as blind themself to the flaws of games they like. In Haze's case, the story is underrated generally. Maybe you have to by high, listening to the dialogue your drugged up AI characters chatter, but there's actually a lot more depth to it than meets the eye. It's less formulaic than most FPS.
I'm not saying it's a great game, but it certainly is a fun game. It's a bargain bin treasure but I can definitely see being pissed off and expecting more if I'd paid $60 for it. At under $20 you're likely to be happy with what you're getting though... unlike a lot of other FPS in the bargain bin you passed up because they just seemed boring, this one is actually fun behind all that - and it's a splitscreen CO OP game... that you can just jump in and out which is something we need more of this gen.
So me and my buddy loaded this up the other night. We were high as shit. Decided to take on the campaign on the hardest mode.
We actually had a hell of a great time.
The graphics are... different. They look bad yet they look real. The art direction maybe is just perfect for the engine, to make it really pop out, and feel more '3 dimensional' than most games, and smoothness makes it look like you're playing a really amazing looking standard def game. If this makes any sense to anyone. There's no detail really but besides that it looks good.
The enemy AI is not really all that smart, especially after playing KZ2. Yet they are interesting. Their tactics, where they spawn, where they go, makes them feel like their character. They have personality which is rare. Most AI are just a range of dumb to smart, and they are very smart yet predictable, these are less so.
The guns are nothing special but they're alright. The level design is alright. The plot is pretty good really. People tend to hate on all aspects of a game when they dislike it in general, as well as blind themself to the flaws of games they like. In Haze's case, the story is underrated generally. Maybe you have to by high, listening to the dialogue your drugged up AI characters chatter, but there's actually a lot more depth to it than meets the eye. It's less formulaic than most FPS.
I'm not saying it's a great game, but it certainly is a fun game. It's a bargain bin treasure but I can definitely see being pissed off and expecting more if I'd paid $60 for it. At under $20 you're likely to be happy with what you're getting though... unlike a lot of other FPS in the bargain bin you passed up because they just seemed boring, this one is actually fun behind all that - and it's a splitscreen CO OP game... that you can just jump in and out which is something we need more of this gen.
