PS3: Haze Dev Diary Details Kill Halo 3's Multiplayer Buzz

Haze can never beat halo 3 it suckes

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4.5 Presentation
A bland story with weak characters and simplistic commentaries on serious topics, Haze is a generic tale at best about war.

4.0 Graphics
Tons of visual issues abound within the game, from texture tears and non-descript environments to pop-in and odd animation problems.

5.0 Sound
Dialogue is hokey and repetitive regardless of what side you're on. Sound effects are good, but that's not enough to make you turn the volume up once you've hit mute.

4.5 Gameplay
A creative concept hampered by gimmicks, a weak story and poor AI, Haze is a disappointment from a developer well versed in shooter mechanics.

4.5 Lasting Appeal
Two player split-screen and four player co-op helps put a minor spin on the campaign, but it won't extend the replayability of the game much. Nor will multiplayer modes and its useless merit system.

4.5
Poor OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

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To start with ... Phil Walker ... You are a tube.. "Havin a Larf" WTF! "Larf" Makes u sound Wizdexic and if u dnt know what that is look it up in a bloody dictionary... Anywayz Haze Looks Awesome and way better than Halo 3.... Easyily

To me, the only reason this game would be better than Halo is its story. It just seems more sophisticated and intelligent than the whole "save the world from aliens" cliche that Halo is based around. Haze's story of rebelling against a brainwashed government army feels more captivating and deeper, if they can pull it off in the gameplay. Don't get me wrong, Halo is a great game, and I don't think it's fair to compare graphics since Halo isn't meant to be completely real, but Haze looks to be an equal alternative for PS3 owners who can't play Halo.

halo is a great franchise but haze is going to blow it away halos hasnt changed much and we all know ut3 for ps3 will have way better multiplayer then halo and so will haze they both own halo in graphics and gameplay im sure and more then 16 ppl on a map xbox 360 just cant handle the next gen anymore they should go back to naruto rise of a ninja thats more their gen fag 360 fanboys

Halo 3 is fun for multiplayer. The storyline is garbage though. At times I am looking for the skip button to get to the action. They could of did better on the weapon selection. So far I have beat Halo3 3 times took me 4.5 hours on average. Nothing beats a quick 4way battle in halo3 though. Most people are comfortable with the button layouts already since the halo series has been around for some time. People are resistant to change so why switch up from Halo right? So Baam they control the market.

Haze looks to be interesting if the coop pans out. I like a good storyline too. I am looking forward to see if the game play is there. Liek everyone pretty much said the halo gameplay is what people are used to using and to defer from that would discourage reviews. I say copy Halo3 all you want. Any good developer takes pieces from everywhere and makes them better.


Resistance for PS3 was probably one of the best lauch titles i have seen in some time, which was expected since sony was stuborn with the release of the console. The weapon selection was top notch and one of the best ever you guys should check it out. You can beat that game in 4 hours. If you do you are probably the one that developed it. The storyline was one of those that you play just to get to the next sequence.

Since WHEN any HALO have a good AI?

Why all the fighting and poking out each other's eyes. Both Halo 3 and Haze aren't released yet. Halo has a month or so left so it's probably not going to change a lot (final bug fixes/tweaks) and their publishing act should be solid now... Haze is still in development and is due in November 2007. Things might still change a bit, if they haven't hit beta yet, and the look may even differ a lot from the screenshots that we've seen because the PS3 might not handle what's been made. Most of what they've showed us must have either been on PC or PS3 developer's kit... but not a real blueray disc & PS3 yet. That final step of getting it all to work for the market is probably one of the hardest and I'm worried FRD isn't going to cope with it. But as I said: time will tell.

Question for the writer: you say the storyline on Haze is better "on paper"... have you actually read the script? No... so how can you even say that? I'll make my own judgment when both games are in the stores.

In the mean time, big thumbs up for 2 interesting games. Will be looking forward to playing them both. And please guys... stop with the fanboy act, it's sickening. Why can't one live in peace next to the other? It's people like you who feed the power mad.

It's fairly obvious WHY this game is a PS3 exclusive. It's a wedge. Just like the Republican's use abortion and gay marriage. This game will be a game that would not fly with the 360 crowd, or be an afterthought to Halo 3. It's trying to stir up the ps3/360 rivalry and the ps3 fans will flock to it. This game does look innovative though. I will buy it. Unless the reviews say it sucks, like Lair. Some companies bank on a platform and when it's fairly good AND platform exclusive, the fanboys will flock to it. I would say that Devil May Cry 4 would have sold WAY more copies on ps3 if it were exclusive than now that it will be multiplatform. However, it probably will sell better overall since now it will also be selling to 360 fans too. It's hard to tell which is the better approach. With Haze, which would be lost on Halo fans, I think it's better to position it as the ps3 exclusive. What do you guys think of my take on this?

SONY Wants some of the FPS MONEY that HALO has Taken for the past 6 years!!!!!!!
I'm pretty sure this isn't exclusive.....which means that it will not make anymoney....
Halo IS original.....it may sound like Starship troopers.....but its not........i checked....very differant....HALO 3
HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys can say what you want to... but the graphics of Haze clearly look better. And the story & gameplay both seem a hell of a lot more innovative than anything that Halo has brought to us. I thank Halo for introducing excellent online play to console gamers.... but there's just not much new innovaion in the gameplay. It'll still be fun. And I'm pretty sure it'll still outsell Haze. But both Haze & UT3 look like the more innovative & interesting titles for fps fans this year.

For goodness sake, Halo isn't even letting more than 16 players play in a match! With that few players, there BETTER not be ANY lag in any of the matches! The PS3 pushes 32-40 players online w/o any lag or glitches. Halo just seems more old school now.

Look here guys, Halo 3 will sell in vast ammounts just the same as God of War 3 will do the same. Why? The story. No i'm not comparing Halo to GOW. But you all know that i'm right. Ha for that matter ask George Lucas how Star Wars Episode 1,2 and ultimately 3 panned out. Why? Story

Looks like generic tosh to me, I may rent it when I'm bored with Halo 3 in a few yrs or pick it up from a bargain bin.

To the people saying Halo has an unoriginal story and that Haze' is original and fresh, have you never watched Equilibrium ? Same story (amongst many others) and done years ago. Bungie never claimed to be making a revolutionary series, Halo is just a celebration of all the greatest scifi action movies (starship troopers, Aliens, robocop etc) and all the best FPS' and (regarding fps') bettering them all in every regard whilst still remaining totally unique and fresh. That's why their fanbase is so huge, whilst Haze has prob 20 people getting mildly excited.

Halo is overrated. 1 was good, 2 was ok, 3 i don't want to play. it is just more of the same with no major improvements. The story line is terrible. The best thing about it is its multiplayer. Haze on the other hand i haven't really checked out but the little I've seen seems good.

stop fighting about it, halo 3 is a continue to 2 games, each game improved and before their release everyone knew a little, thats why halo 3 is so popular (im still surprise to find pre-orders), as far i know a game is good because their story line, and because the vehicles or weapons you get on it (talking about FPS), so dont fight for it , besides halo 3 is the end of that story line and next halo games will have almost nothing to do with master chief. so just play and enjoy

If you've played Halo, or Halo 2, you've already played Halo 3. They havn't changed much. I'm a huge FPS fan i can admit that, but when i look out over all the differnt type of FPS games out there, they are all the damn same.

Sure halo has a huge user base, it's a great game, not knocking that. but since the introduction of Halo 1, everything has been the same bland run through shoot people, save the world.

Haze is looking to try and change that, adding a great story and actually making you hesitate before deciding to kill someone. It's trying to play with your own emotions. not just mindlessly making you run and gun.

I hope it brings a great deal of new things to the table, i hope it changes the genre some. It's about time they do. I'll be playing both Halo 3 and Haze, I just hope they both live up to their hype.

I don't think this game really looks bad at all if you can get past the facts that the soldiers look a bit like the new master chiefs and has a somewhat similar sounding storyline as farcry. Every new FPS is labeled as "Halo Killer" and I haven't seen one even somewhat close yet I cannot wait till there is one because it would have to be an amazing game to be better then Halo. Killzone 2 is in my opinion the only thing that might come close as long as it has a jump button (killzone doesn't) and has open style gameplay that lets you take on challenges in your own way with a loose set path.

Man I'm I tired of the Halo Loyalist. ITS JUST A GAME. A good game I'll give you that but no were near the hype people are making it out to be (now or before). The story of Halo is a bloody joke and has ZERO originality, have any of you seen Star Ship Trooper the series not only did they steal Master Chief strait out of there but the story is soooo similar its ridiculus.
The caracter in Halo don't even have faces, If this were any other game they would get buried just for that.
At least Haze is trying somthing new, at least the have an original story, new game play (not somthing stolen from Unreal), and whole caracters with faces...

Halo3 will be better, halo 2 and 1 were among the top 10 games made for xbox, and halo 3 is an original game, the graphics arent the most realistic i'll admit, but you cant make halo look realistic it would ruin it, i cant image halo 2 and 3 looking like call or duty or this "haze", halo 3 has so much hype that i bet it will sell more games than ps3 has sold consoles.

Free Radical are the dregs of Rare. Yeah they 'helped' make Goldeneye. What people forget is that since they went solo, their games have all sucked. Timesplitters 1+2 = Goldeneye dolled up, to make a few more bucks. Timesplitters 3? lets not mention that. I don't expect this will be anything special, in fact, i predict it will be decidedly average.

Run over to Bungie,net and look at there new artical about 4 player online coop. Looks to be enjoyable, I have always enjoyed coop, so I am happy. HALO 3 WILL HAVE 4 PLAYER ONLINE COOP. Next time any body gets a facts sheet about a game pls publish it I would love to read a break down of features, and such. But, fact sheets are a joke as games are evolving software, not spead sheet programs. Any way I am uber excited about HAzE cAnNOt wait. Any way if you are a PS3 fan boy try touting an exclusive title at least that might make some of us come over and deliver pownage for you in a couple of frag festivities. Any way, "its good to play together"

Why does it have to be a competition with you people? This isn't a freaking religious debate. Everybody has their opinion, but you have to admit, Halo is pretty big for a lot of people. Articles like these just come across like the emo/goth kid who thinks it's cool to hate what most people like. OMG people like Halo multiplayer... so it totally sucks compared to haze.

I'm not going to sit here and say Halo or Haze is better, technically or otherwise, (everything I could say about haze is, at this point, simply speculation anyway). It's an immature argument, and Mr. Usher certainly seems enjoy fanning it.

Halo 3 will be a great game, and so will Haze, I'm sure.

Looks better on paper?! Havin a larf mate! Cant be bothered to argue this because your being so blind.

people people please, come down, stop touting halo 3 as the end all of FPS, it will most likely be good (i have it pre ordered) but to go around saying sony made this game is a complete misinturpritation(spelled wrong, i know) of the facts, remember golden eye for the 64, the best FPS to grace consoles,(well debate halo vs. goldeneye if you like, they are both good) this game is made by the same people, so i have faith in their ability to make a good FPS again, you fanboys can sit and bicker about 'my game can beat up your game' all you want, i'll just enjoy both of the games, and i think you all should too, this is coming to 360 soon, so just calm down, take a deep breath, and enjoy the robust gaming line up across all platforms