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""When Ubisoft first showed off Haze the game wowed many people for its graphics and unique gritty science fiction vision of the near future. It did not take long however for those initial impressions to be forgotten or turned to disappointment with the game after many delays and confusion regarding what platform the game would eventually end up on.""

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"After five years of hype, speculation and delay, Ubisoft’s Haze breaks cover - and despite being developed by Free Radical, the team behind the excellent TimeSplitters 2 on PS2 - it fails to better UT3, Resistance and CoD4. Haze looks poor, lacks set-pieces and feels like a novel idea that missed its window of opportunity, frayed by the requests of nervous Brand Managers and cruel demands of next-gen development.

Haze’s fall is, in part, amplified by our heightened expectations, but by nex..."

"Haze was touted as a great PS3 exclusive from a developer well versed in first-person shooter mechanics. While Free Radical does have a solid pedigree, Haze does not live up to the company's reputation thanks to a horrible plot, weak gameplay mechanics and visuals that are truly underwhelming. While playing with friends is enjoyable, not even those are enough to bring this lackluster title around."

"Please note this is translated from a German site and as such may be prone to mistakes

Current evaluations of the Famitsu

14.05.08 - here new evaluations of the Japanese Famitsu are. Four editors forgive ever up to 10 points.

Haze (PS3, Ubisoft) : 9 / 8 / 9 / 8 - (34/40)
The orange box (PS3/Xbox 360, I / O) : 9 / 7 / 9 / 9 - (34/40) Stranglehold (Xbox 360, Success) : 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Ochainu no Daibouken (NDS, Mto) : 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Genmu no Tou to Tsurugi no ..."