@Mega-Driven: Have you seen the cover for Resistance: Fall of Man? Like, make up your minds, dudes. Is it a HALO with aliens or another WWII shooter? And who wants to play a game where you're a dead alien? For realz.

JKPierce

@dowingba:

Have you even played a TimeSplitters game?

LittleBigPlaneteer

damn

dboy93

oh wait, is that a scar near his eye? Awwwwwesoome. I take back everything I said.

Mega-Driven

When you ask people what their favorite game on the N64 is, a lot of them will answer GoldenEye.
Yet, when it comes to Haze, most people are automatically assuming it's not going to be very good.

Hmm, now if only there was a connection between those two games...

mescalineeyes

I could not be any less interested in this game.

C'mon. Just look at the image up there. I can't stand the ridiculous futuristic helmet with an even more ridiculous crack in the stupid yellow visor. (exposing one eye! How cool! Oh, wait, make the crack go down the faceplate, so it looks like a tear or something, that would be even sweeter) But wait, no end to the sweetness, dude's holding up a cool paintball gun near his face! Look how serious and bad-ass he is! And check out that gritty, futuristic cityscape behind him, with a totally sweet-ass futuristic gunship thing flying over there! Look out dude!

Sweeeeeeeet.

Give me a break. If this was a movie, it would be either direct-to-video, or made by the USA network.

It makes me embarrassed to play videogames.

Mega-Driven

@dowingba: I completely, wholeheartedly agree with you. Except replace 'a bunch of' with 'none.' Free Radical's games had a lot of charisma and charm, something rare for the FPS genre. That's beside the fact they were damned fun titles; Timesplitters: Future Perfect still remains one of my most memorable games.

Somehow doubt you gave them a shot. But you, like, totally looked at those screenshots, amirite?

JKPierce

I really hope this game does well in retail, if only because I love Free Radical so much.

Mit

@IntelSilver:
I'm talking about it being delayed all the time. Not it being bad. I don't know that, yet.

IntelSilver

lol what's the point. This game will die before it's even released.

IntelSilver

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Ubisoft just publishing the game, and Free Radical (the guys behind the TimeSplitters series) is actually developing it?

ShirtGuyDom

Oh, Free Radical. I have faith in you.

Please bring to 360. Soon.

.endejas.

@Wolfers: Whoops sorry. Free Radical. They made a bunch of horribly generic shooters on the Xbox/PS2.

dowingba

If it drops in May, I'll buy it! =D

HaydenTenno

People, come on, Haze is not developed by Ubisoft. They're just the publisher.

Wolfers

@BrandonGK:

wow i just realised that the most horrible band ever is in one of the most horrible game ... thats maybe a sign , maybe ubi think that if we add 2 horrible thing together it will give something good?

ThisIsHell666

@WhaleMenace: Heh. It does seem to keep finding its releases amidst a slew of more interesting games, doesn't it.

Maldron

@Godluvsugly: The last good Ubisoft game was wayy back on the Xbox. It was called Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.

I guess some people like R6V but to each their own. They've done nothing but crap for several years now. It's time to let go.

dowingba

Its going to be hard to find time for this between GTA IV, Ninja Gaiden II and MGS4.

WhaleMenace

I can't wait for this one, FRD has yet to screw any of their games up. I hope the trend continues!

Wolfers

@Spartan1308: Because it was a joke and Ubisoft are completely worthless?

dowingba

@ThisIsHell666:

Well the guys from Korn seem to like it. That's got to count for something, right? Right?

*crickets chip*

BrandonGK

ive been looking forward for this game for a while, 4 player splitscreen is what I'm most excited about.

madbassman39

I believe that a game about performance enhancing drugs should have a release date closer to the Olympics.

SimpleLife

@dowingba: Why do you hope that? I mean the videos look pretty generic, but why would you hope for a crappy game?

Spartan1308

once again, if it's good ubisoft gets a stay of execution in my book, if it's bad, its off to the chopping block for them! idc about the release date i'll pick it up whenever it comes out, unless it gets pushed to september (i doubt that tho) in which case i'll be busy buying/playing other games!

Godluvsugly

I hope it turns out to be a horribly generic shooter!

dowingba

dahhhhhhhhhh another overrated shity game by ubisoft ... i tried this game at a game convention in montreal and its horrible. Ubisoft know how to create hype and how to overrate a game ... be carefull ....

ThisIsHell666

@AverageJoes: In addition to that, Ninja Gaiden 2 comes out on 6/3.

Spartan1308

I want to get this, but it's main selling point for me is 4-player co-op. But, that was back when no other games were coming out soon with it. Borderlands and Resistance 2 will come out only a couple of months after it.

Polywhirl

I'll pick it up if it has decent splitscreen play.

Heyyou27

@AverageJoes: Yeah, my plan is pretty much to pick up GTA IV and play it until MGS4 comes out. But, maybe Haze is close enough to the MGS4 release date (and therefore far away enough from the GTA IV release date) to warrant a try.

ShirtGuyDom

I feel like even if this was the greatest game ever made, it'd still get lost between GTA IV & MGS4.

Hell, COD4 is another 4 game that people will continue to play more than Haze. I will probably pick it up, just because that's what I do. Unless I hear bad things from people I trust.

AverageJoes

I don't care when it comes out so long as it is good. Otherwise I really couldn't care if it ever came out. So...

Replica23

This game has no load times. That, combined with the fact that it looks like an okay shooter warrants at least a rental in my book.

ShirtGuyDom

I continue to not be interested.

Nobuyuki

I'm STILL excited for this game despite the delays. It's kinda sad that so many people WANT this to fail, doesn't make much sense to me. C'mon, let's try and learn from another parable that says "Don't judge a book by it's cover." Maybe there's more to this game than you think and it will be a pleasant surprise. But, then again, it might suck, too. But I have faith in Free Radical.

JoRo1986

I just discovered that this was made by Free Radical earlier in the week so I'm actually excited now. If its HALF as good Timesplitters 2... I'll pay cash money up front for it when it drops.

2NinjasTapedTogether

@dowingba: Ill go ahead and presume you didn't play timesplitters then?

ryivanV2

@JKPierce: Thanks for pretending you know anything about anything I've ever done ever in my life. I'm not gonna call you an asshole or anything. Because, you know, I've never met you, and stuff.

Amirite?!?!?

dowingba

@dowingba: You obviously never played a Free Radical game. That or it's opposite day, which in that case you are correct.

Nice to see so many people talking gibberish. The game hasn't even had a decent playthough yet and everyone thinks it's crap. Wait until some reviews come out THEN you can say it's no better than Turok. All the trailers I have seen so far look good but the main selling point of the game is Free Radicals track record and the fact that the game looks good so far.

el_rezzo

@Luv2Hate: how can it feel like anything to you when you never played it?

It has 4 player co-op and it was developed by the same team who did timesplitters/goldeneye, how bad can it be, for crying out loud!

mescalineeyes

Haze feels to me like a Turok quality shooter. Decent in screens with tons of potential, but failing to deliver the goods.

Luv2Hate

@dowingba: I was commenting more on the fact that you called their games horribly generic shooters. While they weren't the most innovative shooters around they were really enjoyable, well made games. The Goldeneye influence was obvious (as they made that and Perfect Dark) but the Timesplitters series was one of the best splitscreen games on the PS2.

el_rezzo

@el_rezzo: It's almost like sometimes people have different opinions on different things. What a crazy world. Next dogs will be marrying cats?!

Yeah I think Timesplitters are terrible games. Prove me wrong! Oh wait you can't! Because it's impossible!! Woah!!!

dowingba

I preordered this back in November when it had a December release date. I still haven't cancelled it... I'm not going to mind the delays as long as it isn't the typical run of the mill shooter. That being said, I probably won't have much time for it because I'll more than likely be playing GTAIV.

holytramp

Um... I'm not sure about the actual date, but I'm certain the last announced date was May... So maybe it got pushed back 10 days or something? I don't care... It's all about June for me.

bobtheduck

Doesn't this game have some other kind of picture? I'm so sick of seeing this guy with a cracked helmet.

Nex Antonius

If it's not getting here until May 23, you guys must've already had it for months.

Bernard McGraw

PS3 release date May 23rd; Xbox 360 release date holiday 2008

TheTime

about the only title i'll be purchasing on ps3 this year, most others are dual platform and i'll get on 360 instead. again another release date on this one.

it's just sad that some ps3 developers can't nail down firm release dates and keep coming up with new ones.

in an effort to use my ps3 for anything other than a bd movie player, i've decided to 'buy in' on the mgs4 sheep line and pick up a copy.

the only other two titles (besides haze and mgs4) i'll be getting on ps3 the whole 2008 season are resistance 2 and killzone 2.

hopefully things will change and i'll buy more than 3 or 4 ps3 titles a year (if anything decent comes out). i've had my 60gb ps3 since the NA launch and have only picked up 5 titles whereas in the same time frame on my 360, i'd already picked up almost 20.

kneehighspy

I had heard about this date already and personally hoped it'd be earlier. This game isn't so much of a blockbuster to be pushing it back and back, so just release the damn game and give me something to play until the patches drop in.

Candlejack

@dowingba: Not really, no. <3 You can't take this Internet thing so seriously, guy. If you're so determined your opinion is so right (and tends to argue against the massive sales and critical acclaim), expect a little cynicism.

@kneehighspy: It would be 'sad' if developers stuck so hard to a release date that the game is broken on said date--Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 comes to mind. The architecture is brand new, unlike the 360s; not only is it (more) similar to a PC, it's been around far longer. What numerous, quality titles did you rabidly amass in the latter's first year? And no, Geometry Wars doesn't count.

JKPierce

@dowingba:

Why do I still doubt that you've even touched a TimeSplitters game. If you did, and spent any reasonable time with it, you'd know that any game in the series was far from being a generic shooter. But stick to your very basic "yeah I don't like timesplitters" excuse. That simplistic sentence you wrote pretty much proves you haven't played it to me. If I was called out by so many people I would have went into detail all the things I didn't like about it rather than using some vague statement to cover your. But, by all means carry on your bullshit tirade.

LittleBigPlaneteer

I love how a majority of people are ready to cut this game's balls off by labeling it as crap before it has even gone gold. Yea, it's probably a pretty generic shooter with a gimmick, but atleast that gimmick is pretty cool. The fact that it has 4 player co-op, 4 player split screen and splitscreen online give it a decent chance for fun.

Honestly these days what shoot ISNT completely generic? Halo? Most generic shooter out there. Faceless hero generic weapons, bland level design. CoD4, my favorite game right now is completely generic. Yea I played the exact game when It was called Desert Combat and later when it was Battlefield2. So should we have cut off CoD4's nuts and put it out to pasture because it's just another War-themed shooter? No, because doing so would result in ruling out a fantastic game.
All I'm saying is give a game a chance. Wait for reviews before calling for blood. Playing for 5 mins on a alpha/beta build doesnt count as sufficient enough evidence for the death penalty of this game. I played it at PAX and it wasnt the most terrible thing ever. The game isnt finished so those old demos arnt even representations of the final product. No one actually knows what the final version of the game plays like, and no one actually knows what cool gimmicks could or could not be in the game.

On gimmicks:
Gimmicks are what make shooters stand apart from another. All shooters are inherently generic because they cannot rely on easily rely storytelling elements to differntiate themselves. Few attempt for instance Bioshock and it's awesome. Some try to use a gimmick approach. Slow Mo bullet time was dOOOOOOOPE back in the day. Now it's standard and just something else that all shooters have. Same with cover systems. That was pretty awesome and set shooters apart from others but now thats standard too. It is very difficult to keep coming up with new gameplay mechanics to make your shooter stand out in the sea of mediocrity. Haze has their Nectar which sounds interesting to me at least because of the side effects (that are supposedly in the game) and how they affect gameplay, especially in squad based environments (ie. your allies looking like enemies and the random uncontrolled trigger finger).

I guess I am just old, and have played way more shooters than most of the target audience these days (and I know alot of you Kotakuites are in the same boat as me) but I will be willing to try anything that spices up the old "point click shoot" formula to shooters.

In closing: Give a game a chance to go gold and get released first before you kill it then proceed to shit on it's grave.
-Derigor

Derigor

@Mega-Driven: are you referring to Haze or Halo cause I cant tell.

Derigor

Free Radical is developing Haze. Hopefully it will be as enjoyable as the games in their TimeSplitters franchise, but with a more serious tone.

Unless reviews and user opinion claim that it's not worth owning, this game will be a must buy for me, regardless of release date.

titobudd

I'll buy this game anyways.

neoraul20

no way in hell im buying this game..from the trailers, the graphics seem to do no justice for the amount of times it been delayed.

But I MIGHT rent it.

nopposan

[www.lafferty.ca]

Lets describe Haze:
1) it comes out, FUK YAH HALO KILLER FOR Ps3 YAH WOHOO WOOT
2) Delayed: YAH STILL AWESOME THIS GAME IS GONNA ROOOOL
3) screens: Yah umm cool looks awesome this game is going to be good
4) Screens + video: uhmmm... yah...
5) more screens + video : this looks boring
6) Delayed: fuck it..

This is the story of Haze's pre-life.

Desertwolf

@nopposan: Just imagine..just for a moment...that the graphics aren't the most mind blowing thing ever. Then imagine the gameplay is. Graphics STILL aren't everything. Plus which, it's the Timesplitters team, and those were some damn fine games.

I was genuinely sad when this was made exclusive, I wanted a chance to play it.

TearsandScreams

"For me, gaming is a religion. And Haze is the shit!" --Dredded up Rapcore Hack

No seriously, I loved TimeSplitters, so I hope this game actually works out so they can make another one.

Dew_Lite