Haze was freaking awesome, I only wish the demo was longer. Not enough to hold me over until it comes out. D:

A-bleeding-memory

What is this madness? None of you have mentioned how excited you are for PixelJunk Monsters Encore!? WTF is wrong with you people? lol

DigiMish

I'm for sure downloading the Grid and Haze demo, but probably won't even look at them until I finish GTA.

The Mirror's Edge trailer though? I'll be watching that on repeat, maybe 40-50 times.

baxterpunch

Good update.

VishusBurn

@Ahsayuni: Change it in the options then. Geez. The game has like 8 different pre-set control schemes and you can customize it yourself also.

Candlejack

@MrMcdoobie: I don't do drugs:
Yeah,it's going to take a while.

enewtabie

I'd wait to reserve judgment. This is seemingly an extremely old build based off old gameplay videos, and I'm a little surprised they didn't update it.

JKPierce

@JKPierce: That was one thing i loved about resistance. None of that "Southpaw" crap this isn't baseball!

NessD12

It was alright, seem like run of the mill shooter to me. I'll wait when it is in the bargain bin. I have to save my money for a lot of other games coming out this year.

ParadeDC

Demo is downloading painfully slow for me.

MrMcdoobie: I don't do drugs

Haze has fully customizable controls, something most any given title sorely lacks. I'm surprised so few bothered to check... Starting a game and randomly hitting buttons seems infuriating to me.

JKPierce

Luckily I had to change the triggers round a bit to suit me so I found at that Triangle was reload, otherwise i'd have probably played the whole demo without reloading manually once :P

hamandcheeseUK

@DrunkenTrom:I had the same problem, it should be square by default

Ahsayuni

@kingclip:
Yes,It was supposed to be May/June,but probably early June.

enewtabie

@GregoriusH:
This is probably easy to miss since they put it on an atypical button for reloading, but you can actually reload at any point with the Triangle button.

You were probably spamming Square the same way I was. Oddly enough, this is the button to replenish Nectar from your other squad mates.

PaperTiger201 - PSN & Live

@Ahsayuni: Really? Wow I feel stupid now. Thanks.

DrunkenTrom

@GregoriusH: I was able to reload, I think you have to tap the triangle button.

Sweet game though. It's about time the Playstation got its own Halo.

Also gave in and bought PJM:Encore but with all this GTA/new demo goodness, I don't know when I'll have time for it!

Tyber_Zann

ooo lots of nice demos this week

LittleBigPlaneteer

@GregoriusH: I too was getting annoyed by this until I realized a simple truth: Fire whatever is left in your clip at either a wall or dead body that you just killed until you reload. Problem solved, although this seems like such an easy thing for the developer to have fixed. I mean seriously, none of the play testers in QA mentioned this?

DrunkenTrom

Wipeout HD trailer -- so it's close?

kingclip

@GregoriusH: triangle is reload

Ahsayuni

@StevenRafael: Same TV and online

Knight-Zero

It's been a while since I've checked up on Haze, but I'm under the impression that the four player co-op supports splitscreen on the same TV. Can anyone here verify that?

StevenRafael

Well know that was vented, I think PSN updates are starting to get kinda hefty if you know what I mean. No more flat chested disappointing ones.

Knight-Zero

The haze demo is seriously fun. The only thing I didn't like is how you have to empty a clip before you can reload. I'd like the option to reload at any time, even if it meant wasting the ammo that was still left in the clip. It just sucks when you've got say five rounds left in the clip so you don't want to start a firefight because you're going to have to reload about 2 seconds into it while someone with a full clip will just charge over and destroy you because reloading takes so long. The only other option being to fire those five rounds off and give away your position.

GregoriusH

HAAAAAAAZE! /comment

Knight-Zero

@QualityJeverage: The voices are a bit over done I do agree.. but I felt the controls felt good.

Who know's though. To each his own.

Rabidsquirrel

@VishusBurn: See if you can find someone else to play the game with you, things become less hard.

Eh, the rainbows are cool, but they don't do anything besides turning the entire map to nighttime on the selection screen if you get a rainbow on every stage. No new towers, no new spells, no new stages, nada!

In Encore, I hear that you unlock a bonus island :)

DigiMish

I just tried the Haze demo, I absolutely HATED it, though I seem to be in a minority.

The controls felt awkward, the aiming was twitchy, and Night Trap had better actors.

QualityJeverage

@DigiMish:

I couldn't finish the first one. I'm kinda OCD when it comes to my RTS games and I restart if I lose a single unit. That, coupled with how challenging the game is made it impossible for me to finish it in a timely manner.
I suppose I should get this DLC and give it another go and try not to be so finicky about losing a unit.

VishusBurn

@Palladium: co-op does wonders in PixelJunk Monsters. Alone, it's impossible, I feel ya.

@sascha23: The maps are OK. They feel really rushed to me, however I absolutely love the training course for 1 on 1 action. Chinatown is a clusterfuck, and the outdoor one is just freaking huge. The TV station is fun as hell though, it was awesome in single-player, and that seamlessly translates to multiplayer.

DigiMish

@cio: If you're into playing CoD4 online, the map pack is well worth it. If you mostly play the single player and random online matches, I would pass.

sascha23

Good update this week!

While Haze doesn't deliver much on graphics, I found the gameplay to be pretty good and fun. Hope to try co-op soon, definitely buying it.

HamThePharoah

Time to jump into the Remote Play mode of my PSP while at work and get those downloads queued up. Woo!

sascha23

yay for the monsters update. .. . my wife has been bugging me for like 3 weeks after i told her i thought it was going to get released in april :(

maxx1223

@j.howlett: They change the homepage all the time.
It changes at least once a month.

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Man, now I'm really excited for this. Lemmee check. I started at 4:13. Damn, only 15%.

Palladium

@RoboMudokon:

Care to elaborate?

LittleBigPlaneteer

WTF were they thinking with the new PS3 promotional video? Seriously, WTF?

RoboMudokon

since the download is crawling ever so slowly maybe nows a good time to ask about why i haven't seen any mention of the new homepage on the ps3 browser. so why no mention of the new homepage with links to youtube, flickr, twitter, and the psblog? did i miss it in the european event coverage thing? its been up for days now and i haven't seen it mentioned so i'm just curious.

j.howlett

I'm glad to see so many people liking the demo. I don't remember seeing such an overwhelming positive response for a PS game since Uncharted to be honest.

LittleBigPlaneteer

That's a fair amount of fun stuff. I'll be trying the three demos, getting the mirror's edge vid, and possibly the pixel junk monsters expansion, though I never finished the last one, so I might wait a while for that. Still kinda tempted to get that COD map pack... $10 for 4 maps seems too expensive though... Are they worth it? Anyone?

cio

@xbandaidx: I beat it 10 times by now (since Tuesday), 5 of those in COOP :)

Game is on pre-order.

Candlejack

@GregoriusH:

Thats weird, because I can reload anytime I want in my demo of HAZE.

Yes, Haze DOES rock.

xbandaidx

Sweet. This is pretty awesome.
And, once again, I called it. I said NA would get this at the same time as Europe, and I was right.
And, I remember the old days before there even was a background download.

@DigiMish: I don't care, because I still can't get the damn seventh rainbow. I have 4. That's it.

Palladium

Haze is like the Halo of the ps3. A very generic fps, but also kinda fun. I DO like the idea of having 4 player co-op in the story mode.

But the real standout? The Bourne demo! It reminds me A LOT of Indigo Prophecy, in the fact that it's VERY cinematic. Not to mention it was really fun!

GRID is just an 'on road' version of DIRT. Is that a bad thing? HELLS NO!!! Another fantastic racer from that team, and so slick visuals as well.

Desfunk

@DigiMish: im excited for PJM :-D

jp182

@ Palladium: i know that it changes to highlight things like warhawk or folklore, but this seem a little more substantial. oh well at least this is a change you only notice if you fired up the web browser and didn't go right away to a bookmark. i missed it at first. but i've been to some gaming sites where they hardly turn on their ps3s.

j.howlett

@Desfunk: Indigo Prophecy? Really. I've just gone from totally ignoring to eagerly downloading.

kingclip

@QualityJeverage: I don't know what demo you were playing, but the Haze demo I played was awesome. I was concerned that people were saying that it looked too much like Halo, but it was way better than that, thankfully.

Freaking awesome. Can't wait for more multiplayer.

LordMaim

sheesh, the HAZE demo clocks in at 1.5GB

SAKY

@Tyber_Zann: Playstation already has it's own Halo, it's Called Resistance so yeah:
Xbox: Halo
Playstation: Resistance
Nintendo: Metroid Prime

Grimmjow Jeagerjaques

Would love to see a Muse track pack for Rock Band. 2 out of 3 of those songs are epic!

davrone

I <3 the Muse DLC.

Jest

HAZE was pretty fun. I would say it would get a solid AA. A good game. Now, we haven't seen all of it, so I can't judge it. I'm sure the Co-op is amazing. The game is great. Not amazing, but great. I wish the graphics looked a little better, if they did, this game would be amazing. I love the Nectar :P

Albanian_Killa

@sascha23: I play a fair amount of COD, I love cage matches, even though I lose most of the time. It just seems like a fair amount of money for four maps.

cio

heh, i've been waiting for some Muse in rock band as well. but i'll live just being able to 'play' it in GH3. Speaking of, now that my xbox died, i need to rebuy GH3 on the ps3. Sucks that i have to spend that money on all the DLC again >_<

Desfunk

sadly enough i'm excited about pixeljunk and the muse songs. ... shame the muse songs aren't for rock band... not that I can get rock band content yet, being in australia and all. *shakes a fist threateningly, and then shakes it again* ...wait, that doesn't sound quite right.

I really don't understand it when people get excited about first person shooters... I've obviously left that hardcore demographic well behind in my failing years :P

Polite_Society

@GregoriusH: Press Triangle, that reloads I think. At least, it does on the EURO demo.

Amazon_Chris

No PJ Monsters for EU update. My wife is gonna kill me. I told her it would be out this week for sure :(

Evilmonkey7

I really enjoyed that Haze demo. I'll definitely be getting it on day one. It felt really sleek and I do love that Nectar.

Galvanise_

Hmm. Characters are rather stale and bland... So I don't know much about the story.. I mean Halo didn't have the best storyline but atleast Master Chief was a bad ass.

Gameplay was great though. Doesn't feel completely polished and refined, but hopefully it will by the release. I didn't care much for nectar at first, but I started liking the concept after I realized that the nectar replenishes itself. Keeping an eye on your nectar gauge adds a nice little touch to the battle.

By the way, is it just me, or did the developers of this game have Halo killer in mind when they were coming up with this game? The recharging shields, the full body geared soldiers, and even the four letter name of the game starting with "Ha"... Yeah, could just be me.

StevenRafael

well,i downloaded the haze demo and.....it sucks!!!,such a waste,i thought it would be cool but no,just sucks hard.im very disappointed.

Charlie303

@StevenRafael: "atleast Master Chief was a bad ass"

Solid Snake is a badass. Master Chief's just a guy with a disc jockey voice dressed like a storm trooper on Saint Patrick's Day.

With a motocross helmet.

pico77

Haze was ok, but it does not look like it is really running in 720p.

JustinS

Meh....

Dialog sounds straight from an Uwe Boll flick. On the positive side, by the end my wife and I were busting up just waiting for one of your squad mates to pipe up with another insanely poor line. Just one after another.

Smadubaku

Haze seems alright, I guess. I'm not overly optimistic, though; it has the trappings of a generic shooter.

I'm more excited about GRiD, as DiRT was a very good racing game (at least from what I saw in the demo), and GRiD is the same thing except with street racing. The graphics look incredible too.

I also got the GH3 Muse pack. One of the top packs they've released so far, along with the classic rock pack.

The Red Comet

Haze is just as I expected, mediocre, bland. Reminds me of TimeShift, except shifting time > shooting up nectar.

The biggest disappointment are the graphics. I was expecting a mediocre shooter with great visuals, but they are very poor.

Don't bother wasting your bandwidth to download this demo. It's 1.5 friggen' gigs.

argh

One more thing...

What the hell is with Haze's display resolution? 720p my ass, looks like half way between Resistance and Super Mario Galaxy.

redgopher

Played through it once tonight. I had lost all faith in this game after constant delays and canceled my pre-order but I think I might go back to GameStop tomorrow and pre-order again. It felt like an average shooter until the first Nectar side effect (seeing what's actually around you instead of paradise). It's also a little easy, but I think once the rebellion section starts it should be better.

Even if Haze ends up being no more than a slightly above average shooter at least they're taking the path less traveled with the whole enhancement drug thing.

Waiting for GRID now...

redgopher

@argh: Really, I was going to guess that it was only 480p. I hope this is only for the demo too. It would be really disappointing if the retail version was under 720p on a PS3 exlusive (even if it is only a timed exclusive).

JustinS

@JustinS: Apparently it isn't. It's 480p, which technically means it isn't even HD.

I assume this is only for the demo.

argh

Haze is looking pretty awesome, I can't wait to see if the retail will look any better than the demo. Also, what did every one think about the Bourne Conspiracy game? I though it was interesting how it was as fast paced and timed like the movies, but I'll not sure a whole game like that would be very fun. Doubt Yahtzee will be to fond of all the timed button hits either.

HepCat

Haze looks nice. I'm a little disappointed that the demo offers no splitscreen-coop play though. That is one plus for me and my roommate.

I just had a quick run with the Bourne demo and have to say that I hate, hate, hate those damn timed button hits.

Well maybe it's only because I always need a second (sometimes third) try to make it. Are my reactions that slow?

Whatever it is, they usually ruin a game for me. In general I don't like it when I lose control of the game every ten seconds to watch a mini cutscene. If thats a >>cinematic presentation<<, count me out.

Guess it will just be GTA IV for me in the next few weeks :-)

Mercutio

@argh: To be exact...the resolution used in Haze is 576p which is then upscaled to 720p...so it's a little above SD... ;)

RodmanSan

@RodmanSan: Actuallu 576p is PAL SD.

edhe (xbl)

Played Haze last night/this am early and it just felt rather generic. The Nectar dosing basically functioned like thermal goggles, unless you over-dose and go berserk. For those that enjoyed it, is it that you think it so over-the-top awesome, or is it just because it is a PS3 exclusive shooter (for now and something the console lacks compared to the 360)? Just curious.

KosherInfidel

@Mercutio:
"I just had a quick run with the Bourne demo and have to say that I hate, hate, hate those damn timed button hits."

Acually, after playing it a bit more, I found them easier than most, because it shows where the other three buttons are. But after playing gta4 for over a week I just plain can't stand the driving section of the demo.

HepCat

hated the Haze demo,the trees and plants looked last gen,very linear,one path to your next objective(in the jungle as well,could of gave us a few options)...the enemy wasnt varied,all of them looked like they were from the same family or something,they all look alike...and the voice acting was all 'hey look i can kick ass' type voices

not very inspiring,its all been done before and better

co-op could be fun,but other than that..meh...must admit though its not as bad as turning point demo

metallicorphan

OH MY GOD ARE WE EVER GETTING A NEW PAIN MAP?!?

What are those people doing?

Zombie_Crunch

@ DigiMish: heck im still working on finishing the first one. while I like playing it alone, co op makes it much more feasible to beat : / the bourne conspiracy is some hot shit though, shooting didnt feel right to me but the melee was pretty awesome. as someone else mentioned, GTAIV driving did have a skewed effect when it came to play the chase through paris thing

DragonSphere

Geez, does Sony ever plan on making the Wipeout Pulse DLC available in america? Or am I just totally missing it in the store?

SeraphX2