Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #354 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2008-05-23
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Amazon.co.uk Review

One of the reasons Rare are such a controversial developer nowadays (apart from the whole Nintendo selling them to Microsoft thing) is the fact that a lot of people associated with GoldenEye and Perfect Dark left the company a long time ago. Many of them ended up at Free Radical Design, where they created the love-it-or-loathe-it TimeSpliters series and the underappreciated Second Sight. Haze ditches the stylised look of their older games though, with a game set in a future world dominated by mega global corporation Mantel - where you’re cast as one of their soldiers fighting rebels in South America.

Like all fictional global corporations Mantel is up to no good and it turns out their drug NECTAR is doing more than just making you a super soldier with increased speed, strength and accuracy. Highlighting enemies under cover from you, as well as grenades and bobby traps is all very good but the downside is it also turns you (and your teammates) psychotic if you use it too much. Worse it seems to sanitise the world around you, making corpses invisible and even obscuring the true nature of the landscape around you…

Rebel soldiers are able to take advantage of the reality bending powers of NECTAR, such as playing dead to regain their health or using a special "weapons steal" move to make up for their lack of hardware (both of which moves work great in multiplayer). With arguably the most interesting storyline in any current first person shooter and a custom made graphics engine Haze’s future looks crystal clear.

Manufacturer's Description

Play both sides of the same war and experience two unique game systems, exclusively for the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system this holiday season.

Set in the year 2048 in a world where governments have outsourced military operations to private military corporations (PMCs), you play as Shane Carpenter, a newly enlisted soldier seeking fulfillment and thrills by fighting for a good cause. As the leading PMC, Mantel Global Industries offers an array of cutting-edge military equipment, including a high-tech arsenal of vehicles, deadly weaponry, and the performance-enhancing drug Nectar.

Your conflict begins in a war-torn country where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, the Promise Hand. At first all is well, but things quickly begin to look a little strangeâEuro¦

Uncover the truth, switch sides, and break away from MantelâEuro(TM)s manipulative grip when you join your former enemies, the Promise Hand.

Customer Reviews

OH DEAR! ANOTHER WASTE OF MONEY!!!!
If you are thinking of buying this game, there are a few things to know:
1) DONT BUY IT!!!!
2) PLEASE DONT BUY IT
3) IF YOU BUY IT, IT WILL DRIVE YOU MAD!

I completed this game within 2 days, its too short (as are most PS3 games),the graphics are poor, there are too many glitches in the game & the vehicle sections are laughable!!!

Once or twice I have been driving thru mid air cos the background has comletely vanished!! there are occassionaly soldiers floating in mid air & the cut scenes.............well, they rival MGS4 for length but not for how interesting they are!

Dont buy it, if you get given it ask for the receipt and change it for something else!

Cheers

haze
this game overall is brilliant! yes, some of the graphics are a bit dull but the story is quite good.
It is quite short but good.
Graphics 7/10
storyline 9/10
weapons 6/10
online 8/10

Really poor!
This game was a real let down. The graphics are average & gameplay average at most. THe storyline was rubbish and very annoying cut-scenes which you can't skip. The vechiles all handle very badly.

Its a shame as this game did show some promise but it felt rushed.