A TOXIC HAZE

When I first heard that Free Radical was making an next gen game with Ubisoft I was really hyped and excited. But after seeing some trailers and hearings some interviews got a bit skeptical. Every time I saw a video the game seemed more and more average, but I still believed Free Radical [the makers of the awesome Timesplitter series] could work it's magic.

Yesterday I got the game. And after a 4GB install I was ready to kick some ass and use some nectar. At first I thought " hey, this isn't that bad, if it only goes upwards from here I'll enjoy myself". A smart hidden conversation between some troops was as good as it got, and the game didn't turn for the better. The dialog is corny ass hell "who's the the numba one Gangstaha baby" and other wanna be cool Hip-hop trash talk was tossed around. And hearing the lines multiple times in the same level didn't help. The game looks good but other than that it's really average and doesn't excel in any other way. The driving sequence in the second level was horrible and I found out that killing your own men only respawned a new soldier to your side without any deprecation. So you never feel attached to the soldiers your fighting with. The weapons I tested was boring and only had one fire mode and after playing a couple of hours I was so bored that I turned the game off and unistalled it.

So for me this game is a huge disappointment. Sure the game could get better after you play it more, and there is a co-op mode. But a game that starts this bad doesn't get a second chance in my book. I do admit I had overly high expectations but that is only normal when its Free radical in a EXCLUSIVE PS3 game. If you haven't played any of Free radicals earlier games and only stumbled upon haze you may actually enjoy it. For me it was a waste of time. And I hope this game stays on PS3 so that Free radical can work on Time splitter 4 and not on porting this crap.