Crytek UK Sticks up For Haze, Asks People to Treat it More Gently
Oh, Haze. How long I waited for you only to be left hugely disappointed. Still, it wasn’t as bad some of the reviews and feedback it received, according to TimeSplitters‘ creator, Crytek UK.
Managing director Karl Hilton recently told Eurogamer during an event:
“We were surprised by how poorly it was received. We felt it had a lot of good elements in, which just didn’t seem to get picked up at all. But it’s a fickle industry and things move quickly. If you get a few things wrong and people pick up on it… And Haze wasn’t a perfect product. Clearly it wasn’t. But it wasn’t as bad as some of the reviews and feedback made out.”
Hilton ended with hopes of people treating the game a little more gently:
“I don’t think anyone will claim it was an unrecognised classic, but maybe they’ll treat it a little more gently than it got treated when it was released. That would be nice.”
Were you, like me, hugely disappointed by the game or is there anyone who wants to stick up for the PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter? Let us know via the comment section below.
10 Responses to “Crytek UK Sticks up For Haze, Asks People to Treat it More Gently”
It was not a great shooter but I had fun with the multiplayer for a few months. Shooting up the bad guys with Nectar and watching them go nuts was pretty cool so it did have a few good elements. plus 4 player split screen was a nice touch. The graphics were bland but were not the worse I’ve seen.
Well conisidering it was filled with fruity soldiers.
I just played the demo and got really sick of injecting myself with nectar all the time. Other than that, it seemed like an average or perhaps even slightly above average shooter. Hard to say just from the demo.
and actually you don’t end up using nectar for very long so that shouldn’t be too much of a concern…I won’t say it is an unrecognized classic but it definitely was much better than any reviewer gave it credit for. I actually finished the game, and I’m one where if the game just isn’t good I can’t stand it enough to finish the story. When it comes down to it, fundamentally it was a solid shooter, it’s just that the story was a little off as well as the voice acting and after the delays it was a disappointment. I think if it never would have gotten delayed, making people expect a really great game when it finally did release, it would have been received much better.
Were people really still talking about Haze either way?
Yeah it was a good game but really that was a long time ago that i played it
I do agree the POW multiplayer mode was fun but no one wanted to be the nectar guys (don’t even remember their name)
I wouldn’t call it a good game but it certainly wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be (from the demo anyway) the shooting and everything seemed fine, and I really liked the concept of the game, I think that was it’s huge stand out. The game could of been incredible if the game was you know…good and if Ubisoft didn’t spoil that you switch sides half way through the game, that could of made it a real winner.
I don’t think people would have responded so negatively if Crytek hadn’t hyped it up so much. They went on about how great Haze would be and for me the finished product didn’t really meet exceptations.
The way Crytek are reacting though? It’s like telling a bad joke and then telling the other guy they have a bad sense of humour because they didn’t laugh. I’m not saying Haze was terriable just that they shouldn’t really be telling people to like their game,
The games industry unfortunly for games designers dosen’t work like that. In fact The Media Industry as a whole dosen’t work like that.
I personally thaught the game badass… until you lost your nector powers. Which is sad cause that is like 3o min in, lol
So you go insane and kill your fellow soldiers to mantain your fix? I get it it’s a War Veteran Drug Addict Simulator. THAT SOUNDS AWESOME! *goes off to buy haze*