I Finally Played The PS3’s “Halo Killer” And Wow.. (Haze - 2008)

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
  • If there's one thing I remember well, it's the 2008 press buildup surrounding the PlayStation 3. This was supposed to be the year the console was really going to shine with a lineup of exciting software. And to it's credit, 2008 was indeed a good year! Except for Haze, a PS3 exclusive from Free Radical Design. At the time a lot of the buzz surrounding this game was that it could be a 'Halo Killer', and that absolutely did not happen. And I never actually played it, until now. Audience gasp I know I know, I too have good taste.
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    TIMESTAMPS:
    0:00 - Why Was Haze Important Back Then
    1:34 - My Playthrough Begins
    3:24 - What Happened To Developer Free Radical Design?
    5:38 - Nectar Is Bad, So Is This Dialogue
    8:07 - What Is The Plot?
    11:43 - The Games Plot Twist
    15:42 - This Is Getting Frustrating
    18:16 - Final Act
    20:45 - Ending
    22:14 - Final Thoughts
    #PS3 #PlayStation3 #Sony
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  • @davidfirth
    @davidfirth Рік тому +1283

    Ubisoft are the world leaders in sucking the fun out of a promising concept. Imagine trying to be creative with them around.

    • @patrickwilliams6143
      @patrickwilliams6143 Рік тому +62

      Right now I would agree but in 2008 I feel like there was still hope for Ubisoft. AC in it's infancy, FarCry 2 just coming out and Just Dance just around the corner. They felt like a studio with some promising IPs back then. Then the 2010s happened to Ubi and that was a big yikes!

    • @mattpace1026
      @mattpace1026 Рік тому +16

      I really wish gamers would stop blaming publishers alone for bad games and start holding lead developers accountable.

    • @SavantGardeEX
      @SavantGardeEX Рік тому +51

      Holy I didn't think you'd be here 😅

    • @emarskineel
      @emarskineel Рік тому +18

      Just use a little cream and the Ubisoft will go away

    • @justintimeboi31
      @justintimeboi31 Рік тому +1

      That's probably why we're never getting that new Beyond Good and Evil game from Ubisoft.

  • @Vixeryn
    @Vixeryn Рік тому +458

    Haze was the very first fps game I've ever played (in its entirety) and I loved it as an 8 year old. I played it and beat it at least 10 times. And then I got MW2 the next year and then realized just how bad Haze actually was

    • @epsiscell917
      @epsiscell917 11 місяців тому +11

      Haha I was the opposite I grew up playing amazing games then got into really bad games. Duke nukem forever as an example even though I enjoyed it.

    • @brendenjackson-cc8zj
      @brendenjackson-cc8zj 9 місяців тому +6

      ​@minutemaid6768lmao Duke nukem is just something to laugh at and not take seriously

    • @brendenjackson-cc8zj
      @brendenjackson-cc8zj 9 місяців тому

      ​@epsiscell917, you probably couldn't even name a good game...

    • @cheerlessnessofthegrove6710
      @cheerlessnessofthegrove6710 9 місяців тому +3

      @@brendenjackson-cc8zj you guys need to reread his statement.

    • @brendenjackson-cc8zj
      @brendenjackson-cc8zj 9 місяців тому +1

      @@cheerlessnessofthegrove6710 meant to tag the other guy "minute maid"

  • @markeschen6272
    @markeschen6272 Рік тому +480

    The idea of playing as more advanced soldiers at the beginning and then switching sides and having to fight against all the abilities you used before is very cool

    • @Honourr
      @Honourr Рік тому +33

      @@NeroKnight666 hate to be that guy but your concept is awful, from a consumers viewpoint and from a developers viewpoint that concept would go no where

    • @OhDihzey
      @OhDihzey Рік тому +13

      @@Honourryea so true cause destiny, a game that had a similar story, was a total flop and its demise was all due to the gameplay/story and not something else

    • @DontCensorMuah
      @DontCensorMuah Рік тому +3

      ​@@NeroKnight666isn't that like..I....
      Every game
      Ever?

    • @DontCensorMuah
      @DontCensorMuah Рік тому +1

      @@NeroKnight666 I'll play spades plus on my phone before I play majority of the trash they put out today

    • @etegrat7419
      @etegrat7419 11 місяців тому

      Nooo.. its was really dumb

  • @StinkyBuster
    @StinkyBuster 10 місяців тому +54

    It turned out Halo was the Halo killer all along...

    • @ballinn0430
      @ballinn0430 Місяць тому +2

      343 was the Halo killer.

    • @StinkyBuster
      @StinkyBuster Місяць тому +1

      @@ballinn0430 the guys who made the latest Halo games? Yep... that's the joke I made 8 months ago 👍

    • @NebLleb
      @NebLleb Місяць тому

      Ah, yeah. 2015. Halo 5: Guardians. Still to this day, the franchise hasn't recovered from that debacle and is now more "moderately popular" rather than "mega popular". Sucks too, because after they got their act together in terms of managing the game, Infinite is actually good. Not perfect, but certainly better than Haze!

  • @xpacerx
    @xpacerx Рік тому +100

    I didn't think Haze had trophies, but I kept hearing them pop over and over while he was playing. I realized it was censorship from cursing, lol.

    • @J_Nephilim
      @J_Nephilim Рік тому +19

      🤣 I already noticed that but was thinking how funny it would be if there was a platinum he could try to achieve

    • @plan7a
      @plan7a Рік тому +4

      @@J_Nephilim Either that or you would just get trophies for playing the game? More of them for the longer time you played, perhaps, LOL?

  • @CyborgFranky8
    @CyborgFranky8 Рік тому +485

    I’ve seen this game everywhere especially the avatars but I have never seen a single bit of gameplay of it and to learn it’s the “Halo Killer” is so funny to me 😂

    • @isaacclarke3037
      @isaacclarke3037 Рік тому +7

      Same😂

    • @ToastyCubes
      @ToastyCubes Рік тому +41

      It was never meant to be a Halo Killer. That's pure BS from one news source.

    • @Fanboynightmare
      @Fanboynightmare Рік тому +26

      Halo killed itself lol

    • @orion4829
      @orion4829 Рік тому +24

      @@Fanboynightmare and playstation killed killzone 😢

    • @Fanboynightmare
      @Fanboynightmare Рік тому +7

      @@orion4829 I'm sure if they made another killzone it would be top notch

  • @DonalC96
    @DonalC96 Рік тому +157

    Unironically this game had a really really good and unique multiplayer, both factions had totally different skills and some of the maps had neat ideas i.e rebel faction starting as a prisoner, needing to escape to respawn armed and then assist teammates in escaping and so on. I'll remember this game fondly for that reason, even if its campaign was shit.

    • @windfallthomas676
      @windfallthomas676 11 місяців тому +17

      the multiplayer on this game was definitely what made it a hidden gem. but as a launch title it was definitely not up to par

  • @tresonit4958
    @tresonit4958 11 місяців тому +43

    Haze cover art is iconic. I remember walking past it 100x. But i never felt the need to pick it up

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan 8 місяців тому +6

      Most iconic PSN avatar lol

    • @tekekaki
      @tekekaki 5 місяців тому +3

      Same man I had the cover art buried in my brain somewhere as I saw it 8287 times as a kid but never seen any gameplay until today

  • @d3parturee
    @d3parturee Рік тому +199

    Honestly the story had some interesting pieces, it would be cool to see it remade with a stronger emphasis on horror

    • @CollegeDroputPowerpoints
      @CollegeDroputPowerpoints 11 місяців тому +6

      My favorite parts are when mystic has nothing to say because the plot is actually winning him over XD

    • @toptiergaming2289
      @toptiergaming2289 5 місяців тому +4

      Yeah the story was pretty good honestly 💯💯

    • @ChinoGa
      @ChinoGa 21 день тому +2

      Remade with current graphics emotional well written story top notch gunplay same concept brainwashed soldiers tryna help the helpless only to learn you are the monsters all hoped up on drugs.

    • @d3parturee
      @d3parturee 20 днів тому

      @@ChinoGa Would be way cooler than a lot of the other games out these recent years

    • @Intheflaps
      @Intheflaps 8 днів тому

      Does anyone remember the part when this blue figure keeps appearing and talks I was playing it at day time and it felt really surreal like is this ment to be happening but didn't think to much of it but one time my friend was sleeping over my place late at night I was sleeping and my friend played thru that moment he was waking me up real urgently and told me something happened on the game and he was convinced there was a ghost in the room and told him it's part of the game🤣

  • @JohnnyStashh
    @JohnnyStashh Рік тому +1136

    Can this be a new series for this channel? there are plenty more bad games you can play next too!

    • @Virang807
      @Virang807 Рік тому +52

      Even better: I platinum these bad gsmes

    • @sideshow8382
      @sideshow8382 Рік тому +23

      @@Virang807I salute you soldier

    • @Good_Horsey
      @Good_Horsey Рік тому +18

      The Angry Playstation Mystic

    • @SebCarrasco
      @SebCarrasco Рік тому +1

      Inversion and Left Alive would be perfect

    • @Rsdawg5519
      @Rsdawg5519 Рік тому +10

      This is an excellent ideia for a new series! Turns out watching Mystic not having fun is really fun!

  • @jakedustin5177
    @jakedustin5177 Рік тому +85

    I was an in house tester at Sony for this game. You have no idea how hard Sony was pushing for this to be huge. We as testers knew this game was going to be bad. Also some of the most fun we had testing a game.

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan 8 місяців тому +2

      How'd you know it was going to be bad if you were having fun though?

    • @jakedustin5177
      @jakedustin5177 8 місяців тому +12

      @@DaDualityofMan The game was broken in a lot of areas. Think of it like watching a bad movie with friends. One of the versions of the game, every time you melee killed someone they would just t pose, things like that. Many issues were brought up and just never fixed.

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan 8 місяців тому +2

      @@jakedustin5177 Oh ok I get it

  • @SuperDracula1992
    @SuperDracula1992 10 місяців тому +8

    the best part about Haze will always be that crazy interview for russian magazine called Igromania, sadly cant find it on youtube, but it was on dvd disk that comes with the magazine
    there was one of the devs who was drunk or just high, idk what exactly it was
    but he was so so extremely emotional and crazy about this game, something like Dicaprio from Wolf of wall street inspirational speech level
    he even throw his cocktail at some poor people behind him just because he was making too many motions with his hands trying to explain how great this game will be and how it completely destroys halo, he even didnt noticed himself that he just throw away what was in his hands and continued like nothing happend
    it was just one of the most hillarious moments in videogames industry

    • @ChinoGa
      @ChinoGa 21 день тому +1

      Lol I love it.

  • @rudravisual
    @rudravisual Рік тому +14

    That early PS3 bloom effect.

  • @Kurlyo
    @Kurlyo Рік тому +311

    I loved playing HaZe, I didn't even know people were calling it the halo killer. It was very different especially with the adrenaline boost I was just playing multiplayer against other players going crazy fast 💀

    • @trollingboy9729
      @trollingboy9729 Рік тому +30

      I enjoyed it too… it wasnt the worst game ever tho, overhyped? Yeah i guess, if it had a more humble approach in the marketing, might had gotten more respect. The reason people are hard on this game is because of the labeled “halo killer” making the game seem arrogant and causing people to have a high expectation. In reality, this game is not anywhere near to be being a “bad game”

    • @Johneyap
      @Johneyap Рік тому +5

      Same here. I don't think people actually played it.
      It was short, but fun

    • @JesusIsSuperior
      @JesusIsSuperior Рік тому +7

      Esports would've gone crazy with that movement back in the day

    • @Johneyap
      @Johneyap Рік тому +1

      @@JesusIsSuperior I don't get it...........

    • @alec57
      @alec57 Рік тому +4

      Nobody ever called it the "Halo killer" just some clickbait

  • @thehunter7422
    @thehunter7422 Рік тому +23

    Seen the game cover for so long in stores, online and especially people using it as a profile pic on PSN lol , never got to playing it as well. This was hilarious 😂 hoping we get more type of playthroughs like this down the line with your backlog. Also love the trophy notification as the swear censor lol

  • @Matt21063
    @Matt21063 Рік тому +17

    This was a fun game back then mainly for the fact that it had cooperative throughout the entire normal campaign which I played with my brother- same with the multiplayer. If I remember correctly, it was one of a few games I remember where you could even play multiplayer online with local splitscreen. Fun memories.

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el Рік тому

      Saints Row 2 had campaign coop so did the first halo from the previous generation.

    • @zoyboy1914
      @zoyboy1914 9 місяців тому

      Same, havig an entire FPS campaign to co-op with your bro is such a huge plus, made me love this game!

  • @CStove
    @CStove Рік тому +290

    It's crazy how big this channel got without going the sellout route. Still so chill and down to earth. I love it, great video!

    • @xPostpunk
      @xPostpunk Рік тому +11

      I’ve been watching since 2013, can confirm.

    • @CStove
      @CStove Рік тому +11

      @Postpunk I came in very recently and was like wow, how'd he get big without going the big YT route? I love this channel, just classic youtube gaming instead of over the top click bait BS.

  • @ObamaTheHedgehog
    @ObamaTheHedgehog Рік тому +353

    Ryan is a really positive guy. It's really funny to see him not be able to defend how bad a game is

    • @terry85mar
      @terry85mar Рік тому +4

      Not just that but bleeping out the cuss words. He's probably just saying crap or dag namit lol

  • @DEUS_VULT_INFIDEL
    @DEUS_VULT_INFIDEL Рік тому +14

    I wasn't expecting to have my heartbroken in a review of a game I never played.
    But then I learned Battlefront 3 was all but completed, ready for launch, and just never saw the light of day.
    I weep.
    Edit:
    The corpse despawn being diegetic is actually pretty near, and the way the story just ends so abruptly screams to me that they were rushed to release.
    I wonder what more they'd have done with it, though think it probably would have just been a simple both sides bad narrative.
    Would have liked to see it become more than it did.

  • @thephantombroadcast3050
    @thephantombroadcast3050 10 місяців тому +2

    I’ll never forget playing this game on my dads ps3 and getting permanently stuck once I was lit on fire. My dad didn’t have an official ps3 controller and with out the six axis I couldn’t put myself out.

  • @Lofirainbows
    @Lofirainbows Рік тому +169

    The moment where your suit takes control and you enter a 'haze' is a very interesting gameplay sequence, and also how it hides the bodies to make you a more remorseless, thoughtless killer is interesting meta commentary too. Shane these concepts and themes are wasted with the mostly generic dialogue and writing. Funny, mgs 4 actually has some of the same ideas and came out the same year too I think

    • @EmergencyChannel
      @EmergencyChannel Рік тому +5

      MGS 4 was June 2008, this game was May 2008.

    • @beardalaxy
      @beardalaxy Рік тому +9

      Everyone was putting out anti-war stuff back then. Seems like these days that sentiment wouldn't be as popular unfortunately.

    • @Skrenja
      @Skrenja Рік тому +5

      MGS4 is a damn masterpiece and no one can change my mind on that.

    • @beardalaxy
      @beardalaxy Рік тому +5

      @@KrikZ32 that, and i think people in general also tend to just follow whatever the popular thing is. being anti-war was trendy back then, not so much now.

    • @Gameprojordan
      @Gameprojordan Рік тому +4

      ​@beardalaxy yep. Early 2000s were pro war, late 2000s to late 2010s were anti war, now early 2020s to now is pro war

  • @solarwinds5114
    @solarwinds5114 Рік тому +116

    I remember buying this at GameStop for $0.99 and I still felt ripped off

  • @homersimpson8955
    @homersimpson8955 Рік тому +12

    Quite a good review. The only mistake I found that lot of game reviewers doing, is selecting difficulty which is quite easy for them, so they feel boring. "Pretending to be dead" works much better on hard difficulty, when you have split second to decide if you wanna to pretend and hope that your squad move enemy from you, or take your chances. Also fight with elite soldiers doesn't seems so hard, and spike difficulty not so steep at the end, because previous fights wasn't so easy. Server room fight is definitely the hardert. Also game glitched on me there and I didn't get checkpoint after I finally survived at the server room, so next few corridors I fought like an animal to not die and go back to server room fight again. I think at this moment Haze became the best console shooter I played for years. Anyway, thanks for review, I always like to compare my experience with someone else.

  • @trippydrew8492
    @trippydrew8492 8 місяців тому +2

    "What happened, that was almost an exciting moment" Is the best piece of a review I have ever heard!!

  • @gunsngames10
    @gunsngames10 Рік тому +56

    It was a breath of fresh air to watch you review a throwback game hope to see more of these game reviews making it to the channel

  • @psxfoxhound
    @psxfoxhound Рік тому +49

    The most interesting part about Haze to me is how it’s development somehow relates to the OG StarWars Battlefront 3. FreeRadical is such an interesting and fun company to do research on. Such a great video man, hope we get more chill content like this in the future!

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks Рік тому +2

      Yeah that was nutters, imagine where SW: Battlefront would be today if that HAD released

    • @psxfoxhound
      @psxfoxhound Рік тому

      @@DubberRucks Well it's certainly interesting. Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation about Bf3 out there on the internet. If you wanna know more about the games development I highly recommend checking out the Free Radical Vault. It's got design documents for 2004 Battlefront and also info on Battlefront 4 and 3.

    • @SanTVigil
      @SanTVigil Рік тому

      Slyfoxhound x elliott smith is a wild combo lmao

    • @psxfoxhound
      @psxfoxhound Рік тому

      @@SanTVigil well actually, PSX stands for playstation 1 and Foxhound comes from the group from metal gear solid 1, which is one of my favorite ps1 games.

  • @AleksworxFPV
    @AleksworxFPV Рік тому +1

    Thanks for finishing it and letting me see how it ends. My copy stopped working mid way through and never finished it.

  • @schottler9010
    @schottler9010 Рік тому

    Happy to see a video on this game actually. I remember when I got it I actually really liked it and it got me into fps games. And the story at the time was really cool to me. Obviously it didn't. Age well but was fun still all in all. Thanks for doing a video on it

  • @Stormtrooper-oc4vn
    @Stormtrooper-oc4vn Рік тому +56

    10:40 it's probably the best part of the entire game. It felt genuine... Emotional and deep. And you looked super invested into it. The actors did an amazing job there.

    • @FrostbiteDigital
      @FrostbiteDigital Рік тому +4

      I was hoping someone would bring attention to that scene because you're right, it's great. It really is one of the best parts about the game and my favorite scene because for a moment it actually feels like it was well written and well acted (in a game with HORRENDUS dialogue and questionable voice acting). Not to mention the theme behind that whole scene was fantastic too. Its a shame the rest of the game couldn't be up to the same quality.

    • @JohnSSSSS
      @JohnSSSSS Рік тому +7

      Yeah, great dialogue:
      "I thought I was doing good, they told me I was doing good if I did what I was told, but I was actually doing bad"

    • @RyTrapp0
      @RyTrapp0 9 місяців тому +1

      @@JohnSSSSS Because the video game industry is known for it's Hollywood-rivaling voice acting & script writing, right? C'mon...

    • @everythingsalright1121
      @everythingsalright1121 9 місяців тому

      @@RyTrapp0 it definitely can be for certain games. God of war 4/ragnarok, and the recent cod games have good voice acting

  • @ScottyDoggF14
    @ScottyDoggF14 Рік тому +149

    I actually liked Haze back in the day. It's funny, one of my buds brought up the game a couple weeks ago and I just gushed over it. Talking about the darker sides of the game and how this drug really did more harm then good.

    • @freeweights101
      @freeweights101 Рік тому +10

      Online gaming made it fun.

    • @JaySongz100
      @JaySongz100 Рік тому +9

      Good, fun ideas, bad controls and needed another 2 years in the oven. Thank you @Mystic for playing this so I don't have to. 😂🙏

    • @2tyme205
      @2tyme205 Рік тому +1

      Exactly it was a Tripp I liked the game

    • @duuke4618
      @duuke4618 Рік тому +1

      I really liked it too back then

    • @fuoco1365
      @fuoco1365 Рік тому

      Kind of crazy me and a friend talked about it like a month or two ago as well.

  • @tezshok119
    @tezshok119 Рік тому +1

    9:48 where the jank animation produces that soldier model out of thin air just chillin 😂

  • @radiomyster
    @radiomyster Рік тому +18

    A family friend gave me his copy of haze when i was a kid. Me and my cousin played the hell out of it untill my dog ate the disc. We both still love this game because of the nostalgia and esthetic of the mantel guys. Unlike the whole population i love this game and im planning on buying the game again someday

  • @AdamMcDermott
    @AdamMcDermott Рік тому +20

    Oh my, fair play to you for giving it a shot. Nicely done providing context for the time in between the playthrough.
    Edit: Jeez, that banter from the squad is dire.

  • @fabiofabiobio
    @fabiofabiobio Рік тому +23

    Really diggin the retrospective, I'd 100% welcome more Tues videos like this! I was still in school during the PS3 era and an avid EGM reader so I remember a lot of the hyped up games from that generation but got to play very few of them. It's a lot of fun taking that trip down memory lane and seeing how these games turned out with the benefit of 15 years of hindsight

    • @EmergencyChannel
      @EmergencyChannel Рік тому

      This era of gaming was amazing. 2007 had Bioshock, Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, Metroid Prime 3, Crysis, CoD 4 and Mass Effect. 2008 had Metal Gear Solid 4, Dead Space, Burnout Paradise, Left 4 Dead, ect. Now if we get one game a year as influential as those, we would be lucky.

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el Рік тому

      imagine tryin to kill a game from the last generation, when ps3 games are worse than games from the past generation it says a lot.

  • @michaelwheeler334
    @michaelwheeler334 Рік тому +2

    I remember playing this and having a pretty good time - liked the way it had stims to wreck everyone and warp reality/storyline

  • @CaliIzActive
    @CaliIzActive Рік тому +23

    oh man this brings me back! i used to work at Walmart at the time as a stockboy and we were rarely allowed to stock up the electronic section since someone did it during the day but we still had access to the backstore. Haze boxes were literally everywhere, cluttering a good section of the backstore, open boxes and broken cd's. this and the viva pinata trouble in something on xbox were treated like literal garbage by everyone

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks Рік тому +2

      That was a sign then. 🤣

    • @kyledodson2992
      @kyledodson2992 Рік тому

      Viva Piñata!? Man I loved those 2 games (well TiP is more just an expansion) but still lol

  • @faves2064
    @faves2064 Рік тому +26

    On release I enjoyed the game, it didn't blow me away or anything but was fun enough to carry me through the very short campaign.

  • @BigLadGreen
    @BigLadGreen Рік тому +1

    Loved the story idea of this game and online 4 player coop back in the day was amazing.

  • @caseydonovan1216
    @caseydonovan1216 Рік тому +48

    More videos like these please, especially of forgotten PS3 games

    • @Dragonfury3000_2
      @Dragonfury3000_2 Рік тому +6

      Lair should be the next one.

    • @DannysHauntedJourney
      @DannysHauntedJourney Рік тому +3

      @@Dragonfury3000_2 nah, Folklore should be next.

    • @castform57
      @castform57 Рік тому +6

      Man, PS3 had so many forgotten games.

    • @CassandraPantaristi
      @CassandraPantaristi Рік тому +2

      ​@@DannysHauntedJourney I never forgot Folklore. I just haven't gotten to play it yet since I bought it because my 60GB is currently getting fixed. One game Ryan should look at is Legendary. I haven't played that, but one of my friends have.

  • @jonbarnettvevo
    @jonbarnettvevo Рік тому +5

    Seeing you cover more forgotten PlayStation games like this would be awesome. I was always curious about this game but never got around to playing it.

  • @jacobsantrock
    @jacobsantrock Рік тому

    i know it’s been a minute but love the new setup!

  • @tifosistaymad583
    @tifosistaymad583 Рік тому +1

    An ad before the video and an ad 1:30 in awesome bro I really want to keep watching

  • @AdamAdamHDL
    @AdamAdamHDL Рік тому +7

    Killzone 2 is genuinely fantastic

  • @Prahlis92
    @Prahlis92 Рік тому +3

    Really liked this style of abridged walkthrough with commentary. You should do more.

  • @ZzLiGHTNiNGzZ
    @ZzLiGHTNiNGzZ Рік тому +7

    If you played the multiplayer you would love it even more

  • @ChefD303
    @ChefD303 Рік тому +1

    Dude, well said! The part where you said the excitement went away and you were passing a 'meh' game. My feelings EXACTLY. You made it much further thsn I did. If you thought this was bad, you should play Turok on ps3.

  • @dncewzrd
    @dncewzrd Рік тому +34

    I really like the premise of this game, although it sucks that it wasn’t executed well. Here’s hoping it gets a remade into a much better game

  • @Progressive.G
    @Progressive.G 3 місяці тому

    Great video 👍

  • @bryce1448
    @bryce1448 2 місяці тому

    I loved this game! It was one of the first games I had when I got a ps3 back in the day. The whole ship in that intro sequence was a multi-player map.

  • @shadowthehedgehog181
    @shadowthehedgehog181 Рік тому +3

    Marketing any game as a [insert title] Killer has always been a death sentence

  • @Agentunderscore20
    @Agentunderscore20 Рік тому +10

    This would would make a great new series on your channel. Replaying these old games that had so much hype but died within weeks of release and very few of us even bothered to play lol.

  • @loves2smooch384
    @loves2smooch384 Рік тому

    This is really cool, playing the ol PS3 games , I didn't have ps till now (PS5) these videos are great

  • @pjhill5452
    @pjhill5452 Рік тому

    Man I met so many of people on my friends list through HaZe. A lot of them havent signed on in years... but thanks for the memories! I still think about them where they are now and what they're doing lol

  • @Woodzta
    @Woodzta Рік тому +20

    Haze is a bit of a sad story for many of us back then who were hoping for a new TimeSplitters game.

    • @psxfoxhound
      @psxfoxhound Рік тому +3

      The only reason why Haze exists is because TimeSplitters 4 became impossible to pitch to developers after it underperformed in sales. EA spent the money and resources they had marketing their new Goldeneye game instead of Future Perfect, and were candid to Free Radical about how their Goldeneye game was better than TimeSplitters. EA probably never realized the irony of that situation

    • @zackfair6791
      @zackfair6791 Рік тому +5

      Well at least a new timesplitters game is coming now. I just hope they can keep the spirit of the first 3 games, and keep soulless "woke" ideology out of it.

    • @dathip
      @dathip Рік тому

      yeah thank goodness!!

    • @kingwokester7324
      @kingwokester7324 Рік тому

      @@zackfair6791 Timesplitters was "woke" before guys like you cried about everything being "woke" nowadays.

    • @zackfair6791
      @zackfair6791 Рік тому

      @@kingwokester7324 No, it wasn't.

  • @treysandbothe3748
    @treysandbothe3748 Рік тому +15

    Fun story time:
    When I played this game, I never used the Nectar mechanic--I found the game just too easy, I didn't *need* to be juiced up to kick ass, I was doing just fine.
    But there's a bit in the game where your character is *supposed* to be feeling negative withdrawal effects of the drug, and it's played as a revation for you about how much you relied on it, but since I didn't, I was genuinely confused what was happening and I remember being disappointed they dint have an alternate event for players that didn't use the drug.

    • @leatherhidegaming
      @leatherhidegaming Рік тому +2

      Didn't they force you to use it at certain points? Like the parts where it malfunctions.

    • @treysandbothe3748
      @treysandbothe3748 Рік тому +1

      @@leatherhidegaming not that I remember, but I also haven't played it in *quite* some time.

  • @mikehicks2283
    @mikehicks2283 Рік тому +5

    I remember beating the whole game on hardest difficulty a couple years ago. Wasn't a fan either, but the story had potential I guess. Was a little bit challenging from what I remember, especially the last level or 2.

  • @brucekendall9873
    @brucekendall9873 Рік тому +3

    If you haven't you should review the Tribes series or Tribes Aerial Assault. Speaking of halo killers, when this was an active game it was incredibly fun and had a cult following. Lots of teamwork and clans and competition etc. You can play against bots and do split screen.

  • @Killasim1
    @Killasim1 Рік тому +10

    Damn...😂😂😂
    I remember playing the demo, and I was like this ain't it....😂

    • @Mirko02j
      @Mirko02j Рік тому +2

      While i never experienced this game at the time and never played it but only watched a few gameplays online, i actually wanted to try the demo last year.
      And yeah, i was only less than 5 minutes in and it bored me so quick that i deleted the demo lol.

  • @davyg11
    @davyg11 Рік тому +8

    I remember the hype for Haze and really did look forward to it back in the day - it was a massive let down and remember after I completed it I sold it as I thought I'll not be playing that again...

  • @intrepidis1
    @intrepidis1 5 місяців тому

    I enjoyed Haze back in the day. I had played Halo 1 & 2 before it, so I knew Haze wasn't as good, but I really appreciated the new and clever ideas it brought. Well done for highlighting that.
    I pretty much enjoyed it, right up until that difficulty spike... hated that... but then the final level was good fun and rounded off the experience nicely. It’s actually quite a memorable game for me. I just wish they had time to polish off those hard edges.

    • @Hyrule409
      @Hyrule409 4 місяці тому

      Tbh, it wasn't a game for the campaign. The multiplayer was where it was at. Of course I could be nostalgia blinded as it was my very first multiplayer FPS, but every single map had a unique objective. Definitely not a cookie cutter experience.

  • @Thjesht_Teo
    @Thjesht_Teo 6 місяців тому +1

    I would never judge a game by it’s reviews, YOU are it’s review.

  • @NZAnimeManga
    @NZAnimeManga Рік тому +3

    Killed any hope of getting Timespitters 4...

  • @aussieknuckles
    @aussieknuckles Рік тому +21

    Woah, I haven't seen this game for year's man! Definitely saving this video to my "Watch Later". As I'm currently playing GTA IV, an actual good game lol.

    • @DRIFTAH1
      @DRIFTAH1 Рік тому +2

      GTA IV is my favourite of all time. simply incredible. only flaws are the fps and certain graphics issues on the ps3.

    • @alexmmed
      @alexmmed Рік тому +3

      @@DRIFTAH1 Good thing is it's on the Xbox backwards compatibility. I played it on PS3, and when I boot it up on my Series X it's amazing lmao.

    • @WllKiedSnake
      @WllKiedSnake Рік тому +1

      Playing GTA4 with a Mclassic and a decent 1TB SSD today is the way to go when playing it on PS3. Fixes issues the game had when it comes to image quality and hitching from loading in assets off the HDD. It's cool you can do this stuff to your old games today.

    • @aussieknuckles
      @aussieknuckles Рік тому

      @@WllKiedSnake oh Dude I so wish I had of bought an Mclassic a few years ago when they were only around $90, now they're $180 AUD!
      That sounds awesome, I've been playing the 360 build again on my Series S because all my PS3's decided they would no longer take/read discs...

    • @aussieknuckles
      @aussieknuckles Рік тому

      @@WllKiedSnake I also think the 360 build is the best version, better than the PC build. But I played a lot on the PS3 as well growing up.

  • @sevengames9112
    @sevengames9112 11 місяців тому

    What's that lofi song playing In the background throughout the video? You didn't put the song in the description so I couldn't find it

  • @PuReGhOsTT
    @PuReGhOsTT Рік тому +1

    This game was great. Back in the day as a kid this game was so much fun

  • @Jughulator
    @Jughulator Рік тому +7

    I actually liked this game in 2008, didn't know about the marketing or drama behind the scenes, just saw it on a shop and rented it. Some good ideas.

  • @osg1017
    @osg1017 Рік тому +5

    I miss those days when we could play sci-fi FPS single player campaign like twice a year as a matter of course.

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks Рік тому +2

      Especially without wondering if all the content was on the disc or not lol to be drip fed as DLC

  • @mysterymeat6460
    @mysterymeat6460 Рік тому

    I remember seeinh the box to that and saying, "Wow, that looks cool" and then immediately forgetting about it until now as I see that video. Wow, what a blast

  • @Rycerz49
    @Rycerz49 Рік тому

    You and platinum journey are the best PlayStation channels on UA-cam. Just really good to watch.

  • @Kalaaver
    @Kalaaver Рік тому +2

    Never touched campaign, but my brother, cousin and I had a blast playing multiplayer. I think we viewed it as a break from playing Halo all the time, but it definitely wasn’t even close to being a Halo killer lol

  • @deiradinn
    @deiradinn Рік тому +19

    I was hardcore on PS3 and never once heard anyone utter Haze as a "Halo killer". I think someone was reading into troll forums too much for this to become a narrative at all.

    • @lobstrosity7163
      @lobstrosity7163 Рік тому +1

      I never played it but at least in my country the press hyped it up as a Halo killer.

  • @Lofirainbows
    @Lofirainbows Рік тому +5

    Technically the devolpers never titled it a halo-killer; it was just what the news coverage said, and then that was substantiated by it being a console exclusive fps on the rival console.

    • @psxfoxhound
      @psxfoxhound Рік тому +1

      The developers were never fond with the Halo Killer title. It’s what the marketing chose to take advantage of when it became a ps3 exclusive. It’s honestly kind of sad, so much was out of Free Radicals control with Haze’s development

  • @Noname-sz5ui
    @Noname-sz5ui Рік тому

    i always wanted to play this game but never could its good to see you try it lmao

  • @luckychan1183
    @luckychan1183 Рік тому

    Bro this is one of the many games my dad had pre ordered and never played nor open the original wrapper, and I would look at it everyday and just wonder what adventures were inside

  • @pepsi-mcrib
    @pepsi-mcrib Рік тому +3

    Your editing briefly tricked me into thinking this game had trophies. 😁

  • @GuiItyUniverse
    @GuiItyUniverse Рік тому +6

    Damn. Ryan unlocked so many trophies. 😜

  • @terry85mar
    @terry85mar Рік тому +1

    Do more of these. Very entertaining.

  • @silenzzior
    @silenzzior Рік тому +1

    The game was fun back in the day. The split screen coop was great too

  • @vampiredshan
    @vampiredshan Рік тому

    Do you use a capture card to record your game footages?

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael Рік тому +6

    Loved hearing your thoughts and review on how bad it was

  • @wboeren1
    @wboeren1 Рік тому +5

    The only way haze kills halo is when you use it to scratch the disc of halo

  • @_wallygaming_
    @_wallygaming_ Рік тому

    Wowwww!! I had this back then on my first and only fat ps3 I thought it was a great fun shooter! Used to play multiplayer/co-op with my cousins all the time

  • @revkills8874
    @revkills8874 10 місяців тому

    I loved this game as a youngster & I loved playing competitive online with clans like: UTS, HLL, AOS, ANGEL_x666, & etc. 😢

  • @BigPhil2024
    @BigPhil2024 Рік тому +6

    I bought my ps3 and got this in a bundle. I almost returned the whole damn thing.

  • @Qwepzy
    @Qwepzy Рік тому +4

    Haze still the best game artwork iv'e ever seen

  • @ZzLiGHTNiNGzZ
    @ZzLiGHTNiNGzZ Рік тому +1

    Bro this game was sooo good on ps3. The one shot gun was insane. The multiplayer was amazing

  • @larsjespersen6936
    @larsjespersen6936 Рік тому +1

    I worked at Game Stop at the time of this game's release. I remember all the hype following it and I also remember, that soon after the release of the game, the store ended up with a huge stock of used copies of the game.. 🤷‍♂Never did I play it and judging from this video I did not really miss out on anything. But that cover art though..😎

  • @Xxgeneral971xX
    @Xxgeneral971xX Рік тому +4

    I remember being in a store and hesitating between this game and uncharted 2 (back when I was still buying game on the box alone) I realize now that I made one of the best decision of my life

  • @Deseko
    @Deseko Рік тому +5

    A buddy and I played the multiplayer alllll the time. I still play it once in a while for the nostalgia
    Edit: just remembered that the randomly generated names can eventually spit out "hank hill" lol

  • @epicray8434
    @epicray8434 9 місяців тому

    Something to note the nectar and playdead mechanics worked in multi-player. Shooting somebody's nectar tank and watching them shotgun their teammate was very satisfying.

  • @user-pz5wh5qx6m
    @user-pz5wh5qx6m 11 місяців тому

    What’s the name of the song you have playing thru out the whole video ? Shit is dope fr

  • @Carl-G
    @Carl-G Рік тому +5

    When that Trophy sound was going off I thought HAZE doesn't have Trophies then realised it wasn't the game doing that :D + TimeSplitters1/2/3FP by FRD was AMAZING on the PS2 & this game was nothing like their normal games(& now I know why) :-/ Hopefully one day we will get a TimeSplitters Trilogy update on PlayStation :P (+ it's GOT TO HAVE the 4 player split-screen mode to because that was BRILLIANT especially in TS2) :P

    • @DJChamber
      @DJChamber Рік тому

      Agreed. The team is back together and working on a new Timesplitters game right now :) Also really hoping for 4-player split-screen as that's what TS was all about for me

    • @Hyrule409
      @Hyrule409 Рік тому

      HAZE didn't have trophies, no. It's an edited sound effect in the video.

  • @Nevam72
    @Nevam72 Рік тому +10

    Ahh yes Haze. My favorite game that is objectively bad. If only things could have been different with the IP and Free Radical having other issues. Glad you took the time to play through it at least.

  • @liddz434
    @liddz434 9 місяців тому +1

    I know you can have fun with even the most average game when you're playing with friends but I'm pretty sure my bro and I had a blast playing this one together in Co-op.

  • @DemonArcMonster
    @DemonArcMonster 11 місяців тому +1

    I always saw this game at gamestop growing up and thought the cover looked awesome. Glad I can finally see what the game is all about. (and glad I never got it)

  • @pleasure1689
    @pleasure1689 Рік тому +10

    If Haze had come out on ps2, everyone would worship it.

    • @WllKiedSnake
      @WllKiedSnake Рік тому

      It's development would of probably been smoother no doubt.

  • @Capta1nAsh
    @Capta1nAsh Рік тому +3

    Only thing it managed to kill was Timesplitters.

    • @Capta1nAsh
      @Capta1nAsh Рік тому +3

      @Nero The Chosen you are a spesh, so is your upvoter.
      Haze killed free radical, the death of FreeRad meant no more timesplitters, short form: Haze killed timesplitters.
      Also read my username, it’s clear I like the series.

  • @keijijohnson9754
    @keijijohnson9754 Рік тому +1

    A couple weeks late in this but after seeing GVMERS’ video on this game’s development and watching this now, it really makes me wish this got remade as either a movie or a TV series. That plot twist was actually pretty intriguing to the point where I feel like he story would’ve held up better on its own instead of being tethered to a game that’s so fundamentally flawed gameplay wise.

  • @Colonelgliz
    @Colonelgliz Рік тому

    I remember my cousin and i playing this when he first got his ps3 when it first came out. We were amazed by the technical upgrades and this game was awesome. Of course, because it was a shooter we enjoyed it lol. We were young and obviously HAZED & confused

  • @thedayofquicksilver6930
    @thedayofquicksilver6930 Рік тому +4

    Who would have thought that if we just waited long enough, Halo would kill itself? 🙃

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks Рік тому +1

      😁👍 this was way funnier to me than it should have been especially as I've played nothing past Reach.