| BMaker11 said: You're right, it didn't get a bunch of E3 awards (I don't think), but TF is also the first "big" Xbone game and an "intro to next gen" as some would say. That would warrant it as one of the best games at E3 considering not much else was shown at E3 for the PS4 or XBone. Whereas an E3 where Haze was shown (2007) was the year of Halo 3, Uncharted, CoD4, The Orange Box, Crysis, Rock Band, Mass Effect, and more. That's some stiff competition. Not to take away from TFs success at E3, but keep things in perspective. When the only competition at E3 for TF was launch games, Second Son, and Destiny and TF at least looks good, since they had gameplay footage....of course it's gonna get "Best of the Show", "Best Gameplay", etc. awards. But there's still examples of people who did a hands on preview, praising the game (from the same multiplayer demo that was available to everyone else, not some press only early review copy). http://www.gamespot.com/articles/haze-multiplayer-hands-on/1100-6189666/ http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/05/clearing-the-haze-hands-on-with-free-radicals-ps3-debut/ |
Infamous is the first "big" PS4 game and an "intro into next gen" and yet even with the bad press MS was getting at the time of E3, Infamous didn't clean house at the event. It won 10 awards AFAIK. The competition Haze was facing is irrelevant. If the game was great, it would generate buzz. The only reason it got any buzz at all is because it was dubbed a Halo killer by someone. Hell, in those 3 links you provided, only one seems to really have anything positive to say about the game, the others are generic previews. On the other hand you can find loads of hands on impressions for Titanfall that are gushing with praise. And, of course, you can find tons of impressions and videos from actual gamers from the alpha who also confirm the game is simply amazing. Haze is a different story altogether.
Your theory that Titanfall dominated E3 awards simply because there was nothing else there is pretty much destroyed by the continuous coverage and praise sung since E3. At the same time, Haze being irrelevant at E3 because of games like CoD or Mass Effect or Halo doesn't explain why it continued to be pretty much ignored after E3 and up to release (and after release, since it was hot garbage).
