NJ5 said:
Partly because of the developer's fame, partly because it's a PS3 exclusive, partly because it was claimed to be PS3's Halo, and maybe some more reasons.
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OK. Let see the facts.
All this began in 2007 when SONY face a huge difference in games for PS3 and XBOX 360. SONY loose some exclusive games. Halo 3 and Bioshock made a huge hype and there was nothing to offer from PS3 side. Kill Zone 2 was to far away. Bioshock offers good single and Halo 3 good multiplayer. SONY was pushed to do something quick. That is why they choose Haze to counter Bioshock and secure Unreal Tournament 3 to be exclusive for some time taking advantage of EPIC and MS contradiction about modes. HAZE was planned to hit the market in 2007 and was looking promising. Nothing strange here. MS did the same when MGS4 was announced as PS3 exclusive. They rush to Ubisoft to get Splinter Cell: Conviction as exclusive title, cos they don't have anything to counter MGS4.
From the moment HAZE was announced PS3 exclusive all fans started to use it in their arguments with 360 fans and to hype it to the stars. Even players that usually aren't playing FPS games praise it. This is how a normal game become AAA. Fanboys need AAA titles to slap with them thier opponents and to discuss on pointless disputes, just like 10 years old boys - is Batman stronger then Spiderman. I still think that it's a good idea to wait for Gamespot. FPS fans still can like it.
Even if the multiplayer is good this game can face the same faith as Frontlines. Good, but notting special single. Very good multiplayer, but because of the few people that bought it there is nobody to play with.
