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hunter_alien on 18 May 2008

Its old news :? Still pretty good for a game that is expected by many to fail ...



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shio on 18 May 2008

It's Famitsu. Anyone who uses their reviews as a reputable source should be shot.



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Squilliam on 18 May 2008
shio said:
It's Famitsu. Anyone who uses their reviews as a reputable source should be shot.

I will shoot them again just to be sure.



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CAL4M1TY on 18 May 2008

While good news for Haze (i'm backing on Haze to be a bigger hit than Killzone, only to piss off the PS3 fanboys who buried Haze after hyping it's exclusitivity), I don't exactly trust famitsu anymore.

Where once it was a tough critic that seem to be a deadzone for non-japanese developed games, these days while still being heavily Japanese biased, it's been giving a few games high scores they didn't deserve (not naming Haze specifically, but games like BD).



Riachu on 18 May 2008
CAL4M1TY said:
While good news for Haze (i'm backing on Haze to be a bigger hit than Killzone, only to piss off the PS3 fanboys who buried Haze after hyping it's exclusitivity), I don't exactly trust famitsu anymore.

Where once it was a tough critic that seem to be a deadzone for non-japanese developed games, these days while still being heavily Japanese biased, it's been giving a few games high scores they didn't deserve (not naming Haze specifically, but games like BD).

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TheBigFatJ on 18 May 2008
jankazimierz said:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167832

Haze, the new exclusive shooter for the PlayStation 3, releases in both Japan and North America next week, and the latest issue of Famitsu gives the game a gold award, with the overall score of 34/40.

The four reviewers all praise the different play styles of the ally troopers and the enemy army, with both sides having interesting strengths and weaknesses. Global online play, an interesting scenario mode, and beautiful graphics are all mentioned as positives for the western-developed game. However, most of the reviewers complain that the event scenes feature too much shaking. The game is recommended to sci-fi fans and FPS players of all levels.

For the 1UP opinion on Haze check out our preview of the recent demo and watch for a review after the game's release. We'd have one sooner, but... you know.


 34/40 is 8.5/10. Will the PS3 finally get its 9/10 exclusive?



twesterm on 18 May 2008

Old news is old. Also, Famitsu is fairly worthless since they themselves say they give games scores based on hype and what their fans want.



 

Shameless on 18 May 2008
twesterm said:
Old news is old. Also, Famitsu is fairly worthless since they themselves say they give games scores based on hype and what their fans want.

 I'm finding it hard to believe Japanese gamers hyped this crap.



Diomedes1976 on 18 May 2008

Good news for Haze ,it has received a 89 in the only review I have seen in paper mags in my country.

Still ,it will sell few units in Japan no matter what Famitsu says.If its lucky it can get to 50 000 units.Managing some 75-80K units like Lair would be a BIG succes out there.



twesterm on 18 May 2008
Shameless said:
twesterm said:
Old news is old. Also, Famitsu is fairly worthless since they themselves say they give games scores based on hype and what their fans want.

I'm finding it hard to believe Japanese gamers hyped this crap.


 Believe what you want, it still doesn't change the fact Famitsu gives reviews based on what their fans want to see.

So their Haze review could be every bit true and the score could actually be right but it still doesn't change the fact I'm not going to give two craps about whatever score they give.  As for their written review, I can't read Japanese so I really don't care about that part either.