The demo was IMO pretty good. Much better than the demos of many recent PS3 games. I'm surprised by the low score, but I also think Lair is well above average (IMO especially many multi-platform games on the PS3 aren't really good and add little to the PS3 games library).

IGN also had a destructive score for the cheap, simple and fun little game, Super Ruba Dub (rated 2.5 or something!). I had a lot of fun with that game together with my girlfriend and kid sister. For its intended audience it's actually a nice change and provides good fun.

I usually think of IGN as one of the best US based game review sites, I know they blew it with regard to Super Ruba Dub and I thought they were far too harsh on Lair as well (comparitive to other games). Now this Haze review got me scratching my head again, I'll play the game anyway and will make up my own mind if Haze sucks or that IGN sucks.

I wonder if Free Radical will do the same as Factor 5 sending guides to the reviewers 'How to enjoy Haze'.

Well Im hoping for the best :) Man it would be cool if Haze could get an over 70% on Metacritics :D That would give it a good status :)

 Or one up Factor 5 and just send out actual drugs to enjoy Haze with. Certainly would up the immersion factor. 

@kber81

I know ,,,nothing can touch conflict denied ops in terms of suckiness.I hope it get above 70 in meta critics.

Indeed...I was an inch away from my wallet when Unreal Touney 3 came out for ps3... But decided to stick it out and wait for this summer as COD4 and Halo 3 had me busy last year on the 360. If UT3 gets a 4.5 from IGN I won't care and will still get it...

I think it's hilarious that people who have not played the game have such strong reactions about the review being totally wrong. You have no clue. If they said it deserved a 9 , you'd say that it was totally right and that ign was so smart.

Play the game. Decide for yourself if they are right. or trust them and save your money for something better. But it's ONE review. Get over it.

And by the way, the other 2 reviews listed on metacritic so far are 65 and 58, so a 45 isn't like crazy out of the realm of realistic-ness. Granted they aren't as well known as ign, but you said you don't even trust them, so, whatever it's worth.

yeah, who knows. I'm not one to question review scores, usually. I've defended a lot of them over the last few months. That is just such a really low score nowadays. I'm reminded of Assassin's Creed reviews where Crispin Boyer, 1 of 3 EGM reviewers, gave the game a 4.5 or somewhere around there. I ended up really liking that game but understood his complaints even if I didn't feel the same. Perhaps this will be a similar situation: a lot of mixed reviews. We'll see. The more reviews I see, lately, the more I like EGM's grading scale. Let A-F mean whatever score you want it to. C is "average." Whatever average is (5, 7, or whatever), that's what C is.