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Euphoria14 on 20 January 2009

Haze was initially very hardcore, centered on Iraq, then Ubisoft made it all futuristic

A former Free Radical employee has revealed that HAZE was originally a very hardcore development and was very political in its nature. At the beginning, it was set in modern day Iraq with 'bush bashing' but got re-written a lot of times on Ubisoft's request and turned out to be a futuristic title and something totally unrelated.

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Dudenaughty explained that Haze had gone through a number of major creative and conceptual overhauls, contributing to the development difficulties Free Radical experienced with it. "Originally Haze was a very hardcore thing. In terms of the content, the issues it was dealing with, the gore, the politics; it was a very adult game," he said. "Right at the beginning Haze was set in the modern day in Iraq and it was like Bush-bashing, a politically centered thing. It got re-written dozens of times on [Ubisoft's] request and it ended up being this futuristic kind of thing about something totally unrelated."
News Source: IGN



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MrBubbles on 20 January 2009

a game centered on bashing bush... ? thats just sad.



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dhummel on 21 January 2009

Agreed. It wasn't HAZE's story that made it a flop anyway. Though, most Bush bashing is so shallow and derivative it would have gone great with HAZE's graphics and gameplay.



Jo21 on 21 January 2009

i would have bought it on day one =(.

so practically it got turned what ubisoft wants thing.



Aj_habfan on 21 January 2009

But they ended up deciding to make a pile of shit. Good call.



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im_sneaky on 21 January 2009

It wouldn't have made the game any better.



 

 

jpespinal on 21 January 2009
im_sneaky said:
It wouldn't have made the game any better.

 

you dont know that




Squilliam on 21 January 2009

Its really too bad, it would have probably cost less and done better if left alone most likely.



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outlawauron on 21 January 2009

Well, bush bashing in itself is stupid. I understand why Ubi would make them re-write the story.

No reason to stir up hate.



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bucknasty on 21 January 2009

yeah but maybe the bush bashing version would have been better. The version that came out was a turd