I'm into FPS games and all and I was kinda interested when it was revealed but I never got the chance to buy the game. Now from what I've been reading from various sites, Haze is a bad game. Like really really bad for many people. So I just wanna know what people here think went wrong with Haze and whether it could've been successful if it didn't have the problems it has in the game.

Not that I'm gonna buy the game or anything. Just want to see what went wrong.

Bad reviews.

Lots of them.

Despite that though... It has managed to claw its way to almost 800k sales and is still selling like 700 copies a week or something.

800K copies sold, one can argue it sold 'well' for an 'unknown IP'.

heck, it sold well for what it delivered. major flaw in gameplay, and when it's not flawed, the experience is average at best.

Can ya at least tell me what the major flaw was in the gameplay?

You can try out the demo on PSN

It just seemed like it lacked a lot of polish

lots of bugs , lots of HUGE bugs.

then there is this lame storyline, which is basicly can be summed up by "WOOOSH ! YEEEHAW" the only interesting thing about it is your characters background in the intro , then it goes all stupid like.

good things about this game is the 4 splitscreen multiplayer campaign , but the game is boring and very repetitive if you play by yourself. but it is enjoyable if you have friends over.

but i personally think you should skip this game too many better games are out now.

i heard so many terrible things about this game that now im tempted to buy it

haze isnt that bad, its just the dev expectation was 2 big.

id recomend a playthrough, but it could have been much more,

ie 1st stage was fantastic, the nector concept was great it played really well but over course of game it went flat.

Lack of polish was the major flaw.

Here, take a look at what the developer said:

http://www.develop-online.net/news/32590/PS3-technical-issues-hampered-Haze-development

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=221282

- bad story
- really bad voice acting and script
- worst vehicle sequences I have played
- not much variety in gameplay (well, you get to play both sides)
+ Good 4 player co-op

Overall, an average game at best. With Resistance and Killzone, I don't see too many reasons to go back to Haze at this point.