Top 10: things that will make Haze 2 great

By Tom Orry - 22/05/2008 - 3:21pm GMT

Haze is without doubt one of this year's most anticipated releases, but the PS3 exclusive FPS didn't impress us as much as we'd have liked. Despite some solid gameplay mechanics and scope for a deep and interesting story, Haze scored a disappointing 6/10. Still, we expect Haze will go on to sell pretty well, so a sequel is certainly on the cards. With that in mind we've put together our Top 10: things that will make Haze 2 great.

10. Multiple storylines

Part of Haze's problem is how you switch sides from Mantel to Promise Hand a short way into the game. From this point on the game plays pretty much like your standard FPS. Given the events of the first game, we'd like the sequel to offer two storylines, one following an elite Mantel soldier and the other focussing on the Hero of the first game as he continues to fight for the rebels. A fully-fledged campaign for each would be far better than a short burst with one followed by the other and it would avoid re-treading old ground.

9. More weapons

Haze has the usual array of machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, flame throwers and the rest, but it seriously lacks new ideas. No one is going to remember any of the weapons in Haze when thinking back about great video game weapons, like people will with Halo, Resistance and Gears of War. The game is centred on a performance enhancing drug that makes enemies glow bright yellow so asking for a few 'novelty' weapons isn't taking things too far. What about Nectar coated bullets or the ability to cloak, going a stage beyond playing dead on the floor? For a sci-fi game the weapons need some serious work in the sequel.

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Could you spoil one thing for me since i am NOT going to own this at all. Does the ending open the door for a sequel? PM me if you dont want to say here.

- Bloodstorm

Joe wrote at 15:47 on 22 May 2008

"What do you want to see in Haze 2?"
Babes, most importantly! High on.. nectar :>
Wido wrote at 19:12 on 22 May 2008

Totally agree on what your saying Tom, with the majority of those ideas would make Haze a lot better and probably be a huge success.
NotoriousW wrote at 19:47 on 22 May 2008

i knew this game would suck from the first game play video i saw.
i love ps3 and i cant wait for MGS 4, KZ 2, Resistance 2 and Motorstorm 2.
and Socom of course. but haze was not on my list because i looked shit from the start
Osirisox wrote at 21:09 on 22 May 2008

Yeah, well unfortunately you basicly just listed ALL of the elements of the game; so why make a haze 2 with those elements when you can have a fresh IP without a bad name?

Haze 2 will not be made.
Bloodstorm wrote at 21:18 on 22 May 2008

Could you spoil one thing for me since i am NOT going to own this at all. Does the ending open the door for a sequel? PM me if you dont want to say here.
?? wrote at 22:58 on 22 May 2008

How can you guys say its shit when its not even out. Ms Fanboys yet again.
Dragon2179 wrote at 23:23 on 22 May 2008

1. For god's sake, nomore jungle. They need to add levels in destroyed cities and modern enviroments, like Half Life 2. Well, that's what I actually expected from the Haze trailer.
2. Make a story. There is only one twist, and that was the part, when you switch from Mental to Rebel. But actually everybody knew this part a long time before the release. So storywise there's really nothing.
3. It's logical, that every mental soldier has the same uniform...but it's so darn boring. Bring Cyborgs or Robots or overdosed Monkeys or whatever, but increase the variety of enemy types.
4. When building houses, they definately forgot something...right. Where are all the little tiny but important details, which makes it more realistic and lively? Books, cupboards, chairs, beds, bottles etc. There's nothing of this.

@Bloodstorm
A little spoiler!!!...Since the last "boss" you kill, is definately not the "big boss", it might be the guy with the glasses from the trailer, a sequel is very possible. Also there is almost nothing revealed about the mental organisation in this current game.
Dragon2179 wrote at 23:26 on 22 May 2008

Sorry, it's Mantel not Mental lol
HeadShot wrote at 02:43 on 23 May 2008

I completely agree with you on all aspects except the Rebels using Nectar to boost their abilities. Better uses of it is okay, like the Nectar coated bullets. But, I'd also like to see a Nectar gauging system so that your Nectar abilities start to decrease based on how much Nectar is left in your bloodstream instead of your enemies still being bright orange when you have one second of Nectar left but their brightness would fade as the Nectar wears off. Expanded online gameplay. Customizable teamates, because teamates play a huge role in Haze so you should be able to equip your teamates with different types of weapons to balance your team and also being able to give them one of some preset personalities so you don't have to listen to the macho druggies you're stuck with. The different types of weapons would of course need different soldier classes which is another thing Haze 2 needs.
dunc wrote at 11:07 on 23 May 2008

usual crap
Steve wrote at 03:59 on 24 May 2008

You really think they are going to make a Haze 2? This was going to be a timed exclusive but i don't think they'll waist time putting this on the 360, they certainly wont make a sequel. Don't get me wrong, i have the upmost respect for Free Radical and TimeSplitters were great games but having played the demo, it's clear that this game isn't worthy of a sequel, even the best of us us make mistakes but only the worst of us make the same mistakes twice.
Trophix wrote at 04:29 on 25 May 2008

You guys should get a life and leave Haze alone its the best game ever made. So *** off and go play cod4 or something.
hazewaseasy wrote at 15:16 on 31 May 2008

finished the game in about 16 hours.. and wasnt that great ending was actually retarded and wasnt good but im expecting to see haze2 and i will buy it when it comes out, its sort of addicting when you play online

but too many server disconnections
Nobody wrote at 16:42 on 31 May 2008

I think that they should get that founder of Mantel Corp involved, (David Bloomfield). He's all over that Mantel website and in some trailers. Mabe they should even have a coorprate espionage level where you need to sneek around the Mantel Headquarters and steal some files. I think that Mantel Corp in the aspect of the business and corprate end should be more prevalent. It would be cool to jump in and out of the story as a rebel to a rebel spy in Mantel's headquarters.
Robert wrote at 23:17 on 01 June 2008

nectar bullets would be awesome...i would like to see decreasing abilities as nectar wears off...umm...players being able to go into prone, better graphics, more vehicles, different enemies, maybe having a storyline that takes place in another country where mantel could be helping out, 2 story lines(one a mantel trooper in a different country and one of shane), customizable armor for online, more weapons, 32+ player online for nice big battles, way smarter AI...and thats about it from me cuz i cant think of much else...but i expect a Haze 2
Billy Riddick wrote at 17:29 on 07 June 2008

What makes games such as Halo such a legend, infact I would say Halo 2 is the est Ive ever played. Simply from my point of view what made it good is:

The in game soundtrack

The characters emotions.

In all Halo games (using as a comparison of a great FPS) when there is a large important final fight there is an excilletating sound track played while the fight goes on. Some orchastra and some xtreme rock. This all adds to the effect the game has on its player. It shows the gamer the importance of this level and good background music helps this. It would be brilliant if Haze could figure a GOOD soundtrack just like Halos.

The emotions in Halo also make it a brilliant game series. When something bad happens, you get annoyed and want to slice the balls off the person who done this, where as in HAZE, it just, simply goes on as a macho man reading a book in a monotone. Theres no sense of emphasis or emotion from characters, and if the characters dont show emotion then will the player? ITS ALL ABOUT BRINGING THE PLAYER INTO THE GAME.

We really rely, (well i am) on HAZE to be the HALO of the PS3. We need a game that can say GET THE PS3 for this game. The only reason i would get an xbox is for halo, but i truly like the ps3 better and thts why i got one. So please Free Radical, give us a game that rips the grains out of microsofts coffee.
Billy Riddick wrote at 17:37 on 07 June 2008

Also remember that this is only HAZE one. Halo 1 is nothing compared too halo 2.
So we can give HAZE another chance. If they fail on the second game, i will be extremely disappointed and snap the game in half. if the pass, i will be extremely pleased and play it all the time.

:D