A New Kind of Shooter - article

[deded999]

A New Kind of Shooter

It's relatively common, even expected, for a movie or book to emotionally engage us, but arguably a foreign feature to gaming. This may not be the most obvious starting point for a look at Haze, Free Radical's showpiece all-format FPS: but Haze may just be a new starting point for the FPS and action games in general.

A four-page article from Next-Generation: Link (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6047&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=0)

This is actually the Edge article quoted from here a month ago, but anyone who doesn't get Edge won't have seen it.

[deded999]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">A New Kind of Shooter

It's relatively common, even expected, for a movie or book to emotionally engage us, but arguably a foreign feature to gaming. This may not be the most obvious starting point for a look at Haze, Free Radical's showpiece all-format FPS: but Haze may just be a new starting point for the FPS and action games in general. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

A four-page article from Next-Generation: Link (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6047&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=0)

This is actually the Edge article quoted from here a month ago, but anyone who doesn't get Edge won't have seen it.

[sanderDrost]

good to hear them say its comparison with far - cry is unfair. not that i dont like far - cry but i just like "a new kind of shooter" as they call it.

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[mornelithe]

This game just keeps getting better and better as I read more about it...I want it to have my kids!

Morne

[TerranUp16]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">something that comes into play in Haze's multiplayer modes, where you can play as a Mantel trooper with the double-edged sword of Nectar, or as a less powerful but less bipolar rebel. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That confirms a suspicion of mine.

Edit: And this rules out a suspicion of both mine and a few other forum members'-

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">says Littlewood. "Things aren't binary, you don't suddenly reach a point in the game where you flip your allegiance or anything: it's more complex. Reality is deeper than that, and there are grey areas all the way through."� </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[DeadPool1990]

after reading that article, i now see Haze as more a satire of how the world works than simply a game thats gonna put foot 2 @$$ (even though it will lol) This got me thinking about if in the future there are games that are considered on par with literary master-pieces such as Animal Farm, and that games start to move in a more mature direction, at least sum. Thats what this article made me think of. (flame at will rofl)