Analyzing Free Radical's Final Game - Haze

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[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Thanks to all of you that watched me struggle through this awful game. I probably would have gone crazy without you! haha. If you want to come hang out for resistance 3 then give a follow to my twitch! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon

[@dru4111]

JarekTheGamingDragon I’m gonna be completely honest with you, I kind of enjoy this game, I mean it isn’t perfect but its ok for an afternoon.

[@DrQuagmire1]

i'm gonna admit, that part of your review at the 9:40 mark was pure comedy gold

[@davidpeep6506]

R u gunna show off the guns

[@InconsistentManner]

you didn't mention this game was supposed to be on the playstation 2, xbox, and pc before the redesign made it a Playstation 3 exclusive. You did mention it was supposed to be on xbox 360 and pc in its current form but this is one of those games that was completely redesigned over halfway through development. iot is a lesson on HOW NOT TO DO game design.

[@hudsonsirheshicks2653]

Life. It’s short. Watching people play games. Hard pass lol

[@Jazz-dh2ds]

At least it's PSN avatar is pretty cool

[@TheHalfLeft]

Generic AF

[@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH]

Yeah..if you wanna look like 90% of the players lmao

[@Jazz-dh2ds]

@@TheHalfLeft people want to use cool Avatars, can't blame them yo

[@danr8267]

I always wondered where it was from

[@daddyfaceonthebeat505]

Lmao I felt this comment on a spiritual level. Literally 80% of my PS3 friends had that shit

[@nopushbutton]

An FPS that takes away game mechanics as you progress? I... uh... hm

[@hereditarysedentary6812]

Its Shane swapping sides, getting off the drugs, basically a recovery story. Dude gets off drugs, druggie friends try to kill him, he joins the underequipped clean guys and has to perservere

[@bosniaforever]

That honestly sounds like a cool concept

[@hereditarysedentary6812]

@Channel07 just lying prone must have been an invincibility

[@Bull_10RR]

You actually get access to more guerrilla type stuff, you can plant booby traps, enhance grenades with nectar devices, pick up ammo from dead bodies, roll forwards to dodge, play dead till the enemy is past then strike from behind.. Etc it was actually a very cool game back then, but by today's standards is a different story

[@phoenixmarktwo]

@@hereditarysedentary6812 Would have been better if Shane occasionally had withdrawl symptoms/relapses during cutscenes, for story purposes.

[@ethanevenson3855]

As someone in the military, some of that dialogue is absurdly accurate.

[@gravellergear4703]

Haha, I guess the complaints in this review about the dialogue is irrelevant then lol

[@seandevine5836]

Not something to be proud of

[@RedBonkleMan8534]

Lemme guess, infantry?

[@ethanevenson3855]

arty

[@nlrenzo9432]

Which nation?:0

[@Dang_Ol_Username]

Shout out to the random Gamestop rep who recommended this game to me when i was in middle school. "Have you ever played any Time Splitter games?" *Happily nods head* "Well...."

[@cowboi61]

This game was amazing for an 11 year old who had 3 games and no internet

[@Sirrizz]

Preach

[@xxfreereconxx8859]

Facts

[@soullessSiIence]

God, I felt so bad just by reading this. Because I can imagine kids actually having this garbage being gifted by ignorant parents.

[@bubblebeep1592]

I played it as a 11 year old with 3 games and no internet and still hated it, I don't even think I finished it

[@cowboi61]

@@bubblebeep1592 sounds like someone hasn't had their daily nectar dose

[@Vladiator]

Woooow, the potential this game had based on it's concept. Imagine starting the game on Nectar, starting out as a power fantasy with it. And then when you switch sides, you get off Nectar and are more vulnerable and lack it's abilities. It becomes harder and more about Guerilla warfare from there "using nectar against them". Or at least swap sides ala classic Call of Duty. I want a Haze successor and I'm being serious.

[@j3e125]

Exactly. The first part would allow you to play as an OP super soldier similar to Halo or Titanfall. It’s more focused on offensive, fast paced shooting where your abilities support the gameplay mechanics. The downside to this is the dependency on nectar, and your character needs a cool down and is vulnerable when not using nectar. The second half would take away some of your super-abilities, and turn the combat into human vs superhuman shooting where you fight against competent enemies that aren’t bullet sponges but have the ability and intelligence to pose a threat. In abscence of nectar, you won’t have any penalties and it allows your raw skills to interact with the gameplay.

[@coffee7180]

Their is even on Netflix a black mirror episode like that.

[@lytheus69]

@@coffee7180 which episode because i don't remember one being like that

[@ComicWriter-ml3qt]

Vladiator there are games that have done that sort of thing where you start with it all but then something happens where you lose it all. Castlevania symphony of the night has the grim reaper steal yo shit, Yakuza Kiwami has the time skip where you stay in prison for 10 years God of war 3 (although to a lesser extent) has you lose all of your health and magic upgrades

[@european-one]

I liked the game, but: The plot was weak, The game only took about 5 hours to complete..., As he said, so much of the maps felt so empty. The ones where you had to drive felt like a pre alpha showcase. It seems they spent all their money in marketing because this game was plastered everywhere for about 6 months before launch. An excellent concept with fun mechanics, but very poorly fleshed out. I'd be all for it being bought for a couple hundred bucks and rebooted

[@Larry]

Ah dude, if only you could have experienced the multiplayer too, the glitches were downright hilarious. Like the tank models would never spawn in, so you'd see a bunch of characters flying around.

[@AtariBorn]

The sad truth is that the only Halo killer that ever existed was Halo 4

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Technically, the downfall started with Reach. Reach's MP entirely killed the competitive scene and had so many elements that did not belong in Halo. Halo 4 simply started where reach left off.

[@stardust_2339]

JarekTheGamingDragon this a hundred billion times Jarek. I facepalm whenever I see someone saying that Reach was objectively the best Halo game. Most content rich? Yes. However the gameplay is utterly broken thanks to AAs, DMR, damage bleed trough etc etc.

[@MerlautJones]

Halo 4's the only Halo I actually liked...

[@AtariBorn]

@@MerlautJones It was a decent game. But for me, it was about Co-op and multiplayer in Halo and that was completely broken in Halo 4.

[@stolenname94]

@@Jarekthegamingdragon see I felt the opposite. Don't get me wrong it took a while to live with armour ability I hated that shit. However swat and big team battle were fantastic and the progression system was even better. You could tell the skill of a player purely based on there cosmetics because gear took real time and effort to get. The only game in recent memory that done it well was doom 2016 I loved customising on that game!

[@TGSAnime]

I remember when the ps3 was first announced. I remember in a PlayStation magazine there where screenshots for Haze. It looked awesome. Some Time later a trailer on a DVD came out in a later issue and the trailer was awesome too. “Fight the good fight” I still remember it to this day. PS3 came out with Motorstorm and resistance fall of man, to me that was my first next gem experience and I was blown away. Then the day came, haze was released. And it was trash, took it back to Game less than a week later. Thought I’d share a snippet from my past on Haze with all of you 😅

[@Totemparadox]

Jarek's channel has huge nostalgia vibes for me. I never played Haze, but like you said. It was EVERYWHERE... untill it wasn't.

[@saryebread7708]

The soldiers sound like the guys from Republican Space Rangers in GTA V

[@MoskHotel]

They sound like the US soldiers from the Vietnam War era. (Or American War, if your Vietnamese.)

[@MoskHotel]

Viper gaming Can you even get high on Crayon? I never tried eating or even snorting Crayon.

[@MoskHotel]

Viper gaming I knew a classmate at a primary school who says that Mario 65 exists. He ate glue.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

That's pretty much the joke behind RSR.

[@MoskHotel]

Sugewin A lot of U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War used super glue as a drug to fuel up their sense, but really, it made them fucking insane.

[@soap9277]

4:19 why tf this boi sound like a South Park character

[@mricardo96]

Perfect

[@bigmclargehuge8219]

Jesus. It genuinely sounds like a South Park character.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

If I heard that without the video, I would have thought it was from South Park.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

I can see it.

[@SpecShadow]

14:44 he sounds like the guy from "Who killed Captain Alex" masterpiece "Action is coming!"

[@JoninJordan]

*HALLO*

[@autisticpain1960]

I'm probably the only person that actually enjoyed playing this game The Mantel Soldiers were cool but it sucks that you only play as them for only like 3 missions

[@Wehrmicel]

This was one of my favorite game. playing it again and again in coop

[@zab6124]

One of my first ps3 games. I like it still

[@piergiorgiocaroli9201]

Actually 2. The third one you switch sides and kill only twi enemies so it doesn't count.

[@TheDiepzone]

Yoooo was looking for you, I'm the other person that like this game *high five*. I enjoyed playing with the nectar and the multiplayer was one of the few that had objective based mode when all the other games were doing the regular team deathmatch, capture bases etc.

[@dontori3534]

Bro I loved this game fuck these haters. I had so many klans that shit was dope

[@bimss7969]

Can we get an F in the chat for battlefront 3?

[@austin5321]

F for battlefront 4?

[@Lexie_Tyler05]

F

[@bimss7969]

J.C. Denton the original BF3, it got canceled when it was almost done

[@dontuseyourcellulardata7599]

F

[@MohitKumar-jf8lz]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFF FFF FFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFF FFF FFF FFF

[@WTFisTingispingis]

It's so weird how this game was hyped up to be a Halo-killer, yet now I can barely find anyone who talks about it. It just came and went.

[@AzraelGFG]

just like most games titled to be a halo killer

[@bovinleephann]

@@AzraelGFG Haze, Killzone, what else?

[@Grom-rl8bm]

@@bovinleephann was Lost Planet supposed to be a Halo killer? I'd take a new Lost Planet over Halo 6 tbh

[@rodrigof.r.desouza3587]

@@Grom-rl8bm I don't think, so, because they're different subgenres of shooters (Halo - FPS; Lost Planet - TPS), but maybe in the multiplayer side of the things. If anything, Lost Planet seemed to be a competitor of sorts to Gears of War, despite being released before IIRC. I remember LP2 aiming to be this, despite having GoW characters in the 360 version, though.

[@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH]

@@bovinleephann i'll take killzone anyday over halo. Sorry fam, its just, killzone feels more brutal

[@DarksydePhilip]

Oh the memories. I played this game so much when I was younger. I always melee'd those yellow/black guys in the back and made them go crazy. The other guys could fake their death.

[@Themanwithn0eyes]

9:43 - Jarek just channeled the AVGN. Hey someone was bound to say that.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Angry gamer moment

[@gennoble6934]

@@Jarekthegamingdragon Actually is Haze technically old enough for the nerd to review? The newest game that he reviewed was sonic 06 which released in well, 2006. 2 or maybe even 1 year(s) before haze. (don't know the exact release date tho.)

[@ironraccoon3536]

Those weapon animations actually look pretty great.

[@MoskHotel]

Iron Raccoon What’s good about the Haze: Most of the story aspects The weapons Mantel and Promise Hand The nectar mechanic The swamp level Nectar withdrawals “Skin Coat The mantel soldier designs The multiplayer What’s bad: Most of the characters Most of the dialogue The default controls The ending The final boss Overly rated concepts Badly aged graphics

[@Babybarschalarm]

I honestly have no idea what you mean, because they look average to bad at BEST. The pistol and assault rifle in particular are janky and simplistic. If you want ACTUALLY good reload animations look at Call of Duty (for the time) and in the future, Killing Floor 2, Titanfall 1 and 2, Insurgency, and Payday 2. Hell my bf animates better.

[@ironraccoon3536]

@@Babybarschalarm I've seen those. Those are leagues away from this game, but i still think some of them (the sniper rifle in particular) are pretty well animated.

[@Babybarschalarm]

@@ironraccoon3536 I don't know. I still didn't like what it wasn't terrible per-se, but it was still very "keyframey" and choppy. It looks amateurish, but I guess that was the state of things at the time, for some reason.

[@ironraccoon3536]

@@Babybarschalarm After watching the Gun Showcase which just came out, i have come to the conclusion that my eyes are unreliable and should not be trusted. These animations look like ass.

[@DangerVille]

Wait... the plot of this sounds almost identical to the Black Mirror Episode ‘Men Against Fire’

[@squigin3380]

That was a good episode.

[@Brandon-rb4sm]

Legit what I thought immediately!

[@Reyma777]

I would say that Haze did outright kill Free Radical. Apparently, Lucas Arts pulled funding for Battlefront 3 from Free Radical due to the poor quality and reception of Haze.

[@chemergency]

Ah yes, Haze... the game that not only put Free Radical out of business but also led to Battlefront III's cancellation... which led to the Star Wars brand becoming weak and thus sold to Disney who wrought Episode VIII upon us and then sold the rights to EA where they made a despicable, greedy perversion of what Battlefront III could have been. From the bottom of my heart, fuck this game. Fuck it to Hell, fuck it to oblivion, fuck it to damnation of mankind!

[@clonecam117thefilthycasual6]

Yeah no I'm sorry but Battlefront 3 wasn't the reason Star Wars was sold. That is PEAK retardation.

[@Kywool2K]

We're reaching retardation levels that shouldn't be possible.

[@5897932141592653]

It still hurts to know we will never get a new TimeSplitters game :'(

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

THQ Nordic just bought the rights, they could be planning something

[@not_ryuka]

timesplitters rewind just had an update

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

@@not_ryuka And it looks so glorious

[@DiddyHop]

Koch Media own the rights to Timesplitters now. Koch media own THQ Nordic, but most importantly they own Deep Silver. Deep silver own Dambuster games AKA Free radical. just saying, dont be too sure

[@5897932141592653]

@@TheT3rr0rMask I'm thinking about it this way : I'm expecting nothing anymore, the franchise is dead in my heart. This way, if something ever were to be announced, it would be an excellent surprise.

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

I bought Haze around 2016 or 2017 thinking "i beat Turning Point Fall of Liberty, how bad could this be?" I played an hour or so and haven't gone back.

[@-Lola.]

Damn, I have both those games fml

[@TheLuw1997]

I remember first getting my PS3 and THIS was almost my first game. It was between this and Resistance 2 and thank god the guy working there told me not to get this. But I completely forgot it existed until this video came up in my suggested.

[@TheLuw1997]

@DuoDudes Nope. They were just there for cheap when I got it. I bought it to play Uncharted 2.

[@mlgprussian7115]

Anyone else only knows this game from the PS profile pick?

[@C0T0HA]

I'd like to take this opportunity to encourage people to try Homefront: The Revolution, which is the last game Dambuster made thus far. It was so shat on by reviews at launch that I completely dismissed it until I bought it for a fraction of the price last year. It's bloody great! Somewhat buggy and unfinished in some aspects due to development hell, but they apparently fixed whatever was so severely broken on launch. It's amazing, please give it a try and support the studio.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I can second this. I played it quite a while after launch. It's not a revolutionary title but it plays some what like a Far Cry game in a big city. All the launch issues were fixed, game doesn't crash, frame rate is fine, much better now a days.

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

I bought it around its release. I read a review or two and thought "it can't be that bad." Its now one of my favorite games.

[@C0T0HA]

@@glucosaminecondroitan9135 What made it even better for me is the customizable HUD. Disabling the minimap, 3D spotting and crosshair/hitmarkers makes it MUCH more immersive and introduces some cat&mouse gameplay where you have to actually watch and listen for the KPA to avoid and engage them effectively.

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

@@C0T0HA i didn't know that about the HUD. I may play with minimap turned off. Far Cry 2 and Metro Exodus kick ass because they don't have a minimaps.

[@bornindisorder151]

I bought it on PS4 for like 10 bucks, but simply wasn't able to play it due to its horrible FOV on consoles. Everything looked kinda "zoomed in" and it gave me a headache.

[@ДебелиТабаџија]

Tbh plot had so much potential, i really like concept of it

[@snuchersen6507]

Remember your promise to merino

[@SneekiCubone]

god dammit dont start lel

[@paraclonebasedtrooper8225]

wait HAZE is the reason why battlefront 3 got cancelled?

[@JustSkram]

No, if I recall I believe EA was just not pleased with the product they were shown or due to not making their deadline

[@masterzoroark6664]

Aside from the story, concept of basiically supersoldier getting damaged and loosing acces to the drug that made him super is interesting. Like, being forced from the power position, withdrawal, seeing what life looks outside of "the haze". Just story about guy finally getting clean and fighting to don't fall back into this haze

[@contrabandresearch8409]

Bad games like Haze are the ones that truly need remakes.

[@SilentS0lid]

Or we could just forget this one and play new better games instead.

[@dieselmaceln2071]

@@SilentS0lid Or, we can actually try to make games like Haze into those new, better games. See, all of the new games I played, except for RDR2 sucked. I remember having so much fun on Haze's multiplayer, and a well deserved reboot with better graphics, better controls, better dialogue and some changes to the story would make this game the 'Halo' Killer it was intended to be.

[@SilentS0lid]

No Point remaking a game with no redeeming qualities to begin with. And it would sell like poo too. We dont have to remake everything.

[@thedopepineapple9917]

@@SilentS0lid nah I wouldn't agree with you on that. Haze had a lot of potential. If you've ever played the game you'd understand. Haze will see the light again

[@theelite5135]

I mean there is no point in being a halo killer now a days it’s not as popular as of now sadly

[@Scotty-2-Shotty]

I really appreciate the history that you bring to the table anytime you do an analysis, I learned so much about this game watching this video and have researched it several times over the past decade or so and nothing even scratched the surface of this.

[@coffee0093]

I dont know why, but this game reminds me of Timeshift, but I remember Timeshift being fun.

[@hellhathnofurylikeapuppets2793]

Yeah. Good memories.

[@AzysAnimzimr]

They actually hire Korn to advertise this shit, even have a song "Haze"

[@01100101011100100111]

I remember in Future Perfect they had vehicles. Which never felt fully fleshed out to me, because there wasn't really anything that made driving fun. I don't even think the person riding passenger could shoot. I also remember hearing the Timesplitters game after Future Perfect got rejected because "they couldn't figure out who the main character was supposed to be".

[@wbblueye1387]

They made the good Timesplitters Series :( So sad that this Studio is dead. Timesplitters is still one of my favorite game series.

[@pancholopez8829]

I think THQ Nordic saved the IP. So maybe a remaster collection.

[@pokEmaniac41]

It seems that it could be possible for Dambuster to be able to make a new TimeSplitters game considering that Deep Silver/ Koch Media had Dambuster and THQnordic now has them and that IP.

[@bovinleephann]

Dambuster's been really quiet as of late... as they likely should be after Homefront's poor reception. (I actually like that game though)

[@matthewsteenmusic6583]

They closed down

[@Joylock]

Funnily enough, Haze seems to be the PS3-exclusive FPS that runs best on the PC. A sixaxis controller is mandatory for Killzone 2 and it runs poorly (~15-20 fps), Killzone 3 just runs poorly (~15-20 fps) and has busted audio, and while the Resistance series works decently the game logic breaks above 60 fps. Haze runs completely fine at 1440p 120 hz/fps. Ain't that a kick in the head? Also funny, the Mantel gameplay really reminds me of playing a Veteran Sharpshooter in Darktide. Disclaimer: I have a PS3 and the original discs, and after 10 years I bought a specific encoded blu-ray drive specifically to play the discs on PC because the PC is my primary platform.

[@NotSoKevin1]

My sister got me this game for my birthday, haven't talked to her since.

[@RedBonkleMan8534]

Oof

[@jackietang3789]

I remember thinking this game was actually decent or good back in the day despite all the negativity but then again I was like 7-8 at the time.., seeing it now 11 years later makes me realize the reviews were right all along and how glad I was to have never picked it up.

[@ThatTallGuy2601]

I really enjoyed this game when it came out, that said I only had this, Turok and cod4 but no internet and I think AC1 at the time so my options were limited. I go back to it every now and then because them first few levels in the rainforest are still good but yeah now I see how bad the game was even for that time.

[@Gruntvc]

Turok 2008 was better than Haze and was not pushed as a Halo Killer...

[@brawler5760]

@@Gruntvc That’s because any game that is marketed as the Halo killer is destined to be either mediocre and boring, or downright horrendous.

[@ItIsInFactMe]

Every time I see Free Radical, I always think back to the original Star Wars Battlefront 3 that was never finished.

[@Lixidros]

The only thing I really enjoyed about this game was the multiplayer. Loved playing as the rebels (whatever they were called) as you could "play dead" after being "killed" and bury grenades in the floor.

[@ragingfred]

I might be the only one who liked sixaxis controls. Sometimes they were even done right. In Resistance 1 Multiplayer [ :) ] you could tilt the controller left or right to display the scoreboard and map so you can see that stuff while keeping your fingers free. That was a nice touch.

[@lasersauceretroarchives6544]

Wow this game! I remember they tried to compare this one to Crysis in some gaming site forum. They said this is gonna be miles better than Crysis " I MEAN LOOK AT THE HDR!!!" lmfao those were the days.

[@tskwared667]

I remember seeing the box art in a game informer issue in like 2007 I think and think that the design looked pretty cool and then literally never heard about this game again till now. I didn't even know it's name I just recognized the thumbnail for this video.

[@favGModplz]

Haze was one of my favorite games ever made

[@capedcrusaderbatman]

You are mentally ill

[@Brandon-rb4sm]

This could’ve been a really good and original game, it’s premise is literally a Black Mirror episode

[@KPG_33]

My cousin actually made some tracks for this game under the artist June25th

[@Themanwithn0eyes]

What caught my attention on this game was because of KoRn (yes I am a fan) doing a song for this and I was thinking of trying this but after hearing about it it discouraged me to play it and seeing your review, I definitely won't be playing this any time soon.

[@rodrigof.r.desouza3587]

I remember that song. Loved it back then. In the end, the song is actually way better than the game, TBH.

[@thecircleoft.e.d2121]

I remember the advertisement of the game (just a short tv ad) making this game look way better; I was thinking it was maybe a sort of post apocalyptic shooter where you played in a dark world with brutal combat (hence the broken visor box art). But wow, when I looked into it years later, I was shocked by how off I was on that; my idea sounded at least better.

[@Sirrizz]

Say what you want but the flashbacks you get of the guy screaming in the swamp scared the fucking shit out of me when i was a kid.

[@rodrigof.r.desouza3587]

After the reveal trailer back in the last decade, I (myself in my teens) was kinda hyped to play this game when it was announced as a multiplatform ( I was expecting it to be on PC). I also kinda liked the "theme song" made by Korn back then (it appeared as a bonus track on that self-titled album of them in 2007). Many years later, I'm so glad I never got my hands on this game. 🤣

[@StevenSenile]

My friend was talking about this game the other day... I thought he was talking about purple Haze

[@ThePerro]

Mimiyo that pretty much sums up the game perfectly. "Haze? You mean Purple Haze?"

[@shonthacreator6146]

You mean the song written by Jimi Hendrix

[@niespeludo]

I know I'm old when current KZbinrs talk about games I remember being hyped. I remember this pre COD4 era/ "Halo Killer" era that happened back then.

[@floofyasuka]

We've all seen one person on Playstation who had a Haze avatar and they probably never played it

[@HazmanFTW]

My friend had Haze, I remember it was fun playing the multiplayer with him. We mainly played resistance tho.

[@Childishxmarkeeloo]

The fact that you can find Ubisoft’s videos on this game but not on their page because they’re age restricted. Guess ubi wants to forget about this

[@bempoh]

Remember buying this from a games shop and came home opened up the case with nothing in it xD

[@Nostradankus]

I just realised that both Haze and MGS4, games that released only about a month from each other, both have plot points about administering soldiers with a substance (Nectar/Nanomachines) that make them not experience the horrors of war.

[@LumiRockets]

As someone who enjoyed HAZE well enough for being a pretty standard FPS when sometimes that's all I want: You still hit the nail on the head. This game deserved all the mixed to bad reviews it got. I enjoy it because of and in spite of the playable B-movie that it is.

[@The_Novu]

The yellow guys guns looked cool at least. I was a very simple child.

[@renewed_mind7773]

I remember when the demo first came out. We beat the mission so many times, players basically created their own deathmatch and started killing each other at the start of the mission. Pretty ok game with a short lifespan

[@a0001521]

I remembered back when magazines were hyping this game up. Can't believe I fell for that

[@HiCZoK]

Gears of war and halo 3. Early 360 was something else. Lost planet, dead rising, the darkness. Just first 2 years

[@therealpizzagirl]

The Darkness was such a good game. Don't forget Saints Row 1 or Condemned 1 either.

[@icemaster9728]

"Bring it on, bad guys." 10/10 writing.

[@slimebuck]

omfg I remember picking this game up thinking "OMFG timesplitters devs made another shooter!".... Got home... =(

[@felman87]

If all the bodies disappear when dead then wouldn't the soldiers be tripping over corpses they can't see?

[@ECWmanrules2528]

bruh ive had playstation all my life but when i hear HALO 3, i still get chills

[@ArcturusOTE]

We would've had Battlefront III if it wasn't for this forest fire

[@MrKaprione]

I'm really into your content...keep up the great work!

[@Tryforlive.]

This video just reminded me of waiting in a 3 hour line for halo 3 cause the only other gamestore in the area was getting renovated good times

[@DooMedSean]

Always knew about this game but never got the chance to play it back in the PS3 days. Awhile ago I was watching Gmanlives videos and came across his video on Haze and it reminded me i missed this one, even though it wasn't the best. So I bought a brand new copy on Amazon and just recently got it in the mail. I love the ideas in the game and honestly I have a soft spot for mediocre to bad fps games so that's why I bought it. I'm excited to play this and don't expect it to be some super amazing fps game, I know it's going to be laughably goofy...like I said I can look past these things and still have a good time. I don't hold judgement on some games cause there's not really a legacy to hold expectations towards...such as this one, it's a single entry, so I'll take it for what it is.

[@LDFrost117]

Haze almost escaped being known as Free Radical's "last game"... and then the Embracer Group did their thing

[@angelvaldez9002]

This is why you never interrupt your games development progress

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

My favorite bit is that gaming magazines all spoiled the twist. What could have been an interesting concept was just immediately told to everyone outright.

[@tomg5187]

7:03 these “drab” looking games to me look like the games you see teenagers playing in rubbish daytime TV shows where they haven’t got permission to play call of duty so they just get some random stock footage of a shooter for the kid to play in the background of the shot 😂 We call these types of shows “the soaps” in the uk 😂😅 Thanks bro! Love your content, I’m going to use my amazon subscription on your channel for twitch! Cheers dude :-D

[@poultriarchy]

Was trying to figure out if this was the same channel that did all those great rivals highlight videos, colour me impressed! Feeling like I got a huge fucking bargain subscribing to you

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I am indeed the same person! I've been doing this since before rivals came out. I actually still make the rivals highlight vids for the devs but now a days they are posted on the official Rivals of aether youtube channel.

[@poultriarchy]

JarekTheGamingDragon had no idea! Glad to have some stuff to backtrack through, looking forward to whatever you get up to next dude!

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

@@poultriarchy Yea, shooters are actually my main genre. Rivals is an odd exception to that. I'm still heavily invested in the rivals scene, in fact I run Portland's locals but I just love shooters.

[@poultriarchy]

JarekTheGamingDragon damn dude, that’s sick! Definitely an odd exception but I’m not complaining (as someone who’s also more of a shooter fan than anything but has a heart for Rivals and Melee). Wish our Rivals scene was bigger in Australia. Cheers for the replies, you’ll be seeing me around!

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

Hah, unfortunately aus is a bit secluded but at least it's there! I played melee growing up, got involved with competitive smash with PM, fully swapped to rivals when PM started dying, and now mainly just play rivals and slap city.

[@ShootAUT]

I think I had successfully erased the part of my memory that associated that game with Free Radical, like I didn't want it to be true.

[@lukaswilliams83]

All I remember is the Song Korn made for the game.

[@cyborgparrot1996]

I hope Dambuster Studios makes another FPS as awesome as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and TimeSplitters.

[@Regret2001]

So this was the "halo killer"

[@Gruntvc]

So was Killzone, Warhammer 40k Fire Warrior, etc. Funny that Halo ended up killing itself. Better said that 343 killed it...

[@benjaminmuratore9341]

"Last game" no more! Not only has Free Radical just been reformed, but there's an official new Timesplitters game in development!

[@pchtommy1268]

This map at 6:25 reminds me of miami vice game on psp

[@las10plagas]

NO WAY! haze is from 2008? damn, time flies.

[@oliviamoose9641]

I played this when I was 16, used my 1st paycheck at my part time job. Mom took me to get it, got home, and like 30 minutes in, I was super pissed that I spent my money. I beat the game and took it back.

[@zombieeibmoz747]

i liked the multiplayer

[@MJCampy100]

zombie eibmoz that’s all I played it for. It was actually really satisfying to get kills with the snipers in this.

[@ralphclink379]

The objective game modes were very unique!

[@Tyler-uc4ye]

@JarekTheGamingDragon some one at the old free ratical studios that has access to Battlefront 3, they should just put it up on Pirate Bay and just tell some people under dummy accounts. Let the community have the battlefront 3, source code, assets, and all.

[@A-VeryJudgemental-Guy]

What was that game where you fought against dinosaurs and people in the jungle and you got to use this really cool futuristic looking compound bow

[@anthonymaslow798]

Turok?

[@firemaker1258]

This is literally just the Black Mirror episode “Men Against Fire”. The episode has a really similar plot.

[@HarryBerry316]

Ok captain obvious

[@scroogemccuck985]

The dialogue and voice acting are hilarious

[@nlamha5316]

Man why does this channel have more subscribers

[@chadmiller7876]

I was an Assistant manager(ASM) at GameStop back when this came out. I can still remember the hype over this game and the Sony diehards rushing in to pre-order it while saying things like "this is the Halo killer!" "This game is the PlayStation's answer to Halo" yadada... I had both systems but mainly used my ps3 as a blu-ray player and to play God of War and Uncharted. I had a young guy who would constantly tell people to buy a ps3 instead of a 360 and I would constantly have to tell him not to be so biased. After Haze released he still defended it despite the horrible reviews and the line of people trading it in on the same day it released lol. We would give him hell so bad over how he hyped it up to be the best game ever. Then one day the inevitable happened. I was in back and heard a guy screaming and cussing so I intervened. The guy said "this little twerp recommended this game to me as better than Halo, then after I buy the POS I come back and he says that since he sold me a new copy, all he can do is give me $20 trade in credit !" I had to tell the guy that the policy was new opened games cant be refunded usually , but since it was such a bad game I would make an exception and let him exchange it for another game or get a gift card . He was fine with that and before leaving he said the employee who recommended he buy Haze, was never allowed to talk or wait on him again !!!! Well thats my memory of Haze's very disappointing launch. Even as shitty as I thought it was at time, I'd love to go back to being in my early 20's as a manager at GameStop . I really miss those days. The quality and amount of games released was just so much better IMO. Despite Haze sucking I'm glad developers at least took the chance, unlike today..

[@haiwin224]

I want to say Mantel is supposed to be a pharmaceutical company that has it's own paramilitary wing. Truly groundbreaking never been done before... Umbrella Corporation? Never heard of them.

[@puertorricanboy1]

I was interested in this game when it came out. Thought i was being smart by trading a friend a crappy game i had for this. Little did I know he was doing the same with this game.

[@dallasray225]

The online was actually really good for the time. Also the nectar sults have a valve on the back which if hit will overdose the player causing them to accidentally kill teammates. And the rebels had a play dead thing as their "special ability". Its sad that online is probably shut down by now makes me feel old but back in the day it had full lobbys.

[@jacobleukus6930]

You should so a video on Blacksite Area 51. its a very... interesting FPS. Turning Point Fall of Liberty is interesting too. this video reminds me of those games. And great video!

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I already made a video on the original Area 51. Blacksite was sort of a sequel and it's aaawful. I'm not sure I want to put myself to that. lol

[@jacobleukus6930]

I’ll check that one out and yeah.... really can’t blame you there it’s a rough one and Turning Point is worse if you haven’t played it. It’s like the new Wolfenstine reboots but well really bad

[@stehilton35]

Halo killer: Halo 4 Free Radical killer: Haze

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

TL;DR This game saw Crysis in 2007 and tried to be Crysis without being Crysis.

[@vermin4275]

You see the joke is that these guys made this before Crysis.

[@mrratchet]

@@vermin4275 Wha? Crysis was 2007, Haze was 2008. Not sure what you're trying to imply here?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

simultaneous development