Not what was expected, but fun and entertaining none the less; however, it'sbetter than the critics say.

User Rating: 7.5 | Haze PS3
I have played the game for about 5 hours and I must say that I am very pleased with this game overall. It is no COD 4, but it is still a fun FPS with a lot of multiplayer value. There are complaints about the story and the characters, but if you truly understand Haze and get into the right mindset of what Nectar does to a person then the story is rather interesting. Nectar makes one overconfident and feel invincible. The game does a nice job of showing the difference between Mantel troops who have been on Nectar for a long time and are "over confident aplha males" and you, Shane Carpenter (spelling). The game is better than the critics state.

In terms of graphics it isn't the most impressive game, but the smooth gameplay and gun mechanics makes up for this flaw. Free Radical is very good at making the shooting mechanics of a game work flawlessly and they did this in Haze.

Multiplayer is fantastic. There is no lag and it works flawlessly. Online co-op is genius for the campaign and the actual mutliplayer is even better.

Overall, if you bought into all the hype about the game and find the concept of Nectar and the Promise Hand interesting I say go for it and get the game. You never know if you will like a game until you play it yourself. The multiplayer is very fun and I think the game is very entertaining and re-playable overall.