Haze

Intense gameplay, gripping campaign, distinct multiplayer factions

Lacklustre graphics, limited multiplayer modes

The graphics and multiplayer modes are a let-down, especially considering Haze's excellent narrative. There is enough to the game to provide some entertainment, but it won't keep you coming back time after time.

Using Nectar produces one of the game's nicer visual effects - blurred vision, glowing enemies and distorted colours - but its impact is fairly minimal. You can see enemies better, you can sense the impact zones of grenades, you heal faster and your...

The bottomline – if you haven’t guessed by now – is that Haze is a terrible game. There are times (that by the way you can count on your fingertips) when the game’s fun to play, but just as you start to think "hey this game’s not all that bad", it...

The few unique elements, such as being able to use Nectar as aMantel soldier or create Nectar grenades and "play dead" as arebel, are not enough to elevate the campaign to must-play status,although they do also help enliven the serviceable 16-player...