Quite a Haze Indeed

I like to fancy myself as being a hardcore gamer. Anyone who knows me also knows I love the PlayStation. Ever since the PS1, I've been on the Sony bandwagon. That's not to say all other systems suck. I'm not a fanboy by any stretch of the imagination. I guess it's more of a sentimental thing that I've come to have with the Sony brand. Whenever there's a new game coming over the horizon for the PS3, I usually know a little something about it. We've gotten so much information about Littlebigplanet, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Motorstorm 2, and MGS 4 it's hard to ignore. The one thing I've always been puzzled about, is the supposed hype for the newly release FPS game Haze.

Haze apparently was supposed to be this monumental PS3 title that was going to blow everyone away. It was delayed more than once because it had to be absolutely perfect before release. Oddly enough, I really didn't hear too much about the game unless it was being delayed. I read a lot of gaming blogs, sites, and press releases several times day, and no one was talking about Haze in detail. If they were, it was one of those stories that was pushed to the bottom of the page so fast, you didn't get chance to read about it. Even so, there are other ways to get the hype machine moving.

To me it seemed like the guys who were in charge in getting the word out about Haze were sitting in a room going,"Man this game is going to be great. It's going to be one of the break out titles for us in the Spring. Let's see what are we forgetting about... Oh crap, promotions!" I never saw a single commercial for this game. Now I understand that not every game gets a tv spot, but this is a PS3 exclusive title. One that was supposed to be great. I saw that TimeShift commercial dozens of times, and that game was just kind of mediocre (yeah I bought it on sale).

What happened? Now it's getting not so hot scores from every major outlet. I just don't know. If there was a case of someone dropping the ball, this is it. Ok, that was a rant I know. I'll try not to do that anymore in the future. I'll stick to a more professional line of delivery from now on. But hey, we all have to vent some way right?