Neither does Yescombe, judging by everything I’ve seen on the game, going way back.

A producer at a major UK developer told me recently that they were thinking about hiring an in-house writer, but that all the best talent was freelance, who usually took a lot of persuading (and dosh) to give up their independent status, so, generally, it was the second-raters you would get applying for the job.

LOL

Yeah, I remember that!

‘Our game is so good because the script is 1000 pages long!’

Ha ha!

Like I said then, you know your game is looking crap when one of your USP’s is the length of the script.

That’s just cold.

How I laughed when, not so long ago, they were putting out press releases about the Haze script being 1000 pages long, so….y’know….it must be good then!

So games should just be full of characters you like? Good luck with those interesting stories there. Seriously, the story is not very well scripted but they tried to do something with the plot at the beginning which actually worked and it still gets put down as a “bad” point.

I’m a bit concerned about what this means for future projects from FR. I’ve always liked the Timesplitters games.

I’m not suprised. Sony will be reacting very badly to this. I’ve heard that they can come down very hard on developers when they want to.

Ubisoft are not made of money either.

They have both invested a whole lot of time and no doubt, a lot of money into a 4.5 product, so I’m not suprised at all.

Fixed.

DrDamn:
Oh, they did put me off. Of wanting to play anymore.

The most-touted aspects seem to have fallen flat, and on such a foundation, ushered in the toppling of HAZE’s house of cards.
How they could have screwed up so bad on the technical side, though, I just cannot fathom!

tee hee!

I’m more inclined to think of it as that their decision making process was ‘haphazard’ at best from beginning to end, and was manifested in their crap review score.

Anyway, I think I just asked for too much money in the end, so they must pay crap wages too.

What, you reckon they’ll still be around in a couple of months? I wouldn’t put money on it.

Poor Nekotcha.

I have to laugh.

Only because Free Radical turned me down after having an interview to work on this game about 2 and a half years ago.

But I’m not bitter…

Oh no, I’m not bitter…

Mwahahahahahaa!!!

So it is officially Hazelol yet?

I’m still hoping for solid multiplayer mirth but that wish is beginning to look a bit optimistic.

It is only me or is nectar almost exactly the same as feral abilities in far cry? All helps keep adding to the perception that this is a mish-mash of things…

“Earlier I mentioned the ridiculous commentary from the Mantel Troops, who frequently blather stupid phrases in the middle of battle. The Promise Hand isn’t much better, although they seem stuck with only a few phrases, such as “Remember The Promise” or “Mantel will fall today.” Since the soldiers seem constantly stuck on the same phrases ad nauseum, you’ll find yourself muting most of the game. Shane will also have this effect upon you, although you might scream at the TV because his lines come across so poorly.”

“What’s more, the character of Carpenter doesn’t endear himself to the player, especially because he either whines through sections of missions or seems perpetually lost, making him come across to the player as exceedingly weak and not someone you want to take through the entire game regardless of what happens to him. It doesn’t really help in the middle of battle, when you’re dodging bullets or rockets from your former company, to hear Shane complain about not being sure what to do next.”

Obviously that doesn’t make up for the graphical glitches, dodgy AI etc., but a good script and decent voice acting can elevate any game.