Comments on: Yescombe reponds to IGN Haze review: “MEGAowch”

By: patlike

patlike — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:15:58 +0000

Yeah, I’d be surprised if it made it elsewhere, if I’m being honest. I don’t know why anyone would buy it on 360 in large numbers after this.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:10:16 +0000

A gaggle of bad reviews will be enough to can the 360 and PC versions completely, I would’ve thought. They already sunk more than enough money into the project.

By: OrphanageExplosion

OrphanageExplosion — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:13:11 +0000

Prediction: 360 version out in three months with tons of fixes…

By: deanimate

deanimate — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:43:45 +0000

each to their own i guess. i personally love robs enthusiasm and umph. hope to see him working with more games

By: goon

goon — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:54:17 +0000

“I would say MGS 4, but after reading that interview with Kojima in Edge, it seems as though he is a PS3 hater(although we all know it was lost in translation).”

Yeah, all those advanced previews of MGS4 have really slated it….

By: GordonR

GordonR — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:19:05 +0000

I have to say, it seems very unwise of FRD to use Rob Yescombe as frontman for their PR on this game. He just comes across as an overbearing prat in too many of the Haze promo things I’ve seen.

By: mortiferus

mortiferus — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:39:52 +0000

It is a disappointing release… they had so much time to learn and leapfrog the major players, but they chose not to rock the boat.

By: Axle

Axle — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:39:26 +0000

maybe LittleBig Planet will be the AAA the PS3 needs?

I would say MGS 4, but after reading that interview with Kojima in Edge, it seems as though he is a PS3 hater(although we all know it was lost in translation).

By: ecu

ecu — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:30:35 +0000

Unfortunately for them, it’s not just one bad review, it’s scoring poorly across the board. This is another in a long line of high profile flops for the PS3, but I really didn’t think Haze would be that bad. I thought it would be at least a decent FPS, if nothing special, but it’s just sounding like an all-round poor game. It’s a bit of a shame really, too, since FRD are a good team, and nekotcha has been good to have on EG. They’ve obviously worked really hard at the game, so it’s disappointing to see it fail in such a way.

By: pleasant_cabbage

pleasant_cabbage — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:03:43 +0000

I think he was the script/story writer for haze.

By: DUFFKING

DUFFKING — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:50:10 +0000

Who is this Yescombe fella and why should I know?

By: Whizzo

Whizzo — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:47:12 +0000

A Famitsu FPS score is about as worthless as me rating a JRPG.

By: GordonR

GordonR — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:26:33 +0000

My god, they’re hanging onto those Italian PSM and Famitsu scores like grim death.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:25:19 +0000

GoldenEye got a 2/5 (4/10) from Empire magazine. If you’ve seen that review you’d know that they had clearly not bothered playing the game.

Getting a 4.5 from IGN is another story completely.