Скорошни рецензии на HAZE

Achievement Hunter beware! Or so I would say, I did it after 88 hours, all achievements unlocked. The game is special, but very niche. Even though it can be funny to play in COOP, there will be some players that will not like the game in the end. Because let's be honest, you simply don't advance in the game when blowing things or yourself up.

I like cleaning. I like to tidy up. Overall a pretty Zen game... if it weren't for the fact that literally everything inside the game EXISTS to hinder you cleaning up the mess. But exactly that makes the game so worthwhile :)

Ich hätte kein Problem damit, mir mehr Lebenszeit vom Teufel zu kaufen um diese in dieses Spiel zu investieren. Der Hammer!

Took me one year to say this:

Thank you Hideo.

Just amazing. Respect for those minds who can create music like this. I love the theme song, but other songs are really, really good, too. Excellent!

This game is like my dealer - it always offers a bit more than expected.

This game in a simple formula:
Hard levels + Bad controls + Annoying game mechanics = Best "Break your desk"-Simulator 2016

If you want to hurt yourself, buy this game.

You want to play a game.
You try to practise.
You have played one hour.
You get kicked.
You try to reach another server.
You get kicked there, too.
You play for 5 mins.
You see a wallshot pro who owns just everything.
You leave the server.
You want to practise more.
You pick a server.
You see that it was the same server where you already got kicked twice.
You get kicked again.
You see no servers with Ping <50ms where you didn´t already got kicked from.
You join a random server.
You suck because you didn´t even complete the tutorial.
You get kicked anyway.
You join a server.
Your IP has been blocked from that server.
You join a cool server.
Game lasts 3min until the next wallshooter pro arrives.
You get kicked because you made your first goal.

Best "Get kicked"-Simulator out there. Buy it! Feel the pain! Get kicked!

11/10

Perfect Angle is a pretty cool game. It´s short but very fun, though it has it´s issues.

Pros:
+ A cool new style of puzzle
+ It has a story, and it´s alright (for a puzzle game)
+ Different modes
+ Makes you feel cool if you solve a level straight away ;)
+ Totally overuses the word "perverse" (I counted 14)

And now you see that the pros are going to get... funny. And that´s not funny in any way, because there are the cons too:

- Voice actors are boring
- Some levels are buggy
- Sometimes too easy, sometimes too difficult
- "Earning" tips for free has some kind of MMO browser game style: poor

The biggest problem is, as the title says, the advertising ingame. Nearly every level has some kind of advertising for other "Ivanovich Games" in it. You probably absolutely don´t care, but I care and the way it´s beeing implemented is not something similar with e.g. the "advertising" in "Shadow Warrior", where you can mostly smile over the elements of other games (like Serious Sam, Hotline Miami or Hard Reset). No, the fact is that this implementing is such overused that the game sometimes seems to be "built around" the ad. For example: Not only one facade of the building is covered by a "random street commercial", no, the whole complex is full of posters, neon signs or other stuff. They´re of course NOT implementing game elements as solutions for their puzzles as an ad, NO: "The terrorist is just going to distract you..." -> Of course...

Beside that poorly decision to make every 5th level an ad, the game is good. The voice actor changes one time (I found that pretty confusing, but the old guy probably wanted too much cash - because ads cost money too you know? :D ba dum tss), but the second VA doesn´t seem even a little more enthusiatic. You can "turn the story off", but if you want that story, it´s pretty annoying to listen to the VA after EVERY level... a little voice act every chapter would´ve done it, too, because (between level 5-90) it´s always the same crap what he´s talking about.

The difficulty level is OK, even when some levels are totally easy, while others are ridiculously difficult. I can accept that, though, because I think it´s even more difficult to invent levels that are perfectly increasing their difficulty level on a curve. The "getting tips for free" button is totally trash. I didn´t even come on the idea to farm 10 tips. Where´s the point on doing MMO browser game style like stuff, just because then you can literally skip the next 5 levels? Where´s the "puzzle factor" here? I think waiting 5 minutes for one tip is enough, because after the second tip the level is playing "Hot and Cold" with you and you surely can´t miss the solution.

I know, the weak points of the game are described pretty long, but that´s me. I like critising stuff, and maybe the game gets some adjustments (oh devs, please remove some of the ads and debug the "Red-blue-white"-levels, will you? ;) ).

Neverless the game was short but fun. I recommend it to buy it on sale or (like me) in a bundle.

Thanks for reading and have a nice one,

Mike
a.k.a. BlackBurningHaze

Unlike my other reviews, with intro, explanations, pros and cons, is is going to be short:
This game is AWESOME.

It may be short, but the achievements are a heaven on earth (not too easy and not too hard or time wasting). The playtime is just perfect, the story is good and this game is a rare case of "really worth the full price"! Buy it!

EDIT (I played it again):

I love this game. There´s not much to tell: The atmosphere´s great. Speedrun is a heaven but still you want to suck in every bit of this game. There are funny moments but also lonely moments: These moments give you the time thinking about the ship, the crew, yes maybe about yourself. You can make your own story: If you are pretty creative you can write your own story into this game because it is still pretty empty... Sounds weird? The game is weird! But let me tell you, don´t give something about graphics this time, because if you want to FEEL then play this wonderful little game.

Anders als bei anderen Reviews hier muss ich zugeben, dass mein Vater mir "Z" empfohlen hat: Er war es nämlich der damals süchtig danach war. Zwar kann ich verstehen warum, doch die Zeiten ändern sich. "Z" hat fast nichts mehr gegen moderne RTS-Games aufzubringen: Außer dann vielleicht dem Klassikerstatus.

Um es kurz zu sagen, diese "Z" Version ist "schlechter" als die originale. Andere haben es auch schon angesprochen: Tastatursteuerung, viele Optionen (Audio, Grafik),... ist alles (noch?) nicht verfügbar. Im Angesicht dessen, dass das Release nun 2 Jahre her ist, kann man sich denken das da nicht mehr viel passiert. Warum auch Zeit in ein Spiel pumpen das vielleicht 50 Spieler am Tag spielen? Naja, das kann man nun selbst beurteilen.

Gäbe es einen "Mittelmaß"-Daumen, dann wäre der hier jedenfalls angebracht. Da mich die Mankos des Spiels aber nicht derart am Spielen gehindert haben, kann ich doch einen Daumen nach oben geben. Errungenschaften, Karten, usw. hat das Spiel auch, somit kommt ETWAS Spielermutigung dazu. Alles in Allem aber ein ordentliches Spiel für Zwischendurch, oder für knallharte Retrofans.

Danke für´s Lesen und macht euch ein Ölbier auf,

Mike
a.k.a. BlackBurningHaze