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Understanding "HAZE"
Why is the word "injection" a pun, you ask? Generally, power-ups like super-speed and enhanced strength are floating icons available for attribution somewhere on a game's map. In Haze, however, a new pharmaceutical drug called Nectar is an ever-present and integral part of the game play and acts as the main supplier of in-game enhancements. Nova-Keto-Thyrazine, which (in-game) has been shortened to Nectar, is a newly developed type of steroid, or drug, with extremely powerful effects, including enhanced speed, awareness and strength.

Mantel Global Industries- a corporation specializing in bio-medical products - is responsible for the synthesization and distribution of the drug and has been equipping every soldier with the pharmaceutical stimulant. Nectar acts not only as a battle enhancement but also serves as a remedy for mind-control. There are strong hallucinogenic properties in Nectar that blot out a Mantel soldier's ability to see some polygonal objects or elements and allow for only the recognition of a pale, shapeless environment and enemy soldiers. Additionally, demoralizing visions - like fallen comrades and dismembered limbs and gore - are completely eradicated from the soldier's vision. This degree of hallucination is highly dangerous, however, and when an enemy is introduced to any amount of additional Nectar the effects range from delusionary fits of friendly fire to instant death.

Haze: The Synopsis
Set seventy-seven years in the future, Haze chronicles a three-day battle between Mantel soldiers and a guerilla citizen uprising."The Promised Hand", a guerilla resistance group set on usurping the Mantel Corporation's powerful position, do not have much access to Mantel's pharmaceutical advancements. They are aware of the negative effects the drug can have on opposing Mantel soldiers though, and a chunk of the skirmishes can be completed by exploiting the harmful effects of Nectar. Be it dipping throwing daggers in the dripping residue of Nectar from fallen Mantel soldiers or using the injector to produce chaos-creating Nectar grenades, there are plenty of ways to turn the opposition's advantage into a deadly flaw, inciting either a frenzy of aimless fire or a life-ending Nectar overdose. Be wary though; these same strategies can and will be used against you, so it's wise to know what you're up against.