Black was one of the more eagerly anticipated titles for the Xbox. It was made by the developers of the Burnout series - Criterion Games. This should give any reader a very good idea what to expect IE a high quality game which is a lot of fun, with lots of over the top action.
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Advantages: Fast paced, action-led cinematic shooter. Disadvantages: Short, not great value for money, not too much replay value, stupid save method.
Black was one of the more eagerly anticipated titles for the Xbox. It was made by the developers of the Burnout series - Criterion Games. This should give any reader a very good idea what to expect IE a high quality game which is a lot of fun, with lots of over the top action.
Regardless, lets go back to the game. It's an FPS with at times clear nods to real world events, though this plays no real part in the action. The main selling ... ...guns blazing.
Black has a number of big action points... Wait that's not true, the whole game is essentially a big action point, with 'Black Ops' (ie cursor goes black) you can trigger by shooting them. I'd love to say this is tactical - don't get me wrong it can be - but there's nothing like the thrill of shooting something all to hell and hearing the whoomp!
Each mission has a good number of set pieces and a range ... more
Black was one of the more eagerly anticipated titles for the Xbox. It was made by the developers of the Burnout series - Criterion Games. This should give any reader a very good idea what to expect IE a high quality game which is a lot of fun, with lots of over the top action.
Regardless, lets go back to the game. It's an FPS with at times clear nods to real world events, though this plays no real part in the action. The main selling point by Criterion has been the gun models, physics, and interactive environments.
Unlike the early reports, this is not an insane, take 1000 hits and run, almost unlimited ammo game. Nope, this is however an extremely fun Hollywood action movie turned in to a game - whereby cover is neccessary at times, and at others it's definitely fine to charge in all guns blazing.
Black has a number of big action points... Wait that's not true, the whole game is essentially a big action point, with 'Black Ops' (ie cursor goes black) you can trigger by shooting them. I'd love to say this is tactical - don't get me wrong it can be - but there's nothing like the thrill of shooting something all to hell and hearing the whoomp!
Each mission has a good number of set pieces and a range of weapons featured, driving you on to the relatively free approach to the main event. You can scout places out, use a stealthy approach, or find you are in a scripted scene and have to use a particular weapon, most notably the sniper rifle. Regardless, it's all well done and offers much to the player, as well as keeping a great sense of pace.
The weapons themselves have clearly had a lot of time spent on them (as has the sound, graphics and general polish) with a loud report and visible environment damage. Hit a door with a shotgun and watch it fall. Blow a sign off a wall and watch it tumble to the ground. All very impressive.
However, that's not to say that the game is without flaws. At times (though very rarely) there is a little slowdown, but more importantly you can find yourself gritting your teeth trying to shoot one guy, and finding it impossible as he launches RPG's at you and you can't hit him for using an AK. The game can feel frustrating for want of a gun with some form of scope.
The only other real flaw is the lack of save points. Missions most definitely get more and more difficult, which is fine, but the checkpoint save system is definitely not fine. Rather than being able to save in game, there's a system of checkpoints used, and when you pass one it tells you. That's all good, but when you switch off, your progress is not saved, meaning you have to complete a mission in essentially one sitting. This can make the game even shorter, and when it is possible to complete it in under ten hours relatively easily that's not a good thing.
Overall: A very good, very fun FPS which could have been made slightly stronger with more scoped weapon use/a better save system. It'll seem short for some gamers too. Nonetheless, the difficulty is about right, and the game offers a high quality, highly polished experience akin to the best shooters, of which it can now rank itself.
Advantages: Great physics, Great graphics, Good storyline Disadvantages: Terrible ending
In this game you play an anti terrorist agent with an aim, an aim to put one man, the ringleader of a powerful terrorist organisation, to his death, or in a very compact cell for the rest of his days.
This is a game that is fast paced, tactical and takes first person, real life shooters to a new level.
You are equipped with a variety of weapons, from a sidearm to a high-tech sniper rifle, and the ability to use any means to push forward into the ... ...aspect of what can be done in real life, making the physics amazing, i.e. unloading a fresh shell, from your shotgun, into an obstructing doorway; slamming it to the floor.
Another example of perfect physics is the ability to smash a grenade clear through a window, killing the occupants of the room it entered in mere moments, and in explosive fury, whereas in other inferior games a grenade would merely ricochet back into the face of the thrower.
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SpikD 16.11.2006
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Advantages: Incredibly desructable enviroments, realistic and modern day weapons. Disadvantages: Many bullets to kill enemies and no blood.
This game is absolutely incredible. The guns, explosions and enviroments are brilliantly made. If you shoot a window it will smash, if you shoot at a car it will blow up and if you lob a grenade into a building you will see Hollywood effect explosions. They say that the guns are "the stars of the show" and they weren't lying. Every weapon has an outstanding personality and each have there own level of destruction. The assault rifles are excellent ... ...The shotguns are able to pump a round into an enemy and send him flying over the other pile of bodies you have already made. Throwing a grenade at a bunch of enemies has to be the funnest thing in the game, Watching them fly 20 feet across the room. Even the majority of the people who play this game have never experienced firing an actual gun including me, they are so realistic it's unbelievable. You would thing someone had slapped a real gun into ...
davincicode 21.04.2006
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Advantages: Graphics, Fun Level Disadvantages: Short, u lose interest at half-way
Black is a first person shooter developed by Criterion Software (the team behind the Burnout series) for the PS2 and XBOX...
In Black u will play as Jack Keller a black ops soldier and make your way through Eastern Europe with tremendous gun power...
THE STORY: (the complete story is not mentioned coz it will spoil the game)
The story will start with the main character being brought into the interrogation room...an anonymous interrogator will ... ...playing as Jack Keller a black ops soldier who tells his story take u 4 days back....this is a first person shooter and shooting what u will do...as any other FPS u gotta shoot ur way through the bad guys...like Burnout is the crazy one of the racing game ...Black is the crazy one out of the first person shooters...Black consist of 8 levels for which u r given a wide range of weaponry...Here is a complete list of the weapons...
GLOCK 19 Magnum DC3 ...
Sarmad_Owais 31.03.2006
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Advantages: super gameplay Disadvantages: no multi player
Wow, this game just blows away any other action shooter so far its fast, fun and continuously playable. the game really shows the older consoles are still able to make great games as this is extremely real with amazing sound where everything does something when shoot at. the graphics are what I can only describe as perfect you wouldn't believe it, really its that good everything shines everything realistic with sharpness great camera effects explosions ... ...get in to and learn to play and play well shooting everything in sight with a huge range of weapons and explosives. the story line isn't like your normal shoot em up game it is a structured story with twists and turns that leave you wanting to know whets gonna happen next. the game is the best you can get in my opinion, the only disadvantage is multi player unless its online but I don't have ( actually if some one can tell me if it has because I ...
mark_how_knows 15.05.2006
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