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Heart full of Black

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you are into FPS, do yourself a favor and pick up this title. Im shocked at the poor reviews of this game. Everything is top notch in this game - sound, animations, graphics, level design, etc.

As to the complaints- If you want a good story try reading Shakespear.

Yes, it is 'short'. It will only take you around 7 hrs or less to complete the game. But I've already logged in over 30 hrs. of gameplay. Anyone who just runs through the game once or twice, even three times is missing ALOT. The more I play, the more I like.

I love this game - can't wait till Black 2! This one stays in my collection - add it to yours as well.

EA Just Can't Get it Right

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

EA comes close to perfection with Black. While most FPS games are more geared to the online experience, Black is an old fashioned shooter. Lots and lots of weapons and ammo and targets galore with no other objective (other than a very loose plot) than to blow everything up. Tons of fun as far as a gaming experience.

Like other EA shooters (most notably the forgettable N64 James Bond game, 'The World is Not Enough) this one has some serious flaws:

--First of all, the perefect shooter would have at least a little blood in it. The terrorists in Black are really nothing more than pop up targets that happen to fire back. When you kill one, he just falls. No blood. That takes something away from the experience.

--Second, and most annoying, the missions are very long and you do NOT have the option of saving in the middle. So, if you get into the middle of a mission, achieve most of your objectives and have to shut down your X Box, you get to start that LOOOOONG mission all over again. This is very, very annoying and takes a great deal away from the gaming experience. It truly sucks to have to fight your way back to the point where you had to quit in the first place.

All in all, Black is a pretty good game; a good old fashioned shoot-em-up FPS game. Takes maximum advantage of the XBox capabilities and lets you use a variety of weapons to eliminate the bad guys. Everything explodes and there are myriad of creative ways to take out your targets. That said, be ready to plant yourself for hours at a time if you don't want to play the same mission over and over and over again because you had to quit in the middle.

Try again, EA.

Fun While It Lasts

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to make this fast... Black is really fun to play. It doesn't last very long, which makes it a prefect rental. So what really hurts the game is the lack of replay value. To make the game last a little longer play it on hard from the get go... come on don't be a pansey.

If your expecting a great story your going to be sadly mistaken, the story while intesting has little or nothing to do with the game play. You'll be fighting side by side with some teamates that may or may not be mentioned in the cutscenes.

So all in all if you buy this game you are going to hate yourself in a couple of days but if you rent it your going to have a great time.

Black: The Pros & Cons

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pros

1. The graphics are suburb. Probably (at least in my opinion) some of the closest to the Xbox 360 graphics.

2. The guns are very detailed and preform very well. All are loud and do a hell of a lot of damage!

3. The environment is fully destructable. As soon as you start firing, your view will be filled with shards of glass, dust, and debris. Also almost anything from buildings to vehicles explode on impact w/ enough force.

4. The A.I. is pretty good. At times they can be extremely ez while others they can be very difficult. Whatever the case you will be up against a challenge. Even NORMAL difficulty supplies some challenge.

5. While completing general primary objectives, you can also choose your path to find important extras such as weapons and "information".
*I think finding secondary objectives (to make it harder) in difficulties over easy & normal is mandatory. Have fun!

Cons:
1. NOT ENOUGH SAVE POINTS. If you die, you will have to start the last checkpoint over again which can get stressful. But the gameplay and shooting makes up for it for the most part.

2. I don't know this for a fact but I've heard this game is short. Not enough weapons either.

All in all I rated this 4/5 stars b/c this game is very professional. The shooting is intense & exlosive and many things in the environment can be used to destructive advantages. Also it's just plain fun. I haven't been able to put this game down! :)

BLACK Is A BLAST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game looks and sounds so good it's scary; It controls like a dream and has a gameplay level for everyone; But make no mistake...This can be one tough game. But the sheer destruction involved as you struggle along is mind-blowing. Enemies behind a car? Just shoot a couple of shotgun rounds into it and blow them all to hell. This is the best first person shooter I have played in a very long time, and the different locations and weapons keep things fresh. High replayability, too. If you want a game to show off your surround sound system, look no further. Online play would be nice, though...

Shoot everything

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been looking for a game that requires little to no thought and lots of guns. And this is it! You can't drive anything, and the lack of online or multiplayer play gets me wishing for more, but overall, it's still a fun game. If you like fast-paced games where running in with guns blazing (Belt-fed M249 - 150 rounds in a belt - oh yes) works just as well as standing back and sniping, this is the game for you. If you're looking for a game that's cheap and will eat up the time until Halo 3 comes out, this is the game for you.

On a side note, though, I beat the game on "normal" setting fairly quickly (10-15 hours), but playing all the same levels again on "hard" is taking a lot longer (10-15 hours and I'm only halfway through).

A Little Something Extra

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In my cursory reading of the reviews listed here I didn't see any mention of the fact that this game supports Custom Soundtracks, even though it doesn't say that it does on the back of the box. It's one of the only XBox first-person shooters I've ever come across that has that function and while the sparse in-game music is nicely done, it's still a pleasant and highly welcome little feature. After all, who doesn't want to be able to listen to their own music burned onto the system while wasting baddies?

Fun but short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

the game is very fun and the graphics are beautiful for xbox and the gameplay is great but its about 9 missions

Guns, Lot's of Guns....Woah

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

You cannot complain about a feature that isn't in the game when the game's creators have already said that it wouldn't be in it, and when it is also on the box that you either purchase or rent. No, it isn't a multiplayer game. But that shouldn't detract from it. Look at two recent popular games: Half Life 2 and Battlefield 2 or Battlefield: Modern Combat. Half Life has a great single player mode, but their multiplayer is Counter Strike which was a mod that went commercial. Then there is Battlefield: modern combat whose single player campaign IMO sucks. You only play that game for online gameplay.

BLACK nails the FPS just fine. Criterion just put their spin on it as they did the racing genre. I'm sorry but what made Burnout BURN was the spectacular crashes. Without that it would be just another racer in an oversaturated market with games that far surpass it.

Criterion said in the beginning when they began advertising that this game was all about the guns, and I'm sorry, that's one of the main reasons that I play modern combat games like the Clancy games and Battlefield: the variety and authenticity of the in-game weapons. Most of us will probably never get to actually wield the real-life counter part of any of these weapons (and would you really want to given what using them would entail?). They modeled, skinned and animated the guns with great detail and then the sound. *sigh* wow. Turn the bass up a little and crank the mid's and highs on your 5.1 and be prepared for an ethereal experience.

And I don't know what this talk about the game being too short is all about. Maybe I need to get a little further, but I've played 6 missions and the game says that I'm 25% complete and I'm playing on normal. I've gone back to the first level and played it on hard and passed it then checked my status again, and it was still at 25% complete which leads me to believe that I have way more than just 2 missions ahead of me. And if it's only 2 more missions that take up 75% of the game, then that's groundbreaking in and of itself. The levels are HUGE and YES, it has averaged me about an hour and ten minutes per level because I try to move with stealth as much as possible and I like to get all the secondary objectives. All that's going to do is enhance your experience and extend your gameplay so go all out.

Bottom line is this game is cheaper than other new FPS' and the sound and special effects are awesome. I don't believe any other game has gotten it so close to the Matrix lobby scene, outside of Matrix: Path of Neo, but then that's not an FPS is it?

If you're a gamer then you need to check this out, whether you rent or purchase. I typically purchase any game I like and rent those that I'm unsure of. If you're a FPS gamer then yes this needs to go into your library.

What are you doing still reading? Click add to cart or run out to your local store and pick it up. I'm not kidding. You won't regret it. The bigger your screen and better your sound, the better you experience.

Good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'll make this quick.
Pros: Great graphics, gameplay, fun factor. Sound is perhaps the best of my Xbox games - hook it up to a good speaker system and make your neighbors think you're at war. Critics are wrong - the different automatic (and other) guns do have unique characteristics, and the guns are satisfying to shoot. Criterion knows games. Seeing everything blowing up and gunning down tons of enemies is gratifying. Unique feel. Kept me hooked until the end. Videos worthwile.

Cons: No blood. Swearing (I don't mind it in real life, but in games, it's annoying). Short - I'm an inexperienced gamer and it took me 9 and 1/2 hours taking my time. It is kinda like gun porn - everything is there, right off the bat, and you kind of get desensitized to the cool stuff of the game quickly because it's so chaotic all the time. AI kinda out of whack a lot. Guys sometimes take a clip to kill. The last level made me angry - it's hard but that's what a last level is I guess.

Overall - worth twenty dollar sale price, not forty. Fun, but not well rounded. Look forward to a gorier, more complete sequel.

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