[Multiplatform] BLACK

I rented it today and gave it a try. Pretty good experience so far, mayham breaking out all around you while blowing just about everything up. Weapons handle surprisingly well with some great sound effects. I mean the gameplay is pretty simple and just a case of shooting anything or anyone that moves or shoots at you. I quite liked the reload effect as the background blurs out of focus while your weapon reloading stays clear and focused before resuming, I gather though the effect is for technical reasons similiar to the blur effect in Shadow Of The Colossus.

Solid visuals and presentation though and for the record I rented the PS2 version. One gripe about the controls is the look/aim sensitivity as it's pretty damn slow and you can't adjust it at all.

I'll drop some more impressions when I've finished the game but so far so good.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by sabbey

I am a few hours into the game, the 4th mission IIRC. Actually, it's on pause now in the other room while I check my email and GFF. Was going to turn it off as well, but figured I'd have nothing better to do but move forward...

I think I'm on the 4th mission too...or 5th? I just got done with the refinery and weapon plant. I'm having plenty of fun with Black but then I'm also not sitting through mission after mission and pretty much going through one mission, taking a break from the game and then giving it another go later on.

I have to say though the visuals for the PS2 version are pretty impressive.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well I finished the game awhile agom My final thoughts? Beautiful looking the PS2 and the sound effects for all the weapons and firefights are excellent. The game is fun is small doses though as it gets repetitive real quick, I mean I limited myself to pretty much 1 hour/mission a day.

My main gripes range from dumb enemy A.I to the fact that all the enemies in the game are bullet sponges that take around 20 hits to bring down. The game would of also benifitted from having some blood in there not just for "ZOMG! GORE!" but mainly would of acted as nice visual indicator as to whether or not you're hitting the enemy's armour or exposed body parts.

Overall I'd give Black a 3 out of 5. It's pretty fun (gripes aside) while it lasts, which isn't long...6 hours in total 1 hour for each mission, and would make a great rental but I wouldn't drop $40 or 50 for it. There's no real replayability after you've completed it once aside from extra difficulty modes.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.