Black (Xbox)

This game is a mindless shooter. Great when your in a bad mood, but not good for anything else. The game is insultingly easy to beat and the fact that you need to shoot the enemies 10 times in the chest with a high power assault rifle to kill them defeats the other realistic aspects of the game.

Look, I'm not a game snob, in fact I say if it's fun play it. I have. And unless you are going to rent this game, It's not worth the money.

I heard most of the bad reviews about Black, but one thing I find hard to believe is that the mind-blowing graphics and those fantastic destructible environments don't more than make up for the repetition and a lack of a multiplayer option. I just can't stop being surprised by the effects and involving gameplay of this XBox game. I didn't even think a PS2 was capable of this level of realism.

I don't care what anyone says. I rank this game a solid 10/10.

I was one of the many gamers looking forward to Black for the Xbox. Everything in the level is destructible?? Cool! But that 's about all there is to Black. Well, I am getting a head of myself.

You are a member of the Black Ops, a very elite group of special operatives. You have somehow been captured and are being questioned to why you have been doing something wrong (the story isn't fully revealed until you play more, and I don't want to spoil it!). The whole game is you explaining to the interrogation officer why you have been doing these bad things. You explain in words what you did, and then have a flashback to the time it happened. And this is where the action takes place, you act out his memories, which is one of the cool things about the game.

The graphics on this game are very detailed. Also, almost everything is destructible: When a crate you are hiding behind gets shot on the right side, the right side of the crate blows off. If you want to shoot through a weak wall, you can, and only the parts you shoot will break apart. In this aspect, Black is very revolutionary. It has wonderful graphics and has the interactivity like no other console game.

After being awed by how much the game can handle in the first three levels with graphics and destructibility of the environment, you realize something: this game is very repetitive! You go into a flashback, and the point of the next level is to get to some point and take out (literally!) over one hundred enemies. Hide, Point, and shoot, hide, point, and shoot... that is what I felt myself doing over and over and over.

And to top it off, there is absolutely no multiplayer. So the replay value of this game is little to none. You go through nine long levels of repetitious and ridiculous hiding, pointing, and shooting and the game is over. You can play through again on a harder difficulty, but that is it.

Overall, I feel this game is a good rent, but not a buy. Play it at least once, because the game is somewhat revolutionary with all the destructible environments and numerous guns to choose from. I foresee a very nice sequel if EA can make the each level feel and play differently and add a multiplayer mode.