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 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (58 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2792
Platform: Xbox
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 15104
Model: 15104
UPC: 492071610552
EAN: 0014633151046
ASIN: B0009351RK
Release Date: February 28, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | BLACK operatives do not hide in shadows or sneak behind walls waiting for the right time to engage their foe - they destroy the wall, enemy and anything else that gets in their way | | • | An explosive arsenal of weaponry lets you experience the awe-inspiring power of the world's most exotic lethal firepower | | • | Reduce cities to rubble in a world where virtually nothing is impervious to your bullets -- if you can see it, you can shoot it! | | • | Visceral, destructive action sucks you deep into the gameplay as you blaze and blast your own path through open-ended enviornments | | • | Use destructible worlds and explosive objects to take out enemies in cover, frag multiple enemies at once or just wreak massive destruction for its own sake |
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Product Description
BLACK is the world's most brutal and enigmatic strike force -- and you've just joined them. The BLACK tactical squad operates under the cloak of complete anonymity and deniability to protect the US from threats foreign and domestic. It answers to no one, allowing it to carry out brutal and covert operations around the globe. From manipulating politicians to controlling intelligence networks and militaries, BLACK operatives are trained at the highest level in psychological warfare, espionage, and lethal arts. Go deep into the world of clandestine warfare as you use any means necessary to get the job done.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
very difficult October 28, 2008
"black" meaning black ops of course and ops short for operations.the term black ops refer to military manuvers that they dont admit they really did like sending troops into china during viet nam.this game has a really long entrance scene every time you turn it on.guns have few bullets,enemies regenerate if you stay still.there is danger everywhere!i mean EVERYWHERE!even the very first level is quite difficult to pass.its harder than some games' last level.its fast paced and screaming with adrenaline!a great military game for the patient and if youre not.....whered your head go?like the package says"every bullet is your baby".
 KABLOOM!!! October 17, 2008
Ok, first off, I'm no game expert, so excuse me if I don't use the correct video game aficionado hoity-toity verbiage. Do you just like running around shooting everything in sight? I usually don't. While I would normally gag at the thought of such mindless gameplay; this game was different (although the cut scenes were fairly well done). Why? GUNS, GUNS, AND MORE GUNS!! EXPLOSIONS GALORE!! SO MUCH AMMO, SO MANY BAD GUYS!!. There is so much kabloom in this game it's friggin ridiculous; and the music during and between the action is top notch. And your reticule is this little tiny dot that adds a ton of reality to it, I think. I like the accuracy aspect to it. One straight round to the head, or 10 rounds everywhere else; you choose. The graphics are very good (for an xbox game). No strategy. All kabloom. No guilt. Gotta love it.
There was only one thing that I didn't like in this game.. There are several annoying little ramp thingies (yeah, I know it's not a word) in every level that prevent you from backtracking. Half the time you don't even recognize them until your already over them. Presumably, it's to let you know your headed in the right direction, right? Problem is, maybe you're just wondering around the map looking to complete your objectives, but no, mr. developer guy says if you've wondered this far without completing your objectives, that's too d**N bad, there's no going back; so, if you haven't completed enough objectives, guess what? You only get to unlock the next mission level one difficulty level down from the difficulty level you started the previously level with. If you want to start the next level at the same difficulty, you have to start the previously level all over again and complete enough objectives. It's like getting a middle-finger to your face after you put in all this hard-earned work. Lesson? Watch your step (especially when leaving or entering big buildings).
Oh, yes. Did I mention all the guns?
Black May 6, 2008
This game is first person shooter , very violent.
If you like this kinda thing , its a great game.
Nuts! Absolutely Nuts! February 27, 2008
I don't like blood and gore honestly. Even if it's real, it's just a taste thing. I frickin' love this game! It's honestly one of the most violent games I've played, if that gives you any indication of the games I have played, and it's also one of the best!
First of all, the sound design is top notch. The guns are LOUD and if you're wearing a good pair of earphones, prepare to be deafened! The machine guns reverberate in your ear, the shotguns are like cannons, grenades rock the room, mines makes your ears bleed, the woosh of the RPG's! The game get's a five star rating simply because of that!
There's also no bs in this game like solving puzzles or anything like that. It's a pure shooter with a bonus. Hiding behind a wall, a column, or any other cover for that matter, it starts falling apart as your enemies start to shoot at it. It adds to the realism and the terror and it makes you improve your aim and your reaction time.
Backrounds are picture perfect. Deep shadows, light coming through windows, blinding you if their behind an enemy. Everything looks as real as it can get.
I deeply enjoy the fact that the cutscenes are live action. It doesn't have the same effect as say HALO of dropping you into the scene, but it does set them up well and is done in a very artistic way.
I guess the only criticism that I have is that your "teammates" that fight along side you can't shoot for s***! There's no co-op mode for split screen chaos, but that's all I can say!
It's simply crazy and cool adrenaline rush!
 Sometimes fun, sometimes maddening February 21, 2008
I've always like first person shooter games that are set in the real world (vice killing zombies or monsters); so that is a plus with this game. The fact that the enviornment can explode around you is also very fun and adds a realism boost. It was always silly firing rockets at wall board in Duke Nukem only to leave a black smudge. All the different weapons are fun as well.
Some maddening aspect of the game:
They should have consulted someone who's actually used some of these weapons. When the guy is pumping the shotgun so slow, twisting in a way to watch the shell eject as one of the hard-to-kill hockey mask guys is getting back up I wanted to sometimes throw the controller at the screen. Any half-way trained indvidual can shoot a pump shotgun fast enough so it's like firing a semi-auto.
The selector switch feature that lets someone fire an MP5 on semi, burst, full auto is neat, but what BLACK operative would really have to LOOK at the thing to flip the switch? Your avg. national guardsman doesn't have to look at the selector switch. One flips it by feel.
It taking like 15 .223 rounds to drop a bad guy. I swear, unless one gets a head shot it takes a LOT of rounds to kill a bad guy.
The AI "acquires" the player way to easy. In some levels, one has to move from cover in a big "room" with a lot of enemies on the perimeter of the room. In the game, the enemies ALWAYS know where you are and immediately acquire you, even if you are moving around silently.
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