BlackSite: Area 51: Dissappointing in the aftermath of the Big 2
itsjames
65% score
The title says it all. Blacksite: Area 51 has the potential to be spoke of as a "Halo Killer"or outshine Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare but falls miserably short in far to many areas. The very first thing that dissappointed me was the poor dialouge. The squad members make dumb observations and make corny jokes that a real special forces badass would not be caught near. The main character also does not say one word the entire time which came across to me as either they wanted the overplayed "strong, silent type" or they didn't want to take they time to decide what he should say. A captain of any unit does not become a captain by not saying one word during an entire operation. Other than that the sound was good and the graphics was par with what you would expect from the Xbox 360. Another aspect of the game I found to be dissappointing was that there was only one new system within the game and even that had a very minute effect on basic gameplay if you are like me and dont even pay attention to your squad mates, not to mention if you play on expert as I did, they die quick anyway. Everything you do feels like you've done before in every other FPS ever made. The final dissappointment is the sheer difficulty of expert. Your squad members dont react quick enough and die far too often. It becomes just a chore to get through the game. I had an easy time beating CoD4 on expert which...is pretty hard. This setting makes Legendary on Halo 3 seem like Normal. Other than that, the game is rentable. Decent story plot with a few fun hours.
