8.1 out of 10

BLACK

 

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  • User Score (182)
    7.8 7.8 from 182 reviewers
  • Expert Score (59)
    7.5 7.5 from 59 reviewers
  • Value for money (4)
    6.8 6.8 from 4 reviewers
  • Gameplay (43)
    8.0 8.0 from 43 reviewers
  • Graphics (42)
    9.2 9.2 from 42 reviewers
  • Sound (41)
    9.1 9.1 from 41 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    6.5 6.5 from 3 reviewers
  • Control (6)
    8.7 8.7 from 6 reviewers
  • Addiction (3)
    8.7 8.7 from 3 reviewers
  • Lifespan (25)
    7.5 7.5 from 25 reviewers
  • Playability (2)
    9.6 9.6 from 2 reviewers
  • Appearance (2)
    9.6 9.6 from 2 reviewers
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Experts:
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Users:
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7-8
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5-6
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3-4
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1-2
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. Web Wombat

    Web Wombat
    7.5/10
    18 November 2006

    Black has some cool features and stunning graphics, good popcorn-scoffing action, but not enough real meat to keep your common brand FPS player interested any longer than it takes to say “Didn’t the Xbox 360 get released?”. Read more

  2. Empire

    10/10
    12 December 2006

    With it's tense gunplay, brutal one-shot kills and exhilarating rewards for players who curbed their gung-ho urges, Rare’s 1997 hit GoldenEye changed the face of console blasters, steering the genre in a more realistic direction and punishing players who couldn’t control their itchy trigger finger. Read more

  3. PALGN

    7.5/10
    3 March 2006

    The Black hype-train has been chugging away for a while now. Developed by Criterion, Black promised to do for First Person Shooters what Burnout did for racing games. Does it do that? Nearly. To bore you with the story would be pointless, Black is all about action and whatever tale of Special-Ops backstabbing the uniquely styled live action cutscenes are babbling on about is almost entirely irrelevant as you’ll be hammering the start button to skip to the action anyway... Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Empire

    8.0/10
    Reviewer: danbo1138, Empire
    3 November 2006

    BLACK follows in the tradition of many FPS shooters that have passed before it,most noteably in my opinion the mighty GOLDENEYE.Not since the N64 saving grace have i played a game like it,no silly ray guns fireing green blobs here,but the finest hardware available.From the M16 to the americans bane the famous RPG they are all here and many more and very satisfing the are too.The levels are impressive aswell,although only numbering 8,they are some of the largest levels i Read more

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Black is a fresh and unique take on the first-person shooter. Moving away from the covert and simulation obsessed games of recent years, Black delivers intense action gun fights by identifying the key components of great Hollywood shoot-outs and recreating them as a game. The peerless fire-and-effect experience will revolutionise video game shooting. With the odds stacked heavily in the enemy’s favour, the player can only succeed by learning a new style of attack&. be…

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