Well So close and yet So far away. The game is setup a lot like Resistance:Fall of Man. Everything from the story line which is an alien race "sneaks" to earth and starts transforming are military into super aliens. Or the government creates these aliens. Even the controls are laid out like resistance. Unfortunately that's where the similarities end. The graphics are O.K. it uses the Unreal engine however it never fully utilizes the capabilities of the PlayStation 3. The bugs are absolutely UN-excusable. Fro the long load times you might as well get a snack. They even have load times in the middle of the levels a couple of them and those absolutely ruin the momentum. I even had the game freeze up a couple of times to wear I had to complete turn my ps3 off to correct the error. The gun selection is very limited as well. The graphics are very choppy as you move your character the screen cuts out to catch up with your movement. On to the good. The controls are solid you have 3 controller setup selections you can choose from. Although you would like to see mappable buttons however they work. The vehicle controls are setup well much like similar FPS vehicle controls. The vehicles are a little irritating aliens come at you but you have no gun and if you run over them they blowup your vehicle. What possessed them to give you a vehicle without a gun is beyond me. Your path is pretty well laid out. Your squad mates work well to help things along. Some of the creatures are massive. Plenty of ammo is laid before you. If your looking for a FPS to play and you can pick a used copy up for $15 it's probably worth your time. I downloaded a playable demo off of the PlayStation network to try out and that played really well. I would do that be for making a leap in to this game.Read full review
November 13, 2007 - Expectations can be a bitch. If publishers want their games to get out and get onto the wishlists of Pete and Paula Public, they have to showcase screens, movies and all sorts of stuff that makes an award-winning impression. However, that quick glimpse or play test is just part of the product that's coming down the pike. Perhaps the game will surpass the initial look or perhaps it'll fall short of the lofty goal. Sadly, BlackSite: Area 51 is one of the games that falls short.
Blacksite:Area 51 was an alright game. I wouldn't want to play it ever again but... The graphic was ok. But the reason I gave this game a 2 out of 5 is because to me the game itself was slow. Also the game freezed on me twice and I had to restart the level. And also I got towards the end of the game and I completely lost sound. I couldn't hear any of the people talking,gun fire anything. So I had to turn the game off and start again. And this game loads WAY WAY too much.It's like while playing the games loads like every 10 mins (It feels like it anyways) But if you must have this game I sure as heck would pay over $5.00 for it.
Gameplay: 6.5 The shooting mechanic is passable, but aiming is excruciatingly slow. The morale mechanic is pretty forgettable. Graphics: 7.0 While the game occasionally has its graphical moments and impressive visual moments, 90% of the game is bland art design. Sound: 6.8 The voice acting is decent, but sometimes confusing. Nothing special here. Difficulty: Medium Concept: 6.5 The story and dialogue is occasionally clever, but this is no Bioshock. Multiplayer: 7.5 There are the basic online modes, and while I wasn’t able to test them, Abduction Mode sounds interesting. Overall: 6.5 Blacksite: Area 51 is fun to play – sometimes - but when you compare it to other FPS’s on the market like Bioshock, Halo 3, and CoD4, there is no comparison. Playing a game like this makes you really appreciate how far games have come, and what a little extra polish will do to a game.Read full review
Casual mode gives the game high replay for me.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
A very good game I enjoyed it very much
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Great game for passing time.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
My true game love is first person shooters. Tunnels, trenches, house-to-house, jungle, mountains, etc. - Not a fan of fighting the Bosses and over dependant puzzles. run & gun. This game has it, but - for me - bogs down with vehicle dependant missions - not my favorite and: Why aren't all vehicles operated the way the individual characters are? Many games do and I can get through it, total shifts in manual operation takes the fun out of it for me. Not worth the learning curve in most cases.
blacksite:area51,is a really good game,it was fun killing aliens,and then i found out one of my own,a american soldier went to the other side,and i had to kill him,but still a good game.some of the aliens are really hard to kill,some whould not die,the plants kept producing aliens,and they were hard to kill,but with heavy machine gun fire the plants would die.all in all,a very good game.
I had wanted this game ever since I bought my Playstation 3. I decided to buy it because I had played Area 51 previously on different consoles as well as the arcade. The game itself is very cool. The graphics are great, and I haven't gotten completely through the game yet, but I do feel the aliens could have been a little more creative. I do love the game for it's great game play, and definitely do not regret this purchase. I would recommend this game to anyone who likes first person shooters.
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