Black for Xbox Reviews by Gamers

annoying ending to this game pretty solid shooter but the end bugged me so much i feel in deserved the worst possible rating
these are my rules i make them up!
play it if you want but the end will infuriate and frustrate you

Black, Criterion's first shooter that uses the Burnout engine, is actually one big disappointment to this year's supposedly blockbuster hit. It applies the formula of the mad chaotic explosions in shooting of what Burnout did to the speed rush and crashing in racing. However, Black feels much like a very average EA shooter game with very pretty explosions, and that ruins the entire gameplay experience.

This game's fun relies on the explosions that happen in the environment or the fact that you are holding down your gun with 90 bullets a clip to take down enemies. Though it may seem enjoyable at first, it quickly turns sour, boring, and quite tedious as the levels go on. Since you have so much ammo, EA decided to ramp up the shots that each enemy can take. On average, it takes about 10-40 shots to take down an enemy (yes, even headshots don't take enemies down immediately unless they don't "see" you. Once they see you and react, their health bars go up.) This sounds typically like an EA shooter from the 007 games. The AI is very retarded. A lot of times, they walk pass you without firing, and even if they have the advantage of killing you, they just fire a couple shots at you. The fact that this takes place with a one man army just makes the whole experience boring.

Overall, this game leaves a very very bad taste in my mouth. I was one of those people who wanted to play it since it was receiving such negative reviews. I read every single one of them out there (EGM, 1Up, Gamepro, IGN, Gamespot, Metacritic). You name it. Just rent this game if you are really really bored. Taking down one enemy with 30 shots is not worthwhile. Personally, if an enemy requires more than three shots to take down, then a shooter is trash. Black is absolutely grabage. Don't pass up shooters like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (X360) or Halo 2. Black is not really worth a rental at all.