BlackSite: Area 51 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Due to the huge scratch on my disk i was never able to get past the giant tick alien or whatever they called it. But overall, i believe the first area 51 had a better difficulty, storyline, and gameplay. In the first game, you could carry every weapon you picked and use it unil you ran out of ammo. In this version, you could only have 2 weapons and there was very little variety of them to begin with. The difficulty is the main problem I see with the game. The first area 51 got progressively harder to beat, even when you were on easy, while Blacksite seemed to drop to a level were a 6 year old could play it when it was on the hardest difficulty. If you are looking for a good first person shooter or a shooter in general that has the heart pounding storyline and gameplay like the first Area 51, look at Left 4 Dead or Dead Space, not this game.

Well, I had fun darn it - and lets be honest - that is why we play games isn't it?

There are some frame rate issues - for example sometimes you'll hit a checkpoint and the screen will freeze for a few seconds..or just go frame by frame for a few moments. (Makes aiming a pain when it does that). Also, I've noticed that the characters will start to speak and progress the story along before the load screen is removed. (That annoyed me).

There are some other graphical problems here and there.. mostly detail related, but nothing major.

Yes, they could have spent a little more time fine tuning this game.. but all in all.. I had a blast!

The online play is hit and miss - the main problem is that some of the maps are really big and there are not a lot of peeps online playing. If you do get a game going, it is great fun :) Aside from the lack of online players my only real complaint about the online play is that you cannot destroy enemy cover like you can in story mode. Can't destroy a wooden fence by shooting it.. can't blow up a car.. etc. Abduction is my favorite online mode.. I think everyone should try it. You start with one enemy and everyone he kills is "infected" and respaws on his team. This goes on till everyone is converted. (If you've played perfect dark zero it's almost exactly like infection)

Bottom Line: Refreshing fun..everyone should try it, but because of the lack of online players most peeps will not want to own it.