Am I the only one totally underwhelmed by Black?

Not sure if they're any differences between the PS2/Xbox version, but I
should mention that I'm playing in on Xbox.
"blue" <greenyammo.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Only played the first two levels but..
>
> Terrible, unskipable 'movie' cut-scenes try and make the game seem more
> important than it actually is. Yes you can destroy everything but the
> level design is overwhelmingly unforgettable and the whole thing feels
> very, very safe and hardly cutting edge at all. Not half as visceral as I
> though it was going to be. The whole thing reeks of hype.
>
>
>
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blue <greenyammo.TakeThisOut@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:i_TLf.54359$Q22.14613
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> Only played the first two levels but..
>
> Terrible, unskipable 'movie' cut-scenes try and make the game seem more
> important than it actually is. Yes you can destroy everything but the
> level design is overwhelmingly unforgettable and the whole thing feels
> very, very safe and hardly cutting edge at all. Not half as visceral as
> I though it was going to be. The whole thing reeks of hype.


Since it's only 5 hours in length based on reviews I'll stick to renting it
Too many games are too short to make them worth buying anymore.
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That's another thing. It seems to be a bit harder than the reviews made
it out to be. I still haven't finished it and I've been playing it for
two days. I haven't played a console fps in years though so maybe that
has something to do with it.
The game is very solid but the level design is complete rubbish and
features nothing memorable. Think "commando" in 3d with the difficulty
turned down.

Paul C. wrote:
> blue <greenyammo DeleteThis @blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in news:i_TLf.54359$Q22.14613
> @fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk:
>
>
>>Only played the first two levels but..
>>
>>Terrible, unskipable 'movie' cut-scenes try and make the game seem more
>>important than it actually is. Yes you can destroy everything but the
>>level design is overwhelmingly unforgettable and the whole thing feels
>>very, very safe and hardly cutting edge at all. Not half as visceral as
>>I though it was going to be. The whole thing reeks of hype.
>
>
>
> Since it's only 5 hours in length based on reviews I'll stick to renting it
> Too many games are too short to make them worth buying anymore.
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Dan wrote:

> Not sure if they're any differences between the PS2/Xbox version, but
> I should mention that I'm playing in on Xbox. "blue"
> <greenyammo.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:i_TLf.54359$Q22.14613@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > Only played the first two levels but..
> >
> > Terrible, unskipable 'movie' cut-scenes try and make the game seem
> > more important than it actually is. Yes you can destroy everything
> > but the level design is overwhelmingly unforgettable and the whole
> > thing feels very, very safe and hardly cutting edge at all. Not
> > half as visceral as I though it was going to be. The whole thing
> > reeks of hype.
> >
> >
> >

PS2 version has better motion blur effects, spark effects, and particle
effects.

In other words, the PS2 version looks slightly better than the Xbox
version. I hear the sound quality is a little better as well.

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