BLACK: What Modern Combat Looked Like Before COD4
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The video game BLACK is a game that features more colors than just black, such as brown, green, and grey, so if you are looking for a game that is just a black screen with the occasional gunshot sound then I'm afraid you'll have to look somewhere else.
Dude i played this game with my dad at least 6 times through. We did all the challenges and on all the hardest difficulties. Og xbox was a golden era for me and my dad
same here , first game i made sure to complete 100% on
Dude when i was little i can't even go through the second mission
@@mahdudes1523 lmfao it was so fun as a kid. I love hard games
@@mugiwara8166 yea, even playing the first mission over and over again feels fun, i miss being a kid where everything is just plain simple
Nice!. My dad wouldn't even look at a video game.....but that didn't stop me from playing xbox360 with my kid! I hooked him up with his own TV and console and we would coop everything like Gears&Rainbow six, etc. Best years of my life!!
Its crazy this is my dad’s favorite shooter game of all time, he can go on and on about how far ahead of its time this game was and hes right. This is a masterpiece of a game
my dad too, lol.
I realized it was a masterpiece whenever I was shooting down at a road and the bullets deflected off and went upwards.
This was dad's favourite fps, indeed
My dad's favorite game to
Imagine cod 4
This game is still my gold standard for how guns should sound in games. Every single one sounds beefy and powerful and nothing like the peashooters we get in some other games.
Edit: This comment is way more divisive than I thought so I should've been more specific. Im not talking about realism or quality, I'm talking fun and over the top action (which is what Black is). If I want realistic ill go play Arma or Insurgency or something, but that's not what we play games like Black for (a ridiculous over the top action movie experience).
what? have you played bad company 2 mate?
Apart from the suppressed ones, they sound like a sparrow farting in a lift.
@@dfghj241 you can't compare it with black..black is a ps2 and original xbox game
Every single sound of the guns comes from an 80s or 90s action movie if I am not mistaken. The MP 5 sound? From die hard for example.
@@Rowid04 he said it is his Gold standart in general. i'm not comparing both. i'm just saying that the gold standart for the impactful gun SFX can't be black when bad company 2 exists.
I remembered , I was too scared to play the second mission because I got no teammate and the jungle feel was so realistic at that time.
Relatable I also keep stuck in the there I keep losing the way and then bullet all over place, also when I introduced armored shotgun wielder on village my reaction was like "what the, this guy this invicible"
Related, i remember i stopped playing and went back to first mission for awhile until i was brave enough to do it lol
Jungle? I think you mean Forrest.
The second mission one of the best of all time
I have to beg my uncle to finish that mission
I remember this game blowing me away back in the day. I thought it was the absolute peak of gaming visuals.
I actually downloaded it to play it again like two months ago. It's on gamepass if y'all didn't know. It still holds up tbh but the controls take some definite getting used to. Once you get used to the old style controls though it feels just as good as ever.
Yoooo fr? Imma fire up game pass and give it a crack! Thanks man
@@cameronclark3418 Yessir! It's a quick download as well. Not very large at all. I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it still is after all these years. I will warn ya though, the controls are veryyyyyy dated and take a bit of getting used to. But by the time the second level is over you'll have gotten used to it. So try to stick with it!
Is it enhanced in any way?
@@danielholland3991 I believe just slightly higher resolution textures.
@@danielholland3991 all backwards compatible games get automatically upscaled to 1080p by the Xbox One. Many of them also have smoother frame rates when running on the Xbox One. The differences might seem subtle if you aren't sure what to look for, but it definitely makes a difference.
My dad once stayed up on a work night till 5am being totally immersed in this game. Didn't even realise what time it was.
Also, it's interesting to see the lead gameplay programmer (Sean Murray) is the guy who started Hello Games (No Man's Sky Dev).
This game was WAY ahead of it's time. It was SO good. Spent hours on this, it still holds up
😂😂😂😂” way ahead of it’s time”bro what did this game to different than any other fps
@@ijustbevibin0425 this game was released in 2005 for ps2 cmon now
ITS*
@@wahoo124fromsoda3 auto correct lol
@@ijustbevibin0425 "bro what did this game to different than any other fps". This was the first FPS game to have a destructible environment. It was made using the Burnout engine which had created the technology for car destruction in crashes
This game pushed what the PS2 was capable of to the limits. And it's still one of the coolest, most badass fps games I can think of, and an absolute gem in my memory of playing this with my dad with the sound on the crt tv cranked to the max.
The ragdoll physic + death animation make this game been more impressive to be pushed. Only flaw was movement gameplay since there's no sprint, jumping etc like compared to FEAR
Can we play this on ps5?
@@shantanuagarwal5789 maybe Xbox with backwards compatibility
@@shantanuagarwal5789 saddly no
Exactly, my dad brought this game one day and we'd play for hours. Take me backk!🥲
Probably the best looking PS2 FPS, good memories of this one
Yup. I had an experience seeing this game during my childhood and it's like "Damn, the PS2 game could look like this realistic?"
You forgetting about red faction
@@ankokunokayoubi yeah this game was crazy for it’s time.
Killzone looked better imo
@@TheRealSladeValentineno way you think killzone looked better
I'll never forget how badly I wanted unlimited ammo in this game. I remember doing the bridge level with a silver 870 and from then I knew as an adult I would own an 870
that's the most american comment
@@folver91 😭😭
This game is still one of my favorites. The controls are a tad clunky compared to modern shooters, but it beats them all in sheer fun and catharsis. Almost literally anything can explode in glorious fashion, the guns all sound and feel fun as hell, and I love the idea of opening locked doors by shooting them with a shotgun.
Exactly I need me some more catharsis. I can't live playing a game that doesn't have enough apocatharsis in it.
*I enjoyed shooting the enemies on their feet to make them flip over. Bought PS2 again last 2 years just for BLACK.*
Controls are fully rebindable though, which was not at all common at the time.
This game was SO good and holds up incredibly well even now. Looks like a late next gen game - this was the absolute cutting edge of that generation of consoles and what could be done with them.
Late next Gen?
Ever listen to the words that come out of your mouth?
@@RealKlausSchwab bruh why so hostile we all know old games are better than anything Triple AAA this day and age plus this do almost look like a ps4 game and yes i seen worse ps4 games than Black the tech used for Black was insane
Maybe for 360 and ps3 at best or smartphone level lol
@@VermillionRacing You understand this was a ps2 game, right? Meaning that looking like a ps3 game is a big deal for when it came out.
@@VermillionRacing i mean does it matter waht console it is if the game is actully is fun to play whit great combat like for me i always go back and play old games becuse i just they where better and more fun and way better quality like Dragon Quest VIII Digimon World series Monster Hunter Final Fantasy Ninja Gaiden Tenchu Armored Core Vagrant Story Fable Black and white 1 and 2 and much more
Fun story, some of the devs that did this and the aforementioned "car games", are at Hole in The Sleeve, working on the world's first pure parkour game with team Storror of Britain. They've got full performance capture to get the nuances of each Traceur in the team, and are now working from the ground up in UE5. They've come a long way!
What about Mirrors Edge, That was all you did minus the three times u fire a pistol (Honestly really liked the game thought).
Excited reading your comment for the game though forsure
we need another black game
@@BigBird- Mirror's Edge is definitely one of my all time favourite franchises, and yes it's the closest thing we have to pure parkour at this time, but even that has an action story interwoven, "Parkour Pro" will be more akin to a game like Skate or THPS than Mirror's Edge or Dying Light though.
If you want to watch the development, Hole In The Sleeve have been very open with their progress and stream their work quite often, as well as their Discord presence.
Storror is cool af so this sounds dope
there was some sort of a sequel to Black, it was in development back in 2007 (maybe? I really don't remember its date) and it was supposed to be a multiplayer shooter. Long story short, the project wasn't successful and did so little in a very long time, EA didn't like its slow development and cancelled the project. It was going to be similar to Tarkov, there are very little details available. Back in the day, gaming wasn't very mainstream.
It's impressive how much post processing the PS2 could throw on screen, lots of transparency textures on top of one another , light shafts , blur , bloom , it requires a shit ton of layers do to that and a high bandwidth fill rate, these effects were really fancy back at the day
I would say it's more due to the devs and environment at the time. The profit motive to rush games out the door and trinkle out content is just too good for shareholders these days.
@@The_Babe We are farm animals
Whatever you guys do don't look into how the legal ruling for prioritizing shareholders over employees or products was made into law don't do it@@The_Babe
This game is so proud of it's gun models that it literally has a depth of field every time you reload but then has the receiver on all the guns flip to the wrong side.
Maybe hes a lefty lol
yep, that always bothered me but still great fucking game..
You can tell they wanted high visibility for those flying rounds. I say it was worth it considering games that look like this were still a novelty. Yeah, you wouldn't normally want them pumping out in your face, but for our visual appreciation on a PS2 game? P damn good.
The deliberately put them on the left side to show off the detail of the rounds getting chambered and casings getting ejected.
I think it was to avoid copyright claims because they had tested real firearms when developing the game.
My late dad was the one who introduced me to this gem of a game, and we played for hours on end, and that was such a glorious time that i had with my dad, this game means the world to me. thanks for uploading this video!
I remember getting this game on ps2 as a kid, it was pretty good and honestly way more fun then modern day cod campaigns
I just played it for the first time list month. Had a better time than all of Cold War.
I never played Black but my buddy always talked it up and showed it to me every now and then. so I can't say exactly how good this game is but being better than a modern cod campaign is a pretty low bar to pass lol.
I believe it. 6th gen in many ways is the golden era of FPS and many genres in general cause Timesplitters is still my favorite fps series even compared to stuff like Far Cry 3 and up
My older brother was in the marines and came back home with a ps2, and a bunch of games. This game being one of them. 8 year old me fell in love with this game, and I never forgot it. Been wanting to find one to buy so I could actually play it because my brother didn't let us play his violent games, but he let us watch him play them. Good times
This was THE BEST shooter for me growing up on ps2. The fact you could attach suppressors blew me away as a kid & finding out about the silver/gold guns unlocking after you beat each difficulty was dope!! Running around with an RPG & shotgun with unlimited ammo, just destroying everything in sight was so great 💚
This and 007 night fire are good stealthers
Here is the undramatic truth...James Bond games and Battlefield were WAY better and much more popular shooters in this day and for years before. This was another random shooter out of many that wasn't great or amazing in any way. It also definitely was not popular. In 5th grade, only one of my friends had it, he said it was too hard. This was the common consensus and part of the reason why it obtained this weird legendary status amongst gamers who remember the cover of the game, remember hearing about the difficulty, but really only played it once, if that. So stop idolizing this mediocre shooter from the mid 2000s. This game isn't "incredible". You didn't play it for hundreds of hours. You probably rented it once and never even owned it.
@@johnf817 that's his opinion and no one cares about your comment kid
I agree man, the good old days
@@johnf817 kid go back to battlefield 2042, enjoy your bugfest
I remember this game being really hard and fun to play. It actually made me try and concentrate on what i was doing. The hardest mode was easy for me after a while
The last part of the game where your in the underground bunker killing 100s of enemies coming towards you shit was intense on hardest difficulty.
Best part of the game!
The only way I beat that level was staying in the tunnel.
Facts!
I remember playing this with my dad when I was like 7 or 8 years old. 23 today. Time flies
Lol 1 mission lasted for hours
This game was underapprecciated and performed poorly back in the days. I always thought it would never get much attention, but seeing you managed to get almost 1.5mln views for it in 2022 really brings joy to my heart.
Great work.
another video said it was all in our kid heads that this game was underrated, but 2 minutes later explained how the xbox 360 came out the same exact year that Black released. That was one of the reasons right there for why it didn't do well. He contradicted himself lol
I remember when this came out, I never actually played it but all the reviews were saying it's revolutionary and the future of gaming. To be fair, with the sort of games that were popular for years after, I don't think they were wrong
1:36 nah this dude funny as hell 💀
I see a lot of people comment about playing this with there dads, I guess I can say I'm one of them. It's crazy how most of our fathers introduced us to gaming. It was the best coping mechanism for both of us. Miss you dad, the only upside to ea play is I get to go back and play black
How to play on ps5?
I remember being like 13 or 14 when this game came out and actually being a little scared of it. The guns sounded so real even though I'd only heard little pea shooters in person.
How is it 2022 and we haven't reintroduced "shotgun door to open" technology from Black.
Go check out ready or not.
Because people would rather twirl joysticks to lockpick
Shooting hinges would be good
@@demonjmh who the hell is “people”? Myself and a ton of people would prefer being able to shoot a door down , or should at least be an option and lockpicking for stealth
When this game came out I was blown away, played it for hours and hours and hours. Such an awesome game for what appeared to be the most realistic firearm modelling at the time.
Here is the undramatic truth...James Bond games and Battlefield were WAY more popular shooters in this day and for years before. This was another random shooter out of many that wasn't great or amazing in any way. It also definitely was not popular. In 5th grade, only one of my friends had it, he said it was too hard. This was the common consensus and part of the reason why it obtained this weird legendary status amongst gamers who remember the cover of the game, remember hearing about the difficulty, but really only played it once, if that. So stop idolizing this mediocre shooter from the mid 2000s. This game isn't "incredible". You didn't play it for hundreds of hours. You probably rented it once and never even owned it.
@@johnf817 but I did own it and i did play it on repeat for hundreds of hours...infact I still have the hard copy of this game at my parents house 🤣 it also was not that difficult at all....
Battlefield was completely out of reach for me during the 2000s as it was PC only and I simply didn't have access/funds to a gaming PC that could play Battlefield at the time.
@@gureno19 dude this game came out in like 2006. PS3 and Xbox 360 were already out by then I believe. It was by no means "ahead of its time" like so many people say.
@@johnf817 it was an Xbox and PS2 game....
Show me where this game hurt you bro 🤣
3:01 What a truly (but most likely unintentionally) creative literate genius sentence he gave us there: "It starts with K but does have an L, so Imma count that as a W" - Oboeshoes, 2022
I'm struggling to wrap my head around the genius aspect of this sentence...could you elaborate a bit?
@@vxru5 they are fanboys
still remember the time with my dad and his headshot challenge with the hardest difficulties.
"Aim for the head girl"
"don't panic, gave them a grenade and they will chill out. See i told ya, now get out there and take off there head"
that what he said. When i was 12. What a great dad
"lead gameplay programmer: Sean Murray"
so this is what he was doing before NMS
1:06 Thanks for bringing back that old memory. Don't worry, he survived... but I still saw it. He was 11.
Dog I literally was replaying this a few weeks back. This game literally is my childhood. My grandfather and I played this when I was around 6 and I remember sitting there watching him play then I would come through and basically try to replicate what I saw. It honestly still holds up.
My biggest issue with the game was the blur on the reload and you can get around that but hitting the top button right after you press reload. (Y or Triangle)
This games only special to me because me and my grandad played it too 😂
@@dionroberts2802 I'm glad that it's not only me 😂🤞🏽
Anymore literallies might have had a heart attack
@@ericbattista9341 good thing you can't literally have a heart attack from that ;) 😂
How old are you and your grandpa?
My grandpa played a game on his PC called NAM for years when I was a kid.. For his 82nd birthday I got him an Xbox and this game and he loved it.. He passed in 2012 but this game always holds a place in my heart for that reason
What I love in this game is if u cleared higher difficult campaign, you'll unlocked Silver Weapon (which means every gun u hold will has 999 Ammo and will not reduced after u reload it) in the lower difficult campaign.
But damn at that time I can't clear Black Ops Difficult cuz I always missed one or two of the intel (whether blueprint or laptop)
Still, I love this game.
I remember wanting to play this so badly as a kid I tried to pretend to be sick to get out of school one day for it lmao. More FPS like this need to be made.
where's the sequel, white?
And where's the sequel to White, grey?
Technically... Body Count (?) was the spiritual successor to Black.
@@austinnowak5414 what's the sequel to grey? 50 Shades of grey?
I played this game at a friends place I was absolutely blown away and didn't understand why I loved the game so much as a kid
One of my favorite guilty pleasures of gaming. LOVED the bridge level. It's so campy, goofy, over-the-top, and everything else taken to a level that's so fun. I always found it weird (yet, fun) though, that it technically takes only 3-4 AK rounds to take out an enemy soldier, but you can spend an entire 60 round mag on just one due to the "hit" animation/detection cooling down
Why guilty? This is probably the best PS2 fps game alongside killzone
@@ghostofwar5430 Except it's not a PS2 game it's on Xbox too.
This game was highly praised when it came out. Makes no sense to call it a "guilty pleasure"
I remember playing this game. I always used to grab the heavy MG along with the RPG and just start unloading on people.
This game is a pure cinema fps, everything done for rule of cool. Its fucking rad.
I actually dont mind the DoF effects on the reload to give them emphasis.
Also, that Gulag part from Call of Duty was actually the bathroom part from The Rock
Let us never forget that long long ago Michael Bay once did something good. Once.
Hilarious enough, I found immediately pressing the X (Xbox controller) button during reload gets rid of the depth of field. My friend I was playing with was so thankful for me finding that out.
I was expecting the classic video essay "This game was revolutionary before cod" I was so happy to get this instead.
Can't believe you're finally playing this. Loved this game as a young lad
edit: damn past 100 likes? thank you everyone! To whomever is reading this, I sincerely hope you have a nice day
It's just comment likes bro..
Don't listen to that noise lol thanks for the good wishes hope you have a nice day.
Man this game was sick, played this to death. Graphics were also amazing for it's time.
I get that the blur during the reload is supposed to be the character's eyes focusing on his gun for the reload, but if that's the case, why is the gun always in focus regardless of whether he's reloading or not?
Because you use the gun to aim still ig
@@WhenDevilsDuel It just gives me the impression that the character has chameleon eyes when he's not reloading and normal eyes when he is reloading lol
@@Ricekrispy10 lmao that's pretty funny to think about, thank you for that.
Cuz when you are firing on a target youre looking at the target not the gun lol
Because look at it
When i was a kid my cousin introduced me to "Black". First FPS i played he is the reason i am a gamer today at 24 years old. This game was so ahead of its time.
Introduce a black what?
@@humbertogonzalez1269 the game is literally called "Black"
Here is the undramatic truth...James Bond games and Battlefield were WAY more popular shooters in this day and for years before. This was another random shooter out of many that wasn't great or amazing in any way. It also definitely was not popular. In 5th grade, only one of my friends had it, he said it was too hard. This was the common consensus and part of the reason why it obtained this weird legendary status amongst gamers who remember the cover of the game, remember hearing about the difficulty, but really only played it once, if that. So stop idolizing this mediocre shooter from the mid 2000s. This game isn't "incredible". You didn't play it for hundreds of hours. You probably rented it once and never even owned it.
@@johnf817 One of the most viewed videos of this channel, but you say it´s not "popular". What a clown dude.
This was one of the best shooters in PS2 history, even if that hurts your feelings.
This game always appears in "tops" of best PS2 games. No james bond, no Battlefield, no COD.
CRY HARDER TROLL.
@kenshin himura dude it literally has completely average reviews. No Multiplayer, it had like 10 levels, and gameplay is repetitive. BLACK sold 1.2 million copies WORLDWIDE. compare that with any 007 game from that year or before which all had at least 5 million. Battlefield 2 sold 1.2 million in its first month in 2005. In one year, COD 4 sold over 7 million (in 2007). Same with Halo 3. There's no nostalgia for Black because no one really played it outside the occasional rental. It's all fake because people want something different.
I found this game at a yard sale when I was a kid and played the shit out of it. I used to replay the highway mission over and over to reenact the street shootout sequence from Heat with Val Kilmer and Al Pacino. Such a fun game from simpler times.
I remember this game feeling very fresh to me when I played it as a kid. I really enjoyed it back then because it had a pretty unique feel/style compared to other shooters before it.
Great memories :)
Aside from some of the janky controls that take some time to get used to, this game is fantastic!
I remember playing this game as a kid and actually thinking it looked really realistic, kinda wild to watch gameplay again.
This game was so good for its time of release, had it on PS2 🖤 sucks that they were not able to continue it
Here is the undramatic truth...James Bond games and Battlefield were WAY more popular shooters in this day and for years before. This was another random shooter out of many that wasn't great or amazing in any way. It also definitely was not popular. In 5th grade, only one of my friends had it, he said it was too hard. This was the common consensus and part of the reason why it obtained this weird legendary status amongst gamers who remember the cover of the game, remember hearing about the difficulty, but really only played it once, if that. So stop idolizing this mediocre shooter from the mid 2000s. This game isn't "incredible". You didn't play it for hundreds of hours. You probably rented it once and never even owned it.
Such an underrated game. Loved playing this game.
I only just recently played this game on the Xbox One and it holds up extremely well. It's like playing an early 00s action movie in video game form. The sound design, art direction and explosions are incredible, it clearly had a lot of passion put into it.
Also lmao at all the completely unused picatinny rails slapped on every single gun in the game.
I remember this when I was like 14. Im 32 now and the game still looks decent. It was right up there with halo, fable and morrowind in my regular gaming rotation.
its interesting you mention "airsoft course" in this video. a lot of the weapons are just models of airsoft guns. this was such a great game. an absolute classic. they dont make them like this anymore
Thats most shooters though. They model after airsoft guns cause A: its easier to get a hold of one, as well as guns generally not being legal in most places, and B: its to avoid copyright issues
I'm glad they don't make em like this anymore. These games are a dime a dozen, made to pander to white dude bros gun nuts.
@@MrMegaMetroid
There isn't really any copyright issue: the intellectual property issues with using firearms are mostly trademark issues related to their names, with the only ones related to designs, IIRC, being issues of HK having a trademarked logo which included the outline of an MP5 and Glock having one with a Glock 17, which some games companies worried might mean they could argue trademark infringement for depicting those weapons in games. Mostly it's just because a lot of FPS devs are into Airsoft, and aren't aware of which the signs are that something is an airsoft gun rather than a real one.
@@CruelestChris thats very informative, thanks man✌️
I can pass along a fun development story related to this; the police were called on the Criterion office once, because passers-by saw people running around chasing others with assault rifles and shotguns through the window. Heard that from an ex-Criterion dev I worked with
I checked my old PS2 box and I still have this game. I remember standing in line at Kmart to get this on Blue Light special. The good ol' days... 😆 Great video keep up the good work!
This, God of war and San Andreas were the holy trinity of my PS2 days.
the coolest part about black was looking at the destruction on both directions after the fight
I loved this game.
The only Problem is the lack of safe points.
Yeah I get to level four and just quit it’s ridiculous you have to kill a million enemies before a check point.
I played this game till I finish all mode and unlocked all silver weapon..
I knew I had played this game, but just watching the video I realised I should have gone through that campaign 100 times xD
I know every scenario you showed xD
nice "lock picking lawyer" reference.
The M203 M16 you got when you won on hard, and then black ops difficulty was so OP.
Enemies health seems like 30 million when you’re playing on a controller without aim assist
Haha this ^!
the only fault the devs did was not releasing it for pc
Noob this from generation that don't need aim assist save that for elderly
@@jondenton3437 ???
@@kadebass6187 bro we legit didn't care about aim assist, I used to headshot every enemy, use cover and tactics and the game wasn't difficult at all except for the last mission on hard
This game until now is still my favourite PS2 game that I had. A game that has so much destruction, so satisfying to play. None of the missions will bore me because of how intense all of them are. It makes me wanna download a PSXC2 emulator to play this badass game!
This was the first fps game I ever played. I remember getting it not long after it came out for my Ps2 and although it took me forever to finally beat the game, I had a lot of fun using all of the various weapons. I absolutely love the shotguns in this game. This game will always have a special place in my heart.
I didn’t think people played this underrated classic I always said it should be remastered or given a reboot
It's fun to see so many people with genuine love and nostalgia for this game in the comments. Stands apart from most of the other games you've played
1:09 the lock picking lawyer segway had me dying.
I hate that so many people missed out on this amazing game, loved it as a kid
"Come inside my tiny doorway" - oboeshoesgames
Funny that all the guns in this game are modelled after Airsoft replicas
somehow this makes the game 100% more unique timeless masterpiece
I used to play the game with my dad for hours when I was 11. We spent evenings and nights playing the game. This is one of my absolute favorite FPS! Pure nostalgia, I hope the game gets a comeback on PC or PS-4/5. Good old days, the best FPS for the PlayStation 2...especially the gun/explosion sounds of the grenades and the RPG are just epic. And the Legendary Soundtrack is pure love too! Since I haven't been in contact with my father for 2 years, "the background isn't that important", I bought a used PS-2 in very good condition and the game was in black condition, new and in the original packaging, and I play almost every evening. I just love this game. Especially the DC-3 Elite pistol that you have available for the 1st mission is a very, very good pistol...2 to 3 shots and the enemy is dead, it's similar to the Desert Eagle and the Beretta M9 and the sound from the DC- 3 Elite is awesome.
Straight forward, this game is the older brother of Dark Souls before dark souls. When I found out about the infinite ammo I knew I had to accept the challenge. BLACK is one of the best FPS in back when Xbox and PS2 came out. The story is so good but hard. The sad part, we were left with a cliffhanger and no sequel.
I never got past that one bridge mission/stage with all the destroyed vehicles. I remember this game incredibly fondly, still is to this day one of the only FPS games I actually liked
3:19 *looks up while loading my airsoft gun* 😂😂😂 what perfect timing 😂
I remember playing BLACK after I came home from school. Super funny clunky mess
I remember going to Blockbuster on a friday evening with my dad, saw this game, picked it up, went down to my buddy Sam's house down the street. spent the night at at his place and we played this game and beat it, pulling an all nighter ofcourse
good times..... thank you for this video, and bringing that memory back to me :)
LOVED this game back in the day, weapon sounds amazing, and few cool features here and there.
I remember there was another cool PS2 game, you played a special police force or something and you versus some psychos anarchist, they also took hostages, throw molotovs etc, can't remember the name but it was very fun
I think you're talking about another masterpiece of PS2 time: Urban Chaos: Riot Response
@@MrProMaiden Oh hell yeah, this is it, thanks
Fun fact: At 5:40, you can see a certain Sean Murray. That's the same one who created No Man's Sky.
This guy clearly was born to recently to enjoy this gem of a game. This was a gold standard back in the day
And is quite possibly one of the most annoying commentators ever. Like dude get to the point and stop doing all these BS cuts in the video. Couldn't watch more than 1 min.
best game to play in 2006, my entire country was playing this (Algeria)
I never managed to complete this game on PlayStation 2 and when I bought it on Xbox 360 a few years ago I really enjoyed it,it was beautiful for those times and very well made, one thing i always loved was the realistic that when you get close to a wall or any object the weapon gets closer for obvious reasons
I remember renting this from the video store as a kid with my brother and we had never played an fps other than the original medal of honour on ps1 and it genuinely blew out minds, awesome game
“I’d that a wind wound effect that isn’t ‘Default Wind Sound Effect’? Can they even do that?”
Earned my like good sir 😂
Dont know if anyone else experienced this, but in the first level, the second dumpster in the alleyway randomly teleports you around the map when you walk into the front outside corner. You can go up in the window areas where enemies spawn, its so fun.
“Call me when your forklift explodes when shot one time.”
MGSV would like to have a word with you.
FUNFACT: one of this games main features to go along with the black theme was if you see a black reticle on an object it was explosive.
Fun fact about the reload in this game, is that if the main character is not being shot at or in cover he will focus on the gun and the background will be blurry and he will reload the gun slower, but if he is being shot at and not in cover then nothing will be blurry and he will reload the gun much faster.
I played through this campaign countless times. Never understood the plot in the slightest. Good sound design. 10/10
I still remember the commercial for this with the song "Paint it Black" by the rolling stones. Nostalgia flooding in now. I think I was like 14 or so but my friends and I were so pumped over this because you could blow the environment up 😂
Sneaking up and icing a guy with a bullet in his occipital lobe before watching him ragdoll forward off a tall building through an orange window is a core childhood memory for me.
Playing BLACK was cool too, I guess.
My dad was an absolute beast at this game, he used to play it years ago, i was just i child watching him play...
My brother left this game with the Xbox he gave my sister and I. When he moved to California he took this game with him to play on his 360. I was crushed because I never had time to really figure it out. When he moved back I asked him out of curiosity if he still had the game. He did not. I just ordered it online. It has been about 15 years since I've laid my hands and eyes on this game. I cannot wait until it comes.
I never thought graphics would get any better than this
This game is gold. Turn up the surround sound and turn out the lights
Game graphically and artistically looks fantastic for a PS2/Xbox game
Gulag and Bridge were simultaneously the most challenging and fun levels of FPS I've ever played
I remember my dad watched me play this.
Game after getting it. I remember loving the AK so much. That when we had to write a Letter to Santa.
(This was kindergarten 2005)
I wrote that I wanted a AK47 and a UZI. And got in trouble lmaoo
This man’s brought “this is the lock picking lawyer” 😂😂😂
One of the best fps game ever and it was ahead of its time. Wish they could do a remastered version of it to days platforms without any bad changes
Black is still the best CoD tribute to golden eye game ever.
Being able to listen to your own xbox music while playing the game was the best part.