Blacksite: Area 51

Title: Blacksite: Area 51
Platform Played On: Xbox 360
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Date Played: November 2007
Time Played: 8 hours
Completed (Y/N): Yes
Score: 2/5


Opinion:

Yellow/Brown Environments are extremely boring.

I have to admit, I am a sucker for Area 51. Its mysteries have always interested me. Naturally I am interested in video games that portray their take on this controversial location. Blacksite: Area 51 is one of those games.

The basics of the plot are as follows. Roswell UFO piece get sold to Iraq, and later are recovered by the US in the invasion (2003) and taken back to Area 51. 3 years later things go wrong, and you have to clean up the mess.

Aside from an interesting story twists, Blacksite is a very standard shooter, that does not innovate on anything. The level design is very yellow/brownish and is filled with bugs. The enemies are generic fleshy aliens, that do little to scare you, and come off as overly generic.

Area 51 was alright, but did not leave behind anything memorable after being put back into its game case. I think the thing that put me off the most about this game was its choice of environments.  Every level felt like a deserty level, and those deserty levels felt extremely boring.

I can not recommend this game to anyone for any reason, even those that love anything related to the Area 51. Just read the plot synopsis on wikipedia.