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| From: Midway Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4155
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: Shooter Action Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Special
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 26943
Model: 26943
UPC: 031719269433
EAN: 0031719269433
ASIN: B000O5FULU
Release Date: December 11, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new. FREE upgrade to first class mail from standard media rate.
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| Features:
| | Online Multiplayer Modes: A wide variety fo traditional online modes, such as Death Match, Team Death Match and Capture the Flag, as well as, all-new unique modes created specifically for BlackSite: Area 51. | | | One Button Squad Commands: Command your troops to perform a variety fo actions, including planting C-4 to blow doors, sniping enemies in guard towers, or taking control of vehicles - all with one click of a button. | | | Incredibly Realistic, Fully Interactive World: From the war-torn streets of Iraq to small town USA, you'll need to use strategic cover points as you blow away your enemies in huge levels where nearly everything you see is destructible. | | | As squad commander Aeran Pierce, you lead soldiers who respond to your every order. Lead well and they ll rally behind you when the enemy brings the fight, but waver and morale will sink fast, affecting their will to fight. | | | Drive the latest military HMMWVs and commandeer civilian vehicles. Take a seat in the gunner s position during a daring, low-level helicopter raid against enemy positions. Fight with a range of modern-day Special Forces weapons. |
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Product Description
Following on the heels of the arcade and console shooter sensations, BlackSite: Area 51 is an action packed, first person shooter experience which pits gamers against alien enemy forces using the infamous U.S. government landmark, Area 51, and the surrounding areas as the battlefield backdrop. Set in present day, players take the role of a decorated military veteran charged by the government to lead a squadron of "secret soldiers," each with his/her own specialty skill set, into the Rachel, Nevada area to fight off the invasion of unidentified enemy races. The player`s modern-day emotions and fears are driven into a world charged with grave responsibility affecting lives hanging in the balance and eventually finding himself torn between his professional orders and his own ethical standards. In the end, only the actions of the player and his squad can shape the outcome of BlackSite: Area 51 during this potentially pivotal moment in history.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Black:site 51 October 25, 2008
William Hollis (Braintree, Ma. USA)
The game is basically too easy.Granted it is made for teens,but I have played games for teens that are much better.Even so,it was fun!I rated it a 3.
 Unplayable October 20, 2008
Kevin P. Gibbs (Chicago, IL United States)
I bought this game for the PS3 and let me preface that by saying that many magazines and websites said that the PS3 version was the best release.
That said this game is horrible. It's virtually unplayable even on the PS3 because the frame rate is terrible. Any little sort of action and the screen slows down and becomes choppy.
Not only that but I played it for about 3 hours and I'm halfway done. Let me see, I played GTA4 for 40 hours and I'm only 50% finished. Probably played 1/2 Life 2 for 20 hours to complete that.
So my point is that to begin with this game is only average but factor in the frame rate problems and the length and you have a 1 or 2 star game at best.
One thing that really upset me was that Blacksite wasn't even as good are the original Area 51 for the PS2 in length, story quality, and graphics.
 Awesome shooter September 13, 2008
Steve Rolick (PA)
Dispite some negative reviews on this game, I found it to be a very exciting shooter. I did however get this game used and not sure if it had anything to do with it but seemed at times I was playing it on a computer that wasn't capible of handling it but playing it on PS3 and some parts stuttered hesitatated. The graphics were awesome and was just an all out fun shooter game.
 direct action game August 12, 2008
Mohamed Zaki Mohamed (Egypt)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i enjoyed to play this game alot
i dont know why ppl didnt like it much its direct action game go for it everything is well balanced
 They should have listened to the QA department March 31, 2008
Some Guy (Redwood City, California United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oh boy, I was looking forward to this game. I love this type of game. Sadly, BA51 has some serious problems that indicate they either didn't listen to their QA testers or rushed to meet some arbitrary deadline. With a little more honing this could have been fantastic. Instead it's just OK.
What's good? The graphics, for one. There's great detail in your environment, enemies, weapons, etc. Everything you could expect from a PS3 game is there, although it doesn't look as stunning as Call Of Duty 4, which I've seen a friend play on his XBox 360. Explosions, weapons effects, and sound are all very good.
Although I'm still playing, so far the weapons are hit-or-miss. There's a shotgun-like weapon that's basically useless. When I first found it I thought it would be perfect for close combat, but it's not. A regular combat shotgun might not look as future-cool in your hands, but would work better. The ordinary assault rifle is very good, though, and sniper rifles can come in handy. You can also man turrets here and there.
Early in the game there's an extended helicopter ride where you're manning a mounted machine gun that's very fun and wonderfully detailed. You can actually hear the helicopter's hydraulics fading and recovering when you take hits. You battle a gigantic alien thing on a bridge, and again, everything looks fantastic.
I've heard complaints about driving vehicles (so far only Hummers for me), but it's no better or worse than driving in any other game. Forward or back on the left stick to go or stop, steer with the right stick. I generally don't like driving in games, but it's no big deal. Plus you can order teammates to man the Hummer's turret or get on it yourself (although the game usually makes you drive).
They've thrown in some squad command play, but it's not really that useful. Also, your partners' morale rises and falls depending on how well you're doing, which is a nice twist. You can target specific enemies and have your squad concentrate on them, which is nice, especially at one particular spot where your buddy is hovering overhead in a helicopter and you can have him take out the enemies on the ground for you. Some complain about the squad dialogue, but these are grunts, not James Bond.
But it takes no time at all for the lack of QA to seriously damage the fun, though. BA51 uses real-time mini loads ala Halo, but they're very jerky when they happen and sometimes freeze the screen for a couple of seconds. Also, when there's a lot going on, the framerate suffers HORRIBLY. Example: Outside is a huge creature the size of a mansion stomping around, I'm in a basement collecting ammo. Occasionally, little spider-like enemies attack, two to four at a time. Even though most of what's happening is off-screen and your immediate environment is fairly calm, shooting the spiders turned into a jerk-fest of epic proportions. There was so much skipping that it was nearly impossible to do anything but keep spraying bullets and hope that when the graphics caught up you'd hit something. Yet, at other times when there's a lot of action, explosions, etc. going on things are fine.
Bottom line - I'm going to finish it but won't keep it. BA51 is a sad, sad case of underdevelopment. If the game so far is any indication, the frame-rate and loading problems are probably only going to get worse. Movement throughout levels is littered with stutters. I'm trying hard not to let it bother me, but there's really no excuse for it and most people I know would be driven insane and throw the game disk into the nearest busy intersection. The story is getting interesting, the combat situations and enemy AI are pretty good, and so far the ever-changing environments keep things interesting. But this game is badly broken.
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