BLACK: What Modern Combat Looked Like Before COD4

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  • Опубліковано 27 тра 2022
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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.
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  • @mugiwara8166
    @mugiwara8166 2 роки тому +2392

    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

    • @stephenharper3150
      @stephenharper3150 2 роки тому +29

      same here , first game i made sure to complete 100% on

    • @mahdudes1523
      @mahdudes1523 2 роки тому +18

      Dude when i was little i can't even go through the second mission

    • @mugiwara8166
      @mugiwara8166 2 роки тому +12

      @@mahdudes1523 lmfao it was so fun as a kid. I love hard games

    • @mahdudes1523
      @mahdudes1523 2 роки тому +18

      @@mugiwara8166 yea, even playing the first mission over and over again feels fun, i miss being a kid where everything is just plain simple

    • @redbeardnj
      @redbeardnj 2 роки тому +8

      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!!

  • @skizmogaming
    @skizmogaming 2 роки тому +3938

    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).

    • @dfghj241
      @dfghj241 2 роки тому +86

      what? have you played bad company 2 mate?

    • @WskOsc
      @WskOsc 2 роки тому +68

      Apart from the suppressed ones, they sound like a sparrow farting in a lift.

    • @Rowid04
      @Rowid04 2 роки тому +116

      @@dfghj241 you can't compare it with black..black is a ps2 and original xbox game

    • @stefan020290
      @stefan020290 2 роки тому +60

      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.

    • @dfghj241
      @dfghj241 2 роки тому +27

      @@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.

  • @RyanxDunn
    @RyanxDunn Рік тому +80

    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).

  • @ajsmusic711
    @ajsmusic711 Рік тому +373

    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

    • @male20yearsold
      @male20yearsold Рік тому +7

      my dad too, lol.

    • @aPoorsPerspective
      @aPoorsPerspective Рік тому +4

      I realized it was a masterpiece whenever I was shooting down at a road and the bullets deflected off and went upwards.

    • @HafifSyukra
      @HafifSyukra Рік тому +4

      This was dad's favourite fps, indeed

    • @paidpromo4070
      @paidpromo4070 Рік тому

      My dad's favorite game to

    • @Thuhakman56
      @Thuhakman56 Рік тому

      Imagine cod 4

  • @MindlessRipOffs
    @MindlessRipOffs 2 роки тому +938

    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.

    • @cameronclark3418
      @cameronclark3418 2 роки тому +16

      Yoooo fr? Imma fire up game pass and give it a crack! Thanks man

    • @MindlessRipOffs
      @MindlessRipOffs 2 роки тому +24

      @@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!

    • @danielholland3991
      @danielholland3991 2 роки тому +1

      Is it enhanced in any way?

    • @buppy985
      @buppy985 2 роки тому +11

      @@danielholland3991 I believe just slightly higher resolution textures.

    • @MindlessRipOffs
      @MindlessRipOffs 2 роки тому +12

      @@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.

  • @kyleb1958
    @kyleb1958 2 роки тому +454

    Probably the best looking PS2 FPS, good memories of this one

    • @ankokunokayoubi
      @ankokunokayoubi Рік тому +22

      Yup. I had an experience seeing this game during my childhood and it's like "Damn, the PS2 game could look like this realistic?"

    • @GrabbaBeer
      @GrabbaBeer Рік тому

      You forgetting about red faction

    • @TheWITE-FOX
      @TheWITE-FOX Рік тому +2

      @@ankokunokayoubi yeah this game was crazy for it’s time.

    • @TheRealSladeValentine
      @TheRealSladeValentine Рік тому

      Killzone looked better imo

    • @Dominated001
      @Dominated001 3 місяці тому

      ​@@TheRealSladeValentineno way you think killzone looked better

  • @Ali-vu6eo
    @Ali-vu6eo Рік тому +97

    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.

    • @fadillah6014
      @fadillah6014 Рік тому +13

      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"

    • @tenasimena2214
      @tenasimena2214 Рік тому +12

      Related, i remember i stopped playing and went back to first mission for awhile until i was brave enough to do it lol

    • @MAC-0
      @MAC-0 Рік тому +7

      Jungle? I think you mean Forrest.

    • @gregkaplanis
      @gregkaplanis Рік тому +4

      The second mission one of the best of all time

    • @HafifSyukra
      @HafifSyukra Рік тому +3

      I have to beg my uncle to finish that mission

  • @theLV2
    @theLV2 Рік тому +197

    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.

    • @ytanonymity3585
      @ytanonymity3585 Рік тому +7

      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

    • @shantanuagarwal5789
      @shantanuagarwal5789 Рік тому +1

      Can we play this on ps5?

    • @MangoSmoothy
      @MangoSmoothy Рік тому

      ​@@shantanuagarwal5789 maybe Xbox with backwards compatibility

    • @mandibiedermann2246
      @mandibiedermann2246 Рік тому

      @@shantanuagarwal5789 saddly no

    • @BreaktimeBrian
      @BreaktimeBrian Рік тому +2

      Exactly, my dad brought this game one day and we'd play for hours. Take me backk!🥲

  • @daddiboi4121
    @daddiboi4121 2 роки тому +237

    This game was WAY ahead of it's time. It was SO good. Spent hours on this, it still holds up

    • @ijustbevibin0425
      @ijustbevibin0425 Рік тому

      😂😂😂😂” way ahead of it’s time”bro what did this game to different than any other fps

    • @eliasx1337
      @eliasx1337 Рік тому +19

      @@ijustbevibin0425 this game was released in 2005 for ps2 cmon now

    • @wahoo124fromsoda3
      @wahoo124fromsoda3 Рік тому

      ITS*

    • @daddiboi4121
      @daddiboi4121 Рік тому

      @@wahoo124fromsoda3 auto correct lol

    • @kyleotoole
      @kyleotoole Рік тому +9

      @@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

  • @takoshihitsamaru4675
    @takoshihitsamaru4675 2 роки тому +527

    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!

    • @BigBird-
      @BigBird- 2 роки тому +22

      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

    • @rockyn191
      @rockyn191 2 роки тому +3

      we need another black game

    • @takoshihitsamaru4675
      @takoshihitsamaru4675 Рік тому +14

      @@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.

    • @gabecelaj2901
      @gabecelaj2901 Рік тому +1

      Storror is cool af so this sounds dope

    • @OXY187
      @OXY187 Рік тому +3

      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.

  • @jake51515
    @jake51515 Рік тому +96

    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

    • @folver91
      @folver91 Рік тому +28

      that's the most american comment

    • @serkank3617
      @serkank3617 Рік тому +4

      @@folver91 😭😭

    • @mrprinceca
      @mrprinceca Рік тому +1

      ​@@folver91 lol

  • @alexisdetocqueville9964
    @alexisdetocqueville9964 Рік тому +164

    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.

    • @RealKlausSchwab
      @RealKlausSchwab Рік тому +6

      Late next Gen?
      Ever listen to the words that come out of your mouth?

    • @XicorVT
      @XicorVT Рік тому +7

      @@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

    • @VermillionRacing
      @VermillionRacing Рік тому

      Maybe for 360 and ps3 at best or smartphone level lol

    • @alexisdetocqueville9964
      @alexisdetocqueville9964 Рік тому +10

      @@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.

    • @XicorVT
      @XicorVT Рік тому

      @@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

  • @jedimike7622
    @jedimike7622 2 роки тому +353

    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.

    • @lawrencemorris2648
      @lawrencemorris2648 2 роки тому +6

      Exactly I need me some more catharsis. I can't live playing a game that doesn't have enough apocatharsis in it.

    • @cyberImperfection
      @cyberImperfection Рік тому +2

      *I enjoyed shooting the enemies on their feet to make them flip over. Bought PS2 again last 2 years just for BLACK.*

    • @MLWJ1993
      @MLWJ1993 2 місяці тому

      Controls are fully rebindable though, which was not at all common at the time.

  • @javidaderson
    @javidaderson 2 роки тому +318

    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.

    • @roadlizard2651
      @roadlizard2651 2 роки тому +12

      Maybe hes a lefty lol

    • @solid_fire9388
      @solid_fire9388 Рік тому +4

      yep, that always bothered me but still great fucking game..

    • @AlystrZelland
      @AlystrZelland Рік тому +17

      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.

    • @EvilIceCream333
      @EvilIceCream333 Рік тому +13

      The deliberately put them on the left side to show off the detail of the rounds getting chambered and casings getting ejected.

    • @OXY187
      @OXY187 Рік тому +5

      I think it was to avoid copyright claims because they had tested real firearms when developing the game.

  • @baguete02
    @baguete02 Рік тому +20

    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

    • @The_Babe
      @The_Babe Рік тому +7

      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.

    • @CL-ty6wp
      @CL-ty6wp Рік тому +4

      @@The_Babe We are farm animals

  • @joshuatalley7834
    @joshuatalley7834 Рік тому +14

    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

  • @MrPatrickguy
    @MrPatrickguy 2 роки тому +36

    where's the sequel, white?

  • @MyChannel7236
    @MyChannel7236 2 роки тому +204

    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 💚

    • @screwmuckduck8905
      @screwmuckduck8905 Рік тому +4

      This and 007 night fire are good stealthers

    • @johnf817
      @johnf817 Рік тому +2

      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.

    • @iwill6576
      @iwill6576 Рік тому +13

      @@johnf817 that's his opinion and no one cares about your comment kid

    • @morgzyy
      @morgzyy Рік тому

      I agree man, the good old days

    • @fernandofor98
      @fernandofor98 Рік тому +3

      @@johnf817 kid go back to battlefield 2042, enjoy your bugfest

  • @aidgang
    @aidgang Рік тому +13

    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!

  • @Eli9A
    @Eli9A Рік тому +20

    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

  • @gabechicano
    @gabechicano 2 роки тому +312

    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.

  • @SpartanXVII
    @SpartanXVII 2 роки тому +47

    How is it 2022 and we haven't reintroduced "shotgun door to open" technology from Black.

    • @honeybadger6275
      @honeybadger6275 2 роки тому +11

      Go check out ready or not.

    • @demonjmh
      @demonjmh Рік тому +8

      Because people would rather twirl joysticks to lockpick

    • @rjn1749
      @rjn1749 Рік тому

      Shooting hinges would be good

    • @Lukemasonmedia
      @Lukemasonmedia Рік тому

      @@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

  • @Dr._Doppietta
    @Dr._Doppietta Рік тому +9

    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.

    • @nwesterbeckmaster
      @nwesterbeckmaster 9 місяців тому +1

      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

  • @jdestrada6281
    @jdestrada6281 Рік тому +12

    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.

  • @bodgey9233
    @bodgey9233 2 роки тому +222

    I remember getting this game on ps2 as a kid, it was pretty good and honestly way more fun then modern day cod campaigns

    • @Cesly-mo3uf
      @Cesly-mo3uf 2 роки тому +13

      I just played it for the first time list month. Had a better time than all of Cold War.

    • @lf2052
      @lf2052 2 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @realamericannegro977
      @realamericannegro977 2 роки тому +2

      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

  • @vargknight
    @vargknight 2 роки тому +113

    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

  • @gureno19
    @gureno19 Рік тому +34

    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.

    • @johnf817
      @johnf817 Рік тому

      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.

    • @gureno19
      @gureno19 Рік тому +5

      @@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.

    • @johnf817
      @johnf817 Рік тому

      @@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.

    • @gureno19
      @gureno19 Рік тому +5

      @@johnf817 it was an Xbox and PS2 game....
      Show me where this game hurt you bro 🤣

  • @Quadrenaro
    @Quadrenaro Рік тому +2

    1:06 Thanks for bringing back that old memory. Don't worry, he survived... but I still saw it. He was 11.

  • @domm138
    @domm138 2 роки тому +16

    "lead gameplay programmer: Sean Murray"
    so this is what he was doing before NMS

  • @moneyboy503
    @moneyboy503 2 роки тому +60

    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)

    • @dionroberts2802
      @dionroberts2802 Рік тому +2

      This games only special to me because me and my grandad played it too 😂

    • @moneyboy503
      @moneyboy503 Рік тому

      @@dionroberts2802 I'm glad that it's not only me 😂🤞🏽

    • @ericbattista9341
      @ericbattista9341 Рік тому

      Anymore literallies might have had a heart attack

    • @moneyboy503
      @moneyboy503 Рік тому +1

      @@ericbattista9341 good thing you can't literally have a heart attack from that ;) 😂

    • @warumsindalleso
      @warumsindalleso Рік тому

      How old are you and your grandpa?

  • @thuggwaffle8825
    @thuggwaffle8825 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @zerobasedgod9291
    @zerobasedgod9291 Рік тому +5

    1:36 nah this dude funny as hell 💀

  • @billyshorts371
    @billyshorts371 2 роки тому +20

    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

  • @Ricekrispy10
    @Ricekrispy10 2 роки тому +109

    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?

    • @WhenDevilsDuel
      @WhenDevilsDuel 2 роки тому +13

      Because you use the gun to aim still ig

    • @Ricekrispy10
      @Ricekrispy10 2 роки тому +12

      @@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

    • @WhenDevilsDuel
      @WhenDevilsDuel 2 роки тому +11

      @@Ricekrispy10 lmao that's pretty funny to think about, thank you for that.

    • @slaughteredart8888
      @slaughteredart8888 2 роки тому +5

      Cuz when you are firing on a target youre looking at the target not the gun lol

    • @Kemozabe
      @Kemozabe Рік тому

      Because look at it

  • @davidencoification
    @davidencoification Рік тому +7

    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 :)

  • @The_Novu
    @The_Novu Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @muragienryl4213
    @muragienryl4213 2 роки тому +33

    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.

  • @tachyon8317
    @tachyon8317 2 роки тому +35

    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

    • @ghostofwar5430
      @ghostofwar5430 2 роки тому +6

      Why guilty? This is probably the best PS2 fps game alongside killzone

    • @danimayb
      @danimayb Рік тому

      @@ghostofwar5430 Except it's not a PS2 game it's on Xbox too.

    • @gabrielgoncalves2763
      @gabrielgoncalves2763 Рік тому +1

      This game was highly praised when it came out. Makes no sense to call it a "guilty pleasure"

  • @stormtroopergamer5024
    @stormtroopergamer5024 Рік тому +3

    I remember playing this game. I always used to grab the heavy MG along with the RPG and just start unloading on people.

  • @Dynasty1k
    @Dynasty1k Рік тому +4

    Such an underrated game. Loved playing this game.

  • @P0werL1ch
    @P0werL1ch 2 роки тому +33

    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

    • @porkcracklins630
      @porkcracklins630 2 роки тому +3

      Let us never forget that long long ago Michael Bay once did something good. Once.

    • @purpledragon2442
      @purpledragon2442 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @shadiussokralio1901
    @shadiussokralio1901 2 роки тому +21

    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

    • @vxru5
      @vxru5 2 роки тому

      I'm struggling to wrap my head around the genius aspect of this sentence...could you elaborate a bit?

    • @mayrokratt6195
      @mayrokratt6195 Рік тому +1

      @@vxru5 they are fanboys

  • @mrf1213
    @mrf1213 Рік тому

    Im glad you like this game, i had a blast with this on my ps2 days. it was really hard unlocking the silver unlm ammo guns.

  • @gashami1930
    @gashami1930 Рік тому +1

    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

  • @shamrockjack3680
    @shamrockjack3680 2 роки тому +17

    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.

  • @echodelta2172
    @echodelta2172 2 роки тому +25

    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.

  • @squelch1
    @squelch1 Рік тому

    that box art just brought back soooo much nostalgia from my game informer days, I was always too young and broke to get stuff but I would get so excited just looking at the pictures in the magazines

  • @this-nerd
    @this-nerd Рік тому +1

    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!

  • @Rellikein
    @Rellikein 2 роки тому +28

    This game was so good for its time of release, had it on PS2 🖤 sucks that they were not able to continue it

    • @johnf817
      @johnf817 Рік тому

      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.

  • @MrAFREEGAMER
    @MrAFREEGAMER 2 роки тому +161

    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

    • @trailz138
      @trailz138 2 роки тому +1

      It's just comment likes bro..

    • @thyneighbor2772
      @thyneighbor2772 2 роки тому +2

      Don't listen to that noise lol thanks for the good wishes hope you have a nice day.

  • @danielslammms8740
    @danielslammms8740 Рік тому +3

    I remember playing this game as a kid and actually thinking it looked really realistic, kinda wild to watch gameplay again.

  • @redraposoable
    @redraposoable Рік тому +4

    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.

    • @humbertogonzalez1269
      @humbertogonzalez1269 Рік тому

      Introduce a black what?

    • @redraposoable
      @redraposoable Рік тому

      @@humbertogonzalez1269 the game is literally called "Black"

    • @johnf817
      @johnf817 Рік тому

      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.

    • @kenshinhimura6280
      @kenshinhimura6280 Рік тому

      @@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.

    • @johnf817
      @johnf817 Рік тому

      @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.

  • @bobdeclor528
    @bobdeclor528 2 роки тому +81

    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

    • @MrMegaMetroid
      @MrMegaMetroid 2 роки тому +16

      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

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy 2 роки тому +9

      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.

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris 2 роки тому +14

      @@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.

    • @MrMegaMetroid
      @MrMegaMetroid 2 роки тому

      @@CruelestChris thats very informative, thanks man✌️

    • @0lionheart
      @0lionheart 2 роки тому +9

      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

  • @gwarriorfromhell
    @gwarriorfromhell 2 роки тому +52

    Aside from some of the janky controls that take some time to get used to, this game is fantastic!

  • @Zam___
    @Zam___ 2 роки тому +1

    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 :)

  • @gkl92ify
    @gkl92ify 2 роки тому +3

    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!

  • @ChloePricesNumberOneSimp
    @ChloePricesNumberOneSimp 2 роки тому +8

    This, God of war and San Andreas were the holy trinity of my PS2 days.

  • @NeoScreamo
    @NeoScreamo 2 роки тому +20

    I loved this game.
    The only Problem is the lack of safe points.

    • @memesfirst6928
      @memesfirst6928 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah I get to level four and just quit it’s ridiculous you have to kill a million enemies before a check point.

    • @dari9507
      @dari9507 2 роки тому +3

      I played this game till I finish all mode and unlocked all silver weapon..

  • @Yaboi_Phantom
    @Yaboi_Phantom Рік тому

    I remember playing this all the time as a kid! The thumbnail gave me such a wave of nostalgia

  • @MesaHighAsHell
    @MesaHighAsHell Рік тому +2

    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

  • @Deerwiener
    @Deerwiener 2 роки тому +3

    You play as Hellen Keller. You can’t hear you can’t see but you can scream. Eco location, And pulse frequency, the enemy will hear you before you can see them. They are scared, it’s a true horror experience. Hell In Keller out

  • @kadebass6187
    @kadebass6187 2 роки тому +45

    Enemies health seems like 30 million when you’re playing on a controller without aim assist

    • @PaoloLery
      @PaoloLery 2 роки тому +2

      Haha this ^!

    • @artoriuscastus5404
      @artoriuscastus5404 2 роки тому +12

      the only fault the devs did was not releasing it for pc

    • @jondenton3437
      @jondenton3437 Рік тому

      Noob this from generation that don't need aim assist save that for elderly

    • @kadebass6187
      @kadebass6187 Рік тому

      @@jondenton3437 ???

    • @SaidMetiche-qy9hb
      @SaidMetiche-qy9hb 3 місяці тому

      ​@@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

  • @samiralhajeed
    @samiralhajeed Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @fuuuuuwahhhh5276
    @fuuuuuwahhhh5276 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @zombieslayer7759
    @zombieslayer7759 2 роки тому +5

    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.

  • @patoconzapatos
    @patoconzapatos 2 роки тому +4

    nice "lock picking lawyer" reference.

  • @imchris5000
    @imchris5000 Рік тому +1

    the coolest part about black was looking at the destruction on both directions after the fight

  • @Odd_Bin
    @Odd_Bin Рік тому +1

    I was expecting the classic video essay "This game was revolutionary before cod" I was so happy to get this instead.

  • @JackMaus
    @JackMaus 2 роки тому +4

    I hate that so many people missed out on this amazing game, loved it as a kid

  • @user-xsn5ozskwg
    @user-xsn5ozskwg 2 роки тому +22

    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

  • @justoalvarez3940
    @justoalvarez3940 Рік тому +2

    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

  • @ThePOSM
    @ThePOSM Рік тому

    Yes!! I actually met one of the weapon designers for this game a few years ago, he now also runs an Airsoft store called BBguns4less ;)
    Great video! Loved this game so much.

  • @TBRACKET
    @TBRACKET 2 роки тому +4

    Funny that all the guns in this game are modelled after Airsoft replicas
    somehow this makes the game 100% more unique timeless masterpiece

  • @danvez5656
    @danvez5656 Рік тому +3

    Man this game was sick, played this to death. Graphics were also amazing for it's time.

  • @sandequation2653
    @sandequation2653 Місяць тому +1

    "Come inside my tiny doorway" - oboeshoesgames

  • @MARR1K
    @MARR1K Рік тому +1

    I didn’t think people played this underrated classic I always said it should be remastered or given a reboot

  • @DeathCoreGuitar
    @DeathCoreGuitar Рік тому +3

    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

    • @MrProMaiden
      @MrProMaiden Рік тому +1

      I think you're talking about another masterpiece of PS2 time: Urban Chaos: Riot Response

    • @DeathCoreGuitar
      @DeathCoreGuitar Рік тому +1

      @@MrProMaiden Oh hell yeah, this is it, thanks

  • @ClassicMagicMan
    @ClassicMagicMan 2 роки тому +3

    This was the game that made me want to get a PS2.
    I didn't get the PS2, but I wanted to at the time, just to play this.

  • @NotLikethisComrade
    @NotLikethisComrade Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @work4whatyouwant477
    @work4whatyouwant477 Рік тому +1

    Wow I completely forgot about this game. Crazy how memories come and go, and come back again. This game was great for it's time

  • @topdogalpha
    @topdogalpha Рік тому +8

    This guy clearly was born to recently to enjoy this gem of a game. This was a gold standard back in the day

    • @andrewb229
      @andrewb229 3 місяці тому +1

      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.

    • @SaidMetiche-qy9hb
      @SaidMetiche-qy9hb 3 місяці тому

      best game to play in 2006, my entire country was playing this (Algeria)

  • @Maelodas
    @Maelodas 2 роки тому +6

    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.

    • @Erick-tv8oq
      @Erick-tv8oq 2 роки тому

      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

  • @travisjames5
    @travisjames5 Рік тому

    Damn man this was awesome.

  • @persezyra
    @persezyra Рік тому +1

    The M203 M16 you got when you won on hard, and then black ops difficulty was so OP.

  • @thebbqbandito2868
    @thebbqbandito2868 2 роки тому +5

    I remember playing BLACK after I came home from school. Super funny clunky mess

  • @CEO_YANO
    @CEO_YANO Рік тому

    Damn bro ur bringing me back to when i was a kid

  • @rentokawaii1216
    @rentokawaii1216 2 роки тому

    man this bring back memory, i never knew you're supposed to be stealthy on the second mission so i always gun blazing through the mission, its hard but doable

  • @JoelCreates
    @JoelCreates Рік тому

    I had never experienced a game that let you play your own music from the Xbox hard drive, and I only had some Atreyu songs on mine. It was like they were made for each other

  • @MrArtyonEV
    @MrArtyonEV Рік тому

    God this brings back so many memories the only game I played on my ps2 more was re4. I miss that house

  • @malach6i
    @malach6i Рік тому

    Replayed it tonight, was very good for it's time

  • @attenurmi936
    @attenurmi936 Рік тому

    I lmao when you mentioned lockpickinglayer 😂 That guy makes awesome content too!

  • @HelloKolla
    @HelloKolla Рік тому +1

    Fun fact: At 5:40, you can see a certain Sean Murray. That's the same one who created No Man's Sky.

  • @shadymf
    @shadymf 2 роки тому +1

    1:09 the lock picking lawyer segway had me dying.

  • @williamnorris2560
    @williamnorris2560 Рік тому

    Love this game played it through multiple times

  • @shawnoconnor9692
    @shawnoconnor9692 Рік тому

    This game is gold. Turn up the surround sound and turn out the lights

  • @SinnedxTV
    @SinnedxTV Рік тому

    i fell in love with this game as a kid, the live cut scenes it was all great,

  • @villex-_-8534
    @villex-_-8534 2 роки тому

    I’m jus glad I’m not the only one u remenaces about this game this shit was golden in my child hood

  • @brianortiz9502
    @brianortiz9502 Рік тому

    1:09 just subbed for that lmao love the LPL

  • @austinwolfe2373
    @austinwolfe2373 Рік тому

    I forgot about this game! Good stuff

  • @MarcusTheManiac
    @MarcusTheManiac Рік тому

    My brother and I played this game so much as kids. It really paved the way for modern day war shooters. So much nostalgia watching this, might break out the PS2!