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Blacksite Area 51 Demo released...

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On Xbox live that is. This game looks like it will be a good time killer with an action movie style and depth. I'm looking forward to it.

http://www.blacksitegame.com/

http://ps3.ign.com/objects/849/849459.html
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Played the demo last night. Fun, but deep as a puddle.

Apparently, not all the environmental destructability was present in the demo though, and I didn't notice the supposed team AI that's supposed to be in it. (the team interaction was a bit limited, being as it's all one button, whereas I'm used to being able to give actual commands in Rainbow.)
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Wow, that *sucked*. It even had 90s style sights that don't actually do anything!

The AI all over was hopeless, not just on the players side. The sound was bad - in particular the thunder sounded like farts. The oldschool 'walk 20m, then stop and fight spawning badguys, then walk 20m and fight more spawning badguys' gameplay is not a big selling point. Is it intentionally retro or low-budget? The misuse of the d-pad was awesome. The alien designs and overall lighting reduced the mood to 'camp' - quite an acomplishment when you're alone in a deserted town during a storm investigate aliens. :)

While it's not finished, the 'environmental destructability' was on a HL1 level. Wow, some pillars broke! You can SMASH COKE MACHINES. Shame the guns have no impact and feel like peashooters. :) If they expected this demo to sell their game, they should have put a bit more work into it.
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It certainly feels like Blacksite comes from an alternate universe where Half-Life hasn't happened yet.
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Or any other shooter on 360. Having scopes that are just a lump on the gun is a bit... retro. :)
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