Black Hints IV (PS2)

Black is a video game developed by Criterion Studios, best known for their Burnout series of racing games, for publisher Electronic Arts. Developed for the Microsoft Xbox gaming platform and for the PlayStation 2 from Sony, Black is a shooter crossed with an action game and it is played from a first person perspective.

The game puts you in the shoes of Sgt. J. Keller, a Black Operations agent who has just failed in his mission. Because of his failure, he has been incarcerated and is currently interrogated to reveal what his mission was in order to find out what went wrong. The player needs to go through the operation that got Keller imprisoned to see what led to the failure. There are eight areas that you need to explore in the game, with primary and secondary objectives, and focusing on gathering intelligence and eliminating all opposition.

There is a variety of weapons you can use to deal with enemies and the entire background is fully destructible. Cover is available and you can use it to shield yourself from enemy bullets. Be that as it may, remember that cover is not impenetrable and some weapons can even shoot through the walls.

There are four difficulty levels for the game. Easy mode only requires the gamer to complete the primary objective to advance, while some of the secondary ones are required in normal and hard modes. In Black Ops mode, which is only available after completing the game on the difficult one, the player needs to complete all the objectives to advance.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Defeating RPG troopers

If you encounter an RPG trooper, the easiest way to take him out to is to wait until they fire a round. As they are reloading, shoot at his midsection. If successful, you will shoot and detonate the RPG he is trying to reload, blowing him up.

Spetriniv Gulag: Unlimited grenades

Wait until the door closes then turn to the right. Run straight to the staircase on the right-hand side. At the top of this staircase is a small room with a box of grenades. If you pick up this box and use all the grenades that you were given, it will reappear instantly.

Spetriniv Gulag: Final battle

The M249 SAW, RPG and at least two grenades are required for this trick. Do not enter the room. The door closes and it becomes difficult. Do not use any RPG rounds as you will need them later. Crouch at the door entrance and shoot the man with the flak armor in the back of the head. Then, shoot the others on the ground.

To kill the men on the walkways, shoot the red object on the right side and then shoot the objects around the bottom of the left walkway. These will cause big explosions. Once those men are dead, kill the next few in any order that keeps you alive. Do not forget the ones on the walkways. This will repeat until two appear on the walkway which is nearest to you. Kill them, then throw a grenade at each doorway at either end of the walkway. This should kill a few people

If successful, more enemies will appear on the walkways and on the ground level. Enemies will keep appearing until the two bunkers open at the far end and RPG troopers. Do not worry, as only RPG trooper appears at a time; there are three or four of them. Move back and wait for any last enemies or RPGs fired. Get out the way then slowly go to the doorway until you can see a bunker. Take out your RPG and shoot it until the whole back wall explodes. Use this time to take out the last of the enemies.

The RPG troopers will probably still be around, along with flak armored shotgun wielding men. This depends on how close they were to the back wall when it went up. Once everyone is dead and you have destroyed the safe on the walkway, go through one of the destroyed bunkers and complete the game. Sometimes this will not work out correctly and you will have to hide on the walkway and shoot them as they come.

Here's a gameplay video: