Black Hints VI (PS2)

Black is a video game developed by Criterion Studios, best known for their Burnout series of racing games for publisher Electronic Arts. Released 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.

It puts you in the shoes of Sgt. J. Keller, a Black Operations agent who has just failed in his mission. Because of this, he has been incarcerated and is currently interrogated to reveal what his mission consisted of 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

Aurora stealth plane reference

In the first mission you can destroy Intel as a secondary objective. One of those Intel-containing laptops once destroyed holds information on an "Experimenting aircraft code named "Aurora".

Burnout reference

During the final battle there is a safe on the left walkway. If you destroy the safe, a message similar to "'You have destroyed Secret Burnout Renders" will appear.

The Terminator reference

In the "Nahzran Foundry" mission, inside the foundry building is a red intel folder on the wall located next to the bottom of the stairwell. After destroying the first machine, go to the stairs and collect the folder. It will give a message stating "You have discovered blueprints for Phased Plasma Rifle (40W Range)." In the movie The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character goes to a gun shop and asks the clerk for several weapons. One of the weapons he asks for is a "phased plasma rifle with a 40 watt range."

Here's a gameplay video: