Black Hawk Down…silly concept or engaging gaming combat?
November 19th 2006 09:10
Here we go again…another military title that focuses on some ‘rogue’ state that is causing the world some type of chaos and must be stopped by an elite force with the greatest weaponry on Earth. It’s been done to death but that still doesn’t stop game makers pushing out those tiles and gamers going ahead and grabbing it!
Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre released by NovaLogic is a stand alone title for the PS2 which places gamers in a nice blend of team based and tactical shooting on the fields of Iran and Columbia. Players control squads who have different characteristics including health, sniper, support etc which must be used appropriately to complete the missions. Very similar to Tom Clancy’s Rogue Spear series which fans of this genre will surely have played. Gamers will also be pleased to know that there is online play with up to 32 players on a server or 8 when a self host is made. Pretty impressive for a PS2 game.
Now I don’t really like the storyline of this game or most of these military titles for example. It really glorifies the nature of attacking ‘terrorists’ in real countries such as Iran and Columbia. I am not saying these arte the only countries since we see titles dealing in Western countries too. I am pretty sure such games desensitize the young masses of male gamers who are now raised into thinking that war is natural and necessary in all circumstances. I even remember when the title America’s Army was given as a free download and was produced by the US Army in order to advertise the military to young males. I thnk this is one such title which does the same.
I can’t really say much about this title that most gamers could put together for themselves…shooting, nading, killing, freeing hostages etc etc I recommend gamers put their hard earned money into another game which will not get boring so quick and is surly more original. Better yet, watch the news and see it for your own eyes…
Pictures taken from Gamespot.
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