History VideoGame / Black2006

''Black'' received good to lukewarm reviews for its explosive action, detailed guns and impressive technology, even picking up awards for its sound design.

* GunPorn: This was the game's tagline in ads, by the by. The gun models are all incredibly detailed, and the loading screens show guns firing and empty shells ejecting in slow motion. Many of the sounds of taken from or inspired by action films, and used a system dubbed 'chorus of gunfire' in which each gun is given a different pitch. So a group of enemies firing would create a harmony of different sounds.

* EliteMooks: Appear in the last few missions wearing black balaclavas and blue uniforms; they can soak about 14 bullets before dropping, compared to about 8-9 bullets for standard enemies with body armor and about 3 bullets for unarmored enemies. Headshots still drop them immediately, thankfully.

* StandardFPSGuns: Several pistols of varying strength, a couple of shotguns, a variety of sub-machine guns, a few automatic weapons, sniper rifles, a grenade launcher, [=RPGs=] - nothing you wouldn't expect from a typical FPS.

''Black'' is a FirstPersonShooter released on the Playstation 2 and Xbox in 2006. It was made by Creator/CriterionGames, who also developed the ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'' series. Black follows the story of Sergeant First Class Jack Keller, a black ops soldier being interrogated about a terrorist organization known as 'Seventh Wave'. The in-game missions begin four days before the interrogation and soon revolve around Jack searching for William Lenox, the new leader of the Seventh Wave, across a variety of locations in Chechnya.

Black received good to lukewarm reviews for its explosive action, detailed guns and impressive technology, even picking up awards for its sound design.

* UnreliableNarrator: The intensity of the game is a reflection of Keller's recollection of combat under intense psychological pressure - both in the battlefield and in the interrogation room. So the winding levels, seeming endlessly respawning enemies that take a ''lot'' of damage to kill, ambushes, useless/missing squadmates that randomly drop in and out with no mention of where they went, labyrinthine level design, etc. are just how Keller recalls each mission, not how it actually was. This also explains the in-level story being so disjointed and almost non-existent, as the fine print doesn't matter to Keller as much as the accomplishing the mission does.

* RightHandedLeftHandedGuns: Some weapons like the AK-47 are deliberate modeled this way. [[RuleOfCool Of course, that's so that the player can watch the reloading process from start to finish]].

** SniperPistol: As well as dealing about as much damage as a sniper rifle, the magnum is also extremely accurate too, allowing you to use it similar to a sniper rifle too.

* ArtificialStupidity: The enemies in the game, among other things, won't notice when someone standing right beside them gets murdered, will charge the player in single file, won't take cover to reload, or ''will'' take cover ''behind explosive barrels''. Even the own player character's support squad might as well not be there.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the guy you spent most of the game trying to find it still alive. The authorities knew of Lennox's defection, and they knew Jack would disobey orders to pursue Lennox to the end - so they helped him along and faked his death for him, so that he can continue to pursue Lennox in secrecy.]]

''Black'' is a FirstPersonShooter released on the Playstation 2 and Xbox in 2006. It was made by Creator/CriterionGames, who also developed the ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'' series. Black follows the story of Sergeant First Class Jack Keller, an black ops soldier being interrogated about a terrorist organization known as 'Seventh Wave'. The in-game missions begin four days before the interrogation and soon revolve around Jack searching for William Lenox, the new leader of the Seventh Wave, across a variety of locations in Chechnya.

* RogueAgent: Lennox was apparently an American black ops agent running U.S.-backed wetwork under the guise of a terrorist cell. He either went rogue after being burned or faked his own death to go into business for himself.

* AKA47: Largely averted, although some weapons are simply given generic names instead (the RPG is simply called "RPG"). Curiously, in spite of this many of the actual models for the guns are different from their real-life counterparts.

* OneBulletClips: Averted with the shotguns in the game, which load shell-by-shell and can be interrupted at any time, but otherwise played straight. The Magnum speedloader is particularly egregrious (in the "loading more rounds than the player actually has" sense).

* RightHandedLeftHandedGuns: Somehow every, weapon you pick up is configured for a left-handed shooter, despite Keller being right handed. [[RuleOfCool Of course, that's so that the player can watch the reloading process from start to finish]].

* ShoutOut: One of the game's locations is based on the shower room from ''Film/TheRock''. Many of the game's gun sound effects were sampled from other movies and TV series too, such as ''Film/DieHard'', ''Series/TwentyFour'', and ''Film/TrueLies''. The intel objectives also have a number of references to pop culture, such as "[[Film/{{Sneakers}} SETEC Astronomy]]" and "[[Franchise/TheTerminator Phased Plasma Rifles in the 40 watt range]]".

* EliteMooks: Appear in the last couple of missions wearing black balaclavas and blue uniforms; they can soak about 14-15 bullets before dropping, compared to about 8-9 bullets for standard enemies with body armor and about 3 bullets for unarmored enemies. Headshots still drop them immediately, thankfully.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Commandos wield shotguns and are equipped with heavy body armor that lets them soak a few dozen bullets before going down. They also wear metal ballistic masks that need to be shot off with a few bullets before you can headshot them.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: The Magnum is one of the most powerful guns in the game, a guaranteed OneHitKill on Normal difficulty for all but the strongest enemies. Even the HeavilyArmoredMook enemies go down in two shots or one headshot.

* ShoutOut: One of the game's locations is based on the shower room from ''Film/TheRock''. Many of the game's gun sound effects were sampled from other movies and TV series too, such as ''Film/DieHard'', ''Series/TwentyFour'', and ''Film/TrueLies''. The intel objectives also have a number of references to pop culture, such as "[[Film/Sneakers SETEC Astronomy]]" and "[[Franchise/TheTerminator Phased Plasma Rifles in the 40 watt range]]".

* RuleOfCool: The guns in the game aren't an accurate reflection of their real-life inspirations. Almost all of them carry ''way'' more bullets than they realistically should (the M16 has a 90 round magazine, for example), and many of the operational details of the guns have been animated to "look cool" rather than be accurate or realistic.

* EliteMooks: Appear in the last couple of missions wearing black balaclavas and blue uniforms; they can soak about 14-15 bullets before dropping, compared to about 8-9 bullets for standard enemies with body armor and about 3 bullets for unarmored enemies.

* ActionGirl: Lt. [=MacCarver=] assists you in-game as a friendly NPC in a couple of missions.

* ShoutOut: One of the game's locations is based on the shower room from ''Film/TheRock''. Many of the game's gun sound effects were sampled from other movies and TV series too, such as ''Film/DieHard'', ''Series/TwentyFour'', and ''Film/TrueLies''.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The other two members of your team disappear and appear at random, especially towards the end.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: The Magnum is one of the most powerful guns in the game, a guaranteed OneHitKill on Normal difficulty for all but the strongest enemies.

* ActionGirl: Lt. MacCarver assists you in-game as a friendly NPC in a couple of missions.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Commandos wield shotguns and are equipped with heavy body armor that lets them soak a ''lot'' of bullets before going down. They also wear metal ballistic masks that need to be shot off with a few bullets before you can headshot them.

* BoomHeadshot: The last gun you unlock, the [=M16A2=], can one-shot ''any'' mook as long as you hit them in the head. Even the ones with masks, which you'd normally have to knock off with two or three shots beforehand.

* {{Badass}}: How you should feel when playing this game.

''Black'' is a FirstPersonShooter released on the Playstation 2 and Xbox in 2006. It was made by Creator/CriterionGames, who also developed the ''{{Burnout}}'' series. Black follows the story of Sergeant First Class Jack Keller, an black ops soldier being interrogated about a terrorist organization known as 'Seventh Wave'. The in-game missions begin four days before the interrogation and soon revolve around Jack searching for William Lenox, the new leader of the Seventh Wave, across a variety of locations in Chechnya.

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