BlackSite: Area 51

released on Nov 12, 2007

Modern day fears explode onto the streets of a small American town swarming with alien life. The government is desparate, struggling to contain secrets so terrible they can no longer be kept. You are Aeran Pierce, a Special Forces assassin thrown into one of the most explosive moments in American history. Everything hinges on your actions in BlackSite: Area 51.


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Despite what it may seem, this is a misleading sequel. Like it has the same name and all but just different characters and such. It would have been cool if Ethan Cole returned from the previous title. For this game the charm of original is gone tbh. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but its basically if COD had an alien setting than a pure military one. Its slightly shorter than the first game which is saying a lot since its also not that long either. You got turret sections, squad commands which don't really do much except progress the level. There is definitely worse games just don't expect much. I can only recommend to the most hardcore of FPS fans or if you find it dirt cheap.

The reason it’s called Midway is because every game they make is MID.

Es basicamente todo lo malo que existia en la septima generacion de consolas sobre juegos belicos y shooters genericos. Es literalmente eso, lo generico y vago hecho videojuegos. Minimo el gunplay no es desastroso, pero vamos, mediocre eso y es lo mejor del juegos. Visualmente aburrido y feo sin nada interesante, el juego anterior minimo se veia con efectos y estilo mejores en varios niveles, y se ve fofo el diseño, los niveles es interes 0, los enemigos si algunos seran grandes, pero poco importan, y solo son esponjas de balas, sin nada interesante nisiquiera resultan en un desafio mas que un poco ese gigante que tienes que matar con cohetes pero que nisiquiera asi es la gran cosa, muy basico, sin estrategia, los momentos de conduccion no aportan nada, nisiquiera hace falta esforzarse en apuntar, sumando trayectos nada interesantes, y esos disque enemigos gigantes e imponentes, es pura apariencia, ilusion.

Y la historia no va a nada, los personajes apestan, el sistema moral y de ayuda es inservible y hasta saca de inmersion, la inteligencia artificial es estupida, el mesclar mierda de IRAQ con aliens y super soldados hace que se pierda el foco, y siendo que dura nada, no se desarrolla nada, y es todo soso en dialogos, incluso con la muerte de uno, bah, no se siente nada. Es eso, la nada misma este juego, ni potencial, ni ejecucion, lo unico, es que minimo, solo es otra cosa mas por la que pasaras y no sentiste nada. Simplemente no vale nada ni esta hecho con esfuerzo de ningun tipo, casi que por "mira, habia querido hacer una secuela, pero meh, rapido, hecho a las patadas para sacarlo a tiempo, y listo".

BlackSite: Area 51 is a game I'd almost call offensively generic. It's a pretty good showcase of some of the most apparent trends that oversaturated the shooter genre in the 7th console generation. The locations are drab & boring, the characters come off uninspired & the creative scope also is surprisingly barebones considering the setting is supposed to be an "alien invasion" - only really having 7-8 alien types and roughly the same amount of guns available for use.

These days the game likely can be found heavily discounted, but unless really craving for a 1st person shooter in an alien invasion universe I cannot recommend this for anybody to play.

This is truly one of the most unimaginative military shooters I've played in a long time. Even Delta Force Xtreme feels more original than this, and that's saying something. I don't know how you can make a game about aliens and conspiracy theories so boring.

At least the shooting is serviceable, the driving feels okay, and the assault rifle is fun to use. The environments are very forgettable, they all look the same. The chapter set in the suburbs was a standout, but that's not saying much.

If you're going to play this game on the PC, be sure to check out the PCGamingWiki on how to turn off the post-processing effects. Not only does it make the game look better, but it also fixes a lot of graphical artifacts.