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Blacksite: Area 51 Blacksite: Area 51

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Type: FPS

Release date: Available

 
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2007-11-21 01:44:54 by Kudgel

Midway sends us additional screenshots of its first person shooter Blacksite: Area 51 already available in the United States for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Europe will receive this game in a little bit more than a week (Nov. 30). The Half-Life resemblance is hard to miss, but it manages to keep an inch of originality which helps dissociate it from Valve's classic.

 
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Sath

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Since 1034 Days

2007-05-04 13:10:24 BlackSite: Area-51 - Demo up on marketplace!

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st...

The executives were upbeat on "showing the market the fruits of [its] labor and investments," promising a BlackSite: Area 51 demo later this month on Xbox Live to generate interest in the Midway Austin-developed title.
http://www.blacksitegame.com/

F***k yeah!!!

I hope for a double mode merged into 1 demo.

Single player + MP online = Great demo!

Modern but yet futuristic as hell. From weapons been advanced to cool looking aliens, with modern cool army outfits. Can't go wrong!

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TheBeagle

TheBeagle
Since 773 Days

2007-05-04 14:07:41

Hopefully this game is pretty scary. I love me some scary games. Iv recently been jonesing for some condemned so I might go rent that tonight. I look forward to this demo.

Bingham67

Since 785 Days

2007-05-04 16:09:15

Nice interesting to see how this one plays. :)

KORNdog

KORNdog
Since 572 Days

2007-05-04 21:21:17

great news, i love me a free demo. we dont seem to have had a decent demo in a while now. im hoping for a DiRT demo too this month but i doubt its gonna happen

Isomac

Isomac
Since 935 Days

2007-05-11 13:19:51

Go download the demo now!

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dcdelgado

dcdelgado
Since 1028 Days

2007-05-11 13:31:07

A demo for Midway's upcoming Area 51 sequel is up on Xbox Live Marketplace weighing in at 583MB.

With the game due out this summer on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, a demo so soon is a bit of a surprise, but we're not complaining.

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We're not yet sure what you can actually do in the demo, but we do know you won't be able to do any of it if you live in Germany or Asia, where the demo's not available.

Fortunately it is there for both Gold and Silver Xbox Live users, judging by Major Nelson's post, which also includes the following handy synopsis:

"Modern day fears come to life in a familiar, yet extraordinary setting: A small American town swarming with alien life. The government is desperate, struggling to contain secrets so terrible they can no longer be kept.

"Everything hinges on the actions of Aeran Pierce, a former Special Forces assassin thrown into one of the most explosive moments in American history."

Let us know what you make of it.

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TheBeagle

TheBeagle
Since 773 Days

2007-05-11 13:54:18

Wow . These last few days have been great for game media and demos. Feels like E3 or something. Whats going on ?!

TheBeagle

TheBeagle
Since 773 Days

2007-05-11 14:54:58

What happened to the edit button ? Anyway demo is awesome but only lasts for about 10 minutes if that. Kinda expected though seeing as its called a teaser demo. Graphics are really really good and the action is top notch. Full game is gonna have online co op so im pretty excited for this.

Bingham67

Since 785 Days

2007-05-11 15:02:39

Didnt think the graphics were that great certainly not as good as Gears of War which uses Unreal 3 engine. As for game not bad but it has terrible framerate problems at times in demo slowdown quite abit. I liked destructable Enviroments etc and combat was good them alien creature thing are ridculoulsy stupid to kill though take a ton of rounds. ?

Overall not bad but not a stunning game and hope that slowdown not in full game.

GriftGFX

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Since 1168 Days

2007-05-11 15:51:28

Not terribly interested in this one.. but it's a free demo and I'm an FPS fan.. so I'll give it a go.

dcdelgado

dcdelgado
Since 1028 Days

2007-05-11 16:11:27 In reply to GriftGFX (2007-05-11 15:51:28)

Posted by GriftGFX
Not terribly interested in this one.. but it's a free demo and I'm an FPS fan.. so I'll give it a go.
Hmmm think i will too..

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Phaethon360

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Since 1013 Days

2007-05-11 17:19:20

Very fun demo. Too bad this isn't releasing in Summer. I can't see myself purchasing this anywhere close to Halo 3.

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FireWire

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Since 1168 Days

2007-05-11 17:23:43

I thought it was a pile of crap:

Graphics are bad, except for the character models

The moving and aiming is way to slow and the weapon handling feels very basic...

My interest in this game now: 0

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roxwell

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Since 1116 Days

2007-05-11 21:12:24 In reply to FireWire (2007-05-11 17:23:43)

Don't hold back FW say what you reallly think of it :D

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Sath

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2007-05-12 19:26:22

I just moved today, so everything in the new place is chaos as shit.

I had a gut feeling that in between the moving the demo would be out, and fuck I was right and I hate it.

Anyway I will get the damn demo as soon as my room is locked and load for hooking the stuff up any.

Anyway 10 mins long? what the hell...I was expecting some kind of a online.

Anyway...I will get back on this after I get my hands on my demo.

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bloodforge

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Since 1161 Days

2007-05-12 19:29:41

Demo was ok, graphics were decent but they need to work on the framerate.

Broadbandit

Broadbandit
Since 995 Days

2007-05-12 19:34:19

the demo is a year old, just an FYI, everything is probably more stable, better now

Killers

Killers
Since 1172 Days

2007-05-12 19:56:47 In reply to Broadbandit (2007-05-12 19:34:19)

Posted by Broadbandit
the demo is a year old, just an FYI, everything is probably more stable, better now
We all know that by know but it is THIS demo we are talking about, so we can complain about the stuff that is wrong in this demo right? Since there are no other playable versions of this game to the public that is out yet it seems pretty ok to talk about how the demo feels, dont you agree? :)

The Framerate while blowing things up and such is awful, i hate it. I guess they cant leave it like that in the finalized game but still a demo is about to create hype, and this demo just didnt do it for me. I do like the slowmotion part though, nice effect that really adds to the feel when playing this kind of game. But other than that i am not impressed and i hope to god they release a new demo with a newer build later on.

Sath

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2007-05-14 22:08:51

The demo was so damn short!!!

Fun, very war of the worlds-ish feeling but short. But its a teaser demo :S.

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UrukHaiPT

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Since 695 Days

2007-05-15 00:37:44

Played it, its ok nothing great, but not very bad either... Hope they release another demo, tho i think will never get the game... Cant get all :/

LEBATO

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Since 1290 Days

2007-05-15 07:18:08

Whoa, I was kind of ignoring this thread and the demo but man, the game has potential.

Graphics are bad? Next to what exactly? Considering how old this demo is, it looks really awesome. Shadows are perfectly smooth, environments are fairly interactive, the lighting is really really something. When you kill those last enemies, can't anyone else tell how incredible those animations are?

I mean, come on, it's 6 months old. Yes, there's frame drops, clipping, some issues here and there, but so say the graphics are bad? Uh no.

Gameplay itself was pretty standard though, they would have to add more to it. One thing that would help a lot is the feel of the guns, I want to feel them a lot stronger. I saw nothing impressive in regards to AI either.

They have a great setting and cool enemies, if they manage to fix up the framerate, do something cool with gameplay, especially on enemy AI, this game could be very fun.

Optimusv2

Optimusv2
Since 1060 Days

2007-05-15 08:17:08 In reply to LEBATO (2007-05-15 07:18:08)

Posted by LEBATO
Whoa, I was kind of ignoring this thread and the demo but man, the game has potential.

Graphics are bad? Next to what exactly? Considering how old this demo is, it looks really awesome. Shadows are perfectly smooth, environments are fairly interactive, the lighting is really really something. When you kill those last enemies, can't anyone else tell how incredible those animations are?

I mean, come on, it's 6 months old. Yes, there's frame drops, clipping, some issues here and there, but so say the graphics are bad? Uh no.

Gameplay itself was pretty standard though, they would have to add more to it. One thing that would help a lot is the feel of the guns, I want to feel them a lot stronger. I saw nothing impressive in regards to AI either.

They have a great setting and cool enemies, if they manage to fix up the framerate, do something cool with gameplay, especially on enemy AI, this game could be very fun.
If lebato is impressed I've got to see download this demo now =P

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LEBATO

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2007-05-15 17:27:22 In reply to Optimusv2 (2007-05-15 08:17:08)

Posted by Optimusv2
If lebato is impressed I've got to see download this demo now =P
For what it is, yeah, I'm impressed. I'm more impressed to see people call the graphics "bad"........I'm watching you Firewire.

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