:: [ThC] Clan :: - BlackSite: Area51

Blacksite is a first-person shooter set (mostly) in a small US town. You take on the role of Aeran Pierce, the leader of a Delta Force wetwork squad. If you've read anything about Blacksite, you know the story tracks the progress of Echo Squad and thematically it's all about how we create our own monsters...how some secrets are so terrible they can't be kept. The storyline is fairly subversive and works as an allegory for our current fears and for a lot of the explosive events that have happened over the last 6 or so years.

The gameplay involves a lot of alternation, one of our core values as game designers. Sometimes you're with your squad and sometimes you're alone. Some missions are on-foot, some are in vehicles, and a few are helicopter rail shooters. The story takes you from Iraq to Rachel, Nevada then down under the ground into secret military facilities. Gameplay is made more interesting second to second by the squad's AI and morale, the number of breakables in the final game, the game mechanics driving all our enemies, and the alternation of gameplay setups and environments. The squad morale feature is a lot of fun if you're paying attention to it, and it doesn't get in the way if you're not.

As with many of Midway's 2007 games, BlackSite: Area 51 uses Epic's Unreal Engine 3 as its basis and the visuals were very much up to snuff with great looking alien character models, impressive weather effects and of course the destructible surroundings. The game definitely generates a feeling that one got when playing Valve's Half-Life 2; combining fun shooting with an advancing plotline that you don't quite know where it is going to go.

BlackSite have also morale system for the squad AI. Smith says that you can target your squad to attack enemies, break through barriers and other commands pretty quickly. "It's as easy as firing a gun; very fast paced," he said. "But during the entire time the moral is running. So if you are a very bad player and you are not making headshots and you are not killing enemies and you are not giving orders and you are missing with all of your shots the moral goes down. So (the squadmates) start to panic. They fire less often, they hunker down more. They eventually start blind firing and then stop firing." The reverse is true if you are a better player. "Their moral goes up. Their aggression goes up. They fire more frequently Behind the scenes they get a little damage multiplier."

Featuring a powerful single-player campaign, along with multiple online multiplayer modes
Gamers will be instantly immersed in the game's seamless storyline, set in the desert and small towns surrounding Area 51 that feature highly detailed environments that transform themselves into awesome battlefields
Unique FPS experience withsquad based tactics integrated with the gameplay. Take control of your character while commanding three other squad members. Put them in the right position and they'll prove to be a great asset. Neglect them,however, and you'll find the team suffering.
Engaging atmosphere as the dark and immersive visuals, cinematic graphics, and superior soundtrack A promising storyline by the writer who brought us Gears of War, told through cinematic cut scenes and in game voice dialogue.
Multiple weapons and vehicles to keep the action fresh and fast paced.
Multiplayer features will include two player co-op mode through the single player campaign and at least 16 player modes like deathmatch, CTF and new modes where you play as the Reborn.

Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved.

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