Topic: Blacklight: Tango Down

[KDR_11k]

Generic PMC name: Generic anti-terror expression is a pretty nice online FPS for XBLA and PSN (15$ on both AFAIK) that came out yesterday, not groundbreaking but fun anyway. There's a set of coop missions where you fight against deliberately dumb enemies (i.e. they suck but they outnumber you so it's happy target shooting and if you aren't careful they'll still kill you fast) but so far I've only played them alone (needs friend invites, don't have any friends who I know have the game). I'm liking the team deathmatch in the game way more than in CoDMW2 since there are defined spawn areas so you know where the enemy is going to come from (can't count how often I've been running around in the middle of nowhere in MW2 TDM since I had no idea where the enemies were). Unfortunately it doesn't seem to refill teams once people start leaving so we ended one TDM with three players against six.


The coop missions against dumb enemies aside the game also boasts about its weapon customization, basically the weapon has 6 components or so that you can exchange (once you unlock parts...) but some of them don't really seem to have an effect (e.g. the sights don't seem to do anything except get in the way, if you use iron sights without a sight installed you get the standard HUD crosshairs with proper spread display) and I'm not really certain what the stat icons mean. Some items seem like they are wholly superior to others but without knowing what stats are and aren't displayed I can only guess. There are weapon tags which I don't really like, they look like cosmetic items but really give stat boosts too, I wish you could pick them based on which looks cool instead of which gives the best stat bonuses.


Overall the variability might sound like the game gets unfair but so far it seems that since damage outputs are fairly high it doesn't matter much what you do with your weapon.

[KDR_11k]

I wrote a lengthier post first but some sort of database error swallowed that so here's the short version:


It's a fun little downloadable FPS on XBLA and PSN that also has a few coop missions and some rather questionable weapon customization stuff. I took a deal for 3 months of XBL Gold for 10€ to play it and so far I like it more than CoDMW2. Especially TDM is way more fun when you actually know where to look for enemies (plus there's a scan visor if you really need to know more) instead of wandering around in the countryside because there's no reason for the enemy to be in one location over another (in fact the only mode I found bearable in MW2 was Domination since that's the only one that includes simultaneous offense and defense with clear points of interest).

[KDR_11k]

Seriously, **** you NWR database server. This is the third attempt I'm making at posting this so I'll keep it short.


The game's fun, cheap and downloadable on XBLA and PSN. I got XBL Gold through a 10€ for 3 months deal (it's 60€ for 12 months normally) and played it some. Of course the controls are clunky since the 360 isn't really suitable for FPSes but hell, it works out in some way.

[Caliban]

I just watched the launch trailer, and another video where the game is explained. Damn does it look fun to play, and it seems to have a lot of content for 1200 MS Points.

[KDR_11k]

I saw a thread on the IGN forums about the customization options, apparently the three bars you see are just summary stats, there's way more variables that are affected by the equipment. They really need to reveal those, tinkering with your gear doesn't really know if you can't tell what a given change will do.