I f only they had just puit a little bit more time into development, instead of the convoluted storyline.

User Rating: 7.7 | Black (Platinum Hits) XBOX
By mikeyed | Review Date:
I turned on the Xbox and the game begins. Well not now, but after the credit sequence, in which the background is... well... black. Then I make my profile and start the first mission. Well, not immediately. You first have to endure the cinematics, which at first seem cool, become tiresome and boring. I just wanna skip to the game itself, but they force you to watch it and I don't understand the need to inject a senseless storyline into a game with SO much senseless violence.

I'll give it its due credit. The violence is fun. The graphics are not spectacular, but a nice last dip into the true power of the Xbox's processors. The details are nice, like when you reload your gun and everything but the gun is blurry. The sight of a rocket propelled grenade flying through the air is also actually really cool looking. You almost forget that the thing is zooming at you and intends to end your pointless, video game action character's life.

The level design is a bit bland sometimes. Trudging through the levels becomes a little bit of a chore after a while cause of the lack of detail put into the levels and everything is a bit drab. The lack of amount of levels is also a drag. Just too short to be worth buying. The only reason why you wanna replay a level is to find all the secrets, but that's assuming you really care about it.

This game is fun while it lasts, but that's a short ride through where ever the hell you're supposed to be in this game.

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