Has potential, but doesn't bring anything new to the already jaded FPS genre. Spawn, sprint, shoot, die, repeat.
While the game offers a unique setting, it does not expand upon it at all. Lack of story mode or even any explanation of why you're fighting this war frustrate me. The "Black Ops" mode, which is an obvious "Spec Ops" mode knockoff, still does not expand upon the story. So far, I believe that it's either set in a traditional war in the near future, or a cybernetic war fought with avatar-like soldiers in some sort of virtual world. When a game's story gives me these two wildly different theories on what it's about, then something is seriously wrong.
I do find the customization to be the higher point of this game. The lack of more than one weapon per type is frustrating, but the almost full customization of weapon parts and attachments sort of makes up for that. Yet some of the attachments are redundant, only decreasing stats (like the muzzle variations) and others only making aiming less convenient (like holographic sights).
Its graphics are surprisingly good for an arcade game. The stylistic effects compliment the setting, such as the pixelation effect from "digi grenades" and the random markup text flying around you. However, it seems like the designers don't know much about how firearms act or look because most are bulky, oddly functioning, and have sketchy animations. The HUD and menus are hard to navigate and are cluttered. Maybe if it wasn't so styled it would be easier to use. The menus also refuse to give you clear descriptions of your class statistics.
Combat, as stated above, is dry, bland, repetitive, been-there-done-that, or any other synonym you could think of. Not only is the combat style heavily reminiscent of the latter Call of Duty games, but the control scheme is exact down to every detail. Though minor things like limited health regeneration and ADS bloom give it just enough to make it not a 100% copy.
Blacklight: Tango Down would be fun for the beginner to casual gamer for its simplistic combat, but for others, I recommend downloading the trial first.