This games tries to be it's not, which holds it back from reaching it's true potential.
Gameplay: It's an average shooter, it includes nothing original to the game. Average weapons, squad tactics, similar gameplay to any other war shooter. It lacks originality from it's previous predecessors. Although, the game is the third installment, you don't necessarily need to play the first two, to understand everything throughout the game.
Graphics: The game is run by Unreal Technology which quickly tells you the graphics won't be disappointing, and they aren't. It has a similar texture to both GoW and Turok which both run in Unreal Technology engine.
What it wants to be: Blacksite attempts to be a little too much like CoD4. Because CoD4 was a huge success, there have been attempts to copy it's ground breaking gameplay. Unfortunately, Blacksite falls into this category of copies, if it would have stuck to it's predecessor's way of game play, maybe it would have become a truly great game.
Even though this game has a handful of problems holding it back. You can't resist, but smile when playing this game. Somehow, you remember the old days of the PS and remember being afraid while walking down a corner, this game has none of that. It's an average shooter, with an average campaign, and average online, but you can't help liking it so much.