Just another generic run and gun with a pretty face.

User Rating: 6 | BlackSite: Area 51 X360
Blacksite: Area 51 is the "Spirtual" sequal to the original Area 51 that came for the PC, Xbox, and PS2 in the summer of '05. The Area 51 back then was a decent game, you had your occasional scares and the feature of becoming a muatant was really cool.

Come '07 Midway finially decides to make the second game in the series, only problem is, its not a sequel per se. Instead it's a completely different location, cast of characters and some lame guns thrown into the mix. And fans of the original will hate the fact that the two games have almost NOTHING in common, and therefore there is no mutant feature =(

The game plays like an ordanary gun-and-run. You shoot, kill, do again but in a different enviroment. This simplistic way of playing could of been over looked if it wasn't for the fact that there are only 5 weapons in the game, 2 of which you only find RARELY with 2 rounds of ammunition. And the only usefull guns are the Assault Rifle (M16) and your last restort pistol. Now I know what your thinking: "Where is the shotgun" Well from a POOR design choice Midway decided to replace our good old Buck-Shot Beast, with a stupid hard to use and ineffective alien gun called the scatter gun. Therefore forcing you use your M16 through all 6 "Episodes"

And did I mention the game is short? I started at 9am today and finished at 4pm.

Is this game worth 60$ HELL NO, is it worth 40$ in the dollar bin STILL NO. Is it worth a rent, sure if you got nothing else to play. But if you don't like boring run-of-the-mill shooters, this game is not for you. And not many people do...