I don't see anything to get excited about. The first game was mediocre, but they coolest thing about it was exploring the inside of Area 51, so what do they do, take that either entirely or mostly out of the second game. The other thing that was interesting, is that they kept the kinds of aliens that people who believe in this stuff claim to exist, in the greys, and did something with that and made the story closer to plausible reality, rather than just way out there. But again, Blacksite just looks like some stupid made up completely freakish monsters running around.

This just looks like another complete ripoff, been there, done that kind of game. Especially this year, when there are so many good shooters out, and even great alien based shooters, Half Life 2 and Halo 3 being 2 examples. The demo completely sucked and was glitchy and stuttery on top of it. Yeah I know it was supposed to be a teaser, but that's a half assed excuse. The Lost Planet demo came out almost an entire year before the game, and it was still very representative of what the final product ended up being, so to expect some massive turnaround in Blacksite since the teaser demo, is just plain unrealistic.

If your asking about the single player missions/levels, then the answer is 11, but they are broken up a little oddly.

If your asking about Multiplayer character levels, I think the cap is 30.

To me, this argument is really only valid for broke people, and honestly, if your so strapped for cash, then you don't belong spending hundreds of dollars on a new generation gaming system and software. Any gamer worth his or her salt shouldn't be worrying about the price drop.

I mean if your going to game that way, then why ever buy a game when it'snew? Just wait 2 years until you can buy said game for 20 or 30 bucks, and then your all good, you can enjoy everything way after it's prime. Because it's the same philosophy, you know in advance that the game and the console are going to drop in price in x amount of time, so either you get with the program and play it now and enjoy it for that extra time, or you wait. If you take option A, you have be ready for that drop and deal with it.

I just don't see what the big deal is, I'm spending 170 bucks on Rock Band alone this month, and my entire game cost for PS3 and 360 just this month, is going to be 650 dollars, just for games, and I'll be enjoying them all winter long. I'm not waiting two years so I can halve that amount. If that's the kind of attitude your going to take, then maybe you shouldn't be gaming. I realize that I'm an adult and have a good paying job and a wife who likes gaming as much as I do, so I probably am in a position to spend more aggressively than a lot of people, but it doesn't change the philosophy.

9 if its 40 hours of gameplay like what the cute jade raymond said...

7 if not... (anyone else worried about the hours or am i being parinoid)

juju187

I don't know if there is such a thing as being paranoid when it comes to length of game quotes these days, the devs, reviewers and players all seem to come up with entirely different numbers when it's all said and done. I think it's normal to worry about a game's length.

The only thing we know, is that one of the QC testers for Ubisoft played through the game in 8.5 hours, which I take as a good sign that it may hit the 40 hour mark or close to it for me and other patient gamers. Reason being, is that that guy, had been playing the game for over 3 months straight 12 hours a day. He made a map of where he needed to go, he ran past as many battles as possible, and he skipped all the cutscenes, and he did not do one single side mission, just the main story quests. I'm encouraged that it still took that long.

http://www.vgchartz.com

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i want to know doyou need xbox live to play the game if so iam not buying because i have not got xbox liveSUPERMAN212

NO, you don't need Live. The game has no multiplayer at all, it is 100% offline Western RPG.There is going to be DLC chapters to download if you want, but you only need Silver for that anyway and that is obviously completely optional.

As far as your first question goes, it greatly depends on what store you are shopping at, I don't know Harvey Norman, so I couldn't tell you, but it should say somewhere on the plan or if not, thier website what thier replacement policy is for electronics.

Here in the US, if I bought the PS3 at Best Buy, I could replace it with anything, if it was available another 60, an 80, or if I wanted the 40 gig, then I would get 100 dollars in store credit on top of the exchange, or I could even ship it in, and get a full voucher for the amount I paid for the console in store credit and buy whatever I wanted.

If I bought the PS3 at Gamestop here in the states though, they are jerks with thier replacement plans, you can only replace it for the system you purchased the plan for, in your case, you would have to get another 60 gig, and if they were not in stock, then you could only replace it with a refurbished 60 gig, if they were not in stock, you would have wait until one was in stock, or freak out in the store and try to get them to bend the rules. and no store credit either way, that's not an option.

So that's why you really have to be careful about where you buy your replacement plans from.

If your asking how long it takes to get a replacement from Sony themselves, then yeah, it's a good 6 weeks if not more.

Good luck though.

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Network/Updates

Just read that and you have all you need to know.

It would be the smart thing to do, the timing is perfect for it, and it may help combat thier horribly weak Holiday line up. With all the delays of top games into next year, they know it's a tough road for the next couple months and those couple months are the biggest shopping months of the year.

People keep complaining about the price, and it's fine that Sony came out with this cheaper 399 dollar 40 gig system, but the problem with that, is that if you really are crunched for cash, you can't play PS2 games on that console, and to buy even 2 PS3 games and an extra controller, your still looking at a near or over 600 dollar expense to get in on the system.

I think to really make the most out of the new SKU, they need to release some GH games, Resistance sales have copletely tanked in recent weeks anyway, and you throw in some of the other launch titles and maybe even Motorstorm(they are giving it away anyway with the 80 gig) and now you have something. People on the lower end of the budget realm can pick up a system and 2 or 3 good games and not be out 1000 bucks.