I purchased Black for 10 bucks at a local gaming store, and have been ruing that purchase ever since. I've been trying to beat it off and on over the last month, and while the game is only about 8 hours long, it constipates me to the point where completing it is almost an impossibility. If only I were more patient. Regardless I thought I would list some reasons why Black is a piece of garbage, and why, if you thought of purchasing it, you shouldn't.
Special Forces Operatives can carry more than two weapons:If the game was an actual tactical game akin to Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, or whatever I wouldn't mind so much, but there are about as many tactical situations here as there are in Quake. As such, it isn't unreasonable to expect a character to hold more than a pistol and a machine gun.
Sometimes the best way to open a door is to use your hands:For whatever reason, every door in the entire country is locked, and the only way to open it is a shotgun, a grenade, or an rpg. Apparently, the enemies don't have the keys either as they too use a shotgun to get through doors. I'd hate to see the goodbyes to their families in the morning....
A bad guys life is not proportionate to whether or not he wears a hockey mask:If you wear a hockey mask, you either play hockey, or you are robbing a bank. If you wear it in a tactical situation, it doesn't make you nearly invulnerable. There is apparently some kind of life extension mechanism implanted in all these masks, because I've literally pumped 50 rounds into one of these guys and had them shoot me directly in the face. So much for pathos.
Teammates do things usually: You know there may be a problem when your team mate runs headlong at a group of bad guys and then loiters in the group and doesn't shoot them, there is definitely a problem. I've seen smarter bots in Doom, so I don't know what's so difficult about this.
Sometimes it's best to keep intelligence in a safe place:Now where do you think the best place to leave a laptop with CIA noc operatives' names: In your base, with whomever is going to sell that information to your enemies, or lying on a box in a middle of an abandoned town where there is nobody guarding it? Personally I think the placement of these items is rather dubious, but considering how dumb the guys you fight actually are, it's actually pretty believable.
There are so many problems with this game that it's hard to dig through the garbage before enjoying the game, but largely I would just stay away from it. You're better off buying a good burger with a friend, you'll have a better time. For more info you can check out my review.