Classic Game Room - BLACK for PS2 review

Classic Game Room HD reviews BLACK for Playstation 2 PS2. Bang! Explode! Boom! Black is the most explosive shooter that CGR has played and one of the most outrageously fun. Over the top explosions, firepower and waves of mindless goons make Black an entertaining game that should appeal to fans of stylish shooters like Red Faction, Time Splitters and others. Not quite as technical and precise as many current favorites, Black revels in its fanfare of shattered glass, shell casings and exploding random barrels and trucks. This CGR review of the first person shooter Black has gameplay from the PS2 video game, Black, showing FPS action on Playstation 2 in Black in HD. Will there be a sequel to Black called Black 2 on PS3 Playstation 3 soon? We can only hope.... perhaps it will be called Black 2 sequel Bodycount for PS3 and Xbox 360...?

[@MrIamcrusty]

The graphics for this game blew my mind back in the day lol

[@sebastiangonzales46]

Same

[@sebs2306live2]

Lol ?

[@JS-yt1zy]

Same. I thought this was so badass and intense when I first played it. lol

[@niggamany]

Yeah, who would of thought you could have better graphics

[@rideroundandstuff]

They're still very good. Maybe not technically, but the aestethics are so awesome.

[@mftvgcinema]

This game has best gun sounds in video game ever!

[@blennerville2]

and nice roload annimations.

[@SobanMub]

BLACK: for this game "Gun Porn" was brought in the world (Literally). no other is even close to it. Not even COD games.

[@abymondesir23]

yes one of the best highlights to this game the gun sounds were clear and crisp, unlike most games which sound generic

[@socillizt4life]

AMEN to that!!!!!

[@aaadj2744]

This is the best shooting game on PS2 and even Xbox. Every soundtrack on this game is masterpiece too. None of any other shooting game soundtrack can beat the soundtrack of this game.

[@foxhound90]

Sad moment when you realize that BLACK is now a...Classic Game. Jesus Christ, im old

[@Synathidy]

No you are not. PS2 is a pretty recent system.

[@nosidezero]

@@Synathidy That's like saying the NES is a recent system in the year 2000

[@itadapeeza8559]

@@nosidezero not really

[@LoweeCitizen]

@@itadapeeza8559 Someone's in denial.

[@itadapeeza8559]

@@LoweeCitizen huh ?

[@JoshDRivia4]

I remember this game, it was the last game I ever played on a Ps2 before getting a 360. I looked ridiculously good for a console of that age.

[@jamesgeorge7579]

I watched my brother lay it on original xbox, I remember he would shoot a door down with a shotgun, and stand on it while it slid down stairs shooting bad guys. Kinda like what Legolas did at Helms Deep in the Two Towers.

[@jasonawoodworth]

looks better than some ps3 games

[@BJforthelife]

I DEMAND A REMAKE OF THIS MASTER PIECE!! cause we all know Black 2 may never come :C

[@infextious]

Shit this game has aged incredibly well.

[@AC85Bears]

I can't help but feel that Michael Bay had some sort of involvement in this game.

[@socillizt4life]

AC85Bears WRONG well on second thought your spot on,Bay can’t tell a good story to save his life but even Bay can’t do mindlessEXPLOSIONS with the class that this modern day classic FPS does!!

[@lenoortiz4354]

it sucks that they never made Black 2, im playing it on my kick ass ps2... 2016

[@velouris76]

There was a PS3 sequel called "bodycount", but nowhere near as good.

[@avengingxeonshw]

bodycount also on xbox 360

[@lackoftruth4947]

yeah it suckz, they ddnt develop it

[@theenigmaticnovaofactivity4065]

The sound mixing for the guns in this game surpasses most of its modern day contemporaries.

[@Rockman7532]

Man this game looked amazing back in the day, i remember when i bought this for ps2 looked way better than anything else on the console. Great sound design too

[@Seanthefox]

you have an awesome statement right there! the game is just incredible. I still play it, and I am hoping that they remaster it soon

[@leeturner8023]

I generally hate first person shooters, but this had something that set it apart: atmosphere. I know it sounds odd, but there were many inside derelict locations in this game that really creeped me out. This could have just as easily have been a zombie horror game and it still would have been excellent.

[@DavidAkhter]

Yep it was like gun porn to me!

[@AZACE21]

I agree, this is my favorite PS2 game ever!

[@reporterjoe5783]

I think it looks better than most games in 2016

[@DreamerXSky32]

This game had really good graphics for the ps2. And this is still fun to play nowadays

[@ilikepotatoes1345]

The best looking game on PS2 ever, no doubt, no contest

[@EdwinMoq]

I like Potatoes Not the best looking but still one of the best.

[@retroboy-fh1ji]

This proves that PS2 is more powerful than many people think. Many people think that is way less powerful than Gamecube and XBOX but this is very close to 7th gen standard graphics

[@callumwearne7870]

FUCK COD its overhyped. This just goes to show how badass the ps2 was as a console. Literally pushed the boundaries of what we thought was graphically possible in its time

[@panda757rp]

+Callum Wearne you look like crapgamerreviews

[@victorvaduva5371]

It looks better than other games on newer consoles, I've played it about 2 hours ago, now, in 2016. Amazing graphics, amazing storyline, amazing sound effects, amazing at all. An amazing first person shooter, made by EA.

[@malkrow21]

I remember playing this game so much on my PS2 that the game actually stopped working. The console worked fine, though, it was just the game. Which was unfortunate 'cause the game was a lot of fun. I actually didn't like the game at first, but the more I played the more I enjoyed it. I actually felt the opposite of some of the mainstream reviews out there who felt the game was good at the start, but dull in the rest; to me it was dull at the start but more fun in the rest.

[@oldguerrilla3377]

Fucking Amazing Game !

[@deedeemerry1295]

been playing this in 4k on the pcsx2 emulator and with a 60 fps patch somebody made. amazin game

[@Sublymonal04]

This makes me wanna dust off my PS2 and buy this game again.

[@callumwearne7870]

Bring Black 2 out for ps4 i say, but also make it compatible with pc and xbox one

[@3CupcakesInAPie]

No just PS4

[@Vishnu_Karthik]

***** Next gen consoles suck

[@elmoelmerson172]

***** lol why

[@OperationStormAwYea]

Totally agreed.Black is still my fav FPS,the best game ever created.

[@3CupcakesInAPie]

***** yeah okay PC Too but no

[@laurenced2916]

Why didn't this game have a sequel?? Think how good Black 2 would be on ps4!

[@Seanthefox]

+KRACKDOWN PRODUCTIONS I wish the would make another burnout game

[@HorroRviXenKate]

it does have a sequel ,its called BODYCOUNT and it aint anywhere near the greatness of BLACK

[@thomashassall4615]

@@HorroRviXenKate seriously is that a legit follow up?

[@LouJNT]

Watching this got me all nostalgic and I bought the game again, it's so great, so many memories playing this, it still holds up in my opinion

[@ColdenBaller]

This game reeks of style.

[@yoyo77777]

BLACK was an unsung legend of the Ps2. Short but well lived. 8/10 (needs multiplayer/co-op mode) great game!

[@trufromthelou]

I remember this game man the last level was my favorite and when I beat it my guns turned gold and I played it again beating it on a even harder levels now this is real gun play action ps4 needs to make a part 2🔫🔫🔫👍👍👍

[@stevenmontoya4667]

way better then any cod game

[@Seanthefox]

good point

[@ch33zybreadtrellie4]

Nah I wouldn't say all that!! COD has the feel of brotherhood.... plus there's conversation between the characters, so it feels more realistic and you grow to like or hate characters. U must have never played COD ghost or the big red 1.... u feel like ur in the military. This game while good, felt like u were just another man killing people..

[@abzu5640]

And Battlefield too!

[@notkimpine]

but that doesn't involved auto-aim and jumping mechanics.

[@fail-life2870]

Black and Quake II, are the two only FPS that makes me feel like a true hero...

[@ncalimendo]

Black was totally outstanding, totally explosive, and stands the test of time. I played it on xbox. Codemasters were so creative and adept at getting the hardware to do things that other designers didn't even dare, down to many loving details like the way windows shattered realistically in disparate pieces and fell smashing to the ground. Such a ballsy game and so much fun, and a visually poetic kind of quality to it as well, which may sound a bit strange, but the game has soul. I just wish the controls were a bit more fluid and that you could jump! Anyway, amazing game.

[@morphanok6932]

Im going to email Criterion and tell them to give us BLACK 2. Everyone join me!

[@PoyoPancakes]

Probably will never happen. Black 2 was in development but got canceled because the team couldnt agree on a direction for the game. Google Black 2 cancelled and you should see some articles from january 2015 about it.

[@jaimenoble]

@@PoyoPancakes aww man no way just found my ps2 in the dust shell n replayed this game.

[@helghast_9539]

@@PoyoPancakes not suprised, they planed some coop crap with cringy characters.

[@STIGGBLASTBACK]

one of the best games I ever played on the original xbox, this when the time EA don't suck with micro transaction...

[@SerotoninCrunch]

The depth of field effect when reloading is awesome! games like battlefield or cod could fit that in nicely (mostly battlefield, because cod fanboys get their panties in a bunch over any changes). I am so going to buy this game. Games like these make me proud to still own my ps2. I am NEVER going to sell it.

[@ethanmarhefky5676]

This is still my all-time favorite review from Mark. He hit the nail right on the head...with an RPG. I should probably check out time splitters since BLACK is hands-down, my favorite PS2 bang-bang game.

[@CallieCore]

I'd go as far as to say this is the best single player console FPS experience of all time.

[@RobertSarlijaGaming]

Best FPS game ever ! i played and finish Black 20-30 times . . :D

[@SDeww]

if just look at the graphics you would think its ps3 not ps2 that is how good this game is,.

[@stevep4181]

S Dew graphics dont make games good.

[@SDeww]

steve p ofcours not i did not say that, i said if u look at graphics this game looks good enough to be a ps3 game not ps2 but it is ps2, and it is a great game in all ways not just graphics

[@botbeamer]

S Dew yeah lol, even in 2015 those graphics aren't bad. and the special effects are freaking awesome!

[@MrDylan9023]

Yeah, I hate how people mock the PS2's graphical power. The condole itself is actually very impressive.

[@botbeamer]

+MrDylan9023 it was made in 2000 and we're in 2015 and i got black on ps2 along with a gaming pc i built for myself and for it's time , the game was just amazing

[@Koukilin]

Been here since these days, miss these videos.

[@pavma7]

black ps4 remastered please

[@ezrarhoads8682]

I like to call this game EVERY ACTION MOVIE EVER MADE!!

[@RocketNightStar]

This game taught me that blowing shit up makes everything better.

[@curryking1]

One of my favourite CGR reviews :)

[@JohnDoe-mz1xc]

Wow. Can't believe I missed out on this game back in the day. Need to pick it up. TO AMAZON DOT COM!!!

[@peterv367]

Once i get my career going, my first project... BLACK 2!

[@Shadowolfy55]

Damn Straight I'm behind you on that one!

[@SobanMub]

Great. Im a 3d modeler n do texturing n may try animating. lolz. . more company needed

[@vermili0138]

SobanMub You can ask EA to fund you on the project, but they're like FUCK YOU! GIVE ME MONEY! (angry Joe quote) XD

[@SobanMub]

Ali Haidar lol . they wont fund any1 just like that. we need to be in a great position before even asking them.

[@peterv367]

IRocaNox Sounds good

[@ivanlyutiy7437]

this game is 10 of 10

[@MrSickness6666]

Jontron and Egoraptor style!!!! 10 outta 10!!!

[@Dreamerpunk]

amaba ese juego.. great review!

[@Greenbit5721]

couldn't have worded it better, thank you for this

[@LoneEditor]

Looks like early ps3

[@RydaliaAstora]

How do they even squeeze the graphics on the ps2 back then. Programmers probably on steroids

[@theguywiththename888]

+Ridalia Somethin about those old Criterion games on ps2. Just look at how good Burnout Revenge looked. They had some mad skills.

[@retroboy-fh1ji]

PS2 was hard to program. This is why only a handful of developers only can push the console to the maximum potential (the PS2 true power). I think most games only used 1 Vector Unit and not the other. This is very similar to the Sega Saturn architecture (using both CPU's was very difficult but still was more powerful than the PS1). Criterion's Engine on the PS2 is really impressive for the hardware.

[@lolbrunopt]

I remember playing the demo on PS2 over and over again, it was so awesome

[@energetically1]

This was such an enjoyable game, visual and sound wise a super title. I always get random flash backs of this game even to this day, hence why I'm searching yt for videos. Looks even better than I imagined in my minds eye.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

It looks almost as good as a PS3 game.

[@LorenHelgeson]

+Demon Rantz I remember that being a big part of what impressed me when I first played it. In fact, I think the PS3 had just been launched around the time that Black came out.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Loren Helgeson It looks almost the same as Resistance fall of man which was a PS3 launch title.

[@Random-bj3gf]

+Demon Rantz resistance fall of man is soo good

[@LorenHelgeson]

םוזזאממיל םאהמווד So I've heard. Never played it, but it was the first PS3 game I saw previews of that made me say "wow, THIS is next-gen."

[@Random-bj3gf]

Loren Helgeson it's dead cheap now you can buy all 3 games for under £10

[@AcidGlow]

I guess all those rage quits you had over it were fun. Normally.. rage quitting is the reason of `not having fun``.. ;) lol

[@thomashassall4615]

I just threw my Xbox pad at the fucking wall!!! Back triggers fucked...:(

[@dutcher268]

the music and the guns they put in this video was so relaxing

[@rtql8d]

Still remember how the demo drops you into a room with a padlock. Was looking for a key before I realized you had to blast it off because there are no keys. Hell of an entrance.

[@TheArcheaon]

never played black, going to give it a go soon! This is probably if not the best looking game on PS2.

[@MocnyBrowarek]

This game looks better than early X360 games... by far! Great shooter, if you like it you should check Urban Chaos: Riot Response for PS2 as well. And it's great looking one 2.

[@armitage5855]

No it wasn't. You don't remember well. Maybe the Xbox version could look almost like 360, but PS2 one, being by far the best looking game on PS2, it doesn't look near to 360 games.

[@MocnyBrowarek]

Efrén Payan I do remember well, cause I played it few weeks ago. Also my PS2 is connected to the TV with the composite cables and runs in the progresive scan mode. Of course by "look as 360" I don't mean resolution which is low, but the effects.

[@armitage5855]

Well, pretty weird, because it's obviously at lower resolution, worst textures and overall bad quality FX compared to the first Gears of Wars game, which came out on 2006, if you are talking about Kameo and Perfect Dark, well, it stills no looking better, could be more impressive, but it has no bigger polycount, particles, etc.

[@Disconnect350]

Remember playing it back in the day, didn't even pay attention to the graphics because of how fun the game was. I never beat the game though. Maybe one day I'll get PS2 again and play this, with Timesplitters, Red Faction 1 and all the other Ps2 games I missed out.

[@monos33]

Made me bought this game. Thanks CGR!

[@KyuuteAnimeGrill]

Timesplitters BETTER be your favourite shooter!

[@MeatGoblet]

This was the first FPS on a console that was done right in my opinion.

[@FlyinBlaney]

Cough cough Goldeneye

[@AyoDamnSon]

Dude, when this came out, it was legit my favorite game. I used to play this over and over and over. I HOPE they make a sequel that is good.

[@Carlb328]

Hillarious music choices for this review!

[@FLHilde]

I sold my copy of this game on ps2 after playing the xbox version.

[@MrDerOutsider]

i watched some gameplay and it looks like the same game with slightly better graphics so whats special?

[@FLHilde]

***** see a gameplay on youtube is not the same as playing

[@SobanMub]

FLHilde thats the fact

[@MCHellshit]

Yea i bought the game off of XBLA and the graphics look so much better than the PS2 version, especially the lighting and smoke effects

[@Cemoman17]

childhoooooooooddddd

[@juhoturunen]

This game was so much ahead of it's time and i think this game has one of the best theme musics in videogaming.

[@jasonanderson5012]

Loved this game! Don't know how many times I played it all the way through.

[@juancamacho766]

Omg is it me or the graphics are amazing for a ps2

[@TheMrCHELL]

Yes, the graphics are amazing, even for an XBOX game. They did a great work on the PS2.

[@r_z1]

Hizaki Well it's available on the Xbox 360 dashboard I bought it yesterday.

[@r_z1]

***** I'm not sure what the point with that comment was.

[@r_z1]

***** Well I already told him like 20 days ago if you didn't see my comment, but it's alright.

[@r_z1]

***** I actually think he knew that it was for the original Xbox too, if not then oh well.

[@IGoByGhost]

It's funny how EA is supposedly the worse gaming company in this decade but made THE BEST games back in the day

[@awelcruiz]

Technically, Black was made by Criterion. It was published by EA>

[@IGoByGhost]

awelcruiz Yeah but you know what I mean lol. The games that EA were involved with whether it was creating them or publishing them, they were arguably all great back then

[@ilovecream66]

i love your reviews!!!!!!!

[@MrGMANStudios]

I've never played this but by the first clip of footage, it looks absolutely insane

[@HorroRviXenKate]

LOVED the game ,its an FPS classic imo ....but the saving system was SHIT

[@Oedurribeiro]

Michael Bay Simulator 20XX.

[@TravisChristel]

As a fan of 80s Action movies I had the time of my life with Black.

[@jonathanshaw7355]

The music is there for comical effect but it does illustrate how it feels to play this games. One of my favourites.

[@BewilderedBird]

Wow, never realized how amazing this game looks. Looks like ps3 graphics, seriously impressive. The ps2 was honestly the best system ever, hands down.

[@arronharrington4109]

+FellOnSoundGarden id say the gamecube was better.

[@2009mikeyo]

+Arron Harrington I love the gamecube but ps2 is KING.

[@arronharrington4109]

mike younes I like ps2 but the one problem with it is it has a blurry picture quality compared to gamecube.

[@2009mikeyo]

+Arron Harrington Use S video tv/av and the problem goes away, MOSTLY :) There's just too many good games for ps2 but ya I have lot's of gamecube games as well.

[@jfitnesshealth]

no , the BLACK DEMO is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better then this. look up the video. the gameplay and gun play , effects etc were wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better. i still got the disk also. look up black demo for ps2.

[@TheVoiceOfChaos]

man i remember coming early to a friends house hoping to catch a glimpse o this game when i was 7 years old. now i want to own it, even buy a ps2 or gamecube just to play it.

[@TOMMY-tv7rd]

I am playing this now never been more happier In my life it would be cool if they made a multiplayer mode where you earn points for making destruction

[@Therealguymins]

I remember this game. I used to play it a lot, but I never beat it. That sniper sot at 1:45 is the only part of the game I remembered well, because it's where I realized that the bullets took time to get places. I remember using an M16 on that guy though.

[@runngunr21]

This was a great game. I remember playing this for a long time. Loved it. We need a new one! Blacker!

[@n.montana1858]

I used to love this game!! All the guns were sick.

[@darrenblockersr]

I had this game on the first xbox and didn't finish it. About 2 years ago I bought it from the xbox store for the 360. Many of nights with only a few hours of sleep, playing so long so I could get infinite ammo unlocked, died many times but finally got infinite ammo. Then replayed again for pay back with infinite ammo. Love this game.

[@zman360auz]

The guns in this were absolutely fantastic... It's marginally better than shooters of today. Guns in this feel like they have a real sense of power and weight

[@stevenarnett4471]

Miss these reviews

[@JC-21R]

Love this game played it ages ago and got my hands on a copy last week =3

[@bssarmie]

I need to start playing this again

[@nanodisco]

Looking forward to go back to this game. I played it on the PS2 but recently bought it for the original XBox. I played some of the newer FPS's on current gen consoles but gameplay wise, Black remains my favourite.

[@9latinumStudioz]

He didn't even have to talk; pure symphony 👌

[@zman360auz]

I love how this game doesn't waste it's time with a compelling multiplayer or story or big tension... It succeeds 10/10 for achieving max satisfaction for the gamer. Anyone who plays this will defs finish with a big cheeky grin

[@nervedown666]

That´s right dude, i really agree with you. That RPG smoke looks awesome.

[@Gruntvc]

Is it bad to admit that watching older games like Black, Goldeneye, Starfox 64, and Turok make me miss those awesome days of gaming? Today, just feels the same, even those new systems have the same stuff again...

[@tenacious645]

This is exactly the way I feel. Also the guy above you has it spot on

[@DJjosto]

I absolutely LOVED how the bad guys would hang on to the rails of the bridges, and you could just shoot one hand and they would still try to hang on to it. Man, was this game awesome.

[@chrislair6832]

I just built my 1st gaming PC ever I'm 40 I have been gaming for ever and the 1st classic game I thought the line needed the download was this one are still think it's awesome! I have 1 gig rest of this download but I live in country ass Oklahoma so it's slow but I'll be there within the evening

[@WadeLife]

I was so hooked on this game...!!!!

[@HeavyMetalfan21]

The reload animations in this game is awesome.

[@michaelt62077]

I still have my save file with my good ol M16a2 m203 on Xbox. Kickass game

[@mukekalabukek5357]

man I absolutely loved this game! it was insane!

[@yuuki5402]

And this is how i got into fps games!! Unbelievably good for its era..

[@Outer0Heaven]

The attention to detail of the guns and reloading in this game outshines today's FPS titles it's always the little things like checking the mag before reload and giving it some time that make's the charm

[@briansingh1631]

the feeling & sound of the guns will give u the chills -so powerful like u were actually there fighting 4 your life in a warzone of terriosts....

[@sejembalm]

Was looking through my old PS2 games and found Black. Played a bunch of levels and had fun. I remember how the guns were gimmicked to work with the game. Charging handle on left side to show the brass flying out, magazines of outrageous capacity (32-round Uzi mags hold 90 rounds, AK-47 mags double at 60 rounds, M16 30-round STANAG box magazines hold 95 rounds) and a good thing, too, because the goons require a lot of hits to bring down. A fun carnage shooter!