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March 25th, 2010 @ 12:20

By Patrick Garratt

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Bodycount boss Stuart Black has told OPM the prospect of revisiting his Criterion shooter, Black, is now an impossibility.

?To me it?s kind of like a band,? said the developer, speaking in the now-with-subs issue 43. ?When we made Black there were certain people, key members of the team, who formed the core band. There are a lot of those people that are working with us now, but there are others who aren?t.

?Even if we wanted to, we couldn?t make Black 2 in exactly that way, because those people aren?t there.?

Black released for PS2 in 2006. EA told the mag it?s ?always flattered? by requests for a sequel, but that Criterion is now focused on Need for Speed.

Black is now heading up the newly-founded Codemasters Guildford, developing Bodycount, a new FPS IP.

OPM?s got a stonking feature on Bodycount in its latest issue, so be sure to pick it up.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/25/black-we-couldnt-make-black-2/#more-87200

Gutted :/ Always hoped they'd come back to it one day

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Eh? Every game sequel surely has staff member changes between titles, Criterion games included. How is fresh staff necessarily a bad thing anyway? If anything it may be an opportunity to gather new ideas. Sure it won't be the exact same game but big whoop, you still have a good amount of the team still there.

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Never heard of this game...did I miss out?

IMHO yes. It was a good FPS and also managed to get a lot of rich graphical detail out of last-gen hardware...

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I picked this up for $5 at Gamestop since it is backwards comp. with the 360, and man it was a great little shooter. For the era (2006 lol) and the systems it was on (PS2/Xbox) the game looked DAMN good. And the destruction was also quite amazing as well.

I'm pretty sure they could still make a sequel to Black is they wanted to. I sure wish they would, I can just imagine Black 2 on current gen hardware or PC (yeah, right lol) it would rock!

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One of the most amazing games almost no one played. Lack of MP probably did it in for many.

I would hope to god that they re-release the game with higher resolution textures and modeling with AA. Great game, great score, weapons balance though funky story. Loved it.

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I picked this up for $5 at Gamestop since it is backwards comp. with the 360, and man it was a great little shooter. For the era (2006 lol) and the systems it was on (PS2/Xbox) the game looked DAMN good. And the destruction was also quite amazing as well.

I'm pretty sure they could still make a sequel to Black is they wanted to. I sure wish they would, I can just imagine Black 2 on current gen hardware or PC (yeah, right lol) it would rock!

I really enjoyed the game as well, but I felt it was too short and the end fight with protagonist was ridiculous, all you had to do was shoot at windows and you get a confirmation that you killed him? And the game was short which was a disappointment. The best thing was the graphics, there were so many destructible items that it was great to just shoot around, and the graphics were beautiful, and I played on the PS2.

Wish there was a sequel, would really like to know what the story was all about, which was the confusing bit of the game :( .

Scirwode

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I remember playing Black - and I honestly didn't like it. The graphics and effects were great looking and it all felt well-made. But the game as no fun to play. Very short levels.

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