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Simply amazing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: September 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of Novalogic's Delta Force series. Unfortunately, their past two games have dissapointed me greatly. But no more! With the arrival of Black Hawk Down comes a groundbreaking and amazing experience that will once again put the spotlight on the forgotten and undercredited people at Novalogic. The A.I. is amazing and almost comes to terms with Unreal Tournament. The weapons are superb and extremely detailed. The enviroment is deeply immersive, beautifully rendered, and massive. The gameplay is rediculously fun while at the same time being challenging enough to test your skills but not ... you off. The graphics are improved amazingly from the past games in the series and really help to add to realism. The sound really adds to the depth and atmosphere of the game from the barking minigun as it rains death down on hapless Somalis, to the devestating frag grenades boisterous explosion. I can honestly say that in the limited time I have spent with this game, it has left me with almost more memories than any other. Whether you are a fan of the movie or just your average gamer, you gotta check this out. Buy it now! Don't wait!

Very good Black Hawk Down game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

To address some issues about the game, the negatives first - yes, your squadmates have terrible shots, but they DO kill some bad guys, now most people say this is negative, to me, it's better this way - have you played ghost recon? in ghost recon your squad kills every bad guy before you ever get a shot! It's stupid. Although they do get in the way, thats how it REALLY works, you have to keep your eyes open and watch out for your teammates.

This game REALLY engulfs you into the Black Hawk Down atmosphere, the city really feels like Mogadishu, the buildings, the people, everything, feels and looks great... And the missions accompanied by the sound have a very theatrical feel, it gets your heart pumping a bit doing a takedown "We have a swarm of militia approaching our point" your heart starts racing a bit, you hear lots of militia voices speaking in their language, yelling, shooting, WOW... fantastic! So for atmosphere, this game ROCKS... Put some headphones on and just get entreanched by this game, you'll love every second of it.. You'll feel like your in the movie.

The missions are all really good, on one you actually get in a Humvee as the .50' calibur gunner - your in a convoy and going through the city, militia are on rooftops, coming out of alleys, all over just like the movie... awesome.. You also get to do takedowns, you fly via black hawk into the city, jump out on a rooftop, a second team lands on the deck and works through the 1st floor while you go top down with your team, meet up at extraction while hundreds of militia are trying to converge on you, you hear the bullets whizzing by your head, the yelling and gathering of the militia storms through your ears, "RPG, RPG", you know what may happen if you can't get to your convoy asap, but at last with some covering fire from the Black Hawk overhead, you make the getaway with your captured Tier 1 militants.

The game really does play quite nice, the AI isn't great, but it doesn't have to be, I personally don't really take notice to that. The controls feel nice, and all the weapons are a bit different, they fire nicely, the sights are nice, and the feel of the weapon overall is pretty good, you feel like your firing an M16, or a shotgun, etc.

So again, this game was fantastic, I've played most games, Far Cry, Splinter Cell, etc... Even other squad based games like the Conflict Series and Rainbow Six/Ghost Recon - to be honest, NOTHING has come as close as Black Hawk Down to getting that true feel of the battle - again, you'll feel like your in Mogadishu fighting the hard battle that our soldiers did. You'll be on the edge of your seat flying in on that Black Hawk helicopter manning the machine guns, and your thinking "is THIS where the black hawk gets hit, RPG RPG!!!" - I can't get enough, WOW! Buy this game, for $19.99 its a STEAL!

Breakthrough Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: March 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

DFBHD is an ambitious game that has minor flaws, but the sum of the parts results in an extraordinary immersive experience. At first glance it looks like your garden variety shooter, the intro film looks average the menu screens are simple but flow smoothly and get the job done.

However, once you played about three missions, you start to understand that this is not your older brother's Delta Force. You are dealing with an adrenaline filled, immersive experience filled with detail and depth like I've never seen in a first person shooter.

Sometimes if your team mate gets shot, a med-evac helo will show up and medics will find your wounded team mate and carry him to safety. Angry villagers will sometimes throw rocks at you. You can initiate room takedowns in which one of your mates will flash-bang the room while the others will take the corners much like it should happen.

The graphics are by far the bet I've seen in an FPS. The music is better than the movie. The helicopter action is breathtaking. Some missions are stealth based, some are .50 cal frag fests. There are crocodiles, the best night vision I've ever seen, there have really rich multiplayer... and I haven't even finished the game yet.

This product sets a new standard in bang for the buck FUN, with a healthy dose of realism. I can't wait for the next one.

P.S. NovaLogic, how about adding driveable vehicles?

John

Delta Force Black Hawk Down Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: October 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played the demo for Delta force and it was one of the most awesome shooting games for p.c. I ever played, and that was just the demo! You have a full arsenal of weapons that a real dealta force operative would have, and plus you can climb in choppers and use the mini guns or in the humvees and use the 50 cal. Also, you can operate grenade launchers and pretty much any gun you see lying aruond. You can also walk on any rooftop that you can get to via chopper or jumping. Ita also like in real life, like getting shot in the head will imedeatly will kill you, where getting shot in the leg bring your health down a little bit and you also move slower or don't run as fast. Same thing whith the arm except you won't load clipps as fast as you normally would. I highly recomend this game to anyone

. . . A Grade A First-Person Shooter. . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I picked up a copy of "Black Hawk Down" yesterday, and I couldn't FORCE myself to stop playing it, even for a moment. Think of this game as "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault," but instead of all those World War II trappings, it's Somalia circa 1993. It rises head and shoulders above previous games in Novalogic's "Delta Force" series, with its heavily scripted action and furious combat sequences. Building-to-building combat is some of the best and most furious I've ever encountered (and I consider myself an AVID first-person shootist). You will literally feel like you are there in Mogadishu as the bullets zip past your head - it's like taking a step inside the awesome Ridley Scott film (albeit with a 'Teen' rating). "Black Hawk Down" suffers from a few issues with enemy and friendly AI, some minor graphical glitches, and some inappropriate one-liners, but all in all, it's not a game to miss. Do yourself a solid and pick up a copy ASAP.

"Nobody has to be a hero...just sometimes, it happens"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

By now, many Americans know about that fateful operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, to capture the gang warlord Mohammad Farrah Aidid and the effects of bad timing and decisions. Alas, that's what history is all about, right? From Operation Market Garden in WWII, to the Fall of Saigon in Vietnam, Operation Restore Hope fits it's place right in history books as a "failure". But in the eyes of Mark Bowden (author of "Black Hawk Down"), Ridley Scott (director of "BHD") and many of the troops in Somalia, the operation WASN'T a failure, but actually a mild set-back. To think that many more troops would have died that day is not fathomable. You have to admit that 18 casualties is a lot less than 30 or so.

Anyways, I verying off course. The people of Novalogic games, best known for their first-person shooter game series, "Delta Force", decided to "honor" those brave soldiers by releasing the game "Delta Force: Black Hawk Down". While it escapes my mind how they got the rights to use that title, DF:BHD actually has no relation to the book, nor the movie, but rather the actual events that took place, even before Restore Hope took place. Your first mission starts off as a 50. cal. gunner in a Hummvee, protecting a UN Red-Cross convoy that broke down while trying to transport food to the Somalians, whom during this time, are starving from the drought. Violence ensuthes and you are forced to fire back (although, as I recall from the film, the soldiers were given orders to NOT fire upon Somali Militia, even if they were shooting civilians, but I guess it's okay in this case because they're shooting UN forces, right, RIGHT???) Several more missions include a takedown of a weapon shipment, destroying a bridge to prevent Somali convoys to enter, helping the Pakistani troops and convoy to safety, taking out Aidid's radio station on the beach (the level screams of Omaha Beach in "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault"), rescuing of UN offcials from an overrun Embassy in Mogadishu, and several night missions. It's interesting because all of the levels actually happened (well, on a certain extent, being that IT'S A VIDEO GAME!). Finally, you get to the fateful day of October 3rd, 1993, were you promptly place yourself onto a Little-Bird helicopter and the words "Irene!" screech out (that was the launch code) and you're off. Novalogic left no mistake hiding, cause everything looks awesome from the helicopter view. Once in the city, chaos errupts. Several casualties are taken, but finally, Super-Six One, the first Black Hawk helicopter, is shot down by an RPG. Thus, the REAL action of the game starts. Several levels almost mimic the movie itself, while you're in several different views. Immmediately after the copper is shot down (which the phrase "Black Hawk Down!" is shouted a little too much), you take the convoy of Humvees and roar through the streets of Mogadishu, with every little sneaky Somali with an AK-47, or and RPG rocket launcher is aiming at YOU. Cheerfully though, you depend a lot on your comrades to help you get to safety, and it's vice versa for them. You must operate as a team and, like the motto goes, "Leave no man behind".

DF:BHD is pure mind-and-eye candy for the everyday gamer who's sick of "Halo" or "Unreal Tournement". The only problem with the game is that you don't get to actually see the Hawk being shot down. It shows the chopper getting hit in the tail, and smokes starts to come out, but then it cuts to your stats of the level. And when the second Hawk is shot down, it's only mentioned in briefing. Other than that, the game is great. It also features a documentary-style cut scenes that explain the reason for the operation, along with actual footage of the battle in Somalia. Also, the intructional booklet that comes with the game includes a trubute to the 18 soldiers that lost their life that day and a salute to America's bravest. And once you've finished the game, there's a special bonus level which you go in Special Ops 3 years later and go on a mission is assassinate Mohammad Farrah Aidid during a skirmish in Mogadishu and make it look like it was an accident. Go out, buy this game and be a hero. 'Nuff said.

great improvement

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: August 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played the multiplayer beta test and this game reaaaaaally improved and evolved over Task Force . It remembers me in some way MOH:AA , some things look similar : the way you carry your gun , the sniper rifle's scope , etc. I loved how you can fly on a chopper and sweep your enemies from the sky . Well , you have to try the beta to know what this game is and whats not , but , overall , this game is...GREAT !

Why to buy Delta Force: black hawk down!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: February 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hi, first of all this is one of the best games that NovaLogic has broght out!! I resently got the demo game(and evan that I would have givern 5 star!!!)that convinced me to buy it. I think the best thing is that the missions are all as good as each other and u controll a team yourself, unfortunately it dosen't come out in the UK till March 24 2003 but it is hard to get in the US because it is sooooo popular so pre-order it NOW.It is similar to Delta Force Land Warrior in a way because of the settings.If u are a Delta Force fan then check out gamespot.com to see all the latest: reviews,downloads,screensavers and more!! Hope this review was helpful !!!!

Disgrace? or Rememberance?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First let me say the following -
I made a review on the PS2 game called Conflict Desert Storm.
and here I am again to review "DF-BHD".
I am a veteran and I will say that I am in the company of many "heros" and those heros are the men and women who have served this country to defend the very same opinions, which are shared in this forum about a game which had caused great debate.

Any veteran who has served, will "relate" and understand the "pros and cons" of games being made by real life experiences.

I think game programers have made an honest attempt to let the public experince what "WE" the veterans of previous wars have experienced, simliar to those movie directors who also make an "Honest" attempt in recreating events which veterans have experenced.
For many in the general public, many will not be able to serve and this gives them a chance to "respect and acknowledge" the sacrifices made by "America's Heroes".
It also gives them the chance to be a "quiet hero" without giving that "Ultimate Sacrific" which MANY of our Veterans have done so before me.
I believe that games done well, in this aspect, not only assist the public in understanding what the veterans went through and experinced.
War is Horrible and not to be taken lightly. Ever!

I understand that NOT many will agree with movie directors or game programers, but isn't it funny that Novalogic used "special ops" personnel for "advice" on this game?
To make sure they "got it right"?
and right they did....
How can Mark Bowen, the author of "Black Hawk Down" say a game shouldn't have been made?
Did he disagree when they wanted to make his book into a movie?
He also made sure they "got it right"?
and did they?....

and now the game review --

I will say this, this game is outstanding!
It has several elements in which makes the action "take you in" and then you become a part of what IS frightening and surreal.
This is what war is actually about, for they are both.

You have to use tactics and thought to guide your TEAM across several levels and to complete a mission.
You have full usage of Military equipment and use them to protect and defend your TEAM, UN, and various Military units, as well as civilans.

The graphics are outstanding and are fluid,I exprienced no
"pops or lags" or "breaks" in game play.
Blackhawks, little birds, and Hummers are well drawn and shaded.
Surrounding landscapes and weather, are right on the money.
When you look up and fire at windows and the sun is in the line of fire, it does get in your eyes, and effects your actions.

The SEFX's were superb and life like.
If you have a sound system like I do, 5.1 digital surround for a computer, you will rock!!

The AI, enemy and TEAM are outstanding, similair to MOH:AA. Only better.
Radio traffic and ambient noise added to the enivornment of battle.

The music soundtrack adds well to the game play and fits RIGHT IN!!

The game controls are easy and quickly adaptable.
A game card section is added in the box, to be placed over the keys to assist you in finding the right controls and what toggles what in the game.
Also included, is a booklet which explains the actions for which our Rangers and 10th Mountain served and experienced in Somolia, as well as a timeline for the events.
This "litle bit" of history adds to the respect given to these personnel who were there.

I will be honest, I have not played the previous DF games, for I only played the Demo version of this game, with all it faults, because it was just that, a Demo.
I was still hooked and once I purchased the REAL DEAL, I was NOT disappointed, nor will you.

I would recommend this game to all those who wish to play it.
This Veteran doesn't mind real life combat created or made into games.
As long as they are done well and can have a "respect" to those who have served.
Games which are authentic and not "Hollywood BS" styled are the games which I shall review, and I shall give you gamers a "REAL Opinion" of a military game.

So, "Saddle up and move out" and prepare for a gaming experience you will not soon forget.

"Out"

Excelent graphics, excelent game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It's the best game since counter-strike! The graphics are excelent, the music is incredible,the A.I is blink-killer, if you like this type of game you must have this one!

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