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IGN REVIEW : BlackSite: Area 51 (PS3)

In BlackSite, you're cast as Aeran Pierce, a silent badass who leads a team of military grunts into battle on a daily basis. On a mission to Iraq, you come across a fragment of alien origin, lose one of your guys to it and blackout. The story picks up three years later as the crazy crap you saw in the Middle East -- grotesque men with tentacles hanging out of their mouths, gigantic exploding bugs and a bunch of creepy-crawlies -- has sprung up in Nevada and it's up to you and crew to snuff it out.

Final Verdict 6.2

6.2 / 10

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Published: 700 days 18 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | PC

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Rice - 700 days 19 hours ago

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I was expecting this. Oh well

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ruibing - 700 days 19 hours ago

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The PS3 UT3 picked a nice time to be released along this and Orange Box.

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jackdoe - 700 days 18 hours ago

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Instead of using the delay to fix some of the bugs and sh!t wrong with the 360 and PC versions, they chose to use to delay to add to them.

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Komrad - 700 days 17 hours ago

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... get this game after even harvey smith said it sucks and it was rushed? rental perhaps, and thats if i finish my list of "games to complete" list.

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tatotiburon - 700 days 17 hours ago

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PS3 version 6.2
XBOX 360 version 6.4

the game already sucks in 360 buy looks like the PS3 version suck a little more

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The_Engineer - 700 days 17 hours ago

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6 - it's even crap

on pc

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shrimpboat - 700 days 16 hours ago

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I played the demo on the 360 and I thought it was a great game. ouch.

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Hugh Hefner - 700 days 11 hours ago

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8 - Can a Sony fan explain why the PS3 underperformed AGAIN?

"If you're dead-set on getting this game and are just here to read about the differences between the PS3 and 360 versions, I'm happy to help. Although the 360 has pop-in textures and framerate issues, the problems are worse in the PS3's take. The shadows are jagged, I saw lots of screen-tearing, and I could even see the seams of some of the rooms. Standing still, the game still looks decent, but in motion it gets herky-jerky. Plus, there's this weird freeze frame right before you die in PS3 multiplayer -- at least there was on our systems."

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tk - 700 days 4 hours ago

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The devs only used the PPU in porting this one... Don't even seem to use much on the XB360 either... maybe they were using last gen tools...

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