Black leaked for Xbox.

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http://news.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=9669&cb=0.292976

oh boy, why oh why do i have to be capped now ? and it's pal, grr !

Electronic Arts has suffered a serious blow to its release schedule, as it watches the eagerly-anticipated Xbox FPS BLACK leak out across peer-to-peer networks and downloaded by an untold number of home and professional pirates.

The source of the leak is unknown, though it should be noted that the code in circulation right now is the PAL release. It is widely assumed that one of EA's recently-dismissed 350 staff members stuck in the proverbial knife as a leaving gift to his or her former employer.

Should the story unfold any further than this, we'll keep you updated. As to how major publishers will tackle such aggressive attacks from their inner circles remains to be seen.
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any professional pirates on here, i'm lost !?
 
Too bad tbh, Criterion is a nice dev... Albeit EA own theme these days, they're still a nice dev!
 
Just fired it up. I'll give some impressions soon. Don't bother flaming me because my pre-order is still intact and I don't plan on changing that.
 
Yeah, who cares. Piracy sucks, but everyone has gotten so used to it that no one cares. So many insidious evils become mainstream because after a while of dealing with it, you just accept it as "the way it is." Oh well. Enjoy the game! The previews make it look better than some next-gen titles!
 
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Just fired it up. I'll give some impressions soon. Don't bother flaming me because my pre-order is still intact and I don't plan on changing that.
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thoughts?
 
Meh. If he's buying it, I have no problem with him playing it early.
 
I've played the first 4 levels so far. The combat is good and watching things explode is even better. I've never had so much fun with an RPG in a game. I have to say it's not that hard. As long as you don't do anything stupid you should be ok.

There's first aid kits that lots of enemies drop that just instantly heal you, then there's the med packs that are fewer and further in between that you can use with the d-pad down button. I haven't died yet but I have a feeling I will as the game goes on.

Story isn't anything special, but then again I never expected it to be. Cutscenes are live action and only so far involve 2 characters (doesn't make sense until you actually see them), they're actually well done though. So far I've tried the AK, silenced glock, another pistol (not sure the name), the G36C, the SPAS, the sniper rifle, the RPG and the P90. I have to say trying to go a little more on the stealthy side is pretty fun with silenced pistols. The P90 has bad accuracy at range so I don't use it, the SPAS owns anything short-med range. The AK is pretty much like the G36C but with varying stats I suppose. I'm not sure how many guns there are but so far so good.

There are ricochets and bullet delays. It's nice taking pot shots at a distant enemy and being able to hear the satisfying *clink* as you nail them right in the helmet, it flies off and they go down just a split second after you fire.

As for destructability, almost all cover can be destroyed so watch out. Anything red is probably explosive so don't take cover behind it :P One house had a hole in the roof (a house I was supposed to clear) and I just blasted a rocket straight down into it. All the windows blew out and guys went flying out the windows. I went in and i had blown almost an entire wall out (I had been in the house before reinforcements were there). It wasn't big enough to walk through though, the base of the wall was intact stopping me from walking through. I was kinda hoping in order to flank some guys you could maybe grenade a weak wall and get a new entry but so far that's not the case.

So far the best fights are big ones with an rpg soldier firing at you from somewhere. It's so hectic and crazy. One level there's a minefield. The mines are not always easy to see and I've almost stepped on them a couple times, but one shot to them and they go up in a column of dirt into the air which looks cool and could even set off other mines within close proximity. I shot a mine near a guy and he went flying but not before other mines in a line started going off. They kept exploding off each other in a line until it got to a small group of other soldiers behind some cover a good 200 feet away and they got tossed up into the air in a huge explosion as well :)

Once I cleared the minefield and a bunch of guys it was pretty quiet and I was going around collecting ammo and health and whatnot. I move forward just a bit behind a truck as the objectives are updated and all of a sudden *WHOOOSH* *BOOM* An rpg just blows the shit out of the truck I was next to hurting me a lot and scaring the shit out of me. More guys started pouring in and I had another fight on my hands.

Graphics are nice just like you see in vids and screens for the game. Looks good and sounds great. Guns and voices echo properly in the right areas and everything.

The environment doesn't really allow for interesting AI (ie FEAR). The AI pretty much just takes cover and moves up on you while laying a shitload of fire on you. Nothing has stuck out like FEAR but the AI certainly isn't bad that I can see.

Don't go out and buy it expecting the next big huge shooter. The combat is good fun but I can't see myself doing constant playthroughs (like MGS games - I've beaten those like 4+ times each). I guess I'll have to see what levels and things are in store later on. I just hit the asylum and that looked like a sweet level in vids. I'll try it after I get back from work tonight.
 
games do get pirated all the time, but it's not often for a game (especially one which is on consoles) to be leaked, what was the last one, halo2 [fr] ? before that, what ?

it's not even that common for pc games.

so, if you feel the need to say 'zomg, nothing new lol, welcome to the scene' you might be better off reading a book.
 
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