So this isn't coming out for PC? Too bad.

no pc version of this?

that is ridiculous. =\

Waouh! 3 differents firing mode on ONE weapon! That's a great gameplay idea!

(This tester never played FPS before, right?)

I'm curious how non-linear the game really is.

It seems to be a more tactile, more dressed-up Half Life 2, where there are all these great cinematic in-game moments keep happening that take you completely by surprise and feel amazingly immersive the first time through, but upon replaying it you realize you're just hitting a bunch of specific triggers and scripts... which isn't non-linearity at all, it's just well done (and admittedly enjoyable) theatrical deception.

The team, and David's interview talk about nonlinearity and fully destructible environments quite a bit, but I have to wonder how honest they're being to their readers and with themselves. You see all these screenshots for Black of guys flying out of windows and pillars blowing up, but from the demo I saw at E3 at least, it seemed the only windows you'll be able to blow up are the ones with guys in them, and the only pillars that will be destructible will coincidentally be non-load-bearing ones, unless the building you're blowing up is the one at the end of a closed alleyway or dead-end you need to get through to progress in the level. That might be different in the real game -- of course what I've seen myself and read about is all pre-release demo stuff -- but I'm very curious, and somewhat doubtful.

My Xbox is in the loft, I'd rent this if it was backwards compatible oh the 360, oh well.

let me get this straight, it isn't going to be playable on the 360 in emulation, I don't see that in the article...

It bothers me that they are trying to hype the ability to switch firing modes on the AK-47 as something new...we were doing that in Half-Life mods 8 years ago.

Yeah! Sucks! Won't play on 360! And Scarface coming out oops won't play on 360!

Great interview David. Still, I can't help but feel uneasy about checking out Black on my XBox. I still want to wait for a possible 360 version (after seeing what EA decided to do with Burnout: Revenge). Sucks not knowing whether a 360 version will come out or not, but I don't feel like getting burned again at this point in time. :/

Does this remind anyone of Red Faction and how it was so 'amazing' because the environments were all destructible?

any chance of a PC release? i know everyone wants 360 and all but i would love to mod maps for this one

I played this and it feels great. I'm can't remember playing a console FPS that felt so smooth right out of the box. The controls work really well.

good read, but wreak = wreck? and big hole = shortcut?

I've played the demo and I think its going to do well.

I've been waiting for an FPS that uses real world weaponry, never gets a bit silly with sci fi stuff and actually sounds like you are firing real guns. I've no idea where most dev studios get their weapon sounds from but an M16 shouldn't sound like a weak water potato gun. It should deafen and frighten the shit out of you at the same time!

I'm amazed that this game runs on the xbox, it looks incredible. Heres hoping the get a version out for the 360.

I wish they would start using vectors for the HUD graphics. All this super awesome graphics but then the health meter only looks good in low res.

Whoaa... the weapon POV model takes up like 40% of the screen in every screenshot! HAha... Now, to read the interview.