Blacklight: Retribution

[Juggernog]

Blacklight Retribution is an upcoming Free-2-Play first person shooter developed by Zombie Studios and published by Perfect World, it is the sequel to the companies previous game - Blacklight: Tango Down, which was a paid downloadable title that failed pretty quickly amongst all platforms it was released on, most due to the poor lobby system, not so unique gameplay and already massive abundance of players.

However, much work has been put into Blacklight: Retribution, and the developers are following a very PC-centric development style, and have added several DirectX 11 features into the game, as well as a very responsive movement system. The game is based of Unreal Engine 3.

Much of the customization in Blacklight: Retribution is micro-transaction based, but all items are unlocked as ingame progression takes place, with real money just offering a boost and break from the grind. It's not perfect, and some might find it a little bit bland and unbalanced, but it's another free-2-play game. Many of the companies other games are available on Steam, and so my guess is that this one will be too, although that's not always a wise assumption to make (a-la Battlefield 3).

Anyway, here's some media:

[b]Screenshots[/b]

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[b]Videos[/b]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqQ95X61mEw[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqb23aySFGI[/media]

[b]Shameless Wikipedia Copy/Paste[/b]

[quote=Wikipedia]Blacklight: Retribution (formerly Blacklight 2) is a first-person perspective action video game, scheduled for release on personal computer (PC). On 14 January 2011, Zombie Inc. revealed that it would be developing the sequel to Blacklight: Tango Down with a free-to-play business model. At the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the company announced that Perfect World would publish Blacklight: Retribution.[/quote]

That's right, that's all they had on it in the entire article.

Here's a link to the games website: [url=http://blacklight.perfectworld.com/]Link[/url]

[Skelosk]

So they made a sequel to a game that literally never became even slightly popular?

[Meller Yeller]

Yeah these smaller fps you do better free to play. Otherwise they end up like the other Blacklight and die.

Also the first screenshot looks hilariously bad.

[Juggernog]

[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;33567383]So they made a sequel to a game that literally never became even slightly popular?[/QUOTE]

I dunno, I got into an [i]eight man[/i] lobby in Tango Down once.

[editline]4th December 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;33567388]Yeah these smaller fps you do better free to play. Otherwise they end up like the other Blacklight and die.

Also the first screenshot looks hilariously bad.[/QUOTE]

Swapped it out for a better one.

[postmanX3]

Neat aesthetic, but the gameplay looks... well, dull as fuck.

[myalt22]

I played the first one, it was incredibly generic.

[nostalgk]

I bought the first one and was pissed. It was really bland and lag, even if you had a tiny bit, was horrible and made the game unplayable.

[MadPro119]

I enjoyed the first one quite a bit.

[[Green]]

I've played this for a while now, it's actually pretty fun once you get into it. Of course, it's still beta so bugs are present, like tight aim and regular aim being near impossible to set to same speed. Hitboxes aren't the best possible, but I also have 160 ping because EU servers aren't up yet.

Otherwise, it's a ton of fun. As long as you keep playing it you get enough GP to keep your gear in check and roll SMG all day erry day. I mainly like TKOTH, Domination and maybe a little TDM, but that's about it. Hardsuits aren't OP anymore, I'm more scared of riot shields and maybe some of the SMG setups. They can get ridiculous at times where assault rifles are much worse than SMG's in ANY situation. Otherwise, yeah, not much to complain. It's fun to play, fun to shoot people and....yeah, it's fun to shoot people, what am I supposed to say? Maybe a little optimization is in place, but there's nothing huge that can't be excused by the game being beta.

[69105]

it looks just like tango down

tango down was actually really good though

[Gorou]

[QUOTE=69105;33571205]it looks just like tango down

tango down was actually really good though[/QUOTE]
My major gripes:
- GfWL can go eat a dick
- Practically nobody played it
- You couldn't play coop with strangers
- Did I mention it uses GfWL?
- If you do manage play coop you have to subject yourself to such horrible VA and writing that it cheeses your brain out until you get lactose intolerant

Otherwise, it was a blast while it lasted.
Hopefully Retribution will do better, even though I absolutely hate Pay 2 Win, it always hurts to see an otherwise great game drowning in P2W items àla 80% of all F2P/P4F games.

[Banned?]

I remember this game.

It gave you wallhacks and I killed everyone and it was boring.

[Gorou]

[QUOTE=Banned?;33572180]I remember this game.

It gave you wallhacks and I killed everyone and it was boring.[/QUOTE]
It was a good feature actually, it prevented campers from doing too well and the game had much less "looking for someone to shoot" moments than other games.

[Rickka]

The only two bad things right now are: SMGs (HELLA OVERPOWERED) and the lack of being able to buy a item for more than 1 day using GP.

Otherwise, it's a great fun game, the speed of the gameplay is great and the gameplay is actually really fun now.

[Zedicus Mann]

I got a Beta code by [URL="https://twitter.com/#!/AMDGaming/status/143811409615142912"]retweeting this[/URL].
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655356/Public%20Photos/ZScreen/Screenshot_12-05-2011_17.57.03.png[/IMG]

Hoping I won't have to use this CORE Client and it'll be on Steam in the final release instead.

[editline]5th December 2011[/editline]

[URL="http://core.perfectworld.com/u/zedicusmann"]My CORE Profile[/URL]

[editline]5th December 2011[/editline]

At least it downloads pretty fast
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3655356/Public%20Photos/ZScreen/Screenshot_12-05-2011_18.12.26.png[/IMG]

[editline]5th December 2011[/editline]

[B]CORE Images:[/B]
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[Juggernog]

I think I was just beaten completely in terms of images.

[Zedicus Mann]

[QUOTE=Juggernog;33597350]I think I was just beaten completely in terms of images.[/QUOTE]
Feel free to add to the OP.

[[Green]]

I really hope they extend the time limit for guns. For example, I play once every day. Well too fucking bad, every time I play I have to start from the assault rifle again. Even if yesterday I had a fully decked fucking SMG, complete armor, barricades and all...

[B]NOPE.[/B]

All gone. They really have to extend that minimum from one day to say, 3-7 days, hopefully add a permanent option at the cost of like 10-50K GP so you really have to play for those. But hey, that would mean if you play a fuckton you get rewards like never having to worry about GP again. Now, if they'd only make the Zen-only stuff available for GP as well, that'd be rad.

[ashxu]

I have Tango Down on steam, it was okay? I guess. Nothing special and multiplayer felt like Halo/CoD. Not a bad thing but nothing special.

[Juggernog]

Added all of Zedicus Mann's images to OP. Thanks for the images!

[Zedicus Mann]

[QUOTE=Juggernog;33611806]Added all of Zedicus Mann's images to OP. Thanks for the images![/QUOTE]
They're all the ones on the CORE Client, I just posted them.

[Demolitions2]

I actually enjoyed Blacklight: TD. There were a few cool ideas in the game that i like and wished other games would have.

Hope this one does a little better in the popularity department.

[Flaming Spaz]

From what I've played in the beta, it's actually a good F2P title. At least you won't feel cheated if you don't like it.

[Juggernog]

[QUOTE=Demolitions2;33617525]I actually enjoyed Blacklight: TD. There were a few cool ideas in the game that i like and wished other games would have.

Hope this one does a little better in the popularity department.[/QUOTE]

Well the closed beta players are a lot more positive, and from what I've heard if your game even partially stands out you'll have a pretty large amount off success from a free-2-play title.

[theharribokid]

Here a playlist of loads of gameplay videos by STAR:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/user/4O4STAR#grid/user/DF606A7F8340B860[/url]

If anyone has a key for this spare, I'd appreciate it :3

[The Gubefather]

Free beta keys for Retribution.

[url]http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/blacklight-retribution-beta-key-giveaway/[/url]

[Jauho]

I would play it if it weren't for that damn Pando Media Booster.

[Grasp]

[QUOTE=Delta616;33661886]Free beta keys for Retribution.

[url]http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/blacklight-retribution-beta-key-giveaway/[/url][/QUOTE]

Thank you so much! I've been following this since e3 and I couldn't wait to play it!

[SaberVS7]

[QUOTE=Delta616;33661886]Free beta keys for Retribution.

[url]http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/blacklight-retribution-beta-key-giveaway/[/url][/QUOTE]

Thanks dude, I'm surprised the keys havn't been eaten up yet.

See you guys in the beta.

[editline]11th December 2011[/editline]

Now I really wish Perfectworld didn't have such a shitty website.

[editline]11th December 2011[/editline]

Wait.

Where the hell do I enter my key?

[editline]11th December 2011[/editline]

Nevermind, found it.

[editline]11th December 2011[/editline]

A direct message to the Blacklight Hate Club though:

Get Out. Just because those fuckers at Destructoid (You are a fucking dumbass if you listen to them for reviews, and even dumber if you take their reviews seriously, IGN is better FFS, and that says shit) told you to hate on the game, does not mean you should hate on something you never played. And mind you that the only reason Destructoid rallied a hate club was because they didn't get ultra-VIP treatment at the press viewings for Tango Down.

[Grasp]

So after playing for a few hours I am really impressed. Everything is smooth and nicely polished.

The only thing I don't care for is the super short duration on rentals.