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Oct 25, 2011
70
Enemy paths are obvious, and at times, they'll forget to shoot at you. Meanwhile, you'll die behind cover much too often, requiring you to restart the whole level...If you can forgive these flaws, Blackwater is old-school arcade fun, and a solid step in making a hardcore Kinect game.
Jan 10, 2012
70
On-rails action for the morally oblivious. [Jan 2012, p.100]
Dec 8, 2011
50
Blackwater is a better use of Kinect controls than most, but ultimately there are too many rough edges, and not enough of a game here. [Issue#79, p.88]
Dec 28, 2011
42
We often found shooting to be off-target. [Feb 2012, p.109]
Jan 12, 2012
41
A seed of a good idea prematurely chocked by numerous technical and design shortcomings. [Feb 2012, p.96]
Nov 16, 2011
40
Awkward controls and a forgettable plot greatly overshadow Blackwater's few bright spots.
Dec 19, 2011
35
A very poorly produced game, with too many problems to be even considered as a possibile buy.
Jan 25, 2012
35
Blackwater is a definite step in the right direction to providing the motion-based FPS like the one promised when Microsoft announced their Kinect camera peripheral. But between the controversial backstory, the dicey subject matter, the terrible presentation, and the sketchy controls, it is a game that is better left on the shelf. If you want a better Kinect shooter experience, check out Gunstringer.
Oct 25, 2011
25
This is a bad game from top to bottom, and it doesn't deserve a moment of your attention.
Dec 15, 2011
20
All of this misery for $50 a pop. An hour and a half of busted-ass light gun shooting that barely masks the deplorable PR message underneath. In effect, buyers of Blackwater are paying for propaganda. They're handing over money to a shady group of alleged killers for the privilege of being told that these guys aren't shady or killers or anything to that effect.
