Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
Developer(s)	NovaLogic
Publisher(s)	NovaLogic
Designer(s)	NovaLogic
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Mac OS X, Xbox
Release date(s)	Microsoft Windows March 23, 2003 Playstation 2 & Xbox July 26, 2005
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: T PEGI: 16+
Media/distribution	DVD

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a first-person shooter video-game set during the United Nations intervention in the Somali Civil War , with missions taking place primarily in the Jubba Valley and the Somali Capital, Mogadishu.

The game was developed by NovaLogic and was released on Microsoft Windows on March 24, 2003, on Mac OS X on June 21, 2004, on the PlayStation 2 on July 27, 2005 and on the Xbox on September 8, 2006. It is the 6th game of the Delta Force series.

Characters

The player begins the game as a soldier with Task Force Ranger, taking part in Operation Restore Hope; part of the United Nations-backed humanitarian effort to end the famine in Somalia which had killed 300,000 civilians. Following the third mission, the player assumes the role of a soldier assigned to 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, taking part in Operation Gothic Serpent, a military operation conducted during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. During the latter section of the game, the player controls members of the 3rd Ranger Battalion and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, commonly known as Delta Force.

Gameplay

The game is based on the 1992-93 UN peace missions in war-torn Somalia. The first few missions in the game are designed to make the player accustomed with the different types of weapons, their usage, enemy AI, terrain types and combat techniques. The majority of the missions involve convoy protection, providing security for food distributions, destroying weapon stockpiles, taking prisoners, etc.

The Windows and PlayStation 2 versions of the game have an expansion set called Team Sabre, which features two additional campaigns. One involves missions to shut down a drug cartel in Colombia, and the other involves missions against a paramilitary rebel group in Iran.

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	76.55% (40 reviews)[1]
Metacritic	77/100 (26 reviews)[2]
Review scores
Publication	Score
Computer and Video Games	6/10[3]
Eurogamer	7/10[4]
GamePro	[5]
GameSpot	5.6/10[6]
PC Power Play

References

1. ^ "Delta Force: Black Hawk Down reviews". Game Rankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/561605-delta-force-black-hawk-down/index.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
2. ^ "Metacritic: Delta Force: Black Hawk Down". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/deltaforceblackhawkdown?q=Delta%20Force%20Black%20Hawk%20Down. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
3. ^ "Review: Delta Force: Black Hawk Down" (in English). CVG. pp. 1. http://computerandvideogames.com/game.php?id=4491. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
4. ^ Taylor, Martin (April 4, 2003). "Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Review" (in English). EuroGamer. pp. 1. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_blackhawkdown_pc. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
5. ^ Dragon, Blue-eyed (April 14, 2003). "Review: Delta Force: Black Hawk Down" (in English). GamePro. pp. 1. http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/28946/delta-force-black-hawk-down/. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
6. ^ Osborne, Scott (March 25, 2003). "Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Review" (in English). GSpot. pp. 2. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/deltaforceblackhawkdown/index.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18.