More people watched this than actually played Bodycount.

Call of Duty: throw grenade into a room. Some debris is flung about Black: throw grenade into a room. Whole wall is blown apart. Windows shatter. Three car alarms go off. *PANAIC SCREAMS FROM ENEMIES IN THE NEXT BUILDING OVER ARE HEARD*

For me Black's lack of a compelling story wasn't an issue. I was a kid back then who didn't even understand English lol

Black was an INCREDIBLE technical achievement at the time. Genuinely I was shocked there weren't followups

- “Black’s co-creator Stuart Black...hue hue” Raycevick, 2018

I always got Bodycount and Brink confused.

I used to play this at launch with some of the Eurogamer staff, could never get in to it. And no one else did as I can remember stores drastically dropping the price of the game soon after release, I bought a PS3 copy when it was £3 less than a month later.

At the time, Black felt almost like having a next-gen game run on a PS2, it was staggeringly good, and I dont really like FPSs

Your analogies are hysterical: "Budget of a ham sandwich" "All the drama of my grocery list" "As linear as a T square"

That's so damn scummy, I can't imagine being denied overtime pay and then being told by the studio that fired me "Pay us back or we're reporting YOU to the authorities."

In a scale of 1 to 10, the level of fear I feel when: 1- I hear someone broke into my house 5- My sister borrowing my cellphone charger 9- Being at a haunted graveyard 20- Being at the graveyard from that particular Black mission

I liked Black back on the PS2, I wish they would make an HD remake or a remastered version of Black with better A.I. and better graphics.

I could not agree more with the sentiment that remakes should focus on polishing things that were not quite successful the first time around. There are so many good ideas that were not done quite right. I get that it's easier to cash in on something that was already successful, but so many remakes/sequels of good games just kill franchises because they fall short of the original.

I used to play Black with my stepfather. He played carefullly and smart, i played dumb and loud. Black was fun for fun's sake so thank you for giving me some closure on why it didn't have a sequel.

Bodycount once discussed in a GameInformer article (during development, I'm pretty sure.) that the repeated levels were originally to show off some persistent entity tech. Bullet holes, corpses, and bloodstains you left in the level previously would still be there when you revisit.

Hi, i'm a little late to the video, but my dad actually wrote the storyline and directed the voiceovers for Black. (Guy Miller, he was never actually credited with either of those roles though) EA actually flew him out to the set of '24' to direct the actors. I asked him about the production for Black, and he told me that Alex Ward called him in to do those things AFTER the game was finished, and so the storyline was completely separate to the gameplay. My dad also said Alex Ward was not a great guy (i've changed the wording on that)

I just want a game that plays like a combination of BLACK, FEAR and Bulletstorm.

I could not care less about these games, I've never heard of them. But man, Ray just pulls you in. These are like short documentaries. Total engrossment.

the aesthetic of black is so good, the enemies, maps, lighting, guns, i love this game

the fact that Bodycount's crosshair is so low on screen pisses me off

BLACK holds a special place in my heart, being the first FPS I ever truly enjoyed. Up until then, I had only dabbled in a bit of Halo at a relative's house once or twice at the most, but BLACK was the first one I really sank my teeth into, on my own time. I liked how short and sweet it was, in spite of it not having much depth, more focused on the "gun porn" aesthetic--it was cathartic. Point and shoot and everything explodes. How that game managed to keep a steady frame rate 98% of the time (toss enough grenades around and it might actually dip a little) is beyond me. I vaguely remember playing the PS3 demo of Bodycount and not really liking it. Among other things, having to stand still in order to aim didn't sit too well with me. And I don't think I'm "dangerously curious" enough to try the full game.

As always, your videos brighten up my subscription box...when KZfaq decides they're in there, of course.

I misinterpreted the title of this video as suggesting that a game called "Raycevick" was going to be a spiritual successor to Black and got excited. I was disappointed to learn I was mistaken on that count, but ultimately NOT disappointed to have watched the entire video. Great job!

I ain't gonna lie, single player killstreaks is something I only just realised I wanted...

That crosshair's really damn low. I think it's even lower than Halo's.

Oh, Raycevick posted... "The Spiritual Successor to... *Black* ?" I have never clicked on a video faster.

Black was my favourite game on the old consoles, the damage in the levels just amazed my tiny little brain back then

i will always love criterion as a development house. the burnout series and black, both masterpieces in wildly different genres

Usual story no passion and original creators leave, too much crunch and employees pissed off. Jesus. Nobody learns.

2:55 I'd recognise the Operation Metro theme anywhere

my main pet peeve with Black was how anatomically innacurate the guns were to their real world counter parts. such as the G36 and Uzi having two charging handles.

Black was so good. Still one of my favorites.

10:50 Allows you to lean in any erection?!

Here we go, a new Raycevick video was uploaded. Grab your popcorn guys!

2:34 Sweet Jesus, never thought I'd see project: Snowblind

Not even close to finished this video, i just hope he mentions the fact that the sound for the MP5 in this game was lifted directly from Die Hard as a deliberate reference to the sheer LOUDNESS of the guns in that movie. A pure spectacle of gunplay from the '80s

Rockstars 100hour weeks have brought light to the norm for game devs. They have been facing bullshit conditions pretty much since video games have existed

Black was my first FPS experience on my newly bought PS2 Slim back in 2006, many years later it still stands as my favourite console FPS alongside TimeSplitters 2. (which I really wish that THQ Nordic would hurry up and remaster the TS games already)

I studied game design in college and one of my lecturer was a QA tester for bodycount. He told many stories on how the game was a train wreck. One of them was the story of DAve, on how DAve spelled his name. The QA testers constantly reported it as a bug but the devs said that was how he actually spelt his name. In the end, when they sent it for review for PlayStation, it was reported as a bug

Oh man, I miss Black. I thought the plot was so cool, it had a Tom Clancy vibe to it. Plus the actor for the main character was great.

Thank you so for much this video. I adore BLACK and was so excited for bodycount, what with Stuart's many appearances promoting the game. When the awful reviews started hitting I always wondered what went wrong. Now I know! :-)

I was one of those weirdos that kinda enjoyed Bodycount - I like weird shit and love collecting it. It's a game where it clearly had passion put behind it but the further you play through the game, the more you realise that passion kept dwindling and eventually died just to push it out with only a mere fraction of it's true vision. A real shame honestly because it's art style was great, the mix of run and gun and rooting yourself like Time Crisis and shoot around corners was a nice touch and it clearly wanted to be ridiculous but eventually just became stale, by the numbers and hopped onto trends like regenerating health in the hopes that it would sell. Like it's REALLY fucking sad because it really would have been bloody good, a cult classic even if things just worked out.

When i got my first ps2 this was my 2nd game i got with it, not even knowing what this game was all about, and i ended up playing the game for days and my go to game when i got home from school. Thanks for the video, made me pull up my ps2 and go for a game run. GG

Black was one of the most amazing games I had ever played at the time... and the entire reason for that was because I had a 5.1 surround sound system when I played it, and the audio design for the game was absolutely incredible.

An interesting video would be “Wasted Potential”, there are so many games, especially in the 7th gen, atleast in my experience.

Funny how both of theses companies are mostly known for their racing games (Criterion: Burnout Series) (Codemasters: Dirt Series, F1 Series)

This is still one of my favorite fps of all time, i keep replaying it annually on the hardest difficulty on the x360, it's really a shame no real sequel was ever produced

I still remember walking into my used game store to pick up Black and the thing that everyone told me while I was in there talking about it was, of course: "This game has some of the best sound effects in any shooter". And I was not disappointed.

i think you should look at Brink and it's successor Dirty Bomb, damn whole Splash Damage saga will be interesting

Man, I discovered you about a week ago and ended up binging your videos. First new subscription in a long time and your videos are up there with Super Bunnyhop for me. Keep it up, dude!

Man, black was so ahead of its time... Such an underrated game.

Holy shit. That cocking of a nonexistent bolt handle on the left side of the AK right as you are talking about leaving the inaccuracies for someone else to pick apart is some seriously subtle humour.

Man you go deep with finding out things, or at least further than I could be bothered with. There's this PSP fps game called Coded Arms, and it was supposed to get a sequel on PS3 but it died off. The first was fun, apparently there was a second subtitled Contagion which had a plot but I never knew about it, but the would be 3rd was looking good and I was excited for it.

it's so hard to pull myself away from the screen on ANY of your videos, they're so well written and presented that they never lose my attention; and having someone with adhd *willingly* sit through a 30 minute video on a game he's never even heard of before is pretty impressive.

Man I appreciate how much work you put into these videos, it makes every time I see an upload from you an absolute thrill.

I cannot tell you how many times I have gone back and watched your Halo 2 video dude these things are all put together so well

I'll admit that little piece of DiRT Rally footage made me really want a Raycevick CMR video, maybe, possibly, sometime, please?

You coud've also mention that CI Games "Enemy Front" initally was developed with Stuart Black as another "Black Spiritual Successor " in WW2 but he later left them and game was remade to what it is today.

Black was a game ahead of its time. one of my top 3 games of all time.

Please review Vanquish? It's such a unique one of a kind "bullet time" game that we might never get sequel or similar game again . . . ever.

I befriended a co-worker while working in retail over 10 years ago. Ended up chilling with him and his friends at their digs quite often, smoking pot playing PS2 and just talking shit. That's where I played Black, never got the chance anywhere else but damn those are some great memories. Thanks for this blast from the past!

The way the gunmodel almost covers the crosshair in focus mode looks very annoying as well in Bodycount.

Bodycount's gun effects sound like they were recorded on a smartphone stood 100m away at a local range. Except the suppressed pistols, which sound like 80s Bond movie effects.

I love how you make me care and engage so much about obscure titles I never heard about before. Keep up the great work.

Raycevick and GVMERS should have at least 3 million subs for all their work, effort, and love put in their videos...

God the lower third reticle placement has always been a design decision that I never understood. It feels like I'm playing ArmA with my Track IR and I've got my head craned up the entire session. Incredibly uncomfortable, even just to watch. It forces most of your attention to be somewhere that cuts off a bunch of your lower peripheral vision and coincidentally makes the games feel more claustrophobic, especially since most other games teach you to have the resting/primary location of your focus to be where you shoot. It doesn't help that I instinctively move my head in footage of FPS games to mimic the correlating TrackIR input but that's just me being weird.

Duuuude i looove your videos man keep it up.

This is really my favorite KZfaq channel! Keep up the amazing work and I hope that the channel blows up even more

Omg I hate that not centered cross air! How the hell people like it? It is so distracting! Every single time I see one I imagine the player running around and shooting looking at the sky... Herp derp look ma i shoot.

Raycevick, why are your essays so good?

Wow what a great video. I love Black so much and I was always bummed that no one knew it existed, but also that no sequel was ever made. And I remember how Bodycount kind of just came out without much of an acknowledgement from anyone. Crazy to know the reasons behind why that game was what it was, as opposed to what it could be. Thanks for resolving a long standing personal disappointment I've had with this game for years.

I never knew this game “bodycount” existed till I watched this video see the box art and remembered I actually rented it back in the day on its release date and played it once and took it back to the store😂.. now that’s bad when u actually played it (being only once) but still totally forgetting it existed.

10:50 - "lean in any erection" Good stuff.

the aiming reticule being that low down in bodycount makes me feel queasy. it's like you always need to aim above people to hit them

Awesome video as always. That story about the employees having to give back money is insane.

Bodycount reminds me of my favorite lper who retired long ago....EvilTim you will always be remembered

HAPPY 300K :)) YOU EARNED IT

Congrats on 300k.

Amazing video and very interesting story. Thanks for your work!

awesome vid and thanks for the song list lad, shit saves me sooooo much time when i hear something cool. but hardly see em elsewhere!

this is a kind of channel where you like the video before watching it and after watching it wanting to like it again

I guess it's time to go to sleep. *Notification pops up from Raycevick* I guess not.

The minute I finish this job hunt I’m gonna support the hell out of your patreon I swear

Ah. Black. Loved that game for a brief period. I distinctly remember my brother and I laughing hysterically in unison the first time we fired the shotgun. Not realistic, but God Damn. Impact like my mom gets working the strip on Saturday night.

Battlefield 3 background music, i love you

OMG I am so glad I watched the whole video.. I am playing “Black” right now for the first time and I am quite enjoying it. I almost ordered “Bodyvount” 10 minutes in... fortunately I finished the vid

Your choice of music for everyone of your videos is amazing.

Always a good day with a new vid from Raycevick!

Yeah black feels great but the m16 stuffing 100 rounds into a mag that only fits 20 will probably give any gun guy an aneurysm

2007:Black 2018: Escape From Tarkov

Dunno, all the left-hand ejection annoyed me. I'm an authenticity snob.

I bought this game for $5 at my local mom and pop shop a couple years ago. I loved this game but nobody knew what it was. I only ever played online on when one other person was online. It was awesome. And the campaign Is one of the best I have played in ages. I'm glad someone finally made an in depth video on it.

One of the best shooters ever, they have the source code literally sitting still, why not go for a PC port and make tons of extra money out of it? Dumb publishers, stupid bloated companies... They're out of touch of what gamers actually WANT and would pay hard cash for it. Hell, they wouldn't even need to pay labor to port the source code, I'm sure fans would be more than glad to do it given the tools to do it.

I heard that the Gamecube was technically the most powerfull 6th gen console and it was largely held back by the small 1.5 GB Gamecube discs.

BLACK sound effects for gun reloading is so satisfying in an unironic way

One of the most entertaining and informative shows on youtube. Could easily go big during prime time on tv.

You should play Total Overdose, I used to love that game when I was in school, I have seen 0 videos on that game, Other than playthroughs.

"Making a game where you kill to progress is easier than one that you are encouraged to be non-lethal." ...the phrase that killed way too many "Cop Games" in their concept stages.

Black is the first game I have ever played, and this video gave me a nostalgia trip like no other. Thank you so much man

Yes!! We've been waiting BROOOO