This game was absolutely incredible when I first started playing it in July of 2013. At first it seemed like just another Call of Duty ripoff that decided to take the free-to-play route, but as I invested more time into the game, I began realizing how distinct this game is from others. Just pressing the V key is enough to see that. In all honesty I don't know where to begin. The weapon balancing was pretty good, but that kinda changed later. The customization options were, and still are, broad and lets you really personalize your character. The community was fantastic for the most part, and as time went on, the playerbase decreased, which led to each lobby being like those old towns you hear about where everyone knows each other. There was a time for about a year and a half where the developers did not update the game due to internal problems, and the game's functionality certainly reflected that. The servers didn't work too well, constantly crashed, were rather laggy, ect. A lot of t...
Blacklight: Retribution
- Release Date:
- Jul 2, 2012
- Metacritic:
- 75
- Developer:
- Hardsuit Labs, Inc.
- Publisher:
- Hardsuit Labs, Inc.
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game
In Blacklight, mastering the futuristic tech is half of victory. You'll need to carefully balance your loadout, from the extreme customization possible in designing your firearms, to the equipment you carry and the in-match bonuses you can unlock. The Hyper Reality Visor (HRV) allows you to look through walls and spot enemies, and attack from where they aren't expecting - but be careful, because you're vulnerable while using it.
The other half of victory? Raw skill, same as it's always been. Good hunting, Agent...
Key Features
- Hardsuits - Use a variety of upgrades in each match, including calling in the hulking Hardsuit mech. Powerful but slow, this armored suit packs a one-shot, one-kill railgun and a high velocity minigun to clear rooms... fast.
- Hyper Reality Vision - HRV Technology allows Agents to scout their enemies through the walls, pinpoint vital mission objectives, or locate weak points in an enemy Hardsuit.
- Weapon Depots - Scattered across the battlefield are Weapon Depots that supply your team with additional ammo, heavier weapons such as a Rocket Launcher, or provide the ability to call down airstrikes and Hardsuits.
- Free to Play! - Blacklight: Retribution is a fully Free-to-Play shooter. Earn Game Points (GP) after every match and use them to unlock various armor and weaponry for your Agent in game.
- Customize Your Loadout - An Agent’s gun is their livelihood. Choose from 1000 different gun combinations by modifying your receivers with customizable Stock, Muzzle, Barrel, Magazine, and Scope, Camo, and Weapon Tags.
- Protect Yourself - Whether your play style is run and gun, or survivability, or long range sniping the choice is yours to make in fully customizing your armor loadout.
- Level Progression - Gain experience and levels through combat to unlock access to additional weapons, armor, and equipment.
- Tons of Game Modes and Maps - Combat is engaged on a number of different 7 different game modes across 9 beautifully detailed maps. Game modes includes classics such Team Death Match, Domination, Capture the Flag, and Kill Confirmed while introducing new favorites likes Netwar.
- Private Servers - Want to scrim with your clan mates? Challenge someone 1vs1? The private server option allows Agents to set up their own password protected server away from the pesky trolls.
- Spectator Mode - Learn tips and tricks from the top players in Spectator mode, or simply enjoy the chaos from the best seat in the house.
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User Reviews
One of the most painful downvotes for me, some of my best gaming memories were with blacklight in 2013-2015 i was honestly addicted and managed to even pull my friends into playing it, blacklight was seriously one of the best balanced and well playing f2p fps games out there and it was a game that people kept coming to, that is not an easy feat in the f2p fps market sadly the devs just randomly left it to die, they also released patches which activatly made just about everything worse and they never did fix that, there is so much money left that could have been made, this was a great game in its haydays, it still looks fantastic as well which is such a shame. This was one of the games that made me move to pc gaming exclusively and now its dead all because the developers randomly abandoned it when it was going strong when there was an active scene surrounding it, it is a shame because it could have been so much more however good things must come to an end and this has met its end just s...
The best "has been" fps game, if only there was a time machine to go back to the good days of full servers and accessable gun attachments. Don't waste your time.
This game was good, played the sh** out of it! it was amazing. Then came this crappy update, game always crashing and glitching took away amazing maps and put in low quality crappy maps in! ask me 3 years ago if i would recomend this and i would say with my life now i would say id rather die then have to see someone else go through the same amount of disappiontment as i had too! spent so many days and hours slave to it and now.... it breaks my heart
Use to be the best F2P FPS game on steam. As far as gameplay goes its par to none but the recent changes have made it unenjoyable to new players who iether do not want to or cannot afford to pay into it. starting off with a fresh account you will find that each half-hour match, even a good one, you only make about 150 GP. well, any gun costs about 25k GP to perm it and add it to a loadout. For players who have the cash to buy "zen" (the ingame pay for currency) they can buy a "GP duplicator" and have half the grind you will have. It use to be that zen was used for purely cosmetic changes but now the gameplay is dependant on it if u dont want too loose ur mind playing the default weapon loadouts for days on end.
Sad to say that I have to uninstall. Truly a great game but like many, I have to agree that the game is dead. Grinding on money is quite hard but thats not the main point here. The servers are dead, not many players online. To be honest I have waited for this game since it was released. I only got on it at the end of 2016 as my internet before was horrible. But after a few weeks of playing i realise that the servers are getting really empty. For some reason also my ping is very high even though my internet is working just fine. Basically in summary, The servers are not well maintained. If that is fix i do not mind jumping back into the game.
Let me give you a summary of this "game": Infested with cheaters. Unbalanced. Unbelievable grind. Same playerbase. Empty servers. Seriously let this "game" finaly die.
used to be cool, now its the dane cook of FPS
The beta was so much better why did you guys F it up... disapointed!
One of my favorite FPS games in past. Now its sad and empty joke.
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FAQ
How much does Blacklight: Retribution cost?
Blacklight: Retribution costs Free.
What are the system requirements for Blacklight: Retribution?
System requirements are not available for Blacklight: Retribution.
What platforms is Blacklight: Retribution available on?
Blacklight: Retribution is available on Windows PC.
Is Blacklight: Retribution worth buying?
Blacklight: Retribution has 38% positive reviews from 100 players. Metacritic score: 75/100.
When was Blacklight: Retribution released?
Blacklight: Retribution was released on Jul 2, 2012.
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