Over a decade and a half after its release, Black feels like a mashup of the post-WWII Call of Duty games it predates. The two things that really distinguish it from the flood of contemporary military shooters that would follow Modern Warfare are the novelty of its visuals (I’d say this is the most technically ambitious FPS on the PS2, and it looks even better through backwards compatibility on a recent Xbox console) and an insanely aggressive audio mix. Gunfire from the player’s weapons is deafening, explosions will give any subwoofer a workout and creating opportunities to shatter glass seems to be a major driving force of the level design. The sound effects are so good that they make the guns feel powerful in spite of enemies’ ability to soak up damage (which is also compensated for by quick fire rates and magazines that are 2-3x larger than in real life).