If you give a child the keys to the chocolate factory, one of two eventualities may unfold. Either the young sprog’s youthful exuberance and imagination will cultivate the production of tantalising confectionery that’s almost comparable to the stuff the pros makes or, alternatively, the little runt will stuff his or her face and ultimately soil themselves.So it is with the modding community; a vast ocean of mediocrity and effluvia occasionally illuminated by a rare beacon of genuine quality. Renegade X: Black Dawn might not quite be one of those eye-popping beacons but, by golly, it comes close.A first-person shooter built using the hallowed Unreal Engine, Renegade X takes place in the wild fracas of the Command & Conquer universe, with the player character joining forces with the GDI against the iconic baddies of the real-time strategy realm, the Brotherhood of Nod. Reprising the role of Nick “Havoc” Parker from the original Command & Conquer: Renegade, it’s up to you to strike a golden arrow through the black heart of the Brotherhood’s campaign of terror by severing its defensive spheres of influence at their core during a series of short, snappy single-player campaign missions.Or maybe it’s about shooting people in the face

Original Source: ‘Renegade X: Black Dawn’ Review – X Marks The Spot

This Article was originally posted on our sister site, The Indie Game Magazine written by Richard Glenn.