Blackwoods

Blackwoods is a story-focused FPS set in an alternative history that diverges shortly after the onset of the Cold War. You play as Hawk, an untrained partisan soldier, fighting with the Blackwoods resistance unit in the Baltic countries. The resistance was not suppressed as readily as it was in reality, allowing it to endure for decades and grow close to a private army, though its members still lack training. The enemy is not standing by while the resistance grows stronger.

Combat and weapons

Blackwoods has short- to medium-length levels, bullet time and weapon throwing. Weapons do not need reloading, encouraging you to scavenge and use weapons taken from enemies. Hawk’s limited training makes Cold War-era weapons difficult to control, so the game encourages constant movement.

You can collect over 40 weapons, including popular period-appropriate arms and rarer experimental weapons from throughout the Cold War. Some can be used akimbo.

The resistance

Other members of the Blackwoods unit fight alongside Hawk, as do unknown characters caught up in the conflict. With no way to know anyone’s true intentions, trust remains uncertain when everything is on the line.