History VideoGame / DeltaForceBlackHawkDown

The game received an expansion in 2004 named ''Team Sabre'' that includes two more campaigns, one set in the jungles of UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}} and the other on a fictional island belonging to UsefulNotes/{{Iran}}.

** General Haatim Jaareah Bin Shamim Kalb contrasts to Aidid. Both are TheWarlord and are actively opposing their own governments for their own terroristic causes, but unlike Aidid who does it for intimidation and chaos and had no connections to the government at all, Kalb had former ties with the Iranian government and hatches a plan to overthrow them as he becomes disillusioned with their alliance with the Western powers.

** General Haatim Jaareah Bin Shamim Kalb contrasts to Aidid. Both are TheWarlord and are actively opposing their own governments for their own terroristic causes, but unlike Aidid who does it for intimidation and chaos and had no connections to the government at all, Kalb had former ties with the Iranian government and hatches a plan to overthrow them as he becomes disillusioned with their alliance with the Western powers.

** Mohammed Farah Aidid is a [[AfricanTerrorist Somali]] terrorist who is responsible for causing Mogadishu to fall into a chaotic state, orchestrating many terror attacks against civilians during the Battle of Mogadishu in an attempt to put the country into a brink of self-destruction. Antonio Paulo, on the other hand, is a contrast to Aidid. Unlike Aidid who is a Somalian [[AfricanTerrorist terrorist]], Paolo is a Colombian drug lord. While Aidid's terrorist cell operates more obviously and are out in the open, Paolo's drug operations are hidden within the forested jungles of Colombia. Also, unlike Aidid whose terroristic motivation also extends to [[EnemyCivilWar warring against other terrorist cells]], Paolo's goal is to launch a coup against the Colombian government.

* GatlingGood: The player can use a minigun mounted to a helicopter to strafe enemies in the first mission.
* GenreMashup: The game is faster paced, more linear, and more forgiving than a tactical shooter, but also more realistic and hardcore with wider-open levels compared to a typical action FPS like ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein'' or ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault''. The game was made years before ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' (and slightly before the first ''Call of Duty''), and the devs were essentially operating without a rulebook when developing a modern military FPS. Overall the game plays mostly like a tactical shooter, but with balancing somewhat more typical of a more mainstream FPS.

** Iran Campaign: [[TheWarlord General Haatim Jaareah Bin Shamim Kalb]], who is disillusioned with the Iranian government's move of allying with the western powers through economic relationships. Kalb and his fundamentalist rebels seize the oil terminal in Kharg Island and in Bandar Shahpur, posing him as a serious threat to the Western investors and even the Iranian people in general.

* AntagonistTitle: The true final chapter of ''Black Hawk Down'', "Aidid Takedown", is named after the main antagonist of the game's main story.

* GoodGunsBadGuns: Taken to extremes, as compared to earlier games in the series you no longer have access to non-Western firearms - and you're quickly shown why that is, when your CAR-15 and M16 are pinpoint accurate at any distance, while every enemy uses [=AKs=] or [=RPGs=] that are wildly, laughably inaccurate, often missing from less than five feet away. Multiplayer avoids this by likewise not having any bad-guy guns, or even any bad guys, as the playable factions are Delta Force and the SAS.

** The main story has Mohammed Farah Aidid, who is the Somalian warlord being responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its plight due to orchestrating many terrorist attacks across the country including Mogadishu. He isn't largely present across the game's main story but he's ''largely'' a pivotal character and a menace to the Task Force Rangers, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be eliminated for the GoldenEnding.]]
** Colombia campaign has Antonio Paulo, a powerful Colombian drug lord and an ArmsDealer who has an iron grip across several regions of Colombia in the remotest parts of the country. He is operating his drug-running operations across the country and in the United States in order to cook up an anti-government [[TheCoup coup d'état]] against the Colombian government.
** Iran campaign has [[TheWarlord General Haatim Jaareah Bin Shamim Kalb]], who is disillusioned with the Iranian government's move of allying with the western powers through economic relationships, where he and his fundamentalist rebels seize the oil terminal in Kharg Island and in Bandar Shahpur, posing him as a serious threat to the Western investors and even the Iranian people in general.

''Delta Force: Black Hawk Down'' was the fifth installment of the ''VideoGame/DeltaForce'' tactical shooter franchise. Released in 2003 for the PC and in 2004 for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 2}} and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}.

* BasedOnATrueStory: Some missions are based on real operations during the conflict.
* BigBad: Mohammed Farah Aidid is the Somalian warlord who is responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its plight due to orchestrating many terrorist attacks across the country including Mogadishu. He isn't largely present across the game's main story but he's ''largely'' a pivotal character and a menace to the Task Force Rangers, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be eliminated for the GoldenEnding.]]

* BlackAndGrayMorality: The Somalian terrorists and Aidid himself are on the ObviouslyEvil scale, being responsible for leading Somalia into a self-destruction of its own due to launching countless terrorist attacks. The Task Force Ranger members and operators, on the other hand, while they're still the closest there is to heroic characters in this game, had a lot of grey morals in their efforts to stop terrorism, but with the Somali citizens they are proving otherwise as they are ungrateful to them. To add insult to the injury, the chaos of the war led to a massive international backlash that led the Task Force Rangers to their withdrawal from Somalia, allowing the country to go further in shambles, making their efforts useless.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: The Somalian terrorists and Aidid himself are on the ObviouslyEvil scale, being responsible for leading Somalia into a self-destruction of its own due to launching countless terrorist attacks. The Task Force Ranger members and operators, on the other hand, while they're still the closest there is to heroic characters in this game, had a lot of grey morals in their efforts to stop terrorism as the chaos that it caused led to a massive international backlash that led to their withdrawal from Somalia, allowing the country to go further in shambles, making their efforts useless.

* BigBad: Mohammed Farah Aidid is the Somalian warlord who is responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its plight due to orchestrating many terrorist attacks across the country including Mogadishu. He isn't largely present across the game's main story but he's ''largely'' a pivotal character and a menace to the Task Force Ranger, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be eliminated for the GoldenEnding.]]

* BigBad: Mohammed Farah Aidid is the Somalian warlord who is responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its plight due to orchestrating many terrorist attacks across the country including Mogadishu. He isn't largely present across the game's main story but he's ''largely'' a pivotal character, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be eliminated for the GoldenEnding.]]

* BigBad: Mohammed Farah Aidid is the Somalian warlord who is responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its plight due to orchestrating many terrorist attacks across the country including Mogadishu. He isn't largely present across the game's main story, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be eliminated for the GoldenEnding.]]

* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:The true epilogue mission can be described as this: three years after the failed mission in Somalia with the rest of your team, you go back there by ''yourself'' through a black ops mission to find Aidid, go through a whole army of his own men before reaching the mansion where you finally confront the BigBad Aidid himself. And unlike every other enemies you faced, Aidid takes '''multiple hits''' to kill him!]]

* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:The true epilogue mission can be described as this: three years after the failed mission in Somalia, you go by ''yourself'' through a black ops mission to find Aidid by yourself, go through a whole army of his own men, before reaching the mansion where you finally confront the BigBad Aidid himself. And unlike every other enemies you faced, Aidid takes '''multiple hits''' to kill him!]]

* BigBad: Aidid is the warlord who is responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its plight due to orchestrating many terrorist attacks across the country including Mogadishu. He isn't largely present across the game's main story, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be eliminated for the GoldenEnding.]]

* BigBad: Aidid is the warlord who is responsible for the chaos across Somalia and its problems in the first place. He isn't largely present across the game's main story, [[spoiler:up until the true final mission where he makes his grand appearance as the game's FinalBoss, which requires him to be killed off for the GoldenEnding.]]

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Warlord Aidid can survive several bullet hits, compared to every other enemy in the game who dies in one shot, solely because he's the main antagonist.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Warlord Aidid can survive several bullet hits, compared to every other enemy in the game who die in one shot, solely because he's the main antagonist.

* DifficultySpike:
** The endgame missions comprising the Battle of Mogadishu are a significant step up in difficulty compared to the early-to-midgame missions. Mogadishu Mile, the final normal mission, is particularly tough with no health or ammo refills until the very end, a long gauntlet of snipers and [=RPG=] militia (who are much more accurate than they were in the rest of the game), with an EscortMission at the beginning and end.
** The expansion is known for this as all of its missions last from 15 to 30 minutes, the enemy placement is less forgiving and you're never allowed more than five saves.