Unity 5 enter play mode and the entire scene goes black, plus i can't escape play?

So i had been working on a project in unity 5 and went to play test it in editor and this happened.
I tried to leave it by pressing escape however unity wouldn't let me go back. I have tried this on two other projects and the same thing happened. When i checked the FPS controller code i did however notice that their wasn't any code for escaping but i have no clue what to write or where. (i do understand how to code in c# but only from a java perspective.) Can i please get help on this.

 

Oh and by the way yes i know c# and java are two complete different languages but in terms of the structuring i've seen they are similar.

 

Looks like the Playmode tint is set to black.
You can change it Edit -> Preferences -> Color -> Playmode tint.

 

Thank you so much, i can at least escape by play button now.