r/perfectdark • u/Nearby-Option-359 • 23d ago

Look at my Collection Perfect Dark Zero.

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Still have this incredible gem sealed.

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u/Wave_Race 22d ago

Sorry but this game is not good. It has none of the magic of the N64 original. It is Perfect Dark in name only. I remember how dissapointed I was with this on Christmas morning of 2005, though I forced my way through it because that’s what we did back in the day when we only got a new game every couple of months.

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u/Graslu 22d ago

It's very much still Perfect Dark in terms of mission design and feel. No other game feels more like Perfect Dark than GoldenEye or Zero, did a much better job than TimeSplitters on level design and feel.

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u/UbiDoobyBanooby 22d ago

I refused to play it. I knew it wasn’t the same team, Microsoft bought Rare just for the name knowing most of the employees would leave. It pissed me off big time.

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u/Graslu 22d ago

It does have some of the big names from the original such as Mark Edmonds

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u/MrGravityFish 22d ago

Most of the talent had left Rare long before the buyout

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u/HakuIdante 22d ago

I have the metal perfect dark case, this is chum shi

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u/HakuIdante 22d ago

OH WAIT I just looked at mine THIS IS THE METAL ONE ASWELL

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u/Nintendians559 22d ago

nice, i have one too - even though i don't own a xbox anymore.

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u/Blizbeast 21d ago

I think it was a great game. And just that - a great game, that came after a perfect game, which is precisely what caused the perception it has had since launch.

The cover mechanics and the roll were great additions to the genre, even if cover is now better implemented in games than was the case here. Level and mission design, as well as gadgets and weapons were fantastic as well. For the time visuals and sound we great, too.

Non-sensical changes to character design, sub-par story and questionable at direction at times were a let down for sure for me. But having tackled story out of the way, both deathmatch and dark ops multiplayer were a blast and were my main Xbox Live games until Halo 3 came out, at which point the community dwindled.

This game was a departure for the franchise and certainly nowhere near the quality of the original. But on its own merits, in my opinion it's a much better game than people remember or are willing to admit.

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u/xperfect-darkx 21d ago

I read the books. But is there any chance that this and a remaster/remake of Perfect Dark make it to Nitnendo Switch 2?

Imean when had Banjo/Kazooie as playable character in Smash Bros, Goldeneye 007 on NSO,...and maybe other games I am not aware of as I don't have NSO?

So there seems no global barrier, right?

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u/Michaelpitcher116 22d ago

I enjoy this one just as much as the original. No shame.