It is SHOCKING how much stuff "insiders" pulled directly out of their ass on this one
-It's 3rd Person
-Set in the PD universe, but not REALLY PD
Etc.
-It's 3rd Person
-Set in the PD universe, but not REALLY PD
Etc.
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Perfect Dark reboot announced - The Initiative (PC/Xbox)
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I know nothing about the original Perfect Dark game, so this trailer didn't do much for me, but after reading some of the responses here I'm tempted to try the original and join the hype. I think it's on gamepass, right? Has it aged well or is it too late for me?
Go into it willing to look stuff up (some objectives can be very obtuse), accepting that there's 20 year old jank, and start on the lowest difficulty to get the hang of how levels flow. (Willingness to read the mission briefings doesn't hurt either. Half the time your objectives are spelled out in the pause screen dossier, as opposed to in level story telling.)
One of the things I love most about it is that the difficulty level isn't just your/enemy health. But objectives are layered on, making levels play entirely differently based on what you choose.
So on easy a stage's sole objective is often just "make it to the end of the level". But on Perfect Agent (hard) you might have to track down a disguise, knock out a guard to get a keycard, plant a bug in a computer terminal and make it out without triggering the alarm system.
It's very different than modern FPSs. But that uniqueness makes the game.
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I played it recently and had no idea what to do half the time. I still had fun in co-op but the game is pretty obtuse in its direction. Or maybe I'm just dumb.
It is a bit hard to really categorize Perfect Dark but if you do not mind a little challenge it is super satisfying. Very much a product of its time, especially in terms of aiming and gun feedback. The multiplayer was on another level itself. It had standard deathmatch type stuff, but also remixes of the campaign levels that were co-op or even counter-op.
One of my favorite aspects of the game was already mentioned. The layered difficulty really changes how you view the encounters and world. My favorite spin on that was how one level you were a sniper trying to rescue a hostage, but on the same level on the highest difficulty you are the hostage.
Fantastic news! Can't wait to see how they bring it back. They've certainly got experience with successfully rebooting old IP (Tomb Raider), so I have high hopes for this.
On a side note, Perfect Dark was high on my list of Xbox IPs I'd like to see return. After Fable and this the list is finally shrinking. Banjo-Kazooie and PGR next, please? :)
On a side note, Perfect Dark was high on my list of Xbox IPs I'd like to see return. After Fable and this the list is finally shrinking. Banjo-Kazooie and PGR next, please? :)
great news!
flight simulator should be among these as well, getting a new title after 14 years.
Who's next ?
If you have access to rare replay i would give them a go. The stories are quite fun but zero is a slog tbh
At the bottom of the OP now. Or right here lol.
Loved the original to death, had no idea what this would be until I saw the DataDyne logo, took a few seconds for it to click and then HOLY SHIT IT'S PERFECT DARK
I just hope it's like the original in that it's a level based objective driven shooter, but hopefully with massive open levels
I just hope it's like the original in that it's a level based objective driven shooter, but hopefully with massive open levels
Who's next ?
I BELIEVE IN CONKER'S RETURN IN THE FUTURE
Edit: it's coming to PC? 👀
I'm surprised some people are surprised this is coming to PC. Everything MS has made for the past 3-4 years has been on PC.
I watched some reactions to this reveal and I'm surprised how many didn't react to the DataDyne logo on top of the building.
yup. Cinematic trailers are kinda whatever, but the interview made me really excited
Can't wait to see what they do with it. Perfect dark is one of my fav games of all time (the co op and all the modes were really so far ahead of anything on console at the time) I loved the 360 game but mostly for the MP. Day one.
I think the physicality of their game will mean (to me, at least) gameplay much like mirror's edge, with baked-in physical interactions like RDR2, which will bring its own responsiveness problems. It will hopefully have choices story/branches like Dishonored to solve and they probably already have a decent plot outline. This studio has many namedrops in various positions who absolutely know how to deliver, so I'm expecting something worthwhile, and right up my street. With these guys and Arkane, MS cannot really go wrong for me anymore.
Hoping to see more soon next year. Glad to see what the franchise will be from them. Also, I am wishing that they are able to deliver on a cool experience.
Im not even a super fan of this games (though i really like a few of them) and still thing that Microsoft is doing amazing in this front, the work that Nintendo should really start doing with its dormant franchises really.
Who's next ?
Yeah it's weird to me how many people were super hyped when the name was dropped but didn't even react to the logo
I guess I'm just a cynic at heart
perfect dark barely has an identity outside of the n64 game so uh a cinematic trailer means exactly nothing to me. wake me up when they confirm cool guns w/ secondary functions and proxy pinball
Yes It's an FPS
You gotta wonder exactly where these kinds of things originated.
