Perfect Dark (N64)

...chart topper. After much anticipation, Perfect Dark, which was dubbed as the sequel to the Nintendo 64 game, “Goldeneye", was finally released. Both Perfect Dark, and Goldeneye, were created by the British gaming company Rare, which also have created such games as Star Fox Adventures, Banjo Kazooie and the Donkey Kong series. The first person view shooting game based on the story of 'Goldeneye' (the James Bond film) was and still will remain to ...
...the James Bond one, and Perfect Dark needed an equally as catchy sound track. It sure got one! A rocky futuristic theme, everyone that I know has heard the music to it claim that it is one of their favourite tracks from the game. Each level also has its own atmospheric soundtrack, and when the danger increases, you get a speeded up more intense version of the music to get that adrenalin pumping. The music alone of this game is fantastic and very ...

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...The RAM pack. ============= Perfect Dark was the second game after Donkey Kong to require the N64 RAM pack add-on. By increasing the N64’s memory the pack allows for extra graphical touches and more content to the games. Despite the extra cost it is definitely good purchase, especially as only 30% of this awesome game is playable without it. Graphics. ========= The look of Perfect Dark is similar to Goldeneye, it uses the same basic game ...
...addition. Training. ========= Perfect Dark has a unique training mode. You get a guided tour of the institute and you get to try out the moves and weapons. However this is no linear training level, you can roam the centre freely, try out a few challenges, go to the shooting range and even earn cheats here. Well set out and nicely done, this is like a game on its own. Gameplay: Single Player. ======================== Goldeneye wasn’t ...

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...their successor to Goldeneye 007: Perfect Dark. The greatest aspect of Goldeneye 007 was the multiplayer mode, so why the would Rare leave it out of this game? They didn't, in fact they even added a whole lot more depth to it. Now instead of just one multiplayer mode, Rare has added 3 different modes that Multiple players can play together. Co-Op Mode Co-Op mode is exactly what everyone has been wishing for, it allows 2 players to tackle the missions ...
...welcomed in Perfect Dark. Basically player 1 takes control of the star of the game Joanna Dark, while player 2 takes the part of Joanna's sister. One thing I wish Rare could have added was the addition of Joanna's sister to the story, when playing in Co-Op it totally leaves her out of all the cinemas and everything from the story. This is my second favorite multiplayer mode in the game. Combat Simulator Combat simulator is the funnest multiplayer ...

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...got the masterpiece that was Perfect Dark...Great Stuff! If you like Goldneye, you will love this. And with the fact the 30% of it is from Golden eye you will feel right at home. ~~~~Plot/Story~~~~ You play as Joanna Dark, a member of the highly secretive Carrington Institute. You are assigned to infiltrate the DataDyne Corporation. The Carrington Institute have been tipped off that they are involved in some alien conspiracy, in an effort to produce ...
...own heading?" Answer: Quite simply. Perfect dark has the BEST multi-player mode on all format of console. Generally the same as Goldeneye. 4 players on one screen. But then with Perfect Dark. You can have a multi-player battle on your own. Has he gone crazy you ask? Well...yes, but its still true. You can play against "Sims" computer generated multi-player simulants. You can set these from as easy as pie...to deadly, if you want to test your self. ...

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...king of first person shooters, Perfect Dark. Perfect Dark has a similar play style to Bond, but everything has improved, and I mean big time. The Golden Eye arsenal? Weak! Compared to Perfect Dark's plethora of guns. The game has 40+ weapons, including some of Bond's best ones. You've got some totally ruthless tools to use. I'll mention some of my favorites. There is the tranquilizer gun, which can come in particularly handy in the multiplayer. You ...
...mission. Not the case with Perfect Dark. I've had this game since last summer, and I still haven't beaten it. Why? Cause it's REALLY hard. If I have any complaint, it's that this game is too challenging. Remember in Golden Eye how all the bad guys looked the same? Not the case with Perfect Dark each enemy has their own unique face. I think it's awesome, but I think this perhaps could be bad for little kids. What if a little kid runs into a guard ...

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...first person shooter action of Perfect Dark. Rareware’s latest masterpiece comes in the shape of one game, starring Joanna Dark, with a list of features and extras that would stretch to the moon and back, no, really. I can’t even put into words how great this game is. You really have to buy it yourself and find out. Please, I beg you to buy this game! The back of the box neatly sums up the story “A corporation is planning a conspiracy ...
...settings (Agent, Secret agent, & Perfect agent). There are 17 main missions all set on amazingly designed levels and against an incredibly detailed plotline. There are mission objectives to be completed, which get added to and harder as the difficulty increases. There is also the ability to go on the shooting range and test all the guns you have unlocked so far, test all equipment, practice combat, and catch up on the story in case you missed it. ...

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...amazed at the difference between Perfect Dark and Goldeneye, so many improvements had been made. For example you were able to fight against simulants (computer men who can be set on diffent difficulty levels and put on teams including your own (up to eight)), The weapons are mult-functional. The basic weapons: AR34- 30 round magazine second function: Run while zooming in. An Assault Rifile, it is an efficent weapon. Falcoln 2 Automatic Pistol- Automatic ...
...The gameplay of perfect dark is absolutely brilliant. With Solo Missions, Combat simulator, co-operative and counter-operative, the game feels more like a PC game then a cartridge based 64 game. Graphics: Graphics are brilliant. With absolutely brilliant lighting effects and bare minimal slowdown (don't listen to all those other people who say "The game runs like a man from jail" , well no one says that but they mean it). The graphics are still a ...

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...first person action shooter of Perfect Dark. Rareware’s best ever game comes in the form of one woman, Joanna Dark, with more extra features than Cilla Black's had facelifts. The storyline is basically that a major corporation plans to take over the world, but believe me there is so much more to it than this. One player makes you go through levels like you did in Goldeneye, and similarly on three different difficulty settings as well. The ...
...follow it you're screwed basically. The mission objectives are also like Goldeneye, maybe this is why the game is so successful, it follows Goldeneye's success but in a totally original manner. Just in one player it can keep you entertained for hours on end, they really fly by as you are playing it. There are about 40 new weapons to get to grips with, all with their own unique albilities. However, the game doesn't unlock it's full potential until ...

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Perfect Dark? I love the game. As you probably know this is the unofficial sequel to GoldenEye. Unofficial meaning it is made with the same engine and by Rare, but it has nothing to do with James Bond. If you are like me with no brothers or sisters willing to play you on the computer, and you have owned GoldenEye then, no doubt you will love this game. My problem with GoldenEye was, once you have completed the Single player game, then the only thing ...
...game has died. But with Perfect Dark, you don’t need more mates or controllers to play the game on multiplayer because it has computer players/Sims/Bots. So these Sims? You can have up to eight included in a multiplayer game, and that’s eight with all four human players too. The thing, which makes them special, is that they can be set at different difficulty settings and also they can represent a number of different characteristics. For ...

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...talking about the Gameplay! Perfect Dark features a new character called Joanna Dark an agent from the Carrington Institute and is sent to infiltrate the Datadyne corporation. This game...It has beautifully constructed levels, and much better AI. Where you could shoot a guy in Goldeneye and the other one standing right next to him won't move, now the other will hunt you down. The single-player mode is laid out in such a way that it really varies, ...
...beaten in a day, but Perfect Agent will take months. Imagine a great storyline based around aliens and government cover-ups. Now think about a massive multiplayer mode that lets you complete player customisation, bots, different bot settings, spectacular new weapons, different player modes, nearly 20 deathmatch arenas and lots more. In the actual game, you play as Joanna Dark, who is an agent, sent by The Carrington Institute to infiltrate the DataDyne ...

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...exactly what they did. Perfect Dark contains the same mix of stealth and guns that made Goldeneye so good, only this time without the constraints of having to follow a plot, with specific locations. This is both the games best and worst feature. The single player missions follow an alien plot to replace the President with an evil clone, and use him to wage war on another alien race, the Maians. Your role, as Joanna ‘Perfect’ Dark, is ...
...It cannot be ignored that this storyline is without question one of the worst I’ve seen in any FPS, and is the single player game’s downfall, moving too far into alien territory with their guns, and ‘Skedar’ enemies instead of humans. Aside from this though, the game cannot really be faulted. The game puts the RAM expansion to full use to squeeze maximum detail into the superbly designed levels. The best feature however, is ...

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dont know about any1 else out there-but ive been waiting for this game since the original release date of December 1999(or earlier??).Finally it arrived 30th July!!! Well what can i say??????It is almost a carbon copy of the legendary Goldeneye but just has that little bit more(well it should after all this time!!!)Improved everything and new guns-woo hoo. If you dont know Goldeneye-where have u been?-why are you on this page????Do you actually own ...
...game---You take role of Joanna Dark-in the year 2000and summink!!!!into the future-where cars can fly! The graphics have been greatly improved-needing the 4mb expansion PACK(not pak as they name it -is that american????grrrrr.) You can only play 35% of the game without the upgrade but this only includes the very minimal of 2 player gaming not the true game-so forcing you to have to buy this hugely overpriced bit of memory------i am sorry if i get ...

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...semi-sequel to the classic ‘Goldeneye’, Perfect Dark, arrived and amazed the world. It was what everyone expected and more. When the world had finished playing Goldeneye, they began to crave for more. But when Rare rejected the chance to take up the James Bond license for ‘The World Is Not Enough’ people thought that a sequel would never happen. Then Rare announced that they were working on Perfect Dark, a game starring a ...
...again, agent, secret agent and perfect agent, are the names and are just as hard as Goldeneye’s. This time though the different difficulties add objectives and open up new doors and paths. The legendry multiplayer is back much improved. You can now mix and match unlocked characters bodies and heads to create your own freak. The scenarios now have a huge choice of matches. You can change what weapons appear and where, how many kills it is to ...

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...Now, however, Rare have launched Perfect Dark - and it's in direct competition with GoldenEye. How will it fare? And can it possibly better GoldenEye? The first thing that hits you is the quality of the quality of the graphics. Right from the start, with a spinning Nintendo Cube morphing into the PD logo, you know this is going to be special. The menu screen is unbelievable - in effect, you wander around an entire building, accessing computer terminals ...
...range, I'm sure you'll agree. Perfect Dark's training mode is the best you'll see, putting Half Life's to shame. While wandering the building, you get a real sense of scale, as employees will come up to chat to you, or try and get about their daily business. This further adds to the feeling of realism. All this, and we haven't even started the game! This game requires an expansion pak to run properly, and the effect is instantly obvious: in h-res ...

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After playing this game for around 5 mins, you may well wonder why it feels so incredibly similar to Goldeneye. Or you may not. It all depends on how much you know about this game, and if you don't know much then that's why you're reading this review. The people that made Goldeneye have spend countless years perfecting this game and making it every bit as good as it's predecesor, and to say the least, this is time well spent. In this game, you take ...
...the only game (including Tomb Raider), where I (being the shovenist that I am), don't really mind playing as a girl. The reason for this probably being that you don't get to see yourself, as this is a 1st person shooter. Once again, you take control of an incredible amount of weapons, and not once do you wonder how you can carry them all at once while running faster than an ostridge. Like in so many other games which involve tactical violence, different ...

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