Classic Game Room HD - PERFECT DARK ZERO for Xbox 360 review
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Classic Game Room HD reviews PERFECT DARK ZERO for Xbox 360 from 2005, an early release for the 360 and a memorable first person shooter from Rare. This CGRHD review of Perfect Dark Zero has gameplay footage from Perfect Dark Zero showing game play during this FPS featuring Joanna Dark in a prequel to the Perfect Dark storyline on N64. Use a clever variety of weapons in creative levels that keep the game fresh and interesting from beginning to end. Perfect Dark Zero can be bought today for a song and while it seems slow compared to some more popular shooters these days. The game itself remains technically solid, smooth and sounds awesome. The storyline is sub-par but the replay value due to the amazing level design is high, and that's what really stands out with this game. Awesome levels, techo style music and lots of cool futuristic weaponry make this an easy game to drop $5 on and add to your collection.
I like how this game still looks way better than most 360 games. Rare nailed the graphics right out of the gate.
Impressive how 10 years later, this game still look good!
Paulo Lameiras Too bad it was a huge letdown. I think when I bought it I was expecting awesome multiplayer, which it didn't really deliver (x360 didn't really have any worthwhile multiplayer games in the first year). If I played this game today I'd probably appreciate it moreso.
No it isn't.
This game gets too much hate. Yeah, it's not as good as the original, but hell, it's good.
+KoolDawg99 agreed but we can understand the reaction of the fans though.I mean,when I first played It, I was loathing the dumbass father of joanna and found the story so underwhelming compare to the n64 counterpart.It almost feels like they're not set In the same universe.But in terms of game;yeah It's fun and got its moment.
nobodyinterestingyou yeah not to mention the PvP was really fun.
KoolDawg99 why is it hated so much? BTW I never had a N64.
No.
The "hate" this game get is well-deserved. Wonky aiming, stiff movement, and horrendous gunplay aren't what I'd consider in the makings of a "good" game.
This game is Simply beautiful, colorful and ALOT of FUN , especially when compared to the bland crap that passes for AAA today and through out the 7th gen. PD zero didnt deserve the hate , it was doing its own thing , It was different.
Quit gaming 4 years ago but been feeling like replaying my huge xbox library for stuff like alan wake(I'm a sucker for horror movies and games)
Is this game worth for offline only?
John
I think it is , it feels fresh in comparison to modern titles. I still play it online and offline with bots, the singleplayer component is alot of fun. PD zero is bashed because it isn't the first one and it isn't COD/halo.
DirtySpaceRat. Why do you think the game sucks?
The second level where your outside of a niteclub is one of the best level designs in gaming history.
No mention of multiplayer? Jetpacks? Hovercrafts? Glitchers? Friendly infiltrators? I'm afraid you left out the best parts. Some of those jetpack wars with 32 players having it out in the Desert map, were the most epic thing I've ever seen. I miss the jetpacks. So powerful... yet so vulnerable at close quarters.
I really don't blame Rare for how this game turned out, anyone who loves Rare like I do knows it was their corporate chain-tuggers that kept busting their balls during the development with these unreal deadlines. In spite of the dark history behind this game, I still like it, and play it from time to time. Though, in terms of sequels, this game is a HELL of a lot more satisfying sequel than another Rare game Microsoft had a huge influence on...
Now, if you want a game that is a worthy successor to Perfect Dark, try and get a copy of Timesplitters 2 and Timesplitters: Future Perfect for either the Xbox or PS2 or Gamecube. Some of the developers for both games brought us Goldeneye and Perfect Dark too!
Ah back before they figured out how to make the materials look like anything other than plastic.
The silencer sound in this game and Goldeneye is absolutely my greatest auditory pleasure
I spent countless hours on this when i first got my 360, loved it!
they should make a new one
Wish granted.
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Man do I remember playing this a long time ago. It looks a lot more... cartoonish than I last remembered though :o
I love the original perfect dark on n64 and the multiplayer was addicitive.
I just got this game and am loving it. I feel of this came out today then people would love it allot more then they did then. This and cod4 are among the best shooters I've played. And he's right. We don't play tOys for the story but because the game is fun. Thanks to rare replay, this game might get a resurgence.
I love this game. i'm still playing it online.
I found it for 12 dollars at a local game store. It also came with every other rare game ever made. What a deal!!
Damn this game still looks better than some ps4 and x1 games out there lol.
zack19192 I thought the same thing lol
+SilverWolfX7 Well, both Perfect Dark games are included in Rare Replay for XBO.
+SilverWolfX7 I would love to have PS3 or PS4... there are so many great games on those.
I know they are, I just don't feel like getting them now.
zack19192 I want to get an Xbox One just for this.
I freaking LOVE this game
even now this game still looks gorgeous!
The graphics in this game are amazing.
Half-Life 2 back in 2004 looked much better. Didn't you played Far Cry?
Slender Man No it didn't.
zack19192 yep it did, and it will always.
***** yep, deal with it. This game looks outdated. Riddick that came out back in 2004 on first Xbox looks better..
Slender Man Lol no.
Why did people say this game sucked?
My best guess is they don't want to play as a woman because they're all SEXISTS!!! lol
Seriously, they probably loved the first Perfect Dark and had high expectations for this one and it didn't quite live up to them. Think about it, if you have a conversation with someone who doesn't like Perfect Dark Zero they will almost always bring up the one for N64 and how much they liked that one.
It didn't feel like Perfect Dark on the 64.
Because we got No One Lives Forever 2 in 2002.
BleuSkiddew It's nothing to do with hating women. People didn't like how Microsoft handled Rareware.
I was clearly joking about the whole sexist thing.
That aside, it very well could have something to do with Microsoft. It's said that in order to make their game's deadline for completion, a couple features had to be stripped.
LOL so Golden Eye 007 is "legendary" & the original Perfect Dark is just "Very popular"? They are both legendary if you ask if. Can't say the same about Perfect Dark Zero though.
I never played the original, so I love this game!
I remember when video games were just about having a good time and having fun blasting your friends heads off, not about graphics or any of that crap such as GoldenEye 64 and the original Perfect Dark. This reminds me of those games.
fthis was the first, fps i ever played. i used to like to play this on two player and will definately be remembered
They shoulda kept the auto aim and the gritty atmosphere from the original and this woulda been a big shooter hit.
Agreed
Hat Dag Cat It does have auto aim IIRC. It's just less effective.
mknomad5
I don't recall that, and I don't see that in this video.
Hat Dag Cat
It took 10 seconds of searching for me to confirm it does have auto aim. Google. Try it.
Hat Dag Cat All console shooters have auto aim, otherwise they would be too hard. Just not as intense as n64 auto aim, it was moreso the general direction.
Some people are still playing the multilayer after 10 years! Now that's a testimony to how good the game is.
Why does your review for Perfect Dark N64 have comments turned off?
Extreme sexism and misogyny?
Even now, this game still looks gorgeous...even if it wasnt one of the 360's best initial line-up games. I'm gonna go buy it for a fiver!
Hey dude, I saw your perfect dark review since I got perfect dark on the xbox live arcade mode. I....wasn't impressed. You didn't give so much good comments about the game, you just said that it was a shame that the game came on the N64....you got to understand that the game was made in 2000, a year where the mechanics of call of duty advanced warfare and timesplitters weren't come up with. Plus I love perfect dark, It's the best first person shooter ever made and it beats shooters like Destiny and such. Plus you should had said more about its guns, characters, modes, etc....because you haven't even tried the multiplayer in the game.
did you notice that alarm sounded just like an armed M-Com in Bad Company 2?....also...I have the sexy steal case with jo on it
I haven't played it, but the review of this game makes it feel like the good old N64 game.
That actually crossed my mind, with all of these shooters around nowadays you would think Microsoft would tell Rare to make one of their own.
This game is fuckin' awesome! The first Perfect Dark will soon be available on Xbox Live Market Place. To those who have never played the first one here's my advice: BUY IT!
I also want a Dreamcast 2.
Its my favorite console ever.
I remember that I actually found some people still playing this late last year or so, and we actually played the game for about 5 hours straight together. Then we kept playing every day for the rest of the week. It's really fun online actually! I wish people still played it...
4:00 Well that's where Call of Duty sucks. I seriously doubt in real life you'll move like a ninja just to put a few bullets in someone's back.
Thanks. After I posted that I looked it up and early xbox models went up to 1080i until a system update.
I bought and played this game back in the day and i just could not get into it ...but after watching this review and seeing the awesome gameplay footage it has inspired me to buy the game again and give it another go ,cheers Mark
HorroRviXenKate Get Rare Replay, it also has BattleToads
real morphious are you saying that you had to pay extra or was this a different platform?
I actually really enjoyed that control setup. reminds me of Red Orchestra, or even Infiltration (a realism mod for the original Unreal Tournament - Maybe its nostalgia but that was the best "ultra realism" FPS at least so far as feel and controls were concerned.
I used to play the "combat simulator" mode of this game on the Nintendo 64 for HOURS! Perfect Dark ROCKS!!!
I was just at our local mom and pop used video game store. I saw all three of those Burger King Xbox 360 games for $2.00 each. Perfect Dark Zero (CIB) was 95¢. lol
This game wasn't bad...just unremarkable and somehow not as good as the original. I can still pick up the old game and play, while I remember getting bored of this game within hours of first playing it. Mind you this was when the game was fresh. Still, anyone interested should pick it up. Its cheap as hell and its still a fine game.
This is a shooter made at just the right time when shooters were at their best. After 07, they turned into what they are now.
nowadays you can get it with a 30 pack of games in the rare replay
I remember waiting forever for this game to be released!
when she is getting hit it sounds like she is coming... i LOVE IT
I got the limited collectors edition for one pound and 99 pence
lucky :(
lol i got a fresh new limited one still sealed for only 50 cent at a thiftshop XD
It's amazing how fast Rare became irrelevent after leaving Nintendo.
The lead programmer and three others left to make Free Radical. That and MS weren’t all at fault though. Supposedly they had free reign during the OG Xbox and they may have spent too long in testing and preproduction. So by the time new suits got into MS during 360, they were shot down when proposing multiple games like Kameo 2 and Perfect Dark 2. The real dark days took place after the poor sales of Viva Piñata Trouble in Paradise and Nuts& Bolts. Creativity was squashed and all remaining staff and the Stampers left. They were forced to be Kinect studio and Avatar support. Sadly their Kinectgames outsold IMO their superior games. I’d prefer to play Nuts & Bolts, Kameo and Viva Piñata.
I'm thinking about buying this when I finish several games that I still need to beat.
This game would be loads better if she didn't move like an old sumo. If they kept the speed of the original, it would have been much better.
I agree completely. In fact this is one of the original games I received for 360 and its the only one I still have. Still love the multiplayer
One of my first games I played on the 360. Good game - it has a few flaws, but that doesn't take away from the fun I had with it.
I bought this game for like 3 dollars a couple of years ago, and had some fun with it.
It's called an Expansion Pak. It enhances the game's features the N-64 can't use without it, and it allows it to have better graphics. :)
I've gotta agree the level designs
are pretty good for the FPS genre.
Its above average and cheap as
chips on ebay.
Plus this is a perfect example of what happens to Rare after some of the best designers left to form their own company, Free Radicals. Those guys made GoldenEye and the N64 Perfect Dark what it was and without them Rare was never the same again. Free Radicals are amazing!! Timesplitters: Future Perfect proves that which is one of the best games on PS2/XBOX!!
I was a sega fan boy 2! Now it's funny to see the new fan boys of today go at it! 1 day some of us wake up and learn to love all of gaming!
Edit: I played old school and moderns shooters. They're both awesome and fun. Perfect dark is a great old school shooter, call of duty is a wonderful modern shooter. Anyone has their tastes.
***** "and it beats all other shooters" ummmmmmm , no? XD you're such a blind fanboy lmao
br426 Dude, the comment was a mistake. I'll change it since modern shooters are great.
br426 Also, change your reply. I edited my comment.
Perfect Dark is completely Rare, GoldenEye was part Rare but it was Nintendo who held the Bond license. So it was in development for a remake but Microsoft and Nintendo could not reach an agreement on how it should be released, M$ was going to allow it PLUS Rare's entire classic lineup on the Virtual Console of the Wii, but Nintendo said no.
The retelling of the story in GoldenEye Wii and Reloaded, for now is as close as we will ever get.
So many people hate this game because its not like the original, but shit changes, and this game should get a lot more respect.
This game was the shit at launch. Largely because it had the most solid online gameplay back then.
It may not be the best game ever, but it was fun. I remember playing games on the largest maps with full games. Onslaught kicked ass too.
infiltration was an excellent mod for UT. I have fond memories of playing that - Infiltration FTW!!!
The look and reload animations of the weapons still hold up.
Perfect dark for the N64 was at the time awesome, a Goldeneye sequel... Most Rare games are some of the best..
I have this game, but haven't finished it.. I'm a slacker.. I think I was sidetracked by Bioshock.
Great review Mark!
"you killed 'Stud Oreo'" @ 7:44 ... LMAO
@AchivableRogue I found the aiming very sluggish / slow / insensitive. Definitely something you need to adapt to :)
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Looks like a great game if you can get used to the "wading in jello" feel to the controls, but I couldn't. Might give it another shot though, the later levels look pretty cool.
@victorhng I don't understand. That game isn't even out yet. Which game mechanics?
I picked up the collectors edition with the steel-case at a certain major game store for $1.95. Worth it
Man. This game came out six years before it, yet it still looks better than Modern Warfare 3 graphically, in my opinion. I'm not a CoD hater, in fact, I like the series. I'm just saying, they really need to step it up.
the main thing I seem to read all over the internet :
Perfect Dark >>>>>>>>>> Perfect Dark Zero
Never played this one, but boy do I still love the original (and Goldeneye for that matter) !!!
Let's do it Mark..
Let's start our own Dreamcast project and make the machine mainstream again.
And get windsquid on it
I just got this game for $2.50 at game stop thanks to power saver. It is awesome especially for the price. The online multiplayer is fun and it isn't hard to find people to play with and the game is challenging especially on dark agent.
Her name is Bond, Joanna Bond, daughter of the most legendary spy of all time!
I'm playing PDZ right now for the day, come and play...
@Zaquroe - I prefer Goldeneye as the best FPS for the N64.
Great music in this game, original and borrowed!
finally, someone else who sees it's flaws but doesn't class it as a bad game. i found it a letdown as a PD sequel but disregard the "Perfect Dark" element and it's not half bad.
I want to know how Mark is able to crank out around 3 reviews a day, without fail. Do you ever sleep, guy?
Perfect Dark for n64 is a legend
I want to add something...
Just because you don't like a game, that doesn't mean it's a bad game.
This game was so kickass at 360 launch
Notice how most shooting never really talk to the person yelling in their ear, but they die and they can tell the silence is death.
the original was AWESOME... was nothing like it back in the day!... :)
Perfect Dark Zero didn't look as bad as I remember it being in 2005. However, it is nice that a certain few Wii games look about as good as the 360's launch titles, these games being Super Mario Galaxy and the new Metroid game from what I have seen.
I dont own a 360 but i played this at a friends house years ago. this is a really great game if you enjoyed the N64 original
Oh four player local too. Awesome!
This game was originally going to be on the Gamecube
I just bought this game from my local rental store who had it up for sale for $10. Even tho I don't own a 360 YET I plan to get one next week, and am prepping for it. I am going to buy the 360 slim 250gb. :D
@1985productions: I totally agree with you. I love PD!
i remember my cousin once compared this game to metal gear solid 2. i forgot why but looking at this game now, he probably played that game when he was high.
@davefollow: Screw you: The game is actually great once you get used to the play mechanics (you can only sprint unarmed) and the tactical-like style of play. Even though this the first Xbox 360 gme, it graphics are some of the best, if not the best, to ever grace this console, even now 6 years later!
This game and the original were awesome as well as the remake
I prefer the multiplayer in Perfect Dark and the single player in Goldeneye, mainly because of the low frame rate on Perfect Dark which is strangely less noticeable in multiplayer.
I wish this game was on the PS3, I really want to play it, looks like a lot of fun and if it has4 player local multiplayer like the N64 PD did then it would be a ton of fun.
My local GAME store had the metal box collectors edition for £3 so I picked it up.I think that it's pretty average compared to the first one but worth a play.
personally I prefer the original n64 version over the xbox one, just because of the gameplay in multiplayer. I rememeber spending countless nights playing multiplayer on conkers bad fur day for my n64 when I was a kid.
Don't worry, you're not the only one. (ok, I'm not saying the story is great, but it's not as bad as everyone keeps saying it is. It's still enjoyable, as well as the books. Hell, the books are great, go find them and read them now!)
Does this game output in 1080p? Because I remember reading an article that the first model 360s, when played on an HD tv, outputted in 480p.
Man, Perfect Dark Zero was such a colossal let-down for me, Joanna turned from sophisticated Brit to a bratty-teen American (not a generalization of all Americans), the stealth sections were complete bull and man I HATED the time sections and those escort missions, they were like cancer!
The combat, weapons, multiplayer and levels I loved, reminded me of Timesplitter levels...such a shame that there are no aliens though.