At the Game Awards last night there were trailers for a bunch of stuff that probably won't all have the weight to support their own thread, so here's a place for all of it – starting with the unexpected(?) Perfect Dark reboot.
There were also CGI-heavy teasers for the new Dragon Age
and Mass Effect
And probably only of interest to me is the first in-game footage of the new on-foot planetary exploration and FPS elements coming to Elite Dangerous when the Odyssey expansion lands next year:
Perfect Dark is an odd one. It's obviously exciting they're making a new one, but at this point it's nothing but a name. It's not like there's a solid gameplay foundation they can bring over from the N64 game, and no-one is holding their breath for a story continuation (what even was the story of Perfect Dark?).
It was great 20-odd years ago, but I'm intrigued to see where the new developers go with this, that isn't just 'could be any other FPS'.
(what even was the story of Perfect Dark?)
Corporate conspiracy, blah blah, aliens, blah blah. This new one seems to be a bit more grounded, though, so I'm not expecting to see any missions rescuing aliens from Area 51 this time.
It was great 20-odd years ago, but I'm intrigued to see where the new developers go with this, that isn't just 'could be any other FPS'.
There's an interview with the development team – some MS-owned(?) startup called The Initiative – where they try to talk about making an FPS with more dynamic "spy combat", referencing bodycam/GoPro footage, but there's very little in the way of concrete details.
Perfect Dark wasn't great. I'm unsure why it's held in the regard it is.
Ah I loved it at the time. It was Goldeneye with added bells and whistles.
If I'd owned a PC and played Half Life first, fair enough. But I hadn't, and it was great for couch multiplayer battles.
Perfect Dark Zero happened. I vaguely remember it being….OK?
Perfect Dark Zero happened. I vaguely remember it being….OK?
You remember wrong. Very, very wrong.
Perfect Dark Zero is a game that I keep as a reminder how bad it was.
The level design and signposting is so bad, they included an option to turn on a glowing line on the floor to show you where to go, which I relied on more than once. The last boss is a sword fight with an old man who shoots green fire on a floating island.
It was real bad.
I remember having some fun with the multiplayer, at least. I mean it wasn’t great, but as a launch title I got more fun out of it than, say, Kameo.
The original is a complete classic, of course.
Yes…. maybe I'm remembering multiplayer. I think I have a copy of it somewhere. Maybe we should have a Soc launch game retrospective for the 360 PS3 era….
The multiplayer was alright, yeah.
This looks like it could be interesting (or insufferable?):