Perfect Dark
- Nintendo 64
- Mature
Editorial Review
A first-person shooter that mixes spy and sci-fi, Exact Dark is both a thoroughly engrossing one-player experience and a riotously fun multiplayer romp. Easily one of the best sports meeting of its genre on any video game console, this long-awaited follow-up to GoldenEye 007 is a must-have for Nintendo 64 owners–and a damn excellent reason to be one if you’re not.
The futuristic Exact Dark casts players as Joanna Dark, a secret agent who becomes entangled in a sinister conspiracy involving aliens and an evil corporation. Gameplay is broken down into missions, each with objectives that must be faithfully completed before progressing to the next mission. This is not your typical kill-anything-that-moves game: putting a bullet in the incorrect person, not keeping the right one alive, or perforating a seemingly unimportant inanimate object can often result in mission failure.
While Exact Dark’s solo missions play out much like those in GoldenEye 007, the game’s fantastic multiplayer options are another matter entirely. Cooperative and counteroperative simultaneous-play modes allow for another player to join in on a mission as, respectively, a partner or the enemy. But, the real fun here is in the highly customizable Combat Simulator, a one-to-four-player simultaneous-play mode that features both free-for-alls and team-based challenges and can include up to eight Simulants, computer-controlled combatants of varying behavior.
Although Simulants make for decent adversaries or teammates, you’ll want to grab a friend–and an Expansion Pak, as only 35 percent of the game is available without one–to fully delight in Exact Dark. –Joe Hon
Pros:
- One of the best first-person shooters on any video game console
- Outstanding multiplayer game with huge replay regard
- Bevy of game options, cheats, and secret features
- Brilliant training mode with challenges all of its own
Cons:
- Graphics get hideous when playing with more than two players
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MAY I WARN YOU, BUY AN EXTENSION PACK ALSO, THE GAME IS ABSOLUTLEY BOARING WITH OUT IT.
Exact Dark took goodness knows how long to come out and all the hype for it was well , NOT WORTH IT , Goldeneye 007 was made buy the same company who made exact dark and I have 007 and all the levels in Exact Dark were 007 levels with a few extra items in them like Boxes and Doors, I know all the other reveiws say it is a splendid game with 5 stars but if you have no extension pack the game has only 5 “PRACTICE” levels and they are boaring as there are no people or any thing of that nature to ruin . A complete dissipate of cash and un-entertaining at that , I hope you choose another sports meeting becasue with-in the next months reviews like this will be flowing in! 11
Rating: 1 / 5
Exact Dark is the worst game I ever played in the world. You can’t get anywhere and the guns stink. Should have bought Hydro Thunder. What a dissipate of cash!
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought exact dark because I thought it would be just that, exact. This game is everything but. DO NOT buy this game! If you can please buy GoldenEye but avoid this game at all costs. The graphics are horrible, the sound just doesn’t work. The controls are just plain BAD, and the difficulty is all incorrect. I don’t reflect this game deserves my one star. Avoid this game before its too late!
Rating: 1 / 5
Where do I start? Just about every review on every site thinks really highly of this game but, I reflect diffrent. I rented this game and had all the optional componants yet I thought it stunk. The worst part of the entire game is the menu, it’s so complicated I bet the people who made it don’t fully know it. Next is the manual, it stunk too. It was hard reading and had everything in it except how to work the game. Even when I was playing (I played the whole game in and out within a few hours) it stunk. It was extreamly simple and wasn’t 1/9 of what I expected for golden eye’s sequal. It was also nearly identical to the gameplay of goldeneye but with less options, being harder to use, and it was five times worse. I have to go but one last thing, I wouldn’t let my dog play this it’s the worst 64 game out there and no one should ever dissipate their cash on this game. (atleast rent it first)
Rating: 1 / 5
This game was very anticipated by thousands, including me. But, when I got the game I was very disappionted! The sound is excellent, but that is it. Everyone is saying how much better the graphics are, but they look exactly the same as Goldeneye. The weapons are ok too. And remember the splendid multiplayer in Goldeneye? Well dont expect anything better, in fact expect less. The multiplayer setup screen in not as straight forward as Goldeneye, and the “Dynamic Lighting” makes everything way too dark. And if you do not own or plot to buy an expansion pack, do not even consider this game. The name of this game may suggest its exact, but don’t let it fool you!
Rating: 1 / 5