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Any of you old-game gamers going to buy Perfect Dark on XBLA today ?
Its always good to have nice people to play with, so why not share your X-box 360 gamertag.
My Gamertag name is the same as my GOG account name.
I'm certainly getting the demo, shall have to decide based on how it plays
I'm definitely gonna get it. I just need a wi-fi adapter first. -_-'
You get something like a wifi adapter in the game, comes in handy if you can figure out which of the 50 identical terminals is the one and only one the thing will work on.
Overall I'm enjoying the game but I'm seeing SO much that they could have done to improve it. its way better than chucking an XBLA container around old code but nothing like as good as a game built from scratch to replicate the experience.
Sure the N64 version didnt have lip synch but would it kill them to do something as simple as basic mouth movements? Very jarring these days when someone is talking to you and thir mouth doesn't move. Who knew the Carrington Institute also operated a ventriloquism school?
Post edited March 17, 2010 by Aliasalpha
Hm. It's unfortunate it could've been better, then. :(
Nevertheless I'd love to buy this. Perfect Dark is one of my favourite games period. No Xbox for me though. I'll stick to emulation...if only I could get mouse controls...
Post edited March 17, 2010 by chautemoc
Absolutely enjoying the game, great nostalgia trip. They have done a great deal to improve the game, but it have it´s issues. The framerate when playing online is a bit bad sometimes, but hopfulley thats something they will fix later on.
I´m haveing a blast with it! :)
I hope they've left in all or most of the little quirks and glitches (deliberate or otherwise). Those were part of the fun.
Particularly:
The Janus: Once in a blue moon (or even less often), and enemy will snap and go around murdering his compatriots. I only recall it happening (for me) on Pelagic II. Rare denied the existence of the glitch.
Messing with cutscene models: A few levels store some cutscene NPCs and objects in accessible rooms when not in use. Failing that they can be seen via the FarSight, or accessed with door unlocking cheat device.
G4 Building timed cheat. You have to exploit the fact that the safe cracker will still count down while the meeting cutscene is running, yet the main timer will freeze.
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Drat: The Janus: Once in a blue moon (or even less often), and enemy will snap and go around murdering his compatriots. I only recall it happening (for me) on Pelagic II. Rare denied the existence of the glitch.

Rare is hilarious!
I bought the game before going to work this morning -- I'm assuming they didn't do anything to ruin the game. Dangerous assumption, but I bet it turned out okay.
I only had one go of the N64 version but from what I played I got the impression that it was a reskin of goldeneye and this version feels pretty much like goldeneye to me. It's not quite as good because its not a bond game but its far better because you don't have to use that godawful controller made for the japanese 3 handed midget freaks
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Aliasalpha: I only had one go of the N64 version but from what I played I got the impression that it was a reskin of goldeneye and this version feels pretty much like goldeneye to me. It's not quite as good because its not a bond game but its far better because you don't have to use that godawful controller made for the japanese 3 handed midget freaks

Couldn't disagree with you more. The engine is similar but it's different in every other way. I find it superior to Goldeneye, though I suppose I'm biased as I've never been really into Bond stuff. I like it but I was never particularly inclined toward the game...
Im not really saying that PD was a better or worse game than goldeneye, the one and only comparison time I had with it made me feel the games were basically the same but that in itself is a good thing for all the people who are fans of GE should be happy that they can play something that is functionally almost identical but with a controller thats not shit
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Aliasalpha: Im not really saying that PD was a better or worse game than goldeneye, the one and only comparison time I had with it made me feel the games were basically the same but that in itself is a good thing for all the people who are fans of GE should be happy that they can play something that is functionally almost identical but with a controller thats not shit

Kind of hilarious what gamers put up with to play good games
I recall showing PD to a couple of friends, and before we'd even started they wanted to play GoldenEye. I stubbornly refused to switch cartridge, however, and after that they wouldn't even hear of playing GoldenEye. It's much more than a reskin. :)
As for the controller, well, I agree it looked really weird. I think I've used the left-most prong only twice (Shadow of the Empire camera control - and I'll have you know I barely played that game; also, you could map different guns to the D-pad in Jet Force Gemini), and I've owned and played a lot of N64 games. So, you don't really need three hands to play the N64 - in fact, the vast majority of games don't even use the first prong of the controller, unless you for some reason decide to use another control scheme.
Post edited March 19, 2010 by Whitecroc
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Whitecroc: I recall showing PD to a couple of friends, and before we'd even started they wanted to play GoldenEye. I stubbornly refused to switch cartridge, however, and after that they wouldn't even hear of playing GoldenEye. It's much more than a reskin. :)
As for the controller, well, I agree it looked really weird. I think I've used the left-most prong only twice (Shadow of the Empire camera control - and I'll have you know I barely played that game; also, you could map different guns to the D-pad in Jet Force Gemini), and I've owned and played a lot of N64 games. So, you don't really need three hands to play the N64 - in fact, the vast majority of games don't even use the first prong of the controller, unless you for some reason deicde to use another control scheme.

Agreed x2.
It's a strange controller but I dunno...I really love it. They could've designed it more efficiently probably cause like you said the entire left half is basically useless.
Post edited March 19, 2010 by chautemoc