Perfect Dark"

[RoXer]

Barely confirmed, MONTHS away, but I don't care. I will gladly be the one to make this thread and give updates.


June 2, 2009 - Were you one of the many that played Perfect Dark Zero back in 2005 and wondered why there was so much hype and anticipation for the game? Now you can find out.

Major Nelson updated his twitter feed with the announcement that Perfect Dark, which debuted on the Nintendo 64 back in 2000, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade.

No details about any new features or who is handling development were given, but it appears for now the game will be a straight port of the N64 version. But one thing to note is the game will run at full 1080p. No word if any of the framerate problems from the original were fixed.





According to the preview for when you dl the premium theme (which is free btw) it's "rendered in greater definition and sporting a silkier framrate than ever before".

But if they change ONE note of the music, I will riot.

[G]

Perfect Dark"

[RoXer]

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[RoXer]

Perfect Dark"


Yeah asshole, Perfect Dark". Because that is the name of the game. Way to prove to everyone you are an asshole who has never played the greatest shooter ever.

[G]

Points break down for June.

800 pts: CoD:WaW Map Pack 2
800 pts: Turtles in Time
160 pts: Hallowed Be Thy Name
800 pts: Shadow Complex
1200 pts: MvC2

= 3760 MS points.

[Kalyx triaD]

Perfect Dark gave birth to Jesus.

[RoXer]

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Only vid I could find of the FARSIGHT (:heart: :heart: heart: ) in action. Put it on mute though, I cuold only take 7 seconds of their nerdiness.

[Kalyx triaD]

The one, sole issue with the game was framerate. 4plyrs vs 2 Darksims was a horror movie.

[Fignuts]

Fucking awesome. Glad it's the full game and not just multiplayer too.

[RoXer]

I have a feeling the Farsight won't be as fun without a split-screen.

When you're playing on a split-screen you can tell when you're being targeted.

Online? Single screen? It will just get annoying.

[RoXer]

OMGGGG what about co-op campaign? 4 player??

That would be wonderful.

[Fignuts]

oooooooo and that one game mode where one player is joanna and the other player is the enemies.

[RoXer]

Oh man, and going through those gun trials will be a bitch too. Probably 50G achievement for golding all of them I bet.

I remember I only needed like 3 more guns to gold them all. And that was back when I was...12? So I think I might be able to do it now.

[road doggy dogg]

This may be what finally tips me over (what) to buy a 360.
crossrine

[Savio]

damn if that is multiplayer online I'll be kinda sad i dont have a 360.

[Jeritron]

I love this game so much

[Jeritron]

<3 the Blade Runner level

[G]

If this is 800 points, I will buy it.

[Kalyx triaD]

1200 easy.

[G]

Okay, I will start a donation plate then.

[Savio]

<3 the Blade Runner level
?

[Savio]

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3:28 :)

Insider notes that they are remaking the presidents face to look like Barrack Obamas

[Jeritron]

?

The Chicago level is a really heavy homage to Blade Runner. The design of the city is exact, as are the streets.
Add to that the fact that it's dark, rainy, and you are wearing a trenchcoat and using the same gun as Harrison Ford.

[Jeritron]

Also, theres a map in there with a lobby that's pretty much exact to the one from The Matrix.
I don't think it was a conincidence. There's a lot of easter eggs in the game.

I love that game and it's storylilne is pretty cool. Overall the "universe" it occupies is top notch, and I enjoyed how they mixed a Bond-like spy game with sci-fi and aliens

[Savio]

Also, theres a map in there with a lobby that's pretty much exact to the one from The Matrix.
I don't think it was a conincidence. There's a lot of easter eggs in the game.
yeah I like that level

[Jeritron]

Prob the best multiplayer map

[road doggy dogg]

I really really really wanna play PD again. :(
crossrine

[Savio]

Nah I like warehouse the best

[PapaGeorgio]

My friends refuse to allow the farsight when doing multiplayer cause I totally destroy them and I have to hear them bitch and moan about how its cheap/cheating that that's all I do. AKA BRING IT ON MOTHER FUCKERS!

[RoXer]

If they include the "classic" guns and "classic" maps than theres no reason for them to release Goldeneye on XBLA.

If they included extra skins from Goldeneye then that would be badass too. Maybe not the Bonds or the bad guys because of liesencing issues but maybe some of the generic gaurds and shit.

[Savio]

My friends refuse to allow the farsight when doing multiplayer cause I totally destroy them and I have to hear them bitch and moan about how its cheap/cheating that that's all I do. AKA BRING IT ON MOTHER FUCKERS!
For the board felicity go to the dead end in the lab section and get your farsight out.

Set a sentry gun out and set it up on the other end of the hallway... mine the hall way then go into the little room and blast people away with you farsight

[Kapoutman]

I'll convince my friend to get it.

Now if they could re-release Goldeneye. :(

[Fignuts]

Perfect Dark is miles better than Goldeneye, imo.

[Kalyx triaD]

Kilometers, actually.

[Savio]

Perfect Dark is miles better than Goldeneye, imo.

[Shadow]

Perfect Dark is what they wanted Goldeneye to be.

[road doggy dogg]

They're both awesome games.
crossrine

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Perfect Dark was perfect for living in the college setting, haven't hooked it since I've moved back home though

[RoXer]

Wow G even Stima plays this game.

You definitly grew up in amish country.

[G]

I grew up in North Carolina?

[RoXer]

fuckin hick

[Kapoutman]

Perfect Dark is miles better than Goldeneye, imo.

I liked the single player campaign better in Goldeneye. The alien planet levels in Perfect Dark felt too weird and tacked on.

As for multiplayer, Perfect Dark does win considering that it reused the best maps from Goldeneye anyway.

[road doggy dogg]

I dunno. Goldeneye wins in the nostalgia department, but PD basically enhanced everything good about Goldeneye.
crossrine

[Buzzkill]

I LOVE PERFECT DARK

[Savio]

Stayed up and played it till 5 last night

[Funky Fly]

Fuck yeah. :heart:

Gonna need to start turning tricks, there are so many good games coming out this year.

[Drakul]

Comparison shots:

N64
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/jotokun/20090606-235445.jpg

360
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/2FFED83B-7C3E-4CFF-937A-6058BA11DF10/0/simPerfectDark00.jpg

N64
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/jotokun/20090606-235934.jpg

360
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/66B597ED-73C8-4070-A7C2-41CD182CB4FD/0/simPerfectDark01.jpg

N64
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/jotokun/20090607-000234.jpg

360
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/93021FD7-1C83-4381-BF35-24BB31F5B4B2/0/simPerfectDark03.jpg

N64
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o48/jotokun/20090606-235633.jpg

360
http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/D32BE952-A6EC-4628-8A88-0C6BDE064612/0/simPerfectDark02.jpg

Looking good. Also, someone claims to have emailed 4J studios and asked if the game would have online. 4J supposedly replied to his email saying they can't talk about details but the game will have online.
Visual proof of the email: http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/Terent/?action=view&current=pd-1.jpg
It's far too big to put on the forums. Anyone believe the email is real?

All this talk of PD made me get out the N64 and have a go on it. It's strange at first going back to the contol style. I have to say they should probably rerecord the dialouge. Or at least the villains speech. Joanna, Dr. Carroll, Elvis, Carrington and enemies are fine but the main villains aren't very well done. Even when the game came out I thought that and today it's even clearer. I know Trent and Carrington are voiced by the same guy with a different accent, that may be the problem.

Does anyone think they may finally put in the "Put your face in the game" idea they had for the N64 version? They wanted to use the Gameboy camera to put the players face in multiplayer but Nintendo said no because they didn't want kids shooting their friends in the face. With the 360s camera, they could probably do it now, if they wanted to.

[Kalyx triaD]

I remember that, the Vision Cam should be able to do that easily.

I really wanna see it in motion on a 360 console.

[G]

Looking good. Also, someone claims to have emailed 4J studios and asked if the game would have online. 4J supposedly replied to his email saying they can't talk about details but the game will have online.
Visual proof of the email: http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/Terent/?action=view&current=pd-1.jpg
It's far too big to put on the forums. Anyone believe the email is real?



I thought online has already been confirmed.

[Drakul]

I was on Xbox.com and, yeah, it was confirmed. You're right. No idea why the guy emailed 4J then.

[Savio]

that chick looks ugly in the 360 pic

[RoXer]

I know. She looks almost sexy in the N64 version.

[G]

That's a girl? I thought it was an asian male

[Kalyx triaD]

Same thing.

[G]

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/5d/c4/be/mzl.mdwscbvc.480x480-75.jpg

[Splaya]

I'll convince my friend to get it.

Now if they could re-release Goldeneye. :(

Online multiplayer....I think I woul;d never sleep

[Drakul]

Not long until it's released. No actual date but Winter is not far away now.

New screens: (comparisons 360 is the top image, N64 is bottom image.)
http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/2308/1250886676.jpg

http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/2308/1250886675.jpg

I wonder when/if we'll see a trailer. It's been confirmed there will be online leaderboards aswell.

[Emperor Smeat]

The sniper rifle target range gold test was the only gun test i could never pass. I think its something like 12 shots in 12 seconds and all have to be bullseyes and you only get 12 rounds.

I wonder if they will keep the cheese as a joke Easter egg or make them unlock stuff like Rare originally had planned.

I believe reason for the no GBC camera support for N64 version was the impact the Columbine Massacre had on the public and violent games. Rare dropped the camera support after they and Nintendo agreed they didn't want any potential lawsuits. The source code for the camera was never really taken out but just hidden so it never executes.

[RoXer]

I think I aced that, I dunno. The trick was to shoot it even when it wasn't facing you if I remember correctly.

The ones I didn't have were the tranqualizer, grenade laicnher and something else.

But like I said, now that I'm older and with the 360 controller AND all the FPs experience thats been hammered into my head for the past 3 years, I think I should be able to gold them all. And that's got to be AT LEAST a 25g achievement.

Also, I wonder how they're going to map out the controller. Might take getting used to.

[Funky Fly]

They should do it a little like Perfect Dark Zero. Felt like a natural transition from the original PD/Goldeneye set up.

Left trigger: aim
Right trigger: shoot
Left stick: move
Right stick: strafe
A: reload/ hold for weapon select
B: primary/secondary function

Something like that.

[RoXer]

Been thinking about it and it kinda pisses me off that this is getting released AFTER Modern Warfare 2. And even Left 4 Dead 2.

[Drakul]

More screenshots.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/152626-this-is-what-perfect-dark-xbla-looks-like/pdxbla_07-noscale.jpg

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/152626-this-is-what-perfect-dark-xbla-looks-like/pdxbla_08-noscale.jpg

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/152626-this-is-what-perfect-dark-xbla-looks-like/pdxbla_09-noscale.jpg

Elvis looks a little old but the game looks like it's coming along well. All we need now is a trailer and a release date.

[Kalyx triaD]

Wonder how multiplayer will hold up after what I've gotten used to. I'd probably play capture the briefcase very differently.

[Drakul]

I've just thought, about online multiplayer. Will the maps be big enough for the max number of players we can have?
What about auto aim? I wonder if that'll be disabled online.

[RoXer]

I was going to post those pics earlier but ign wouldn't let me. :(

[Cool King]

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/152626-this-is-what-perfect-dark-xbla-looks-like/pdxbla_07-noscale.jpg

Looks like she's holding a fish. :wtf:

But other than that, it's all looking good. Looking forward to playing it. :y:

[Kalyx triaD]

Type of fish you have at home?

[Cool King]

I can't remember the name of it, but it's looks similar to this.

http://www.castlecomfortdivelodge.com/photogallery/images/bluefish.jpg

Though obviously, the fish I'm thinking of doesn't have that long barrel sticking out of it like the gun does.

[RoXer]

I've never heard of a fish that can shoot through a billion walls at 5 miles away.

[Drakul]

I don't think it looks like a fish, but if it did, it would be closer to this.

http://www.eryptick.net/france/fish-long-000709.jpg

I've never heard of a fish that can shoot through a billion walls at 5 miles away.
I'm sure they must be working on it in a lab somewhere. They've done tests in the past to see how many Skittles it takes to choke a Flamingo* or something so creating an armed superfish is at least less pointless.

*I say Flamingo but I'm not sure. I know it was a bird, anyway.

[RoXer]

Pretty sure this is getting pushed back

[LuigiD]

Does anyone remember that rumor flying around when the first Perfect Dark came out regarding being able to use the Nintendo Camera to upload photos and paste them on your character's face for multiplayer? did any of that turn out to be true?

[Drakul]

Pretty sure this is getting pushed back
It's due out in Winter 2009. Winter is December, January and February. So there is still time for it to get a trailer and be released. Plus its an XBLA game. They don't get much hype. Banjo-Kazooie got one trailer a few months before release. That was it. Unless you read something somewhere.

Does anyone remember that rumor flying around when the first Perfect Dark came out regarding being able to use the Nintendo Camera to upload photos and paste them on your character's face for multiplayer? did any of that turn out to be true?
They were gong to but they removed it because people thought if we shot our friends in the face in PD, we'd do it in reality to.
With the Xbox camera and with Natal coming up, maybe they'll add it this time. If they did, it would probably only be for local multiplayer. Otherwise we'll end up have deathmatches agains people with assfaces.

[Cool King]

They were gong to but they removed it because people thought if we shot our friends in the face in PD, we'd do it in reality to.
With the Xbox camera and with Natal coming up, maybe they'll add it this time. If they did, it would probably only be for local multiplayer. Otherwise we'll end up have deathmatches agains people with assfaces.

http://loltatz.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/assface2.jpg

[RoXer]

It's due out in Winter 2009. Winter is December, January and February.

January and February is winter 2010.


IGN now has it as "TBA 2010" so it might be in spring. :(

[Verbose Minch]

January and February is winter 2010.


IGN now has it as "TBA 2010" so it might be in spring. :(

The longer it takes, the better it will be. When this comes out, it will blow all of our collective minds.

[Fignuts]

Actually it will probably suck, given all the more advanced shooters that have come out since.

[Emperor Smeat]

The mulitplayer if they keep all the customization and Counter-Op mode will end up making it a good port/remake game based on XBLA standards.

[Kalyx triaD]

60fps online multiplayer would be nifty.

[The Jayman]

I'm excited

[RoXer]

http://xboxlivemedia.ign.com/xboxlive/image/article/105/1052788/perfect-dark-20091207000533345_640w.jpg

[Drakul]

Nice though she looks much younger. I still want to know if they are reusing old voice recordings, new recordings of the original actors or entirely new ones with new actors.

[Emperor Smeat]

If its going to be anything like the Conkers remake, they probably will reuse most of the old voice recordings and then add new lines for any changes they made to the game. For example, instead of the text briefings in the old game, its replaced with a new voice briefing replacing the text.

[BigDaddyCool]

So I don't get it, it is just a redoing of Perfect Dark? I remember not liking that game. It started off serious then went wacky.

[Emperor Smeat]

Its mostly just updating the game to fit the Xbox 360 which means adding Xbox Live for multiplayer, changing from the N64 to a Xbox 360 control scheme, and adding or redrawing the textures in the game.

Its not expected to be what Rare did to the N64 version of Conkers Bad Fur Day on the original Xbox where they added some new voices, redid parts of levels, and completely changed the mulitplayer.

[Drakul]

"Leaked" images:
Set as spoilers because they stretch the page.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4167069957_28783210ac_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2660/4167830254_00c0f2360b_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/4167070425_ccc9e114f1_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/4167830942_08015afb1c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2741/4167071023_44be14674f_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/4167831436_f2179fb293_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4167071459_ec29f9a51c_o.jpg
Peter Molynuex
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4167071629_3e31ec4f24_o.jpg

Rumoured achievements list:
http://www.msxbox-world.com/assets/news/perfectdarkachievements.jpg

And Roxer was right, we're not getting the game until early 2010.

[Kalyx triaD]

Joanna looks good (better than Zero's pseudo anime style).

[Drakul]

Yeah, someone said she looked like Tila Tequila, whoever that is.

[Cool King]

So I don't stretch the page....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/4167070425_ccc9e114f1_o.jpg

I'm pretty sure it's just me, but to me, I thought she looks a bit more like a very young Victoria Beckham. :-\

[Drakul]

I guess she does...kinda.

[Kalyx triaD]

Some Asian attention whore, but they don't look alike unless you're looking for the similarities. Tila didn't come to mind when I saw the pics.

[Kalyx triaD]

Loving that they added polys rather than just sharpen everything.

[RoXer]

Love the achievements. Especially Golden Days. Paci-Fist will probly be a bitch. And at least we only need bronzes for the firing range.

[Drakul]

Paci-fist should be pretty easy if we do it on the first mission.

Anyway, a lot of images leaked again but most have been taken down. The only ones worth showing are the control schemes. The only surviving screens I saw besides the control schemes were just close ups of a floor.

Control schemes:

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2848/360devimage70.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2579/360devimage71.jpg

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4507/360devimage72.jpg

I think, I'll go with the classic set-up, myself.

Also, the first video, in mp4 format because Youtube likes to take stuff down:
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4898/pdxblacarringtoninstitu.mp4

It's the Carrington Institute with no sound. I've no idea when it was captured but it looks like it was early on in development.

The guy that leaked the images and video also mentioned some of the multiplayer features:

8 for matchmaking with up to 4 per box.
2 player coop over live or local
2 player counter op over live or local

[Savio]

She looks like a white rihanna

[Drakul]

Found those leaked images that got taken down. There is roughly 60 of them.:http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image10.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image11.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image12.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image13.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image14.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image15.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image16.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image17.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image18.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image19.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image20.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image21.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image22.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image23.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image24.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image25.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image26.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image27.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image28.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image29.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image30.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image31.jpg
Debug menus. Possibley game spoilers:
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image32.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image33.jpg
Noticed this menus lists at least 2 Avatar Awards. Any idea what they could be?
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image34.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image35.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image36.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image37.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image39.jpg

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/PerfectDarkScreenshots/Perfect%20Dark%20Dec%2027th%20Screenshots/360dev-image40.jpg

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[Kalyx triaD]

Facility and Complex, baby! Memories flooding in.

[Drakul]

I predict a large amount of online multiplayer in Facility will take place in and around the bathroom.
I also think someone is going to get into the vents above the bathrooms with a Farsight and snipe everyone the whole match.

[Drakul]

Btw, all the classic weapons are said to be in the game.

[G]

yeah what the f david blaine. were those goldeneye maps in perfect dark?

[Kalyx triaD]

yeah what the f david blaine. were those goldeneye maps in perfect dark?

Perfect Dark always had GoldenEye maps.

Probably gonna play private matches exclusively. Rather not have this game ruined by the 'Play to Win' cult.

[G]

i didn't know that. def getting this just for facility.

[RoXer]

Yeah there's 3 of them. And there's Goldeneye guns in there too.

I'm pretty sure this was addressed.

[RoXer]

The farsight is not going to be fun online. I already know it. Unless they put like a sensor or something to let you know you're being targeted. Otherwise it'll be just pure spawn-kills.

I'll play it before I pass judgement though.

[G]

forgot about this. spent the points i had for it on the fable 2 dlc

[Drakul]

It's probably not going to be out for a while yet so you're just as well spending the points on something else and buying the points for PD later.

[Emperor Smeat]

It was supposed to be out around the last week of December 2009 but got delayed without a reason given. I'd assume they didn't want the game to be overshadowed by the bigger name games of the winter or online mode isn't completely ready yet.

[The Jayman]

it needs to hurry up

[RoXer]

Some rumored release dates that were confirmed but then shot down but confirmed again only to be shot down again has it as either next week Wednesday or the first Wednesday in february.

I really hope that's true.

[Drakul]

I saw rumours for mid February. I'm hoping the next week thing is true.

I just bought Serious Sam HD because I thought PD would be another month or two coming. Could have waited, had I known PD was due so soon.

[RoXer]

Its going to be playable at X10 next week where we should get a release date.

[Drakul]

I'ts probably going to be March before it's released, in that case. All next week Rare will be putting little bits of info on their Twitter. Can't imagin it'll be anything worthing noting.

[G]

goldeneye has just been confirmed

[Kalyx triaD]

By who?

[Vietnamese Crippler]

Ryan Clark.

[RoXer]

Deez Nuts

[RoXer]

Supposedly March 10th

[RoXer]

Perfect Dark XBLA Hands-on
An old classic gets an impressive makeover - as well as a handful of new surprises.
by Martin Robinson
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February 11, 2010 - Perfect Dark's a modern classic – that's without doubt, a fact backed up by the game grabbing third place in our run-down of the top 25 N64 games, the only titles pipping it being the superlative pairing of Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. It's a classic that hasn't aged well however; coming during the N64's twilight years, it's ambition clearly outstripped the console's processing power, and even strapping on an expansion pack didn't make Perfect Dark any more generous with its frame rate.

To see the game running at a searing 1080p that's matched by a near constant 60 frames per second (there's the occasional slowdown when the smoke effects come into play, but hey, it wouldn't be Perfect Dark if it run totally smoothly) is to see the game how it was intended, and it's a magnificent sight. Rare's eccentric vision, equal parts Bond, Philip K Dick and Mamoru Oshii, is served brilliantly, ensuring that despite its age it's still a handsome game.

It's much more than a fresh lick of paint, as Perfect Dark's in-game models have also been bolstered to help them weather the move to HD. Character models that were originally 300 polygons now boast 3500, while guns have leapt from 150 polygons to nearer 2000.

And underneath those good looks is a game that's remarkably faithful to the original template, even down to the inclusion of some of the quirkier bugs that made it into the N64 build; an oversight that allowed players to speed run the Chicago Streets level is present and correct, so those who know every inch of the code will find few surprises here.

The move to dual sticks has also been handled well. In the name of fidelity to the original the right stick doesn't offer true analogue control, instead mimicking the camera button set-up of the N64. It means the snappy nature of Perfect Dark's movement is maintained, and to this day the speed of the action is something that sets it apart from the shooter crowd.

Some slight concessions have been made – two controller set-ups are included called Spartan and Duty Calls. We'll let you fill in the gaps as to which one does what.

Multiplayer's also been boosted, with all the game's original modes now playable with eight players online. All the split-screen options are also present and correct, available both online and off. It's more than a recipe for some nostalgic shooting – Perfect Dark's multiplayer is still so compelling that we wouldn't be surprised if it managed to oust some of the bigger guns at the top of Xbox LIVE's most played list.

All of which is a grim reminder of what could have been for the ill-fated attempt to get Goldeneye on Xbox LIVE. Microsoft's Ken Lobb (a veteran who served on both of Rare's classic N64 shooters – and the more eagle-eyed of you might recognise an iconic gun that was named in his honour) tells us that Rare had Bond's finest hour in videogames up and running to the same level as the Xbox LIVE version of Perfect Dark, and it was only the labyrinth of licence holders that kept it from coming out.

There's no need to mourn for too long though. Like the original Perfect Dark, Goldeneye's three best maps – Temple, Facility and Complex – are included, but this time out there's a special bonus; Goldeneye's weapon set is also being included, meaning that for all intents and purposes the game has finally made it to Microsoft's console.

That's not the only surprise – there's also a few newly added cameos, as the Nintendo figures that propped up in the first game are replaced by some of Microsoft's finest. Man of the moment Peter Molyneux made an appearance in our brief playthrough, and he's one of many to be included.

Which gives all the more reason to get excited for its release, which is drawing ever nearer. It's coming some time in March at the rather reasonable price of 800 Microsoft Points – so prepare to fall in love with Joanna Dark all over again.

[Kalyx triaD]

I can't believe I'm gonna use matchmaking in Perfect Dark 1.

[RoXer]

Am I reading that right? They mean all the Goldeneye guns right? Not just the handful of 6 or so that were in the original?

[Fignuts]

Dual wielding RP90's meant game fucking over, in goldeneye.

[Kalyx triaD]

It was the P90s in GoldenEye that made me a P90 mark. Used them in every game that had them since.

[RoXer]

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Can't stop whistling these.

[Kalyx triaD]

Me and some buddies used to freestyle over the Carrington theme.

[Drakul]

Video walkthrough:

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4 player split screen Vs 4 player splitscreen over Xbox Live. Could be interesting.

IGN has afew vids up: http://uk.media.xbox360.ign.com/media/143/14338689/vids_1.html

[Kalyx triaD]

I miss the fraternity feel of four guys on one box versus another. The most prominent use was Halo 2 and 3.

[RoXer]

Am I reading that right? They mean all the Goldeneye guns right? Not just the handful of 6 or so that were in the original?

[Kalyx triaD]

Yes (I don't know).

[Drakul]

Trailer:
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[Drakul]

"That's something we've talked about, but it comes down to the audience reaction," he said. "One of the things we speced out was DLC, it would probably be new maps and it would be interesting to do a couple of new guns."

Full thing here (http://kotaku.com/5470627/perfect-dark-xbla-could-get-more-new-maps-weapons).

If it gets DLC, I'm hoping/betting it will be Goldeneye maps. I'd love Frigate to be a map.
Better yet if they could somehow get a copyright free version of the GE single player campaign by changing certain details.

[Kalyx triaD]

DLC's pushing it. Use this buzz to get motivated for a proper PD sequel.

[Cooler Tom Schuler]

I'm looking forward to this release more than I have for anything since Punch Out!!.

I cannot figure out how to improve the grammar in that sentence.

[RoXer]

Its fine because I completly understand and agree with you.

[Kalyx triaD]

I remember this game kept some comprehensive personal stats, way before Bungie.net's stat tracking. Me and the guys would compare stats obsessively. I think we should only have player matches to retain the couch party feel.

[Cooler Tom Schuler]

Timesplitters had some pretty insane stat tracking as well. It sparked many an argument amongst my friends.

[Emperor Smeat]

Perfect Dark and Timesplitters series had some of the best stat tracking and multiplayer modes for console FPS but I hated how Perfect Dark Zero didn't bother to keep any sort of stats unless you played online. Made tracking some of the achievements a bigger pain than it should be, especially the 1,000 kills and game modes.

[Drakul]

Release date officially given as March 17th.

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/house_party_160210.htm

[The Jayman]

this is good news

[Funky Fly]

Perfect Dark and Timesplitters series had some of the best stat tracking and multiplayer modes for console FPS but I hated how Perfect Dark Zero didn't bother to keep any sort of stats unless you played online. Made tracking some of the achievements a bigger pain than it should be, especially the 1,000 kills and game modes.

Dude, PD Zero is an abortion by comparison. Once the "OMG PERFECT DARK IN HD" wears off, you get a ho hum FPS with a ho hum story that does not stack up will with other FPS on the 360. And WTF with her being American and a wild child all of a sudden? Makes me angry.

March 17th can't come soon enough.

[Emperor Smeat]

Agree.

I only bothered to buy it since the collector's version came in a nice metal case with a free comic book and other stuff for under $20 about 2 years ago.

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, I spent $15 on the Platinum Hits version. I could have got a handjob from a crack ho instead. :(

[Fignuts]

$15 dollars for a hand job? Wow, crack whores are pricey in your neck of the woods.

[Funky Fly]

Everything is expensive in Edmonton, especially the crack hos.

[Drakul]

The achievements have been updated with five being added.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/+rwCyg==.jpg How's That For Starters?: Complete dataDyne Central - Defection. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/+1z6WQ==.jpg Both Barrels: Kill an enemy when dual-wielding 5G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-v4RoA==.jpg Act Your Age, Joanna: Destroy Carrington's wine collection. 5G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-x7pMw==.jpg Double 64: Kill 128 enemies using secondary fire mode. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-T-ghg==.jpg Camera Shy: Destroy 5 security cameras. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UPwAPqU=.jpg Deadly Laptop: Kill 50 enemies using the laptop in sentry gun mode. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UPyq-nY=.jpg Paci-fist: Complete any Solo Mission on Special Agent or harder using only your fists. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-4cQ-A==.jpg Tools Of The Trade: Get a Bronze rating or better with all 32 weapons in the Firing Range. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-N8YFQ==.jpg Versatile: Complete a Combat Simulator game using each of the six Scenarios. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/--gMGw==.jpg Golden Days: Complete a Combat Simulator game on Felicity, Complex or Temple using Classic Weapons. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-hj0iA==.jpg Prime Target: Complete every Challenge up to and including 29, the 10th Prime number. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/-aYZSQ==.jpg A Friend Indeed: Complete any mission in Co-operative Mode. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/+ATysA==.jpg ...Who Needs Enemies?: Complete any mission in Counter-Operative Mode. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UPpjJHo=.jpg dataDyne Specialist: Kill at least one enemy with each of the dataDyne weapons. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UPuD3Ok=.jpg Carrington Institute Specialist: Kill at least one enemy with each of the Carrington Institute weapons. 10G

Newly added

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UPmi1Vw=.jpg Maian Specialist: Kill at least one enemy with each of the Maian weapons. 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UPhCLc8=.jpg Agent: Complete the Solo Missions on Agent 10G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UP3gxjY=.jpg Special Agent: Complete the Solo Missions on Special Agent. 15G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UP4hNxA=.jpg Perfect Agent: Complete the Solo Missions on Perfect Agent. 20G

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1115/UP-Bz4M=.jpg Crowning Glory: Earn all the Leaderboard Crowns. 5G

[RoXer]

I'm going to be out of town 2 days before it releases and won't be back for a week.

:mad:

[Drakul]

You could pack an N64 and the original PD if you have it. Take it with you.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Wait, Leaderboard Crowns? Do you have to get first on every leaderboard or just get above a specific score/time.

That could be a bitch to get

[Drakul]

I think MS has a rule against tying achievements to online leaderboards.
The leaderboard achievement might be something to do with the stars you got in Combat Simulator for having good accuracy or doing so many headshots and stuff. Maybe getting all of them.

[Funky Fly]

Fuck, hate leaderboard achievements. UFC 09 has one, and it's impossible to get now that the patch is out.

[Drakul]

Is it just me or does Dr. Carrol have female eyes now?

http://www.rare.co.uk/games/pdarcade/screenshots/pdxbla_16.jpg

[RoXer]

I'm going to be out of town 2 days before it releases and won't be back for a week.

:mad:

fuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Blue Demon]

I used to kill the N64 version of this game. i made it up to the "Near Perfect" rank

[G]

fuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

i will text you and tell you how it is

[Drakul]

Less than a week to go. here are some new screens:

http://www.rareware.com/games/pdarcade/screenshots/pdxbla_19.jpg

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[RoXer]

Stop it

[G]

i *think* this would be the equivalent of me leaving for a week when goldeneye is released

[RoXer]

You would be right

[Drakul]

More screens here (http://www.gamereactor.de/Bilder/?textid=1621&id=205671). Too many and too big to post here.

[Drakul]

Perfect Dark is downloadable for the press, right now. It's on Xbox.com here (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/00000001-0000-4000-8000-0000584109c2?cid=Slink). If you can find someone willing to give up their prepaid card (a speacial one only for Perfect Dark), I guess you could play it right now.

This guy (http://live.xbox.com/member/AlkalineProdigy) already has it. Kinda wish I could find someone to give me a code.

[Funky Fly]

It's like what? Another week. I can wait. Gonna need points on Tuesday, when I go to get the Dragon Age expansion.

[RoXer]

Godddddd

[Emperor Smeat]

IGN gives Perfect Dark XBLA version a 9.0 (original got a 9.8 on N64 even with all the complaining they say about the game today).

Mostly getting the 8.0-8.5 range from other gaming review websites.

Main issues IGN encounters was random freezing during the game while and hated the voice acting but said the offline and online multiplayer modes are well done.

[Drakul]

I'm sure any freezing will be fixed with an update, eventually. Maybe it's just the 360 they used. I've had games freze on me that don't freeze on anyone elses 360.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Because it is a better game than all these health regenerating bullshit shooters we have now.

[Funky Fly]

Ok, what? Perfect Dark had fairly decent voicework, as I recall. I last played the game 3 years ago, so it's not all ancient memories either.

[Drakul]

The only voice work I didn't really like was Trent. That was mostly because it was so obvious he was voiced by the same guy as Carrington.

I DL'd the game and did the first couple of missions and had a few online matches. It's all good. My only minor problems are the manual aiming seems trickier/fiddlier than it used to, Trent and Jonathans new faces, apparantly being unable to mix a main characters head with any torso in Combat Simulator and the fact the game doesn't tell you what Leaderboard crowns are.

The game shows you what the Avatar Awards and other XBLA unlockable are and it has these other icons in this ingame menu but it doesn't tell you what they actually are.

The Avatar Awards are unlocked by

Achieveing your first headshot

and passing any special assignment on any difficulty but I've no idea what that actually means. Any help?

[The Destroyer]

The only freezing I've had is when I unlocked the first Avatar Award, the game seized for a few seconds. But otherwise fine so far.

Manual aiming does seem a bit fiddly, but I seem to remember the original was always a little fiddly as well.

[G]

from what i hear there is no party system so you can't play online with buddies. guess you gotta join through their profile.

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, the aiming is like 80 times more sensitive than I remember. Had to turn that down since I kept over compensating and missing by a mile. Got 2 of the 3 awards, no Idea for that last on Drakul. Played some of this local. The blur effect from strikes are so much better now and holyshitnoslowdown. Win.

[Drakul]

I've never actually completed the game before. I've gotten close but never actually finished it. I thought maybe there were bonus missions after the main game is over. I guess not if no one knows what "special assignments" are.

Rare said they wouldn't remove anything, only add to it but I've found something they did remove. Facial disfiguration. In the N64 game, you could kill someone and then launch a rocket at their face. When the smoke cleared, their face was all twisted and messed up. That doesn't happen in the XBLA version.
It's a small, tiny, unimportant detail but it's still something they removed.

Also, I got the Paci-fist achievement. It's not as hard as we thought it would be.

Another thing, has anyone checked the leaderboards? Everyone's glitching to first place. Someone, yesterday, had done the first mission in seven seconds. It always bugs me when people screw up the leaderboards.

[G]

what level did you do the paci fist on

[Drakul]

The first mission.

[Funky Fly]

They also removed Shigeru Miyamoto's head for obvious reasons.

[Emperor Smeat]

Did they keep Matt Casamassina's head? (IGN N64 editor at the time and one of the main editors at IGN today)

[Funky Fly]

probably, dunno what he looks like.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff42/Xav64/1-3.jpg

That is his head in the original game

[Funky Fly]

I'll get back to you.

[Drakul]

They also removed Shigeru Miyamoto's head for obvious reasons.

They replaced him with Peter Molyneux, which is cool. The first time I played the XBLA version, every other guard was PM's head. Now, he seems kind of rare. They renamed DK Mode as "Monkey Mode" for obvious reasons.
I don't think the heads have as much veriaty as the N64 version did. Most of them have dark, short hair and have a slight smile where as the N64 version had heads with lots of different hair styles and expressions etc.

BTW, I thought you couldn't change the heads of the main characters in the Combat Simulator but you can. For some reason you need to choose the head first and then hold down RB and select the body.

[Funky Fly]

Gotta love the Klobb becoming the Klo1313

[Drakul]

People have found out what Leaderboard Crowns actually are. They are hard "achievements" type things. Someone on YouTube has put up a bunch of videos with them.
The first one:
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Play the first level on Perfect Agent with auto aim turned off and kill 15 people. To see the rest, you can go to his youtube channel.

[Emperor Smeat]

The crown about using the Psychosis Gun on the magnum guard so he can get 5 kills is one of the hardest due to the guard usually gets killed off after the 1st 1-3 kills or at least it was in the N64 version.

[RoXer]

What the fuuuuck at this matchmaking setup. This definitly kills a lot of the fun. Should be set up more like Rainbow.

[Funky Fly]

Played with Roxy and Drakul (and some unnamed buddy of Drakul's). Good times.

Do any of you bastids use headsets?

[RoXer]

Mine was in for about 5 minutes then unplugged it. Didn't hear you.

Started 4vs4 humans against simulants but that was a horror show. With normal sims being 10 times hetter than us and the constant explosions, it was lag o riffic. Played a little more and I finally know how to tweak my limits so next time we'll be good. If I didn't quit that hacker game, we would have been there all day.

So yeah, gunna add more sims. But this time they'lll all be on easy.

[Funky Fly]

Fuck me, those sims were crazy that first battle. I think the problem is that the hardware they draw their AI from is like 80000 times more powerful than the N64, so they're like that much better at processing ass whoopery. I got killed by a big group of sims, watched them book it as I died and respawned only to be killed by the same group as soon as I could move.

[RoXer]

Yeah.

They were on normal.

[Funky Fly]

I know. In the N64 version normal sims were pussy bitches. Also, was your aiming sensitivity too high by default? Had to turn that down.

[RoXer]

I'm thinking about fiddeling with it. Might turn autoaim off too. But I'll give the default settings a few more days.

[RoXer]

I'm missing a gun for all 32 and I don't know which one it is. Not the phoenix, I just unlocked that.

[RoXer]

It's either the gold magnum or the pshycosis gun but I can't figure out how to unlock them

[RoXer]

Got it. It was the gold magnum

[G]

that is terrific news!

[Drakul]

I have 32 guns and at least a bronze for each in the firing range yet I got no achievement. Does the psychosis gun count or something?

[RoXer]

Some of the boards are saying it's glitched but mine popped up instantly. Pshycosis gun does not count. Recount them, make sure you have all 32. If you do, you'll have to wait for the update they're working on.

[RoXer]

Whoever gets that "all challenges" achievement is a cheater. There is no way. Tried to beat some of the harder ones with G and Funky but we got our asses handed every time. Funky and I managed to just barely squeak out a win but there is no way we can get all of them everything has to go 100% right in order to even have a chance.

Like challenge 18. All you really need to do to avoid Elvis is find the cloaking device and laptop gun and make getting those your first priority instead of the hill. Then go for the hill, deploy the sentry, cloak, and you should have it. But it has to be done every single time. There's no way.

[Emperor Smeat]

Does the old "cheat"/glitch still work for the challanges on the XBLA version of Perfect Dark? I've been just playing the single player since getting it yesterday to see how much changed with the new controls and remake they did.

This is from the N64 version of Perfect Dark :
Hint: Beat Challenges Easily
Having trouble beating some of the tougher challenges in PD's Combat Simulator mode? Here's little loophole that lets you easily beat all the challenges without any problems. All you need to execute this trick are two controllers and a memory slot to save your game.

Using the first controller, select Advanced Setup and create an easy scenario with nothing but MeatSims. Save the scenario, then access the Load Settings screen -- but don't load anything. Now use the second controller to select a challenge you would like to beat. Press Start until it says "ready and waiting."

Finally, use the first controller to load your scenario. You will now be able to play the challenge with the easy settings of your custom scenario. This trick will work with all challenges, but you have to change the combat setting depending on the type of challenge (eg: Hold the Briefcase or King of the Hill). You can use this little trick to completely customize the challenges, including the time limit.

[Emperor Smeat]

If you have a save file from Perfect Dark Zero, you automatically unlock 4 cheats in Perfect Dark XBLA (All Guns (Solo), Cloaking Device, Hurricane Fists, Weapon Stash Radar).

The N64 version got those cheats automatically if a transfer pack was used with the Game Boy Color version of the game.

[Funky Fly]

Does the old "cheat"/glitch still work for the challanges on the XBLA version of Perfect Dark? I've been just playing the single player since getting it yesterday to see how much changed with the new controls and remake they did.

This is from the N64 version of Perfect Dark :

Will have to try that out. Fucking fuck. The AI is ridiculous now. No way to get that achievement. Also, I appear to have 31 guns. Is there some special hidden one? And how the fuck do I get it?

[RoXer]

Probably Trent's gold magnum. Run up to him and disarm him in Crash Site.

[Funky Fly]

Will do, chief.

[Drakul]

I finished the game for the first time ever yesterday. Now I'm going through it on Special and Perfect Agent at the same time.

Chicago is designed pretty badly. I never noticed that until I tried to do a speed run on Perfect Agent in under 2:50.
Walking too close to elevated areas, like the sidewalk next to the taxi, makes the game think I'm trying to climb the sidewalk and slows me down to a crawl. Sometimes, trying to get out of the storm drain section, the game wouldn't let me get out. Enemy AI kept killing civilians. Auto-aim usually targeted enemies nowhere near me, while a guy 2 feet away is shooting me in the face.
I spent ages trying to get through it in the target time and was getting frustrated more than I've been in a long time. Finally got it though. The Psychosis Gun should be more fun when I get unlimited ammo.

[Drakul]

BTW, now that I've finished the Solo mode on Agent, the menu music sounds higher in pitch. Is that supposed to happen?

[Emperor Smeat]

I've noticed they changed the sound effects for most of the places like giving an echo if your inside a certain part of the building or on certain maps like Skedar that the original never did. Ends up getting annoying after a while though.

[RoXer]

BTW, now that I've finished the Solo mode on Agent, the menu music sounds higher in pitch. Is that supposed to happen?

I don't think so

[Drakul]

I don't think so

Well, it seems to be back to normal now, anway.

[Kalyx triaD]

Late to the party but I'll be on later. Is there enough of for a decent get together? Heard the lobby was suspect.

[RoXer]

The lobby sucks so much fucking dick I hate it. It is the one thing holding this game's multiplayer back.

Drakul, Funky Fly, Boomer, G, and I have the game. Alvarado doesn't not have the money. I dunno why. PLENTY OF LAWNS IN CALIFORNIA.

Send a mass PM to them asking them if they wanna play ronight. I am on my phone and I don't want to.

[Kalyx triaD]

SQUAD UP

in the dark

[Boomer]

I'll gladly play at some point. Just send me a PM in advance.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah sorry about yesterday, I was in and out. Today I should be available.

The game still holds up, and it's silky smooth. Still adjusting to the aiming and digital movement (the original had dual N64 controller support for twin stick analog play, it should have been the default input but whatever). Learning the maps again is a bitch. running around in the Facility again was awesome.

[Cooler Tom Schuler]

Let me know next time "y'all" play.

[Kalyx triaD]

Can you take a party and search for games or is it strictly you searching quickmatches or playing games with your buddies in private matches? Who even designed the structure here? Jesus, Duke Nukem has a better lobby.

[Emperor Smeat]

There is supposed to be a patch soon that fixes a lot of problems but one of them was the whole deal of not being able to take a party or group of friends and be able to have all of them on 1 server/map.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ugh. Any chance of GoldenEye map DLC? I'd pay 15$ for that.

[RoXer]

What the fuuuuck at this matchmaking setup. This definitly kills a lot of the fun. Should be set up more like Rainbow.

[Kalyx triaD]

I see your posts but I don't read your posts. :roll: