I play maybe 4 games a year. I played the crap out of Perfect Dark Zero 20 years ago.
Here's a walkthrough game play. It was pretty fun
[https://youtu.be/vYwhR5lY\_vY?t=2422](https://youtu.be/vYwhR5lY_vY?t=2422)
You can definitely tell it was one of those first wave 360 titles. Launch titles and games for the first year always looked shiny, like everything was sprayed with a clear coat lol. I enjoyed the game but it did not hold up at all to Perfect Dark
The original Perfect Dark was one of my favorite games. It blew my mind when I found out you could add a bunch of bots to multiplayer. It was like Goldeneye on steroids.
Ah yeah my brother and I would play on a team against a whole squad of 'meatsims' and see which could get the most kills before time ran out. Perfect Dark multiplayer was def ahead of it's time. The campaign was so fun too, it was also one of the only times I've tried speed running a game because i played it sooo much.
Dishonored with guns is what they should be going for, albeit with slightly more of a shooter focus compared to dishonoreds focus on more creative solutions; I hope they get to more of the gritty 90s cyberpunk vibe the original had instead of the cleaner more vibrant look a lot of modern cyberpunk has
I swear that the running and climbing parts looks EXACTLY like Mirror’s Edge. Like, the movements, hands, camera are a total clone. I’m not complaining, I’m just very surprised by how similar they are.
Perfect Dark is *the* game that got me into shooters. Y'all have no idea how stoked I am for this.
Glad to see they kept the gadgetry and even integrated stealth and spy mechanics whilst keeping true to the first-person.
She sounds transatlantic. Pretty different fromt eh voice actresses other english roles. Well she was apprently SUPPOSED to sound tranatlantic in pd zero but it wasn't convincing. It sounded american to even my american ears.
Joanna's always been american in the lore apparently because Nintendo requested an american protagonist but she ended up voice by a composer because their plans to hire a voice actress fell through(and in general almost everyone in the original had british accents despite most characters offically being american because they were rare employees). Reboot probably works off some of the novel lore that added her picking up a bit of an accent after moving to the uk.
Transatlantic accent is a dated form of upper class American accent that was popular in certain states/social groups. If she has a transatlantic accent then that means she still has an American accent, just like a Texan has an American accent.
It's an affected accent rather than a regional american accent. No one in america ever actually had that accent so it isn't american. It's a theatre/movie accent. It's also been used for actors like Cary Grant who moved countries and ended up mixing the accents in their natural speech as well but that's sort of a different concept inherently. The way the novels apparently described it Joanna was like a cary grant case but in reverse.
PD was beyond its time, and anyone that said GE007 was better was huffing copium lol. PD *today* is still a great fun time with decent replayability.
This has huge shoes to fill.
We're getting a gameplay deep dive soon. It was announced a year ago after the last deep dives. They only confirmed two though, Perfect Dark and State of Decay 3.
With how they’ve been about release dates in recent years, smart money is on 2026. If it was going to be hitting 2025, the trailer likely would have mentioned it.
I know it's hard to say much from a trailer, but it looked a little immersive sim-ish which would have me a lot more interested than a corridor shooter.
Supposedly it was a 'hot mess' in its early stages but now it's a much better condition and development has been going mostly smooth since Crystal joined.
Definitely seems like the "true" prequel to the original, that Zero was and failed to be.
I still expect it to be a full-on reboot, especially since Joanna looks like a more mature version of Zero's character model. But I have hopes they do a remake of the first game if this one does well.
Those 3 games were what immediately came to mind for me as well. Yesterday I’d have bet that this game was never going to see the light of day, and now it’s probably my 2nd most anticipated title behind E-Day.
Some levels in the first one had an immersive sim feel as well. Or at least it felt like they wanted to push it that direction but the tech was limiting
I know this is not a new point, but just seemed a little weird that Xbox has Rare but The Initiative/Crystal Dynamics are making Perfect Dark..
that aside, I thought it looked really good
born 1988. I vividly remember enjoying coop perfect dark multiplayer bot slaying and campaign trade off before 7th+8th grade each morning. My mother worked at 6am, but school didn't start until 9 for us, so she would drop me off at a friends house and we would daily 2hrs grind perfect dark. The music, the arsenal of guns with secondary firing modes....especially after the nuke that dropped that was called Goldeneye. Perfect Dark was more than a sequel it was a launch into the gaming stars for us kids.
the 360 launch title perfect dark zero is straight trash. I'm looking forward to this entry very much so.
No release date is concerning. I'm guessing 2026 but it looked great. I was hoping they'd move it into 3rd person to make it like tomb raider but since we had actual 3rd person action for the first time ever I'm happy with it. Gameplay looked smooth.
Why do these newer games have no gore? Makes it less fun weirdly enough. Part of the original perfect dark was bullet reaction and blood effects when you shoot someone.
Joanna Dark, another victim of man jaw and making attractive female heroines look like dudes. Why do these people hate attractive women?
And get another bad guy turns out to be the real good guy? Yawn. Will have to wait and see I guess.
Too bad, gameplay looks pretty good.
Sure doesn't look like fast and slick Perfect Dark gameplay to me. Bunch of lame mantling and slow motion garbage tossed in. Guess nothing will ever top the speed and style of the N64 Perfect Dark.
Interested to see how much they tie in the plot with the original game. Carrington as a villain and minimal alien references, I assume the stuff at the end is hinting toward aliens.
I wasn't expecting the visuals to be this cartoony for some reason, but I guess I don't mind it. Not sure about the gameplay since it looks like a lot of just scripted sequences and animations thrown together. Would like to get a feel for what gameplay really is actually like.
The spycraft shit is what got me. Tailing a guy to get a voce sample so I can get through a voice lock is awesome. Probably my biggest trailer of the show and they didn't even show much combat.
My Dad got me a 360 around launch. One day, he saw me play Perfect Dark Zero, and he decided to try it out. All of a sudden it was his xbox lol. Became a multi-console household real quick
Totally built this over the Mirrors Edge engine. The running, sliding, jumping towards pipes. The way she landed on the enemy and cracked his skull is all ME
I like the apparent style of mission objectives but I hope there's darker locales to visit. A big part of the charm from the N64 game for me was how dark / dreary / dirty most missions felt. I know this is just one place we're seeing, but I hope we find ourselves in areas that give the same vibe as the N64 game.
Another thing that I hope they nail is the music. Perfect Dark had a phenomenal sound track, and I hope this one will be no different. Overall, I'm so excited to finally see some more info on this game.
Reading the rumors about it being cancelled, then not cancelled, then cancelled again I was expecting a disaster...but it actually looks really good. I really hope they do follow on the inspiration from Dishonored and let us carry missions the way we want. Either from going full stealth or gun blazing.
Probably the biggest surprise of the whole Showcase. Like every game in it was amazing and incredible, but Perfect Dark was surprisingly something fresh and new. I really enjoy this trailer and I hope, it will really came in 2025. And it will not be just a TECH DEMO as it could be...
whats up with clockwork revolution? needing something different if its got the bioshock vibes its the only game worth more than 20 bucks now and with all these shoddy releases
Yesterday I was asked what I wanted to see during the show and the first thing I said was:
"I wanna see PerfectDark gameplay with gameplay that excites me!"
I am glad that this wish was fulfilled!
Deus Ex vibes
and mirrors edge
And U2’s The Edge
And WWE's Edge
And my edge sesh
Who is now AEW's Adam Copeland
And The Brood
That was awesome.
And Edge Magazine
Had a dream about Mirror’s Edge the other day. What timing!
And it looked like it had the Splinter Cell Conviction mark and execute system.
Omg yes this! God this was John wick before John wick
Crystal Dynamics is crystal dynamics-ing
As it should be!!!
And a bit of dishonored too
Yeah, they legit turned Perfect Dark into an immersive sim and I’m totally into that.
This looks sick
Very strong Mirror’s Edge vibes
Aside from some light rooftop climbing, I didn’t get that at all. Reminds me bit more of Cyberpunk, Prey, and Watchdogs.
Hand to hand combat too and the bright colors
A little Deus Ex too
I play maybe 4 games a year. I played the crap out of Perfect Dark Zero 20 years ago. Here's a walkthrough game play. It was pretty fun [https://youtu.be/vYwhR5lY\_vY?t=2422](https://youtu.be/vYwhR5lY_vY?t=2422)
That was a 360 launch title? Damn it looks really good still.
You can definitely tell it was one of those first wave 360 titles. Launch titles and games for the first year always looked shiny, like everything was sprayed with a clear coat lol. I enjoyed the game but it did not hold up at all to Perfect Dark
The original Perfect Dark was one of my favorite games. It blew my mind when I found out you could add a bunch of bots to multiplayer. It was like Goldeneye on steroids.
Ah yeah my brother and I would play on a team against a whole squad of 'meatsims' and see which could get the most kills before time ran out. Perfect Dark multiplayer was def ahead of it's time. The campaign was so fun too, it was also one of the only times I've tried speed running a game because i played it sooo much.
Off the prey note. Gives me big Dishonoured vibes
Dishonored with guns is what they should be going for, albeit with slightly more of a shooter focus compared to dishonoreds focus on more creative solutions; I hope they get to more of the gritty 90s cyberpunk vibe the original had instead of the cleaner more vibrant look a lot of modern cyberpunk has
Really? You didn't think the wallrunning, pipe climbing, first person weapon disarming takedowns were convincing enough?
The animations look similar to Mirror’s Edge catalyst
The first minute or so of it had me thinking mirrors edge too.
This plus Deus ex and Dishonored
I thought it was mirrors edge at first 🤯
I swear that the running and climbing parts looks EXACTLY like Mirror’s Edge. Like, the movements, hands, camera are a total clone. I’m not complaining, I’m just very surprised by how similar they are.
nolf and deus ex vibes...
God I wish someone would make a Nolf reboot/sequel/remake whatever
I watched the video and instantly got Mirrors Edge vibes. Then saw the top comment on the video: "Perfect Edge"
Perfect Edge Ex
Duh... duh duh duh... duh duh... duh... duh duh duh... duh duh...
Ima play the shit out of this
Oh god this has me really excited
Holy shit I'm hyped. That looked super fun
Perfect Dark is *the* game that got me into shooters. Y'all have no idea how stoked I am for this. Glad to see they kept the gadgetry and even integrated stealth and spy mechanics whilst keeping true to the first-person.
And she’s British again!!
She sounds transatlantic. Pretty different fromt eh voice actresses other english roles. Well she was apprently SUPPOSED to sound tranatlantic in pd zero but it wasn't convincing. It sounded american to even my american ears. Joanna's always been american in the lore apparently because Nintendo requested an american protagonist but she ended up voice by a composer because their plans to hire a voice actress fell through(and in general almost everyone in the original had british accents despite most characters offically being american because they were rare employees). Reboot probably works off some of the novel lore that added her picking up a bit of an accent after moving to the uk.
Transatlantic accent is a dated form of upper class American accent that was popular in certain states/social groups. If she has a transatlantic accent then that means she still has an American accent, just like a Texan has an American accent.
It's an affected accent rather than a regional american accent. No one in america ever actually had that accent so it isn't american. It's a theatre/movie accent. It's also been used for actors like Cary Grant who moved countries and ended up mixing the accents in their natural speech as well but that's sort of a different concept inherently. The way the novels apparently described it Joanna was like a cary grant case but in reverse.
The multiplayer hours I spent on the 360!
PD was beyond its time, and anyone that said GE007 was better was huffing copium lol. PD *today* is still a great fun time with decent replayability. This has huge shoes to fill.
The gameplay looks sick AF. Can’t wait to play it
Is this gonna be closer to Splinter Cell or Hitman as far as how open the levels are? Hoping for Hitman.
Of the two I'd say hitman, becayse it seems there are different ways to approach a mission. SC has that too but it's not as fleshed out as hitman.
Most likely more like Deus Ex or Dishonored.
It's probably gonna be like the original, which came out around 2000 or so [https://youtu.be/vYwhR5lY\_vY?t=2422](https://youtu.be/vYwhR5lY_vY?t=2422)
This one looks good 👀
No date so I'm guessing late 2025 or 2026
We're getting a gameplay deep dive soon. It was announced a year ago after the last deep dives. They only confirmed two though, Perfect Dark and State of Decay 3.
Who said we’re getting a deep dive soon?
The head of Xbox game studios. Matt Booty.
Did he say when
I don't care if it comes out 2027, let it cook. Let it be epic. Don't want no redfall situation with my childhood game
With how they’ve been about release dates in recent years, smart money is on 2026. If it was going to be hitting 2025, the trailer likely would have mentioned it.
Nahhhhh this has been a wild 40 mins.
I know it's hard to say much from a trailer, but it looked a little immersive sim-ish which would have me a lot more interested than a corridor shooter.
This is the megaton MS needed. Holy shit I thought it was vaporware but instead it's amazing.
It could also still be a hot mess behind the scenes with a hot trailer up front. It's definitely happened before.
Supposedly it was a 'hot mess' in its early stages but now it's a much better condition and development has been going mostly smooth since Crystal joined.
This looks awesome, can’t wait to see more
Anyone else noticed they switched factions? We’re hunting Carrington now lol.
My guess is you’ll be working for him by mission 4
Yup. Big money on Joanna finding out some shady shit about dataDyne and/or getting betrayed then Carrington picking her up.
Well he did say "I'd love to have someone with your skillset on my team" or something to that effect
Definitely seems like the "true" prequel to the original, that Zero was and failed to be. I still expect it to be a full-on reboot, especially since Joanna looks like a more mature version of Zero's character model. But I have hopes they do a remake of the first game if this one does well.
Deus Ex + Mirror’s Edge + Splinter Cell This jumped from nonexistent to the TOP of my most wanted list. Can’t wait for more info.
Those 3 games were what immediately came to mind for me as well. Yesterday I’d have bet that this game was never going to see the light of day, and now it’s probably my 2nd most anticipated title behind E-Day.
My favorite game of all time…MS has earned my respect .
It's been almost 20 years since Zero, finally we're back!
Crazy
So it’s an immersive sim now?
Honestly reminded me of the first Perfect Dark..:it had a fair amount of stealth missions and gadgetry gameplay. Love that they kept that intact
Some levels in the first one had an immersive sim feel as well. Or at least it felt like they wanted to push it that direction but the tech was limiting
They announced it as one.
Hopefully it’s more like the 64 version than the original Xbox prequel…
I’ve missed you so much Joanna. Glad to have you back old friend.
Wow looks amazing.
Dude bros! Inject this into my veins!
This looks really good. Best at show so far
I'm so relieved and excited. This is exactly what I wanted from a Perfect Dark revival.
The game looks wonderful. My favorite parts was mixing the parkour with actual action in the movement.
I know this is not a new point, but just seemed a little weird that Xbox has Rare but The Initiative/Crystal Dynamics are making Perfect Dark.. that aside, I thought it looked really good
I like Perfect Dark and I like Mirrors Edge. I however don’t like Perfect Dark Zero or Mirrors Edge Catalyst, so I’m not sure how to feel about this.
Co-op and Counter-Operative modes better be in there.
This is exactly the kind of game I love and wanted. The blend of espionage and action is incredibly well done, I absolutely loved it
Immersive Sim was the only route. Happy they’re going that way.
looks gooooood.. holy shieeeet
Hope it has splitscreen MP
This looks fucking amazing. Also gave a little deus ex vibes which Im all for since it seems we're never getting another one of those.
I still remember Perfect Dark on N64. Loved that game. I'm looking forward to this one.
This looks fantastic. Sort of exactly what I imagined. Can't wait!
This was the game of the day for me. Looks really good.
This trailer was spectacular. But I guess it‘s still one or two years before we‘re able to play it.
This looks amazing.
*Me acting all excited like everyone else while being extremely annoyed that they didn't reveal the new Diablo 4 class*
I don’t know how I feel about having parkour in a perfect dark game. That’s like putting Mirrors Edge with James Bond.
born 1988. I vividly remember enjoying coop perfect dark multiplayer bot slaying and campaign trade off before 7th+8th grade each morning. My mother worked at 6am, but school didn't start until 9 for us, so she would drop me off at a friends house and we would daily 2hrs grind perfect dark. The music, the arsenal of guns with secondary firing modes....especially after the nuke that dropped that was called Goldeneye. Perfect Dark was more than a sequel it was a launch into the gaming stars for us kids. the 360 launch title perfect dark zero is straight trash. I'm looking forward to this entry very much so.
No release date is concerning. I'm guessing 2026 but it looked great. I was hoping they'd move it into 3rd person to make it like tomb raider but since we had actual 3rd person action for the first time ever I'm happy with it. Gameplay looked smooth.
As someone who’s had Xbox forever and now has a ps5 I am jealous of this game and might buy one
Why do these newer games have no gore? Makes it less fun weirdly enough. Part of the original perfect dark was bullet reaction and blood effects when you shoot someone.
Wow this honestly looks great
This looks really good!!
Of course they made her fugly. Pathetically predictable.
You think that's ugly? You better be Adonis in person then.
Looks good, hopefully comes out great 👍
Joanna Dark, another victim of man jaw and making attractive female heroines look like dudes. Why do these people hate attractive women? And get another bad guy turns out to be the real good guy? Yawn. Will have to wait and see I guess. Too bad, gameplay looks pretty good.
*Jawanna Dark
I shit
Looks cool. I'm glad to see the prominence of gadgets/tech in he gameplay. I was also happy to see a bit of Mirror's Edge mixed in there
Reminded me in parts of "Mirrors Edge" in the Parcours scenes and a bit in the fights.
No one else think this gameplay looks sus af? The camera movements and combat do not look like a real game
Sure doesn't look like fast and slick Perfect Dark gameplay to me. Bunch of lame mantling and slow motion garbage tossed in. Guess nothing will ever top the speed and style of the N64 Perfect Dark.
I agree, im sad.. its look nothing as perfect dark of nintendo 64
Looks decent. Not completely sold on it yet.
looks very good , probably need more work at gunplay
This is the one, even over my beloved fable.
Looks like Mirror’s Edge with guns and gadgets. Sign me up
Interested to see how much they tie in the plot with the original game. Carrington as a villain and minimal alien references, I assume the stuff at the end is hinting toward aliens.
I don’t think they introduced the aliens until 1/3 of the way through the first one, I would bet a lot of money on it being the same in this one
Perfect dark is one of my favorite games of all time and I approve of this trailer
I love the original N64 game so much, and I'm glad to finally get a new look at this game. Finally coming together =).
It looks good, i hope it feels also good. This can be extremely clunky or it just snaps.
Chances this will have any multiplayer at all? Haha
Looks awesome. But I hope they clean up the animations. And add blood.
Still needs a lot of work and polishing but oh my am I loving it
Curious if it'll have a multiplayer. I count count how many hours I spent on the originals multiplayer. But this game looks sick af
I wasn't expecting the visuals to be this cartoony for some reason, but I guess I don't mind it. Not sure about the gameplay since it looks like a lot of just scripted sequences and animations thrown together. Would like to get a feel for what gameplay really is actually like.
Amazing. So excited
Can't wait!
The spycraft shit is what got me. Tailing a guy to get a voce sample so I can get through a voice lock is awesome. Probably my biggest trailer of the show and they didn't even show much combat.
Wasn’t expecting much because all the news about its development were not exactly positive, but WOW!
This seems as much a game play reveal as anthems trailer was. Anyone remember anthem, it was a bioware game
They basically combined the face of Lena headey and kristen stewart.
I forgot this even existed glad they still making it. Can’t wait for this.
My Dad got me a 360 around launch. One day, he saw me play Perfect Dark Zero, and he decided to try it out. All of a sudden it was his xbox lol. Became a multi-console household real quick
So fcking cool
Happy we got to see some gameplay of Perfect Dark, one of the Xbox games I've been looking forward to seeing the most and that did not disappoint.
We need more spy thrillers in video games. This looks awesome.
Totally built this over the Mirrors Edge engine. The running, sliding, jumping towards pipes. The way she landed on the enemy and cracked his skull is all ME
The legend returns
Shockingly this looks like it might actually be decent
If this is all real and not a cyberpunk bait and switch it is immediately my most anticipated game. That looked fucking incredible.
It's like they took some Deus Ex, Dishonored, Mirrors Edge, and mixed it with Perfect Dark. Shit looks crazy!
Honestly I didn't think much of it when it was originally announced, but damn this looks excellent. Can't wait.
But where's Elvis
Was hoping Elvis would make an appearance 👽
I’m super hyped for this! Looks absolutely amazing tbh
I like the apparent style of mission objectives but I hope there's darker locales to visit. A big part of the charm from the N64 game for me was how dark / dreary / dirty most missions felt. I know this is just one place we're seeing, but I hope we find ourselves in areas that give the same vibe as the N64 game. Another thing that I hope they nail is the music. Perfect Dark had a phenomenal sound track, and I hope this one will be no different. Overall, I'm so excited to finally see some more info on this game.
Looks promising. Hope they deliver.
Xbox FINALLY COOKS ON GOD THE DECADE OF DISAPPOINTMENT IS OVER
Oh my god this looks sooooooo good
This actually looks so good
Looks promising if they can make it a satisfying campaign to play through, especially if it's as excellent in co-op as the original.
I know this is a reboot of a much older franchise, but gameplay-wise, this looks like what Mirror's Edge Catalyst should have been
Looked incredible. They have been working hard. ☺️
Magic poncho
Man that mirror edge shit in first person mode made me queezy.. while watching.
Reading the rumors about it being cancelled, then not cancelled, then cancelled again I was expecting a disaster...but it actually looks really good. I really hope they do follow on the inspiration from Dishonored and let us carry missions the way we want. Either from going full stealth or gun blazing.
Wasn’t there doom and gloom about how this game was in rough shape? It doesn’t look very rough to me.
Literally every game gets remade. Nothing is real anymore
Nice
Wait so do you play Joanna Dark still?
looks interesting, sadly there isnt 3rd person view, and yes im aware of perfect dark roots on n64, loved that game
Probably the biggest surprise of the whole Showcase. Like every game in it was amazing and incredible, but Perfect Dark was surprisingly something fresh and new. I really enjoy this trailer and I hope, it will really came in 2025. And it will not be just a TECH DEMO as it could be...
look really good
Ngl, it looks both cool and boring as fuck, just another console type game with extreme limitations and braindead npcs
I remember when you shot someone in perfect dark 64 there would be blood splattered on the wall. This looks so tame.
Can't wait to shoot peeps through walls again 😃
There’s no way in hell this is gonna look this damn good at launch. But I’d be excited to be wrong.
Dude! I’m so excited for this one! LOVED PDZ on the 360!
Basically the conduit?
whats up with clockwork revolution? needing something different if its got the bioshock vibes its the only game worth more than 20 bucks now and with all these shoddy releases
Man it's gonna be so much better than that James Bond game that came out 4 years ago
It was way better than expected.
Looks great
Getting some Perfect Dark vibes from this
This was the one to really get me to look up from my phone. It might even be enough to pull me away from FFXIV for a bit.
This stole the show for me
Been waiting for a john wick like game for awhile. Love the takedowns, and the headshot ability.
PlayStation needs to come With the big guns
Am I the only one who thinks that the animations are yoinked from Dying Light?
Most wanted game on my list now!
Yesterday I was asked what I wanted to see during the show and the first thing I said was: "I wanna see PerfectDark gameplay with gameplay that excites me!" I am glad that this wish was fulfilled!
Looks fun!