Perfect Dark: First Impressions

[gh0st]

Cuts included for those not wanting to read the whole thing:

Forget the crappy screenshots you've seen. They completely misrepresent the game.

I had mixed expectations; I'm a realist. Games in development often have low framerates and shoddy AI. They're not done. Of course they do. Today, I saw a demo of Perfect Dark Zero running on a Xbox alpha kit (a PC) using an old ATI graphics card, not the final GPU from the Xbox 360, and was told the game was only using about 25% to 30% of the system's full power. And Perfect Dark Zero looked incredible. Incredible. It looked nearly as good as Gears of War, which, in my humble opinion is the best looking 360 game of the show so far (I saw that running in realtime too). So, simply put, Perfect Dark Zero shocked me.

Shocked, because this looked like a real next-generation game, completely changing my perception I had temporarily formed based on the early screenshots. For whatever reasons Microsoft didn't want to show it, the game I saw looked like the game I wanted to play, and have imagined playing for years.

- two online modes, deathmatch and dark ops
- 50 players online at once in multiplayer
- vehicles, three of them
- scaling maps per amount of players

Visually, the levels we saw are massive, and every thing you can see is being generated in realtime. There are no flat artistic backgrounds. What you see is actually there.

Theres much more, its a good read

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/616/616196p2.html

THANK ****ING GOD.

 

[Lemonking]

why did they show gay pics then?

 

[gh0st]

why did they show gay pics then?

Not the same game, somebody ****ed up.

 

[Lemonking]

Not the same game, somebody ****ed up.

oh ok sry
never really played the first one
since I dont think I will get the X-box2 I dont think I will play this one either

 

[gh0st]

Its ok we'll wait for the screens, I'm excited to see them, and they should be trickling out soon. Well not too soon anyway, frickin blackout.

 

[A True Canadian]

It sounds like they've kept most of the brilliant and innovative stuff from the first game (like disarming enemies then killing them with their own weapon).

Sounds very good. My faith is restored.

 

[Murray_H]

Bollocks I think me and my brother are going to have to do an xbox 360/PS3 split between us, I want them both

 

[gh0st]

Bollocks I think me and my brother are going to have to do an xbox 360/PS3 split between us, I want them both

Me too. I wish they would just make the good games for both so I dont have to sell my kidney next year.

 

[Reginald]

Oh God. I need all 3 consoles now. Ah well It'll be worth it.

EDIT: Look at that shot of Jo's face up close. The Magsec 4 is back!

EDIT2: Is there a way to get more SCART points on your TV beyond buying a new one? If not, I will need a new TV too: DVD player, 3 consoles and Freeview.

 

[Ennui]

im still wary... looks too good to be true.

 

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

Something's not right. MS and Rare would have to be stupid to show a shittier version of thier game during the press conference and previous announcements

 

[gh0st]

Something's not right. MS and Rare would have to be stupid to show a shittier version of thier game during the press conference and previous announcements

They never showed this game. This is what i was talking about - the floor is where it matters not those conferences.

 

[Murray_H]

EDIT2: Is there a way to get more SCART points on your TV beyond buying a new one? If not, I will need a new TV too: DVD player, 3 consoles and Freeview.

Yes, google scart selector or something similar

 

[Icarusintel]

the character model's still the same, looks like crap in my opinion, sure she needs to look younger, but she could still look hot

 

[Reginald]

Yes, google scart selector or something similar

Thanks. It never occurred to me to google search for one

 

[Murray_H]

Is from the conference build or the build the ign guy mentioned?

 

[gh0st]

Is from the conference build or the build the ign guy mentioned?

Thats from before e3.

 

[Warbie]

I seriously can't wait

The sequal to one of the best fps ever made (as opposed to Killzone 2, a sequal to a painfully average game :/)

Looks likes another generation where all 3 consoles are a must - and just after I promised the misses I'd stop spending cash on video games as well /o\

 

[gh0st]

I seriously can't wait

Me either. The xbox will be the console for shooters.

 

[Gargantou]

Me either. The xbox will be the console for shooters.

W0rd, this and the next year will be great years for gamers(Atleast the ones who like consoles )