Perfect Dark

"This game isn't all it's hyped up to be"

Yes Yes, i know alot of you are big on Perfect Dark`` for 64, as am I. But this game, is NOT good at all. I got it for the codes that could be gotten for the 64 version mainly, then played it afterwards. It's supposed to be like a prequel to PD64, but it's too complicated to do anything to get the story line. I advise you to rent this, only long enough to get the codes for the PD64.

GRAPHICS: 6/10
Alright, given it is a GameBoyCOLOR, you can't expect much graphic-wise because of the low-bit processor. The graphics are mildly ok for the capabilities the color had. Sometimes it's hard to find enemies, because the sprite for the enemy blends in with the background, or has no definition, and you get killed by some un-seen guard. Other than that, it's all fairly good.

GAMEPLAY: 1/10
This is where it loses it. It is hard as hell to do anything you want with this game. You can only walk directly up, down, left, and right. Because of this, you can only shoot, up, down, left, and right. No angles, only those select paths. Therfore, you have to be right in-line with your enemy, to hit them. They have a perfect shot of you at this point and you get torn up by 3-4 of these fights and die. You can't aim where to shoot or anything, so you have to go out of your way, and risk your sneak attack in order to be able to hit the enemy. There is no way to strafe, so you can't even dodge bullets and fire effectively, which is what always screwed me up. Everything about this part of the game, sucks.

SOUNDS: 5/10
Stuff wasn't too good, a guy getting hit would sounds like a barking dog, and so forth. Gunshots were just random things, every single gun had the same ''POW'' effect, and it was really annoying hearing the same ''POW'' over and over. You can't even hear a sneak-attack coming from behind, because there isn't footsounds, or talkingsounds, so you just get blown to pieces from behind, and because of the crappy gameplay, you lost half your health by the time you kill the punk.

OVERALL: 4/10
Boss fights were real cheap, you could find a magic spot to avoid all damage and tear the boss up, it was all nothing. The gameplay totally sucked, and just about everything else did. I know, it's only a GameBoyCOLOR, but there have been better games for COLOR than this. In My opinion, Shooters should not be put on Game Boys, unless they can be done 1st-person. even then, there aren't enough effective buttons to make everything work. I say rent the game, get the codes for PD64, and then return it, nothing else to do with this game.

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 09/29/03