Do you have high hopes for the Perfect Dark reboot?

Lame that her tactical jumpsuit has been replaced by jeans and a tank top, like every other modern female video game character. Watch Capcom do the same thing with Regina if Dino Crisis ever gets rebooted.

Hell no.

It feels like it's going to be completely different from previous Perfect Dark games, just with a franchise name slapped on top.

Which means I'm open-minded. Interesting things have been done in the past with this setup.

Sure. I definitely hope that it turns out to be a great game and I feel that Microsoft will deliver the goods.

Of everything announced, its the game i want to succeed the most. If this game fails at being what the original did so well, i will be unchained, and MS is not ready for my wrath.

And what is up with their new design? She looks like shit. The original was perfect for the kind of game this was.

Hopes? Sure, always.

IDK SolidGame, for me the hype died a little. I’d say temper your expectations after Crystal Dynamics crapped out the Avengers game. But if it makes you feel better, I am now intrigued.

Looks pretty soulless.

@hardwenzen said:

This is soul.

Not at all. I'm still traumatized by Zero.

I have no real love for the series, so it wont matter much to me.

Not particularly, primarily because of my lack of faith in MS and The Initiative.

CD serving as the heavy lifter for development efforts is actually encouraging. But my expectation is a middling “8” type of game.

Wish the game was made by IO Interactive. They might be the only ones that could pull it off.

It'll be a strong GOTY contender whatever year it releases, probably 2023 maybe early 2024.

Full confidence.

It'll probably end up being pretty solid but nothing world changing.

I expect the game to be judged on its fruit physics.

No. I have zero hope for any western game this gen

Way too early to tell.

I think that it will be a very competent game, but it's hard to live to the expectations for all the hype that Microsoft put in the initiative.

Didn't you hear they hired another studio to build the game crystal dynmaics the makers of avengers which flopped with consumers fans and critics.

Yes, The Initiative sounds like a good studio and since MS aren't rushing projects any more...

It's made up of a lot of good developers.

Crystal Dynamics may be working with them, but I doubt they're in charge.

I can tell from what little they've shown that they completely changed her character in an attempt to make it more dramatic, more cinematic. There won't be the sarcastic snark of the last time, or the kick ass outfit. You'll get jeans, a leather jacket, and a completely different, more serious attitude. So it's going to be just another modern game, only this one will try to capitalize on nostalgia by scavenging an old IP.

It's going to simply be another Tomb Raider reboot but this one with Joanna Dark. Made by the same people who rebooted that series and ruined Lara Croft's character. Furthermore, whenever I search for anything related to the real game I'm going to have to deal with page after page of worthless search results because they decided on a reboot rather than a sequel, which in itself is basically an erasing of the original story from any and all kind of lore or back story.

So yeah, **** this new one, I won't be buying it, I won't be playing it. Will it fail? Nah, there's enough morons out there who will throw money at anything, and encourage more garbage like it to be made.

Impossible to say. The original was one of my favourite games on N64. But I don’t think the franchise has that strong of an identity, so they can do pretty much anything with it. Female protag, some futurustic guns, a bit of aliens. That’s about it.

Basically the original developer just wanted to make a new James Bond game but couldnt for some reason. So they made these superficial changes.

Since it’s a new studio making a game that can be anything it’s kind of hard to judge how it will turn out 🤷🏻‍♂️

Cyberpunk2077 settings or something similar to it.

I want to see a bunch of mechanical enemies similar to what's in DeusEx1.

With aliens, but you don't fight them. More of a reason to infiltrate X for story purposes. Doesn't even need to be actual aliens, but just some unknown dna, etc. If written well, there's potential there.

Non open world, but large enough levels similar to metro exodus.

Stealth based fps similar to Dishonored but focuses on a bunch of gadgets instead of magic and such.


If they're rebooting the series, this would be what i'd like to see.

It’s looking like it will be amazing, with a team of AAAA developers.

Let me guess, you said something similar when Crackdown 3 was first show.

I never played through the original game. I tried it briefly, but I couldn't get into it. I was too busy playing PC shooters like Half-Life, Quake, Unreal, Soldier of Fortune, SiN, Project IGI, etc.. at the time. I did play through Perfect Dark Zero, but it was half-ass. So, I don't have any high hopes at all for the new one. It seems like a waste of talent at the studio as they should be working on a new IP.

I can't have high hopes for a game that never moved me enough to play.🤷‍♂️

@zerothehero: Yep, I heard.

@hardwenzen said:

Of everything announced, its the game i want to succeed the most. If this game fails at being what the original did so well, i will be unchained, and MS is not ready for my wrath.

And what is up with their new design? She looks like shit. The original was perfect for the kind of game this was.

I'm all for having waifus in the game however this is a FPS or at least FP (don't know anything about the franchise). Who the f**k cares how she looks like.

As for the game it self, I have serious doubts. Hard to trust the guys who made Avengers especially when there's nothing much to judge the game on.

Cows can't stop talking about Xbox studios games.

Meanwhile a tumbleweed rolls past a ps5

I'm a gamer 😎

@pc_rocks said:

@hardwenzen said:

Of everything announced, its the game i want to succeed the most. If this game fails at being what the original did so well, i will be unchained, and MS is not ready for my wrath.

And what is up with their new design? She looks like shit. The original was perfect for the kind of game this was.

I'm all for having waifus in the game however this is a FPS or at least FP (don't know anything about the franchise). Who the f**k cares how she looks like.

As for the game it self, I have serious doubts. Hard to trust the guys who made Avengers especially when there's nothing much to judge the game on.

But this has nothing to do with waifus lol. Her suit fits the genre (of the first game). The redesign looks dumb af, and reminds me of a Ubisoft game. Now, if her clothing changes depending on the mission to blend in, that's fine, but if not, and she is wearing some jeans and a manly jacket😖No need another Karen looking woman in the series that got me into shooter.

If it's an fps game that uses secret agent gadgets, requires level exploration, and takes some actual thought to solve puzzles, then yes!

MS owns the development studio that developed the original & Goldeneye, yet they didn't trust RARE with their own IP.....That worries me from the offset, then factor in that PDZ turd, & the fact thay MS's chosen inhouse studio required life support from Crystal Dynamics & the issues add up to disaster imho. Hopefully I am wrong, but signs are not good.

My approach towards every game is high hopes, tempered expectations.

Yeah, same. Not sure why anyone would not have high hopes for any game unless you were some petty hater.

Expectations, however? Not sure.

I'm definitely intrigued.

I am intrigued for sure.

But I don't know if it will truly live up to its name. I would love a sort of return to the more arcadey shooter style with wacky weapons, game modes, short but replayable missions and cheats. But I am not sure this is the direction the developers want to take.

I also wonder about the setting. We are now in the year 2021, Perfect Dark took place in the year 2023, Zero in the year 2020. I think retrofuturism is the way to go here.

High hopes and high expectations are two completely different things. Until we see gameplay, yes, I have high hopes.

Is there any reason to? Crystal Dynamics sucks. Who else is making the game?

AAAAAAAAAAA+ Bank baby!!! :P

No, but I did when they first showed The Order 1886, and I loved it. Oh, and I love Crackdown 3.

I wouldn't be surprised that The Initiative will end up being the top tier game developer in the world along side Playground Games and Nintendo.

Girl, you so crazy!

I really have no interest. The Perfect Dark Zero hype was based on the fact that console shooters weren't very good, and Perfect Dark (N64) was excellent. So there was all this hype that at least the consoles would get PD0. But then, Halo came and so many other shooters, the bar was set higher.

Not holding out much hope on this.

As I said it doesn't matter how they dress her. She could be naked or covered completely. You won't see it unless you can switch b/w FP/TP. I mean you're basically discussing a boxart.

My main memories of the 1st title doing something new and exciting where multiplayer with specific AI bots, and alien named Elvis. The FPS Genre has evolved exponentially since Perfect Dark was considered a top FPS title. I hope the game is solid and does something different, but I'm afraid it will be another shooter in a sea of shooters that are already way more established. Time will tell.

I totally agree. I am a fan of the developers they acquired for the team. The only Perfect Dark experience I have is Zero, and very very little play time of that.

I liked the N64 game but hated the one on 360 I have high hopes but have to remember its the studios first game.

Its a woman, and we're in 2021. We will see her plenty.