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It's mad, brilliant, and completely different to Bond. But then it gets progressively campier - a visit to Area 51 to rescue an alien called Elvis, saving the President aboard Air Force One, underwater bases, and ultimately a trip to an alien world to save the day. This is the bit of Perfect Dark people remember, and that's fine. That element of the game is a triumph, too - a story that is tonally a dystopic, Blade Runner-like science fiction thriller laced with spy story tropes - but only for a while, before it takes a turn into campy alien intrigue.Īt first it's corporate espionage, sneaking into rival corporate offices to steal back technology. Gone are the admittedly thrilling rearrangements of the familiar Bond theme, replaced instead by a score thick with atmosphere and indicative of the game's tone. It isn't all just an incremental sequel to the 007 adventure, however. Yes, that game is attached to a classic film outing for a character that is an international icon - but as a video game, Perfect Dark is better by pretty much every metric, packed with features and depth.

Let's be clear: Perfect Dark is better than GoldenEye.

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The story is delivered not just via pre-mission briefing notes and subtitles, but through full voice acting.Īll of this adds up. Levels are larger and more dynamic with lighting effects that at the time boggled the mind. Small details in GoldenEye like enemy reactions to being shot in specific places are now writ large. In many ways it is GoldenEye turned up to eleven detail is now dense enough that the RAM-boosting N64 Expansion Pak accessory was required to even start the campaign missions. When a rights bidding war emerged for the ability to make a Tomorrow Never Dies game, the decision was cemented, and Perfect Dark was born.ĭespite the property switch, Perfect Dark is very much a sequel to GoldenEye.

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After the huge success of GoldenEye 007, developer Rare knew it wanted to make a sequel to top its system-defining movie tie-in but also was unsure if it wanted to work within the confines of James Bond again. On this day twenty years ago, one of the most beloved games of all time got a sequel that wasn't technically a sequel at all.

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