If you want to add to your collection of games, sure buy it, why not? But if your looking for a good game, I prefer Halo 2 -OR- Gears of War. I mean Perfect Dark is good, but it gets boring fast. Multiplayer is awesome though, especially if your playing with other people and bots.

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This game is very, VERY good overall. It is definetly a swell followup to the original. It packs great graphics, flowing smooth gameplay, great weapons, great sound, and a good story and set of characters. The single player is very immersive and well made, and the multiplayer is just as good.

Yet, I cannot forgive this game for it's lack of a jump button. I'm sorry, but it's just that easy: EVERY FPS SHOULD HAVE A JUMP FEATURE. Yes, the game SORT OF makes up for it with the whole "being able to climb over walls" instead, but it doesn't really do the trick.

Other than the absence of the jump button, this game is brilliant. It belongs among the greatest of the first-person shooter genre, right in there with Halo 2.

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Came on time and its what i needed

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Ya this game is ass. I thought it was gona be amazing and have great game play and some kick ass guns. I was wrong the trailers looked amazing because they showed the only good parts of the game. I jus rented this game (THANK GOD) but it is hardly worth the 8$. I couldnt beliv how lame the game play is and how it tries to be a stealthy game when its just a regular old fps with nothing new to offer. The graphics are AMAZING and the maine chick is hot , but that is abou it nothing else to this game but runing and guning.My opinion just rent the game or wait til its a greatest hit.

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The storyline is very important to a shooter. For the intricate detail and extraordinary visual quality, you would think the plot would offer something of greater substance. The set-up for the storyline is great but they didn't take it to create something truly great. The game is fun but it does not leave you at the edge of your seat at the end of each mission. This makes it easier to turn off the console and step away but come on, you want to be pulled in and deeply anticipating the next mission. The challenges are good and the quality of the game overallis outstanding. I just with they had put the same quality into the plot.

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A good shooter. The thing I wanted to bring attention to was the game's music. The soundtrack is great. Every single track is wonderfully melodic and rhythmic. Thank goodness for game music; I wouldn't have any music to listen to if it weren't for game music. The music in PDZ has a somewhat James Bond 007 sound from the 60's kind of style. It's actually not my favorite kind of music, but in PDZ it's great. So, thank you so much to Rare for the excellent music in PDZ.

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This game is amazing, ten stars. I can understand when people say it's not responsive enough but the truth is it can be made to. In the game menu just go to senseativity you can spin as fast as you like. And the speed may be slow but it's relistic. do you realy think in real life you can sprint while holding a rocket launcher. No I didn't think so. Thats why RARE did a great job, they made the game so that if you put away your weapon, You can sprint, or if you have a magnum you can run faster then someone with a rifle. This adds for great strategy like knowing when to pull out your weapon, or put it away and run. Anyway you look at it this is a great game.

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OMFG, awsomeness, f the single player. lol if u buy a game purely for the single player, when its meant as an online game(cough*halo2*cough), then go dig a hole in the middle of some god-forsaken country like osama and saddam, and please never call yourself a gamer...ever.infact it'd be best if u just never even thought about games again. ONLINE BABY, thats where the money is at. yes i agree the single player was lacking but who cares, honestly, thats not where the replayability is, so F that ppl. just buy it and have fun, stop hatin on a good game.

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this is defenitly a top notch shooter right there with halo

as far as the campaighn goes the multiplayer i haven't had a chance to try

but get this game it's amust for the xbox 360

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The original Perfect Dark was so darn good that when I saw this for a measly twenty bucks I couldn't pass it up. I spent a good year on the original--it was an all-purpose shooter. Even if you were alone, the multiplayer bots kept things fresh, and there were a million and one options to tinker around with.

That game stored not only your custom-tailored character but also your lifetime stats down to the mileage you've run and every round fired. This made it the cartridge of choice whenever I invited people over and we wanted something to play. There was fierce competition in my apartment for several months as people vied for dominance in one stat group or another. If you weren't a marksman, maybe you would only use mines and thus lay claim to the title of most explosive kills and so on. I tell you all this so you'll understand that not a little bit of nostalgia factored into my overall rating. If I hadn't played the original this one would probably get three stars. As it was, I enjoyed it more than a newcomer might.

So I was very pleased to see that bots were being included in this installment as well. I don't know why other games don't mimic Perfect Dark's multiplayer system. All I know is that between the original and Dark Zero, I kept wishing for a game that played just as well with multiplayer just as customizable, and never got it until now.

There are a number of standard rulesets like killcount and capture the flag but there are also scenarios that can be fought through against other live players.

The best, though, is when you have a friend over and want to play. Then you can have a real versus match--none of that one-on-one crap that gets old very fast. Want to play 5v5? Just add eight bots. Instant opponents, or teammates. You can adjust their skill levels anywhere from completely pathetic to death incarnate. And if you're better than your friend, you can add a couple extra bots to his team.

Missing, though, are a lot of those options I mentioned before. You can't customize your character in this one (forgivable), you can't tailor the bots' personalities or appearances (also forgivable), and you can't view your lifetime stats anymore (blasphemy! burn the witch!). That left Dark Zero feeling more cramped than the original. I still can't figure out why they removed all that content. Ah, well. The deathmatch arena in Perfect Dark Zero is still the most fun multiplayer--even just against bots--I've experienced in a while.

As far as the single player campaign goes, it's ruthlessly average. Not bad at all--not even implying that. Everything's rock-solid, action-wise. I just mean the story and the levels are so-so. Nothing standout here. Nothing unsatisfactory, either. You'll get your share of challenges. Some of the stretches you have to navigate in this game will keep you on your toes. I must have tried the bridge assault level ten or twelve times before I made it.

There were a couple of noticeable flaws in the otherwise smooth veneer of this experience, though. One was the physics of a downed bad guy. It's really common in this game for a dead body to start "dancing" on the ground, or even take off and hover in midair for a while. You'll waste a lot of bullets shooting at dead bodies you think are attacking you. Another is the shadows. I haven't seen shadows that pixelated since SNES. Still, these are pretty minor. You won't have a problem overlooking them in favor of the action.

I really liked the music in this game. It seemed to fit perfectly and it did a good job of getting me into whatever was happening onscreen. No thick atmosphere here, but that's a good thing. You're promised an adrenaline rush or ten, and it delivers. Consequently the themes in Dark Zero are much more energetic than in the original. The opening video and song reminded me strongly of Bond credits. Slick.

All in all, I truly liked it. There were flaws, but it was a well-executed game. When you factor in the price you can't go wrong. It's a solid shooter and the adaptable deathmatch will keep you playing for a while.

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The game is awesome...using gadgets playing co-op online with my friend. This is one of my favorite FPS games.

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I bought this game as a launch title the same time that I bought my Xbox 360 and I've been working on it off and on ever since.

PROS: I actually enjoyed the game a good deal and I'm not usually a huge fan of First-Person Shooters (FPS). The graphics on this game are very, very nice, if a little over-shiney in some parts. I think the part that I liked the most and that I hope is adopted by future game designers is the way that missions change from one difficulty setting to the next. Rather than just making your enemies stronger, increasing the difficulty adds more objectives to your missions, so it feels like a more expanded game. The multiplayer games also have the capability to run up to 15 bots, so you don't always need to go online to play Deathmatch or Capture the Flag.

CONS: The storyline is pretty bland and little bit strange. The aiming can be a little bit difficult until you get the hang of it. The multiplayer isn't up to par with games like Halo 2, but its still a lot of fun, in my opinion.

SUMMARY: I've enjoyed the game quite a bit so far and I hope that I can eventually work my way through all the difficulty levels, but we'll see. Just a warning, if you're obsessed with Achievements and your Gamerscore, you may want to avoid this game because some of the Achievements are really, really hard to get.

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I will let you know first that I am an first person shooter pro and have been playing since wolfinstine 3D. This new perfect dark is amazing.I enjoy playing and my wife enjoys watching and playing as well.It has a action anime type feel with 007 64 wepons feel.As most perfect dark vets know perfect dark was developed by the original 007 team and this new xbox 360 version has that great responsive control witch is good for new gamers and comfortable for old gamers or vets.<><><><><><>Now the fun part the grafics This game is very detailed and vivid the levels are open and the caracters look sweet there lips move when they talk.When you shoot a bad guy they respond in different ways the yell out "You hit me in the gut."or"Oh my god you killing me." and many other phrazes and qwips. Oh my personal favorite is when there is more than on guy around and you hit one they will say "Hey you need a bandaide for that" or "She is hit.That had to hurt".Depending on what surface you shoot the bullet hole is different like concrete walls have dist particles and make krush like imprints cars make an indention that is very realistic windows shatter too.Sound*If you have a standard souround sound you good but if you are a effect geek like me you have a digital fiber optic sound system and you willl be able to hear every thing from shells droping from enemys wepons acoss the room.<><><><><><>Game play is new and inovative the roll move is somthing that my friends and I have always wanted in a 1ST person shooter I mean why not you can duck so this is new sweet and fun.The cover move is real sweet.When your next to a wall or window you can press the (A) button and your character will cover acorrdingly you will get a aiming curser to lay the smack down.(this is especialy fun with the shot gun) So over all this is a game for the extream and the casual gamer. To all the blogers or whatever just learn to have fun and state facts no one sided jibberish

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well i got my x box 360( fully loaded) on the day one launch night i love it !!

i got pgr 3 and call of duty 2 which are awesome..i saw this game being displayed at my gamespot and i played it i was like wtf??!! this is a wanna be halo..i did not buy this though..i rented it im glad i did not get this title:) first of all the graphics are good and all thats a given..but the controles are slugglish and not fluid...it sometimes freezes up in gameplay or goes in slow motion which sucks..just like the matrix ...

i suggest you rent this game or buy it used down the road... the nintendo 64 game perfect dark played better however this is the vamped up version of that title but it still looks too cartoonish for my taste. i want realism in a shooter.. like the afore mentioned halo series(smiles)

and where is halo 3 you mught ask? well, all good things take time.. its on the way i already got my copy pre ordered .. master chief would pimp slap joanna dark..without ever breaking a sweat ! nuff said

kudos to microsoft on a great next gen system! it was well worth the wait, well until the playstation 3 comes out in the spring that is :) then the real fun begins..

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Although I was worried about purchasing this game at launch (because of the bad reader reviews), I have found it an amazingly deep and complex title. I have finished this game in single player and multiplayer (online mode) and there are a few unique features you need to know about when considering this title:

1. Varying gameplay based on difficulty: When you change the difficulty setting, you are given additional side-missions which you can achieve. One example is a boat that needs to be blown up to protect one of your operatives. This is a refreshing change to the rather boring alternative of just having guys who can withstand more headshots or are using faster moving computer AI. This also makes for a more immersive game, since you feel like a real secret agent, who's being trusted with more responsibility as your skills increase.

2. Varying gameplay based in single vs. multiplayer: When I first started playing this with a friend, I was amazed to find that it is actually a different experience. Rather than just heading down the same road as the single player game, the characters actually split paths and have different objectives. For example, on one level, I was a sniper on a roof, providing cover fire for my partner while he was down below trying to complete objectives for the mission. The game actually takes longer to play co-op, and it brings a lot of extra enjoyment.

3. Co-op over Xbox Live: If you have a friend with a 360 who lives far from you, you can play the game together cooperatively. This is a very nice feature for those of us who get tired of being verbally assaulted by teenagers and completely wiped out by the pros. It also allows for a more strategic gameplay, as you can try out different manuvers and see how they work against the AI.

4. Excellent multiplayer support: The game supports all 4 Xbox 360 controllers. You can even go online with 4 players on a single 360 to really help in a team game. This is the only 360 title that I know of that makes this possible. It's great when you want to really show off the power of the 360.

All of this rolls up into a really nice title for the Xbox 360. And, now that I've played it all the way through, I would certainly recommend it for anyone who wants to get a lot of gameplay out of a FPS (First Person Shooter) game with Next-Gen graphics!

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