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[sachos]

This looked really good to me. Xbox can turn into the immersive sim console with this, Prey and Dishonored.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Pretty much the way I feel about it too. Looks good but nothing like PD. I guess I don't mind though because the original game is 25 years old so I don't expect it to be much like the original, although I wish it was.

For the people complaining about her looks, I agree that she's not attractive and kind of manly but she was like that in the original game too.

PD was a 10 hour FPS. Nobody makes those anymore for a reason (except indie studios).

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I am actually curious if it was a real gameplay or not. Certain moments feel a little bit either staged (like a guy falling from the balcony) or a little bit too cool (last scene where she defeated a guy and shot another two).

 

[DeepEnigma]

I want to speak to the manager edition.

 

[ResilientBanana]

She looks like Olivia Wilde. Who’s hot as Fuck.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

It looks good "as it" but, as a N64 original game deep fan, I don't feel any Perfect Dark vibes here and I really don't like the parkour thing, the new face and everything else: everything is just completely out of place for me, it's not Perfect Dark, it's just another generic game taking mechanisms from every others successful IP existing.

And the music: it's again so boring, generic and "bright" again, it's not Perfect Dark, the original soundtrack was so iconic. But that's just a trailer, maybe the game music will be different but I doubt it will not.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

gameplay looks like garbage

but the smoke looks great

 

[Bond007]

So bland it hurts

 

[JayK47]

WTF you are talking about, Deus Ex is an amazing series.

That’s such a stupid take, I will never understand people who diss game because they don’t like the main characters looks/gender/sexual orientation/skin colour.

I would not expect you to understand.

 

[EverydayBeast]

The whole mindset of perfect dark was being the spiritual successor to goldeneye.

 

[Varteras]

This looked really good to me. Xbox can turn into the immersive sim console with this, Prey and Dishonored.

I wouldn't expect another Prey title ever again.

 

[pasterpl]

I would not expect you to understand.

You are absolutely right, I cannot understand thins like racism, misogyny, people hating other people based on where they from, how they look, who they choose to be with, and people that want to sexualise every game character. It is indication of sickness - the need to sexualise virtually generated characters.

 

[T-0800]

Looks like they have based her looks on one of the main characters from the TV show The Blacklist.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

It's like making James Bond an ugly dude.
It's a skip for me. I've had enough.

I mean people complained that Daniel Craig was too ugly to play Bond

 

[iamvin22]

So umm I just spoke with various managers and.... Ummm, that trailer is very ms-leading and all agree how can something so obvious could be be displayed.

 

[March Climber]

I mean people complained that Daniel Craig was too ugly to play Bond.

I still remember all of the memes about his looks including hair color.

It just reminds me that enthusiasts and pop culture fans both have collectively selective long term memory issues. Or maybe nostalgia itself is much stronger than I thought when it comes to memory.

 

[DeepEnigma]

So umm I just spoke with various managers and.... Ummm, that trailer is very ms-leading and all agree how can something so obvious could be be displayed.

Tell us more!

Going by this thread, there were a few that noticed something was off.

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

It's like making James Bond an ugly dude.
It's a skip for me. I've had enough.

The irony is that Ian Flemming wanted Bond to look like a regular bloke who coincidentally looked like this guy:
Hoagy Charmichael and noting remotely close to the handsome dudes you've seen in the movies. James bond was described as "good looking" but was had the facial expressions of a cold and ruthless brute.

 

[danklord]

Looks like a great title from istockvideo

 

[iamvin22]

Tell us more!

Going by this thread, there were a few that noticed something was off.

Gadgets button. Dead give away

 

[Closer]

I'll keep an eye on it if it's any good. Meanwhile, the trailer showed nothing that was really bad. Looks like some concept trailer still.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Lots of hypercritical replies. Perfect Dark was just Goldeneye with different weapons. Rare was trying to ride that wave. There wasn’t anything terribly spectacular about it. However, this game looks to take all the concepts and expand on them. I feel like half the commenters here never played the original PD.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Lots of hypercritical replies. Perfect Dark was just Goldeneye with different weapons. Rare was trying to ride that wave. There wasn’t anything terribly spectacular about it. However, this game looks to take all the concepts and expand on them. I feel like half the commenters here never played the original PD.

The weapons, bots, and music was spectacular in Perfect Dark. How dare you.

 

[Luc2010]

I will be playing this when it releases.

 

[GoldenEye98]

I bought the OG PD when it came out because it was the "successor" to the Goldeneye. It was the same development team and it used the same engine so it looked and felt familiar in that sense. It was a cool game with a lot of cool weapons though the game was generally less memorable to me than Goldeneye. But that was 25 years ago and a completely different era.

I never played Perfect Dark Zero and never really cared too.

This game could be cool but I'm not sure there is a large Perfect Dark fanbase.

 

[ResilientBanana]

The weapons, bots, and music was spectacular in Perfect Dark. How dare you.

I don’t disagree. I loved it as well. Buuuuut it was a really good spiritual sequel to Goldeneye. Which also had great music, and weapons, no bots

 

[chlorate]

Perfect Dark isn’t frigging Deus Ex, it’s not an immersive sim, and it shouldn’t have to be. It’s a speedrunnable FPS with some stealth elements, the combat has high bullet damage and no regenerating health/health kits offset by fairly slow enemy reaction times, there are different objectives based on difficulty level, a wide array of gadgets, the NPCs are fun to interact with, the levels aren’t incredibly linear and are set in interesting locations. It is intended to be played on a controller and the combat has auto-aim. The player can disarm enemies and grab their weapons, and they respond in unpredictable ways like pulling a sidearm, a grenade, attempting to kick you, etc. There is a time attack mode and unlockables based on it that change the way the game is played. Strafing is faster than simply running forward. There is couch co-op for sure and maybe even counter-op.

There are no skills, no perks, no experience points, and no quicksaves. Weapons often, but not always, have alternate fire. A good Perfect Dark level should be just as fun the 100th time you play it as the first time.

 

[JayK47]

You are absolutely right, I cannot understand thins like racism, misogyny, people hating other people based on where they from, how they look, who they choose to be with, and people that want to sexualise every game character. It is indication of sickness - the need to sexualise virtually generated characters.

Lots of assumptions in there. It is a game. And traditionally, games and movies have good looking lead characters to increase the appeal of the game/movie. In recent history, female leads have been made to be intentionally ugly for ideological reasons. You are perfectly aware of this, but seem to be ok with it. That is fine for you. I am tired of it and I vote with my wallet. What is worse, is when this is done to a previously good looking character, such as Joanna Dark or MJ from Spiderman. These developers can't leave existing characters alone. This uglification of female game characters, in particular, existing ones which previously were good looking, is what is sick.

 

[ZehDon]

10/10, would chuckle again.

 

[digital_ghost]

Doesn't look much like 'Perfect Dark', looked more like 'Darkened Mirror's Edge'.

You'd think for a Perfect Dark trailer, they'd try and highlight the weaponry and gadgets, but nope, they chose to focus on melee combat and traversal, things very much not synonymous with the franchise. But this is a reboot of sorts, so 'Bold move Cotton' etc etc.

It was made by crystal dynamics. Im not surprised they shoe horned in traversal. Tomb raider was full of it.

personally im sick of the 2007 uncharted like traversal thats in alot of games .

 

[Type_Raver]

Good to see it back, you can see the sci-fi touches towards the end of the trailer.
Like that theres some tech-gadgets in play.

As for Joanna, looks like a mix of Olivia Wilde and John Cena...

 

[RCU005]

I loved the gameplay, but can you not realize that this is not a real gameplay at all, and the game will not play like that nor will it look like that? Have we not learned about the countless games that show "gameplay" in early stages, only to be something completely downgraded? (FFXV, Watch Dogs, Anthem, TLOU Part 2, etc).

Fake gameplay is much worse than CG trailers, but somehow people drink the Kool-aid.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Perfect Dark isn’t frigging Deus Ex, it’s not an immersive sim, and it shouldn’t have to be. It’s a speedrunnable FPS with some stealth elements, the combat has high bullet damage and no regenerating health/health kits offset by fairly slow enemy reaction times, there are different objectives based on difficulty level, a wide array of gadgets, the NPCs are fun to interact with, the levels aren’t incredibly linear and are set in interesting locations. It is intended to be played on a controller and the combat has auto-aim. The player can disarm enemies and grab their weapons, and they respond in unpredictable ways like pulling a sidearm, a grenade, attempting to kick you, etc. There is a time attack mode and unlockables based on it that change the way the game is played. Strafing is faster than simply running forward. There is couch co-op for sure and maybe even counter-op.

There are no skills, no perks, no experience points, and no quicksaves. Weapons often, but not always, have alternate fire. A good Perfect Dark level should be just as fun the 100th time you play it as the first time.

You can't do 2000 gameplay in 2024. Like I already mentioned PD was 10 hours long nobody is going to pay money for that.

If they ever make a Quake 5 I don't expect the gameplay to be like Quake 2 either.
And as that other post said: this is a reboot.

 

[Jesb]

So this trailer wasn’t even real gameplay? It was all faked?

 

[Negotiator101]

So this trailer wasn’t even real gameplay? It was all faked?

Who said that?

 

[MadViking]

It doesn't look much better than Killzone Shadow Fall, except higher resolution of course. Very disappointing.

 

[midnightAI]

Who said that?

Me?

Actually, I'm unsure, but it certainly looks that way. I'm pretty certain it's at least heavily scripted at best and totally, Killzone 2 level fakery at worst. (It could be 'in engine')

 

[midnightAI]

It doesn't look much better than Killzone Shadow Fall, except higher resolution of course. Very disappointing.

Killzone Shadow Fall still looks awesome to this day to be fair

 

[LordBritish]

Im digging it, will wait for next gameplay reveal

 

[Jesb]

Who said that?

Look up.

 

[sendit]

 

[Panajev2001a]

So umm I just spoke with various managers and.... Ummm, that trailer is very ms-leading and all agree how can something so obvious could be be displayed.

Oh MS …

 

[apple_of_enlightenment]

Industry is in a creatively bankrupt state when people are 'ok' with it looking 'ok'.

That jawbone was green lit in a boardroom.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Industry is in a creatively bankrupt state when people are 'ok' with it looking 'ok'.

That jawbone was green lit in a boardroom.

You have to remember there is a lot of insincere people on social media

 

[digoutyoursoul]

So umm I just spoke with various managers and.... Ummm, that trailer is very ms-leading and all agree how can something so obvious could be be displayed.

Can you elaborate on that comment?

 

[diffusionx]

I dunno, I think it looks cool and these elements seem like a good fit for Perfect Dark. I'll probably give it a try on my PS5 Pro when it comes out. That said... the trailer has the same problem so many others have this year... characters in the game won't STFU. Why do I need some idiot explaining everything happening every second? Damn zoomers. Please, devs, you need to stop this right now.

Edit: it makes you wonder, though, if this is the game they wanted to make, why didn't they put Arkane Austin on this instead of contracting it out to an external dev? Arkane was on the payroll and knows how to make games like this, but no, give them one they don't know how to make and then shut them down.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

gameplay looks like garbage

but the smoke looks great

3 years later when the game is actually released: "... and where's this fucking smoke effect from the gameplay reveal??"

(answer: scrapped because it was a vertical slice and a canned sim that only worked in that particular place and time)

 

[FunkMiller]

Good lord, people. I know it's a meme at this point to hate on female character designs in western games, but in this case, it's absolutely fucking fine. The model she's based on has a strong jawline (probably why they chose her as it's meant to be a heroic character), and is hot as absolute fuck:

There's a strong argument to be had in some cases that female characters are being deliberately made to look less attractive to prevent the male gaze. This is not one of those occasions.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Edit: it makes you wonder, though, if this is the game they wanted to make, why didn't they put Arkane Austin on this instead of contracting it out to an external dev? Arkane was on the payroll and knows how to make games like this, but no, give them one they don't know how to make and then shut them down.

I think development for both Perfect Dark and Redfall began before Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda, so they were both already in production.

I'm sure Arkane would have preferred to have cancelled Redfall and been moved over to PD though.

 

[Punished Miku]

I think development for both Perfect Dark and Redfall began before Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda, so they were both already in production.

I'm sure Arkane would have preferred to have cancelled Redfall and been moved over to PD though.

Avowed as well I think. Shit takes a long time.