Perfect Dark Zero "Blew Gamespot Away"

Teuthida · 11-22-2005, 07:59 PM

Well they are...

...not like I played PD or Goldeneye for N64 either...though hear they were good...actually besides Conker (which I liked) and Banjo-Tooie (which I didn't) I haven't played any other Rare games. Just know their GCN run was poor.

Bond · 11-22-2005, 08:18 PM

Lets go back in the past to some of the aforementioned naysayers who were again proven wrong:

Dyne: "I admit I'm interested in it but I just don't think it'll have the polish rare's previous works had."

GameMaster: "I'd say this is the final nail in the coffin for Rare."

gekko: "Can it get any worse?"

Jonbo: "Poor Rare...what happened to you"

Canyarion: "What's Rare again?"

Jason1: "Rare obviously went downhill since leaving nintendo."

bobcat: "Rare?

Who's that again?"

Link1130: "I personally can't help but see Perfect Dark Zero becoming anything more than a letdown."

Null: "i'd be willing to bet money it will be a let down."

AzeaL: "I Can't Remember What Perfect Dark Was, Wasn't It That One FPS Game On n64 Where You Needed That Special Doo Dad To Play Campaign?"

Jason1 · 11-22-2005, 08:38 PM

Yea, maybe I jumped the boat a little too early so to speak...I mean...did they release ANYTHING worth a **** on Xbox? And how long did they have with the system?

Not to mention, just how long was PD0 in development for? 5 years? It might not have been quite that long, but I'll bet its damn close. When a game is in development that long, if its not good, then there is something seriously wrong with the people making the game, and I dont care that it started as a gamecube project.

Anywho, we all knew Rare is a very talented development house, so this dosent really suprise me. But looking back at what they accomplished on Xbox, I dont think any of our comments were un-justified.

GameMaster · 11-22-2005, 08:43 PM

Crash's Thread: 40-Year-Old Virgin:

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Originally Posted by Crash

does anyone have any desires to see this? I am curious what the average person thinks of it....

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Originally Posted by Bond

It looks like a flaming piece of **** – so no.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/40_year_old_virgin/

Critic's Score: 84%
User's Score: 89%
Fresh: 132
Rotten: 25

Quote:

The good-natured tone of the film and the wonderful comedic talents of the entire cast -- especially Carell -- make the gross-out moments charmingly relatable.

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An unconscionably funny sex farce that, by its end, turns into a tender and honest romance, an acute portrait of loneliness and, believe it or not, a musical."

Since Bond is/was an AOL user, I've got an AOL keyword for him: ****ing Hypocrite

Would you like a side of french fries with your pwnage?

Bond · 11-22-2005, 08:53 PM

1. I'm a Time Warner cable user.
2. It still looks like a flaming piece of ****.
3. I'm not documenting one single comment, but rather years of anti Xbox/Xbox 360 rhetoric.

Teuthida · 11-22-2005, 08:54 PM

HAHAHA. If rep was still around GM would receive a heaping helping of rep-fandu.

gekko · 11-23-2005, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Doug Perry, EiC, IGN Xbox

What do I really think so far? PDZ is good so far, but it's not hammering in the next generation in a striking new fashion. Every little part of PDZ looks good but familiar. Nothing is really stunning, yet I'll be playing it all weekend to get a bigger and broader perspective... It feels decent; not great. It's little slower paced than I had expected, not as frenetic as other first-person shooters; and in some ways the game reels me in, while in others, it's unimpressive...It's looking good so far. Is it great? Not sure of that yet.

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Originally Posted by Marc Nix, editor, IGN

PDZ is not going to be the killer app that Microsoft needed and wanted it to be. The level of quality just hasn't seemed balanced enough to be that, and though it may get a heck of a lot better later, I haven't seen anything to make me confident in that.

It's a shame that this game is getting pushed out at launch when it clearly could have used more time polishing and tuning. Then again, Rare's had years to make this game, and I'm not sure extra time wouldn't have just dragged out the inevitable. Perfect Dark Zero is what it is -- something of a throwback, something of a vanguard. It's not a must-buy yet from what I've seen (and true enough, we've had a lot of laugh at spots that weren't supposed to be funny ... there's plenty that haters will hold over it to keep fans wincing for years) but if you sit down and play it, PDZ looks to be a game that can deliver decently over the long run.

Huh? I'm still here.

DarrenMcLeod · 11-23-2005, 01:45 AM

Microsoft paid each website a million dollars to boost the scores.

You heard it here first, kids.

Dyne · 11-23-2005, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrenMcLeod

Microsoft paid each website a million dollars to boost the scores.

You heard it here first, kids.

What, blasphemy!

But what about our beloved Halo 2? Surely that deserved its ridiculously high scores!

Professor S · 11-23-2005, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DarrenMcLeod

Microsoft paid each website a million dollars to boost the scores.

You heard it here first, kids.

I actually heard that the editor in chief of Gamespot woke up with his dog's severed head in his bed accompanied by a note stating: "PD0 is amazing... riiiight?

XBOX 1S TEH SUCKS!1!1!!1! nINTENDO 1S TEH RULE$!1!1!1!!!!! DEATH TO GATESGATE!1!1!!!! THE EV1L EMP1RE IS REAL!!1!1!!! SHADOW GOV RUNS OUR L1VE$!!!!!

WAAAAAUUUUGGHH!!!

BTW, Kameo is getting good reviews, too.

Dyne · 11-22-2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond

Lets go back in the past to some of the aforementioned naysayers who were again proven wrong:

Dyne: "I admit I'm interested in it but I just don't think it'll have the polish rare's previous works had."

GameMaster: "I'd say this is the final nail in the coffin for Rare."

gekko: "Can it get any worse?"

Jonbo: "Poor Rare...what happened to you"

Canyarion: "What's Rare again?"

Jason1: "Rare obviously went downhill since leaving nintendo."

bobcat: "Rare?

Who's that again?"

Link1130: "I personally can't help but see Perfect Dark Zero becoming anything more than a letdown."

Null: "i'd be willing to bet money it will be a let down."

AzeaL: "I Can't Remember What Perfect Dark Was, Wasn't It That One FPS Game On n64 Where You Needed That Special Doo Dad To Play Campaign?"

I still stand by my opinion. But then again, I left it ambiguous on purpose.

Swan · 11-22-2005, 11:15 PM

I remember that I played Perfect Dark for the 64 only once, and I wasn't that impressed. True I only played the multiplayer mode, but still...

Left me kind of...unsatisfied...felt like I had to fake some sort of pleasure...

Teuthida · 11-22-2005, 11:35 PM

I remember in english class the teacher asked this girl why she was absent the day before. She said she hurt her eyes playing too much Perfect Dark. Everyone in class nodded it a justifiable reason.

Dyne · 11-23-2005, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Teuthida

I remember in english class the teacher asked this girl why she was absent the day before. She said she hurt her eyes playing too much Perfect Dark. Everyone in class nodded it a justifiable reason.

Oh snap.

Yeah, I bought it with Mario Kart 64 a week ago to get ready for Mario Kart. God, you might have fuzzy memory of it, but it was literally 15 fps in some spots. And worse.

Ginkasa · 11-23-2005, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Bond

Link1130: "I personally can't help but see Perfect Dark Zero becoming anything more than a letdown."

Considering Rare's track record starting from SFA to the XBox games (one of which was a remake of a game that didn't need it, the other of which apparentely sucked) I still stand by that statement.

And I have said nothing against XBox or XBox360, at least not since the console early last generation... So, no, you're not documenting years of anti-Xbox/Xbox360 rhetoric, but anti-Rare rhetoric, which are quite different. This is fortunate since otherwise the Xbox's library would be very very bare.

/me shrugs and walks away