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Not exactly 'Perfect', but it's good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you've ever played Metal Gear, you'll feel right at home in Perfect Dark. The same run, shoot, sneak, and loot while performing acts of espionage is duplicated in this cartridge. While controls could be better, they do the job well once you get used to them. The rumble pack does a nice job of letting you know you're getting hit (since it is sometimes hard to see the shots of your enemies on the screen actually hitting you). The sniper mode and 'shooting gallery' modes are a lot of fun, and make good transitions between the scenes. People are complaining that the Nintendo 64 version makes this one awful, but you have to remember the GBC is an 8 bit system, and for the smooth animation and features packed into this cartridge, I believe that Rare did a good job, and that the game is worth the purchase. My only real problem with it is the fact that you can't really see a guard until it's too late and he's running at you, but the ability to shoot through some barriers that the guards can't see you through (barrels, fences, columns, stairs, etc) definately 'levels' that problem out.

Nearly perfect with mediocre gameplay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I recently rented Perfect Dark at Blockbuster and I'm quite surprised that it got some bad reviews here. It is not terrible, but it is not excellent either. But, it has some drawbacks because it seems impossible to master the "extras" in the game. The sound effects aren't horrendous, they are the parts that are nearly perfect.

Another problem is that sometimes when a guard is struck down by bullets you fired, they might consider that you "mission failed." That made me think. I said to myself, "If the guard is dead, how could my mission fail?"

This game is mediocre at best, but it is more fun to watch someone else play this game rather than playing it yourself. Trust me, it is a decent rental.

Bypass this one, holmes

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There is nothing perfect about this game, so that right there is false advertising. Anyway, how fun can a game be that allows you to get shot from an enemy who is shooting you while rushing in from off screen? Sound fun? Well, no, it's not. Gameboy color games are pretty weak across the board...I'd stick to the Advance. Perfect Dark is just [mindless].

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