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Good but very difficult!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was good when I first started playing it. the graphics are ok but the heads of Joanna and the enimies are just circles. The sound effects are great though. It can and will get a little gory. The stealth training is really hard because you can't even let a single guard hear you if he does you fail. Overall this is a decent game. One more thing I like about it is the rumble feature it's pretty cool! i reccomend this game to any one who wants a handheld portable James Bond like game.

Not up to snuff...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Perfect Dark on the Nintendo 64 was a nearly flawless shooter for the console. This Game Boy version comes out and ends up being a complete waste. Why must Rare create a game that makes it impossible to really sneak around and use stealth tactics when they claim that you must do so in order to survive. Survival of this game is simply having ammo (always low on that) and trying to shoot people that are coming from an angle. The only saving grace of this game is the great use of sound and the features, such as boss attack and such. Make sure you know what you are getting before you pick up this title.

Pretty good nowhere near a classic like the N64 one though.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a decent game but the Nintendo 64 version blows it completely out of the water.I mean I could really use a combat simulator to play when Im stuck in the main game but still there are some great action scenes.The graphics and sound are terrible though.I suggest you skip this one unless youre a die hard Perfect Dark fan.You should get Super Mario Deluxe instead at least that is more fun.

Perfect Dark on GBC

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Through-out all the GBC games, this is probably the most unique of the bunch. More importantly, this is probably the only one with full voice over. More than once have I completed the game, so I geuss you could call it kind of addicting. So here you go, my review on Perfect Dark.

Story: Joanna Dark, the hero from the #1 smash hit Perfect Dark, for N64 has returned in the prequal on GBC. Saldly, the story hasn't got the same flare as its prodecesser. Through-out her adventure, Joanna will encouter many bosses, many of which require serious skill to take down. The game also offers many game types, such as sniping(my favorite), driving, and all out action. I'll leave it there for now.

Graphics: Not the Best on the GBC, but they are quite clean, still there is hardly no color variation. Nothing really special.

Sound: The soundtrack is great(what little there is), and yes, the game does feature voice acting, but as unfortunate as it is, they are terrible, blah!

Gameplay: As I mentioned earlier, the gameplay is extremly varied and fun, easily the best part of the game. The controls are a bit mushy though. The stealth is pretty cool too.

my conclusion is that this is a great game, and you should try it if you the series you should give it a go, but still, you might want a more solid adventure, and in that case, you should try MGS.

The Perfect Game is!!.....................Someting Else

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is a horrible let-down. You'd expect to have a decent game after all the good stuff they say about it! The only good thing about this game is the graphix. Very good. The only reason I gave this a one is for it's graphix. Horrible Plot. Horible weapons. Horrible idea........ Even if you ignore me like some will do, and get this game, you will hate yourself for it. WANT A GOOD SATISFACTORY GAME?!?!?!? TRY WARLOCKED!!!!! Bye!

Pretty Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I saw alot of the reviews for this game and I didnt know whether to get it or not, so I decided to try it. I am pretty impressed by this game. It is not bad at all. PD reminds me of Goldeneye, with the objectives and the watch and everything. The game is challenging, and requires you to be patient and watchful. The weapons are okay, but I dont like how they are hard to fire. I do like how you can get the leftover guns from guards. The rumble feature lets you know you got hit and the training segments kind of sharpen you shooting skills. The graphics are also very good for a game boy. The bottom line is, this game is a goldeneye for the GB minus the music...

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].

Fun and full of action

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is full of action and a true shooter through and through. The graphics are pretty good. There are actually voices to hear which makes it neat. This game does get gory. the only bad thing is that the training is really hard!

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