Rumor 101: Perfect Dark 2 – Xbox 360′s Next Humungous Killer App
Microsoft’s in a bit of tangy soup at the moment, with so many mergers, acquisitions and transfers taking place, it seems the industry seems to be poised on a much more global front, majority of developers being engulfed in bigger organizations which push for a multi platform development.
This year has been an absolute blast form Microsoft, its stellar line up of games has satiated almost every gamer’s fantasy, with regular intervals of AAA titles. Microsoft “may” end up very well being Sony of 2007, funny analogy but quite true, but where does this juggernaut do when the New Year dawns upon.
My sources tell me “Rare” will be back and ready to take the reigns from the Chief himself. The game is probably coming along considerably well and is a step up in the genre of first person shooters, cutting down on all the other festive string of words, Joanna dark is back in the “sequel” to the smash hit N64 game Perfect Dark.
Although most parts of the story are under wraps, I managed to get hold of a couple of hints to the game. Joanna’s character has got significant changes, she is darker than usual to give the player a feeling of a twisted edge and the entire game has tints of grey surrounding all the characters.
The world is now based on a morality system, choices are going to have a huge impact on the gameplay, giving players a variety branches in the storyline itself. (This was somewhat there in the previous games as well, but in those played out in terms of levels of difficulty).
The engine that is being used allows full interactivity with the environment, and there are probably going to be no cutscenes in the entire game, everything is going to be from the player’s perspective.
Half-life is the only game so far that can pull off such a trick and allow a pure sense of seamlessness in the entire game. The AI responds to emotions of fear and aggression of the player and its teammates.
An official announcement is due sometime during the latter part of next year. Gamasutra had a little chat with a couple of its key members and this is what they had to say about their next project:
“Hopefully our next game will be out…We’ll be able to talk about something next year, we hope Hopefully you’ll see something from us before next Christmas.”
At this point of time this is still a “big rumor” floating around so wait for the official announcement guys. It’s definitely going to be big as Halo with Microsoft pumping it all up, and will probably test Rare’s true potential with the next generation of games.
-Neelesh Mukherjee
Wow! This is really so cool. The earlier game was amazing. I jst lve the series. I am waiting for the game to release. I srly wont thrw away my Xbox 360.
But am wondering whether they will get it on a Nintendo system also??
Yessss… will it really release??? I own a ninty64 and wanna play the game on it… Do I have to buy a Wii? or a Xbox 360?? Rare… pls pls plsa make the game for the N64 also. MS makes vry expen$ive consoles. Please I wana new game of perfect Dark…
Oh GOD!
This better be true. Perfect Dark and PDZ are among the best games ever IMHO.
This would be a dream come true. Hope it has co-op like PDZ and as many options as PD!
AWESOME! Made my day!
wow most useless “news” ever. PDZ ruined the series already. unless they remake it to be fun. never make another PD again
Yes PDZ 2 will be a good thing, Rare itself says that PDZ for 360 had some
short comings due to pressure of early release at 360 launch. Now with proper time this game could do magic as it did for N64.
Not Perfect Dark ZERO 2, Just, Perfect Dark 2. As in, a sequel to the original. I do agree though, that PDZ just made a terrible footpath for future PD games. The Original is up in the Top 10 games ever created, but PDZ was absolute crud.
My friends and I still play PDK64 multiplayer every Saturday night. It is the best game ever. Didn’t care much for PDKZero. I wish they would make the exact same game as the original PDK, with all the same levels, weapons, and scenerios, but on a newer platform with more processing power, better graphics, and ADD new weapons and levels.
I can’t stress enough to keep everthing the same!! Same controls, levels, and weapons! I want this more than world peace!!
This would be awesome. I dont own a 360 but I will buy it the day this game comes out if it is anything like the first Perfeck Dark. Perfect Dark Zero was a fried peace of crap. The options sucked and the way the game play is set up totally screwed that game. All this looking around corners and pulling out of first person view is a pain. Rare go back to old school and please, the AI in the old Perfect Dark was better than the new one. Oh and take out those robot suits of armor thats in PDZ they suck fat ones………….PD fan forever, Halo sucks…………
I have never been too into perfect dark games but i am looking foward to this newer one.
Hopefully they dont make it the same as guy smily wants it.
I am a number one fan of PERFECT DARK ZERO… I got the game which is limited edition, I got the novels, I got the comics, I got the OST… I really wish that rare will create more PD sequel, featuring the same hot and sexy Joanna Dark, maybe even create a new protagonist…
cock be nice, mr smiley is just a hardcore fan of the original game like myself but yes it cant be exactly the same but i hope they keep such weapons as the FarSight XR20 Railrifle “yes i remember the whole nameof that truly awesome weapon” K7 avenger, Devastator as im a nade bounce whore, laptop gun, mauler and slayer and make verry minor changes to them because there nice as they are just improve texture and pollys on them
mr smiley will be happy though as the original N64 version is set to find its way to XBL arcade for a small fee, with better textures, better resolution and NO LAG WHEN PLAYING 4 PLAYERS WITH 8 BOTS AND EXPLOSIVES!!! well i hope no lag
i’d even go to the extent of buying a 360 with a stuffed disk draw off ebay to play it, and it only, or a brand new 1 if Pd 2 isnt baned in aus like soldier of fortune payback
I would definitely have taken PD revamped with everything the same than PDZ. In fact, I would have taken a revamped goldeneye over PDZ with the title PDZ. Lets face it, perfect cannot improve much. Cant they just revamp everything and make a second campaign? And add the co-op feature to the internet so I can play that sick Infiltration level over and over with my friends? Or goldeneye… so i can hear that sick control level beat… you know what Im talkin about = D – anyways, we could take the production into our own hands and give them advice on what to do and what not to do. For example – DONT make a shitty storyline… DO rehire the techno guy from goldeneye to make your beats!!!
Ok. so heard that the Old “Perfect Dark” that was coming to Xbox Live was just an April Fools day joke. thats just what i heard. so if i were any of you guys, i would look into that! Now as for Guy Smily. They should so totalll keep the old levels with the old guns ONLY in the old levels. Does that make sence? And IF they add new levels, they should make it an option as to wheather you want The NEW guns in the OLD levels. I think it might ruin it if they did it other wise. You still play PD? i know i really should. whats your title?
The original PD is the best game ever released on any platform to this day – obviously, it’s been surpassed technologically but it remains the most innovative and playable by a huge stretch giving it infinite longevity. The single player campaign is brilliant featuring a full co-op which is pretty much unbelievable given the technology at the time (it’s also unbelievable that I still refer to it in the present tense even thought it’s 8 years old). However, what sets it apart is the legendary “combat simulator”: The options available in the combat simulator have never been equalled in any game since – uneven teams, any number of teams, mixed sims (bots) and player teams, choice of which weapons appear where on any level, sims difficulty AND personality definable, etc. the list is seemingly endless. Anyone who doesn’t rate this game highly is exposing total ignorance about games and gaming, even if you don’t like the genre, you have to respect what Rare did with PD – a gamer not rating PD is like an art critic not rating Da Vinci.
I hope they don’t make another sequel after the last let down (which every real fan knew would be a let down as soon as it was announced) because it won’t be as good as the original. I agree that if they do it, it should take after PD, it should do so by keeping a lot of the multiplayer content and, of course, adding to it but most importantly keeping the ethos that made the original the legend it is: Originality and innovation resulting in an unsurpassed gaming experience borne of tremendous playability and endless options.
I’m about to eat and then play PD, even though I’ve had it since release.
Perfect dark was amazing, PDZero was shit. Not only that they made joanna dark look cartoony and crap, the story line was not very original and has been done a billion times. Global corporations control everything and now somethings personal blah blah…absolute shit. They had a real chance at making an awesome franchise like the metal gear series, but they had to screw it up. I still hope they do make a sequel, but just make it as fun as the first one.
Oh my God Perfect Dark wAs a exellent title, PDZ was only a good. I hope rare decide for this game soon!
Normal perfect dark kills PDZ, I played PDZ hoping it would be 90% the same as the original, but it’s nothing at all like it, please make the game for Xbox360 arcade, that game would be bought out by many. The original one!
make it like the original that game to this day is a blast
woulden’t be funny if she actually excisted well there is a women living in Glaryford who just happens to look like Johanna Dark
Pleaseeeee we want a Perfect Dark 2 soon!!!!
WE NEED ANOTHER PERFECT DARK GAME. Please get some more info on Perfect Dark 2. Im dieing for some info on the game.