TechGamingXbox to revive classic with 97% Metacritic score – 25 years after landmark originalPerfect Dark returns at lastWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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After years of knowing that the project was in the works, Xbox finally showed off a gameplay demo from the forthcomingPerfect Darkat its showcase this past week.
The footage again confirms that Xbox is rebooting the beloved franchise almost a quarter of a century on from the original game, which came out on the Nintendo 64 all the back in the year 2000.
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The newPerfect Darkgame will star an all-new version of Joanna Dark as she infiltrates locations and takes on covert missions, and it’s set to have the ecological focus that was first rumoured years ago when Xbox announced the title.
In fact, it looks like Dark might well come to question the organisation she’s working for as secrets start to tumble out and loyalties are brought into doubt. While we don’t get a lot of story detail in the trailer, it’s shaping up to look like a great thriller.
Given it was part of a long showcase full of other games (like the newGears of Warprequelthat’s coming), the gameplay isn’t exactly extensive, totalling just a few minutes – but it’s enough to give us plenty of hints as to how the game will actually feel to play.
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For one thing, it looks like we’ll be carefully casing locations and figuring out different ways in, much like you might have in games likeDishonoredorDeus Ex: Human Revolution. It’s also clear that things will turn more action-packed if you’re discovered, though, and at least a few weapons are shown off.
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That original game is revered with good reason and sits to this day on astaggering 97 score from critics on Metacritic, so there’s a lot for this reboot to live up to. It’s even more of a knife-edge situation given there’s already been one sequel that didn’t win people over in a lasting way – 2005’sPerfect Dark Zero.
If Xbox can stick the landing this time it might have another beloved franchise on its hands – although we still have no idea how long it’ll be untilPerfect Darkactually arrives. At this point, sometime in 2025 seems like the most likely eventuality. The good news is that it’ll almost certainly hitXbox Game Passon day one too.
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