Perfect Dark

The Good
This has to be one of the best 4 player games of all time. The options for vs mode are virtually limitless, and the game keeps track of a wide variety of statistics and records. The single player mode is also quite engaging, with a voice-acted storyline and some inspired gameplay in the missions, which can range from straightforward to extremely hard.

The Bad
The only bad part about this game is that it bombards you with a barrage of strange colors and craziness. This means that when in 4 player, the game can slow down with the presence of 10 meat sims in addition to you and your three friends. When you all meet in a room and all have remote mines, then the game will be quite choppy (and this is with the expansion pack which is required to play this game). But such situations are rare, and you'll find that most of the time the game runs smoothly.

The Bottom Line
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter that is set in the future. It has aliens and flying cars and Mr. Blonde (not from Reservoir Dogs). When held up next to most other shooters, this one seems Godly. It has every tweak you could ever want, and a quirky storyline and list of characters for you to laugh at. If you have a 64 and still play it and do not own this game, then I highly suggest you go find it somewhere and buy it. it is one of the best titles to grace the console.

The Good
The graphics are beyond beautiful for the era and the gameplay addresses Goldeneye's shortcomings, honors them, and builds on top of them to make a cyberpunk adventure that quickly became a classic in the new millennium.

Perfect Dark's just about perfect in every way.

The Bad
There's not a hell of a lot I consider negative about this one. I guess the missions can conveniently make the bad guys hit you when they shouldn't do so (but every great action game has small issues like these anyway).

The Bottom Line
It's Goldeneye in the future! Like Batman Beyond? Well, imagine what that did for Batman The Animated Series, and this is what Perfect Dark does for James Bond.

The Good
Firstly, being a follow up to the best game ever (Goldeneye, no arguments :P) this game had alot to live up to. It surpassed the hype, and then ripped off GoldenEye's head and piddled down the neck. The graphics, the sound, the play mechanic, everything from GoldenEye was taken and improved upon. The major area of fun to be had with Perfect Dark was in the multiplayer, the astonishing array of things to do has yet to be equaled, let alone beaten in my opinion. Playing this game with three friends is a blast, possibly the best console based multiplayer of all time.

The Bad
The only major complaint I had was about the story in single player, it was a little bit weak in my opinion. The addition of aliens was not welcome for me either (however this is a minor complaint).

The Bottom Line
The best First person shooter on n64, or any of the current next gen consoles. If you buy one game for your N64, make it this. You cannot miss this game, if you are a gamer you will not be disapointed.