Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64, 2000)

Do I even need to review this game? The game pretty much reviewed itself. The title of the game says it all. Perfect Dark. I have nothing bad to say.

First off, the single player campaign is awesome. The cut scenes are great, the story is great, the action is great, sometimes you sneak around and other times you blast your way through.

The combat simulator is awesome too. You get to make a profile and customize what your character looks like. You also get to choose from many maps, game types and what weapons are on the map. There are tons of weapons to choose from. I guess my only problem with the game is the remote mines. Even when the CPU simulants are on the hardest difficulty, they won't blow up the remote mines they throw. Oh well. The simulator also keeps track of a lot of stats, like kills, deaths, accuracy, wins, etc. Also, you get to rank up as you play more games, kill more people and win games. I'm not sure what the formula is for ranking up, but it happens.

You can also go to a shooting range and some crazy simulator. By performing tasks in each, you can unlock new stuff for the combat simulator. There is a ton of stuff to unlock and just the shooting range can keep you busy for hours.

This was an awesome game back when it was released and it's an awesome game to play today. It still ranks up in my top 5 shooters of all time. What's my other 4? Maybe I'll do that review at some point.