Board 8 > Rate the VG Story Day 387: Perfect Dark

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Todays game is Perfect Dark. How would you rate the story on a scale from 1-10?

You can still rate previous days games if you missed them, just write <game name> <rating>. If you want to change your rating you can just specify that you are changing your rating. Nominations for future days are also welcome, nominate as many games as you like and I will get to all of them. Games need at least four votes to count for the list.

Previous Results:
Clannad - 9.75 (4 votes)
Omori - 9.71 (7 votes)
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - 9.68 (11 votes)
Outer Wilds - 9.61 (22 votes)
Silent Hill 2 - 9.5 (20 votes)
Planescape: Torment - 9.5 (13 votes)
Higurashi When They Cry - 9.5 (9 votes)
Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem 9.38 - 13 votes)
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker - 9.33 (10 votes)
428: Shibuya Scramble - 9.27 (9 votes)
Nier Automata - 9.25 (31 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - 9.2 (20 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 9.19 (35 votes)
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West - 9.15 (10 votes)
Deus Ex - 9.14 (13 votes)
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 9.1 (14 votes)
The House in Fata Morgana - 9.06 (11 votes)
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - 9.04 (8 votes)
Yakuza 0 - 9.03 (13 votes)
Red Dead Redemption 2 - 9 (8 votes)
Final Fantasy XIV (overall) - 8.98 (11 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - 8.95 (31 votes)
Steins;Gate - 8.94 (9 votes)
Mother 3 - 8.91 (15 votes)
Umineko When They Cry - 8.89 (14 votes)
Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward - 8.88 (21 votes)
Return of the Obra Dinn - 8.85 (10 votes)
Silent Hill 4: The Room - 8.83 (6 votes)
Suikoden II - 8.8 (11 votes)
Persona 3 - 8.76 (22 votes)
Nier - 8.75 (18 votes)
Grim Fandango - 8.75 (14 votes)
Xenogears - 8.73 (24 votes)
Tales of Berseria - 8.71 (15 votes)
Metal Gear Solid - 8.68 (28 votes)
Final Fantasy Tactics - 8.67 (27 votes)
Shadow Hearts: Covenant - 8.67 (6 votes)
Pyre - 8.64 (7 votes)
Portal 2 - 8.64 (19 votes)
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward - 8.64 (11 votes)
Bastion - 8.63 (12 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 8.63 (32 votes)
AI: The Somnium Files - 8.59 (13 votes)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 8.58 (6 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask - 8.57 (28 votes)
Persona 4 - 8.56 (32 votes)
Disco Elysium - 8.56 (17 votes)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 8.53 (18 votes)
SOMA - 8.5 (6 votes)
The Great Ace Attorney: Resolve - 8.48 (11 votes)
Fate/Stay Night - 8.48 (12 votes)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - 8.47 (16 votes)
Undertale - 8.45 (42 votes)
Dragon Quest V - 8.44 (16 votes)
Mass Effect 2 - 8.44 (29 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - 8.43 (12 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice - 8.42 (17 votes)
What Remains of Edith Finch - 8.41 (19 votes)
Chrono Trigger - 8.4 (41 votes)
Shadow Hearts - 8.38 (8 votes)
Blasphemous - 8.38 (4 votes)
Shenmue II - 8.38 (4 votes)
Snatcher - 8.33 (6 votes)
Final Fantasy X - 8.31 (56 votes)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - 8.31 (17 votes)
Final Fantasy VII - 8.29 (38 votes)
South Park: The Stick of Truth - 8.25 (18 votes)
Dead Space - 8.25 (8 votes)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - 8.23 (6 votes)
Fallout: New Vegas - 8.23 (13 votes)
Lunar: Silver Star Story - 8.22 (9 votes)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - 8.21 (19 votes)
Parasite Eve - 8.19 (9 votes)
Dragon Quest XI - 8.19 (17 votes)
Final Fantasy VI - 8.19 (43 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 8.19 (43 votes)
The Walking Dead Season 1 - 8.16 (22 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies - 8.15 (17 votes)
Wolfenstein: The New Order - 8.14 (7 votes)
The Last of Us - 8.13 (35 votes)
The Witcher - 8.13 (7 votes)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 8.12 (14 votes)
Conkers Bad Fur Day - 8.11 (9 votes)
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - 8.11 (9 votes)
The Wolf Among Us - 8.11 (15 votes)
Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice - 8.1 (5 votes)
Horizon: Zero Dawn - 8.06 (18 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - 8 (18 votes)
Portal - 8 (26 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna: The Golden Country - 7.98 (5 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles - 7.98 (28 votes)
Uncharted 4: A Thiefs End - 7.97 (16 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - 7.96 (14 votes)
Hades - 7.96 (22 votes)
Tsukihime - 7.94 (7 votes)
God of War (2018) - 7.93 (14 votes)
Persona 5 - 7.92 (27 votes)
Life is Strange - 7.92 (32 votes)
Alan Wake - 7.91 (8 votes)
Spec Ops: The Line - 7.9 (17 votes)
Cyberpunk 2077 - 7.9 (7 votes)
Bloodborne - 7.88 (20 votes)
Kid Icarus: Uprising - 7.86 (13 votes)
Killer7 - 7.85 (10 votes)
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 - 7.83 (12 votes)
Silent Hill - 7.8 (15 votes)
Psychonauts - 7.79 (7 votes)
Deadly Premonition - 7.77 (11 votes)
Final Fantasy IX - 7.77 (26 votes)
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 7.75 (14 votes)
Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story - 7.75 (10 votes)
Silent Hill 3 - 7.75 (8 votes)
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - 7.75 (6 votes)
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - 7.75 (4 votes)
NEO: The World Ends With You - 7.75 (4 votes)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - 7.75 (4 votes)
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors - 7.73 (32 votes)
The Last of Us: Left Behind - 7.73 (11 votes)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor - 7.73 (11 votes)
Mega Man Zero - 7.71 (7 votes)
The Sexy Brutale - 7.7 (5 votes)
Vagrant Story - 7.67 (6 votes)
Bioshock - 7.65 (24 votes)
Skies of Arcadia - 7.63 (15 votes)
Suikoden - 7.63 (15 votes)
Paper Mario: The Origami King - 7.63 (6 votes)
Radiant Historia - 7.62 (13 votes)
Doki Doki Literature Club - 7.61 (28 votes)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - 7.6 (5 votes)
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - 7.57 (6 votes)
Celeste - 7.56 (26 votes)
Half-Life 2 - 7.55 (10 votes)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - 7.51 (31 votes

Policenauts - 7.5 (5 votes)
Erica - 7.5 (4 votes)
The Last Story - 7.47 (6 votes)
Mortal Kombat (2011) - 7.46 (13 votes)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 7.44 (8 votes)
Marvels Spider-Man - 7.43 (16 votes)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 7.42 (6 votes)
Dragon Age: Origins - 7.4 (10 votes)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - 7.38 (13 votes)
Tales of Symphonia - 7.38 (30 votes)
Her Story - 7.38 (8 votes)
Phantasy Star IV - 7.37 (6 votes)
Earthbound - 7.37 (20 votes)
Ghost of Tsushima - 7.36 (7 votes)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - 7.33 (8 votes)
Halo 3 - 7.33 (6 votes)
Mass Effect - 7.33 (29 votes)
Resident Evil (2002) - 7.32 (11 votes)
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 7.27 (24 votes)
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma - 7.27 (20 votes)
Tales of the Abyss - 7.25 (29 votes)
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - 7.25 (12 votes)
Red Dead Redemption - 7.23 (11 votes)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 7.21 (30 votes)
Devil May Cry 3: Dantes Awakening - 7.21 (12 votes)
Resident Evil 4 - 7.19 (25 votes)
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - 7.17 (25 votes)
Mass Effect 3 - 7.16 (21 votes)
Resident Evil (1996) - 7.16 (10 votes)
Resident Evil 2 - 7.13 (16 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 7.11 (23 votes)
The Stanley Parable - 7.11 (14 votes)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - 7.1 (30 votes)
Broken Age - 7.1 (5 votes)
The Last of Us Part II - 7.09 (16 votes)
The Last Guardian - 7.08 (6 votes)
Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal - 7.08 (6 votes)
To the Moon - 7.07 (7 votes)
INSIDE - 7.06 (16 votes)
Warcraft III (overall) - 7.06 (8 votes)
Assassins Creed II - 7.04 (13 votes)
Final Fantasy VIII - 7.01 (31 votes)
Hollow Knight - 7 (22 votes)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - 7 (6 votes)
Halo 2 - 6.96 (12 votes)
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood - 6.95 (11 votes)
Super Paper Mario - 6.95 (24 votes)
Paper Mario - 6.95 (13 votes)
Fire Emblem (2003) - 6.93 (21 votes)
Dragon Quest VII - 6.91 (8 votes)
Gone Home - 6.91 (18 votes)
Batman: Arkham Knight - 6.9 (5 votes)
Bioshock Infinite - 6.88 (20 votes)
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling - 6.88 (4 votes)
Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 6.86 (14 votes)
Assassins Creed: Brotherhood - 6.83 (6 votes)
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 6.83 (6 votes)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA - 6.82 (12 votes)
Death Stranding - 6.81 (13 votes)
L. A. Noire - 6.8 (5 votes)
Outlast - 6.8 (5 votes)
The World Ends With You - 6.79 (24 votes)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne - 6.79 (7 votes)
Firewatch - 6.77 (11 votes)
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose - 6.77 (13 votes)
Silent Hill: s***tered Memories - 6.75 (6 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening - 6.74 (19 votes)
Dragon Quest IV - 6.73 (8 votes)
Pokmon Black & White - 6.7 (15 votes)
Halo: Combat Evolved - 6.7 (10 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All - 6.7 (34 votes)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 6.68 (11 votes)
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King - 6.68 (11 votes)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - 6.68 (13 votes)
Dark Souls - 6.63 (20 votes)
Suikoden III - 6.63 (8 votes)
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 6.62 (30 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 6.61 (19 votes)
Dark Souls III - 6.6 (5 votes)
Batman: Arkham City - 6.59 (11 votes)
Golden Sun: The Lost Age - 6.58 (12 votes)
Grand Theft Auto V - 6.58 (12 votes)
The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings (7 votes)
Octopath Traveller - 6.54 (12 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 6.54 (26 votes)
Catherine - 6.54 (13 votes)
Metroid Dread - 6.54 (13 votes)
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - 6.53 (15 votes)
Chrono Cross - 6.53 (18 votes)
Valkyria Chronicles - 6.5 (16 votes)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 6.5 (13 votes)
Transistor - 6.5 (8 votes)
Resident Evil Village - 6.5 (7 votes)
Katana Zero - 6.5 (6 votes)
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 6.5 (5 votes)
Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag - 6.5 (5 votes)
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - 6.46 (13 votes)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - 6.46 (12 votes)
Viewtiful Joe - 6.45 (10 votes)
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - 6.43 (15 votes)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories - 6.43 (20 votes)
Dishonored 2 - 6.43 (7 votes)
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos - 6.43 (7 votes)
A Hat in Time - 6.39 (12 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 6.36 (36 votes)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 6.35 (10 votes)
Bioshock 2 - 6.33 (9 votes)
Fire Emblem: Awakening - 6.33 (20 votes)
Final Fantasy V - 6.28 (27 votes)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - 6.28 (9 votes)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 - 6.25 (4 votes)
The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures - 6.23 (12 votes)
Saints Row the Third - 6.21 (12 votes)
Bayonetta 2 - 6.2 (10 votes)
Kirby Super Star: Revenge of Meta Knight - 6.2 (5 votes)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 6.15 (15 votes)
DOOM (2016) - 6.15 (13 votes)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 6.14 (7 votes)
Tales of Vesperia - 6.13 (24 votes)
Golden Sun - 6.06 (17 votes)
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - 6.05 (6 votes)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - 6 (9 votes)
No More Heroes - 5.96 (12 votes)
Shadow of the Colossus - 5.94 (27 votes)
Assassins Creed III - 5.94 (8 votes)
Star Fox: Assault - 5.93 (7 votes)
God of War (2005) - 5.83 (15 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 5.82 (17 votes)
Sonic Adventure 2 - 5.81 (27 votes)
Final Fantasy IV - 5.8 (33 votes)
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception - 5.8 (24 votes)
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - 5.79 (7 votes)
Dark Souls II - 5.77 (12 votes)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 5.72 (9 votes)
Star Ocean: The Second Story - 5.72 (9 votes)
Metroid Prime - 5.72 (25 votes)
Tales of Xillia - 5.71 (12 votes)
Dishonored - 5.7 (10 votes)
Star Fox 64 - 5.69 (27 votes)
Hyrule Warriors - 5.67 (6 votes)
Hitman - 5.65 (6 votes)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 - 5.64 (7 votes)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - 5.59 (14 votes)
Dragon Quest VI - 5.58 (6 votes)
Valkyrie Profile - 5.58 (6 votes)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - 5.6 (10 votes)
Braid - 5.59 (11 votes)
Detroit: Become Human - 5.58 (6 votes)
Metroid Fusion - 5.56 (13 votes)
Journey - 5.56 (17 votes)
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - 5.55 (20 votes)
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days - 5.55 (10 votes)
Kingdom Hearts - 5.51 (33 votes)
Persona 4 Arena - 5.51 (9 votes)
Dead Rising - 5.5 (4 votes)
The Wonderful 101 - 5.5 (4 votes)

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Uh, it's cool that the aliens are real I guess? PD seems a weird pick for this. Plot doesn't stand out a ton.

9

I love the story in Perfect Dark. A criminally underrated extraterrestrial conspiracy story with very deep lore considering the game is more well known for its gameplay back then. The reason why I always liked Perfect Dark more than Goldeneye was not only because the gameplay was a smoother experience but because it actually had a great storyline.

Elvis for Character Battle XI

Nominate Metal Gear 2

LeonhartFour posted...

Nominate Metal Gear 2

Second this.

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9

plasmabeam posted...

Second this.

Thirded.

Also, 9 to Ace Attorney Investigations 2.

Travelling again so next topic likely not until Saturday.

Batman: Arkham City retro vote - 8/10

8/10

Surprisingly high-concept storyline that really works well. Love the conspiracy and the little details that make up everything, and of course Joanna is great.

I remember like nothing about the plot of Perfect Dark except that it didn't make a ton of sense to me at the time and that I didn't care enough about playing an FPS single player campaign to see it through to the end.

5

Bump

It's definitely not a 10, but a solid 8 seems fair. I could go a 9, but I think I had some whiplash by some character moments? I'm not sure.

Really cool concept but ehhhh, even I have to admit things did go a little off the rails toward the end. I'll still award it a solid

8.5