Perfect Dark XBLA is coming out soon (March 17 to be exact), and Worthplaying snagged an interview with The Klobb himself, creative director at Microsoft Game Studios Ken Lobb.
4 player splitscreen, Goldeneye's levels.. yes, that is Facility, I mean Felicity.. sigh
Back in the era of Goldeneye, Lobb was infamous for having the crappiest gun in the game, the Klobb, named after him. Using the thing felt like trying to kill Jaws with a stapler. Now, Lobb is overseeing the XBLA arcade version of Perfect Dark, the spiritual sequel to Goldeneye, and one of the best first person shooters ever made.
According to Lobb, Rare started out 11 months ago with a brand new engine, porting over the geometry and other core elements, while all the artistic elements- textures, character and gun models, skyboxes, etc.- have been completely redone. It runs in 1080p at 60fps with modern dual analog controls and full xbox live and achievement support, but what’s got me more excited than the new features is what’s made it over from the N64 version.
the new skyboxes and textures are beautiful, although Elvis and his Mayan brethren look scary as hell now
Four player splitscreen, co-op, counter-op and versus, and bots are all included, and- probably best of all- Goldeneye‘s entire arsenal (and 3 multiplayer maps) will be usable not only in campaign missions, but in multiplayer modes as well. The final cherry on top of Perfect Dark XBLA‘s massive, delicious win cupcake is that it will only cost 10 dollars. Yes. Am I the only one who’s more excited about this than God of War 3 and Final Fantasy 13 combined? Who even cares what else is coming out in March? Retro resurgence for the win!
Check out Worthplaying’s interview for the some seriously great info from The Klobb.
Images from http://www.rareware.com/games/pdarcade/images.html
