So you have played both games.  One has been around nearly four years, the other, one year. (as of 6/02/01) So how do they compare?  Does Perfect Dark completely blow Goldeneye 007 away?  Or can Goldeneye hold its own against Perfect Dark?

Since Perfect Dark uses the expansion pack, and Goldeneye doesn't, "with enhancement" refers to the expansion pack for Perfect dark, and the Gameshark for Goldeneye.  Fair? So if its in white it means no enhancement, gray means with enhancement

*  Cheats that give single weapons are not included
 

Category	Goldeneye 007	Perfect Dark
Number of single player missions	18, 2 special	0
Number of single player missions	18, 2 special	17, 4 special
Number of multi player levels	11	12
Number of multi player levels	16	12
Number of players in multi	4	2
Number of players in multi	4	4
Number of bots (simulants)	0	8
Number of bots (simulants)	8 (sort of)	8
Number of cheats*	12	0
Number of cheats*	19	22
Cut scenes?	yes	yes
Cut scenes?	yes	yes
Voice?	no	no
Voice?	no	yes
Number of guns	26	28
Number of multi player characters	64	61
The following are opinions.  If you think differently, let me know.
Better graphics	no	yes
Better music	yes	no
Better plot	yes	no
Better weapons	yes	no
Better designed levels	yes	no
Better artificial intelligence	no	yes
Better framerate	no	yes
Final Total (without enhancement)	7	6
Final Total (with enhancement)	5	7

  Bottom line:  You can't duplicate a classic.  Even after 3 years, Goldeneye can hold its own against Perfect Dark, and in my opinion, is still a better game.  What do you think?  Here are some other people's opinions:

Lou- Which is better? It's a no-brainer! Of course Goldeneye is better. Goldeneye=legend. Perfect Dark=wannabe legend.

L.O.D- Well, screw the reveiws and stats. It's been a year, and Goldeneye is the game im still playing. So i guess that means that it's better than Perfect Dark, right?

Kage-"In Perfect Dark, without an expansion back there is almost nothing to do. Plus a lot of the multi-player levels are the same because Rare just used old Goldeneye levels like the complex and the facility. Goldeneye also has a way better weapons."

Devbinks- GoldenEye is much better than Perfect Dark. PD had some enhancements like better AI, simulants, and a slightly better frame-rate, but it was too futuristic for my taste. I liked the normal weapons and levels that GoldenEye had.

superman9381-"Perfect Dark has cooler graphics and the voices are cool, but the missions aren't as cool.  The alien thing messes everything up"

wolverine43-"Perfect dark is much better.  The multi player simulants keep you playing for a while, and the single player missions rock."

bob1313-"both games have their highs and lows.  perfect dark has the better multi player, while goldeneye has far better single player missions"

mike sherwood-"Perfect dark's guns are all the same.  they all fire really fast, and theres no variety to them.  goldeneye has the neater guns."

Austin-"Pd is better because the sound is awesome and the guns don't just dip down and reload, they each have a different reload animation.  The guns also have secondary functions, which in a sense doubles the guns plus it features the classic goldeneye guns which dont have a secondary feature :( but are still cool. The graphics are the best I've seen in any game yet.  The downside :( Pd does require a Expansion pak to have access to the single-player half of the game."

Steve-"Perfect Dark is an impressive game.  Tangibly, it is far superior to Goldeneye.  Better graphics, voices, incredible lighting effects, multi player simulants, and the list goes on.  But, Goldeneye has something intangible.  It is difficult to explain, but Goldeneye has it, and Perfect Dark just doesn't."

note from me:  Don't worry, you aren't the only person who had to look up what "tangible" meant in the dictionary...  It means touchable, or really there.  Your chair is tangible.  Your thoughts are intangible.  So when he says tangible, he means the graphics, and stuff, and when he says intangible, he means the gameplay, and the fun factor of the game.  So Steve means that Goldeneye has better gameplay and is more fun to play, but Perfect Dark has better graphics.

Mike Foster-"Perfect Dark's simulants are pretty damn cool, but they could still use a lot of tweaking.  But you h ave to remember, this is the first game that uses multi player bots like that.  It will only get better from here."

Jeff aka "Elvis"-"I like Goldeneye better. Its got much better designed multi and solo levels
and dosen't need an expansion pak to play. PD will never beat 007."