Great pick, Lyn! One of the classics that holds up very well.
Golden Eye hasn’t aged well and, to me, is incredibly overrated. I bet if most people went back to play a non-emulated version of it, they’d turn it off immediately. Perfect Dark, however, is essentially the better version of GoldenEye with (really tough) bots for multiplayer, a far more interesting alien conspiracy driven cyberpunk setting, and an expanded arsenal including more gadgets than Golden Eye and alt fire options for every single weapon. My friends and I would play against the bots for hours! Yet Perfect Dark is always overshadowed by Golden Eye. My guess is nostalgia makes people less objective but also because Golden Eye is a well liked Bond movie so people remember it more.
Super Smash is great and self contained whereas - despite my love for Perfect Dark - it and Golden Eye were stepping stones toward Halo solidifying console shooters into the mainstream.
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