The balancing happens outside of the screen and in the player’s hands, which is pretty impressive. It’s still up for debate whether or not the Farsight is overpowered, but this subtle, semi-4th-wall-breaking choice by Rare allows an extremely powerful single-player gun to transform into a manageable multi-player weapon without any actual changes to the gun itself. Thanks to this clever, out-of-the-box kind of idea, the split-screen element of the game can be key to a player’s survival. With the knowledge that someone is trying to pick people off with the Farsight the other players have the chance to wiggle around and try and outrun their friend’s slow-moving cross-hairs. Even the most scrupulous players who refuse to screen-look can’t ignore the bright flashing colors emanating from their opponent’s screen. It not only fits with the idea of the gun being alien technology that can see through walls, BUT–more importantly–it makes it very obvious when someone is aiming with the Farsight.
When aiming with the Farsight, the walls and floors suddenly change into these futuristic, psychedelic colors. But Rare may have accounted for this potential imbalance. With a little practice in aiming, you can pick anyone off in the level from a safe point.īut in multi-player, it seems like it’s cheap as hell. It’s no fun to get immediately killed by some jerk on the other side of the map you can’t even see. I’m sure in many circles of friends, the Farsight was banned from multiplayer matches. In single-player, it’s a powerful gun that’s a lot of fun to mess with. The Farsight is a piece of alien technology that allows the player to aim through walls and shoot enemies anywhere in the level for a one-hit kill. I decided to play one of my old favorites: Rareware’s Perfect Dark, and I noticed a design choice that had been overlooked by myself–even after countless hours of gameplay–and seemingly by the internet as a whole.įor anyone that has played Perfect Dark, the “Farsight XR-20” gun is probably one of the first elements of the game that they remember when reminiscing.
The other day I decided to fire up the ole Nintendo 64 and try out that nostalgia thing I’ve heard so much about from the internet.
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