The concept for it would be that it'd prevent camping. Its secondary mode applies a small "homing" feature to the scope so it slowly auto-aims onto the nearest player. For those who don't know, the Farsight is a slow firing alien sniper rifle that not only shoots through walls but has an x-ray scope (with an extremely narrow depth of field) so you can see players anywhere in the level should you zoom in on them.
It's too bad the Farsight's concept backfired. But it essentially increased the number of weapons in the game without actually having to add more weapons. Sometimes it was just a special function that would've been its own unique gadget in a different game, sometimes it was a special attack that had to be used very differently. It's nothing new nowadays, but back then I was hyped how every weapon had a secondary mode to it. But it was nowhere near worthy of being the sequel of the grandfather of console FPSes. And it actually wasn't terrrible - I played it and mostly enjoyed it. So yeah, when Microsoft bought Rare and we were told how it was so good for Rare and how they had more money and power to make a great sequel on a better console, it was a massive day of sadness when this game came out. A far cry from the complete husk console FPSes are nowadays where its basically only a vehicle for a monetized multiplayer mode. Yeah, it was a silly spy thriller with aliens. Not to mention that is actually balanced fun, replayable multiplayer that had a ton of options with a real campaign mode with a real story.
There are things that Perfect Dark did that no FPS since has even attempted. While Halo may have really put console FPS on the map and defined them till even now, before Halo was Perfect Dark (and the real OG, Goldeneye). I truly think it was the grandfather of all console FPS.
Perfect Dark is my favorite game of all time and a defining early console FPS. I'm old enough where this game was the one that really introduced me to disappointment and why I am not surprised at all when hyped games fail and disappoint people.
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