Perfect Dark Zero is a prequel to the Nintendo 64 game Perfect Dark, set years before the original game. Joanna Dark is not yet the perfect agent, so it's up to the player to get her there. Like the original, "Zero" is also a first person shooter with plenty of sci-fi gadgets and weaponry - some familiar, some new.

Working as a bounty hunter, she and her father Jack accidentally step on toes of shadowy corporations and reveal a global conspiracy. Changing their destinies forever, Joanna and Jack find themselves fighting for the future of the entire planet.

You can carry up to four different weapons, but bigger guns take more inventory space, meaning you can pack several pistols but only one machine gun at a time. Carrying bigger weapons also affect your running speed. There is no jump button, but the game features smart tactical options depending the scene; from a touch of a button you can take cover behind obstacles, perform athletic rolls, ... You can even disarm your opponents by grabbing their guns out of their hands.

In addition to espionage thriller single player game, there are also many multiplayer options, including four-player split-screen and cooperative play. Xbox Live adds few new ideas and twists to familiar game modes, like fully scalable environments. There is also built-in ranking system via Live.

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Alternate Titles

"完美的黑暗·零" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Wanmei de Hei'an Ling" -- Chinese title
"PDZ" -- Common abbreviation

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	XB360 Perfect Dark Zero Assortment	Xbox 360	$0.50
	Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox 360)	Xbox 360	$0.01
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Excellent, well-known game that got some undeserved bashing

Stsung (52)

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The Press Says

XBox Front	Dec 01, 2005	89 out of 100	89
4Players.de	Dec 01, 2005	86 out of 100	86
Planet Xbox 360	Feb 02, 2006	8.4 out of 10	84
Play.tm	Jan 25, 2006	82 out of 100	82
Armchair Empire, The	Jan 31, 2006	8.1 out of 10	81
GamePro (US)	Jun 16, 2006	4 out of 5	80
videogamer.com	Dec 05, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Game Revolution	Dec 01, 2005	B	75
DreamStation.cc	Jun 28, 2006	7.5 out of 10	75
Games Radar	2005	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

A novel based on this game (the first in a planned trilogy), Perfect Dark: Initial Vector, was published in October 2005, written by Greg Rucka and published by Tor Books.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Jouni Lahtinen (319) on Nov 23, 2005.