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Description

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.

Alternate Titles

  • "完美的黑暗·零" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "Wanmei de Hei'an Ling" -- Chinese Title

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The Press Says

Gaming Target Dec 09, 2005 9.4 out of 10 94
Planet Xbox 360 Feb 02, 2006 8.4 out of 10 84
Armchair Empire, The Jan 31, 2006 8.1 out of 10 81
GamePro Jun 16, 2006 4 out of 5 80
GameSpy Nov 22, 2005 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Game Informer Magazine Jan, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Extreme Gamer Jan 03, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Feb, 2006 7.9 out of 10 79
TTGamer Mar 25, 2006 7 out of 10 70
The Video Game Critic Jul 26, 2006 C 50

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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.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Jouni Lahtinen (299) on Nov 23, 2005.
 

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