Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero is a video game that consists of 1 release
A futuristic FPS set in a world where corporations run everything. You play as the secret agent Joanna Dark, who is thrown into espionage and conspiracy. With hi-tech gadgets and weaponry at your disposal, it is your job to save mankind.
Overview
Perfect Dark Zero is a launch title developed by Rare for the Xbox 360 platform. It was praised for its up to 32 player multiplayer, which also allowed bots. The game is also considered to be the first to fully utilize the Xbox 360's new technology at the time.Story
Perfect Dark's main mode is driven by its storyline, set in 2020, 3 years before the original Perfect Dark game. The game's protagonist, Joanna Dark, is a bounty hunter who works with her father, Jack, and friend, Chandra. The game has many different missions, the first revolving around Joanna rescuing a scientist from a Triad drug lord with her father and friend. During the mission, Joanna’s father gets kidnapped by a company named dataDyne. Joanna tries to rescue her father but in the process he is murdered at the hands of the daughter of dataDyne's founder, Mai-Hem.
In the first mission Joanna finds out that Jack had a chip implanted in his head tracking his memories. She searches for a doctor who uses the same “neurodrive technology” and tries to recover the last words her father said about the scientist saved earlier. Joanna is now on a mission find out this secret as it could tell her a lot about dataDyne. Chandra, who secretly works for Zhang Li, dataDyne's founder, turns her back on Joanna and eliminates her last hope of knowing the information by killing the doctor who used the technology which Joanna needed.
Desperate for answers, Joanna joins Carrington Institute, which is about to infiltrate a mining operation in a massive Peruvian Temple.
Zhang Li and his daughter are now looking for an rare artifact which is a huge power source for the Graal, a device which has superhuman powers. Joanna again goes after this artifact, knowing dataDyne cannot get its hands on it. While searching for it, Joanna runs into Mai-Hem. She exacts her revenge for the murder of her father, and kills her. The Carrington Institute executes an attack on dataDyne. While the battle commences on a large bridge, Joanna sneaks across and battles against the founder of dataDyne, Zhang Li. Joanna finally beats him, even after the Graal gave him superhuman powers. Joanna meets with the leader of the Carrington institute, Daniel Carrington. Joanna asks him how she did on her mission. Daniel responds, “Perfect.”
Multiplayer
Perfect Dark Zero has two-player co-op and online multiplayer with up to 32 players of various Deathmatch and DarkOps modes. The DarkOps modes are more strategic and tactical, while the Deathmatch modes are more traditional.
Deathmatch modes
- Killcount: Free-for-all mode where the winner is the player that achieves the most kills.
- Team Killcount: A team based version of Killcount where the team with the most kills wins.
- Capture the Flag: A team-only match. Each team tries to grab the enemy’s flag and return it to their base. The winning team is the one with the most flags captured.
- Territorial Gains: A team-only match. The goal is to capture and hold several neutral hills until they generate points. The team with the most territories held is the winner.
DarkOps modes
- Eradication: A team-only game. Teams take turns trying to eliminate each other. The team that stays alive the longest, or that kills the other team while still living wins.
- Onslaught: A team-only game. Teams take turns defending and attacking a base. The defenders get one life (but can be revived), and can purchase weapons. The attackers have unlimited lives, but have basic weapons (choice of a Falcon, CMP 150 and a DEF-12 Shotgun). The team that holds the base the longest wins.
- Infection: A free-for-all game. Players start as either infected or uninfected. When a player dies, they become infected. If the uninfected stay alive for the duration of the round, only they get points. If the infected eliminate them, then only they get points. The player with the most points overall is the winner. (This can seem like a team game as uninfected huddle in a room to survive, or as infected team up to eliminate them).
- Sabotage: A team-only game. Teams take turns attacking and defending certain pieces of property on the map. The team that destroys the most property or eliminates the other team wins.
(All game modes are almost entirely customizable including: weapons, map layout, and can even be played with A.I. Bots which can also be customized in terms of difficulty)
Weapons
All weapons differ in terms of damage and each have 1-2 extra modes of use. Also, each weapon uses inventory slots (Max 3) and some offer a Duel Wield [DW] mechanic.
Pistols (1 Slot)
--Falcon (Small default pistol) [DW]- Secondary - (Firecracker) Discharges and throws exploding magazine creating a distraction.
--P9P (Tactical Pistol) [DW]
- Secondary - Attaches silencer.
- Tertiary - Activates flashlight.
-Magsec 4 (Strong, scoped pistol) [DW]
- Secondary - (Rebound Fire) Fires ricochet bullets that can be bounces around corners.
--DY357 Magnum (revolver) [DW]
- Secondary - Fires a silenced decoy bullet which explodes.
--Psychosis Gun [DW]
- Secondary - (Psychosis) Confuses enemies.
Sub-Machine Guns (2 Slots)
--CMP-150 [DW]- Secondary - (Hologram) Creates a hologram of the user.
--DW-P5 (Tactical SMG)
- Secondary - Attaches silencer.
- Tertiary - Enables flashlight.
--UGL Liberator (Uzi) [DW]
- Secondary - (Booby Trap) Throws down weapon which acts as a proximity mine.
--RCP-90 (Smg with 50 round magazine)
- Secondary - (Threat Detector) Highlights enemies in red and friendlies in green.
- Tertiary - (Reprogram) Converts enemy equipment for use.
Assault Rifles (2 Slots)
--Laptop Gun (Laptop made into a gun)- Secondary - (Sentry Gun) Throws gun on surface to create a sentry gun.
--Fac-16 (Similar in design to M-16)
- Secondary - Grenade Launcher.
- Tertiary - Attaches silencer.
--KSI-74 (Similar in design to AK-47)
- Secondary - (Bayonet Shot) Fires bayonet as a projectile.
--Superdragon
- Secondary - "Bouncy grenade" launcher
- Tertiary - Nightvision
Heavy (3 Slots)
--M60- Secondary - (Caltrops) Small mine-like objects that slow pursuers.
--Jackal (Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle)
- Secondary - (EMP Marker) Disables enemy radar and marks them for allies.
--Plasma Rifle
- Secondary - (Cloak) Grants invisibility to user.
--Shockwave Rifle (High-Tech Sniper Rifle)
- Secondary - X-Ray Vision
--Rocket Launcher
- Secondary - (Fly-By-Wire) Allows manual control of fired rockets.
Close Combat (2 Slots*)
--Def-12 Shotgun - Secondary - (Radar Sweep) shows enemies on map.
- Tertiary - (Mimic) user appears to be friendly to enemies on radar.
--Combat Shield (Riot Shield)
- Secondary - (Duel Wield) allows use with any dual wielded weapon.
--Viblade (Sword) 1 Slot*
- Secondary - (Deflect) allows the user to deflect projectiles.
Thrown (1 Slot)
--Hawk Boomerang - Secondary - (Shrapnel shield) protects against splash damage.
--Frag Grenade/Flash grenade [DW]
-Multi-Mine (Remote/Proximity Mine)
- Secondary - Remote Mine
(Players may also use their hands to attack and steal enemy weapons as a secondary mode).
Xbox 360 Game Installation
Perfect Dark Zero requires 4.9GB of space to install on an Xbox 360 HDD.
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| Original US Release |
Nov. 18, 2005
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| Aliases | PDZ, PD0 |
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BBFC: 15
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