Perfect Dark Zero
The Xbox 360 prequel to Rare's Nintendo 64 hit, Perfect Dark. Players once again slip into the role of Joanna Dark and fight their way through a twisting sci-fi storyline. The franchise's staple multiplayer…
Perfect Dark Zero is a shooter developed by Rare, released 17 November 2005 on Xbox 360.
What Perfect Dark Zero is
Perfect Dark Zero is a shooter game developed by Rare and released in 2005. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 only. It runs on Havok.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in an alternate near-future where powerful corporations hold enormous influence, this prequel follows the early career of bounty hunter Joanna Dark. Working alongside her father and a skilled computer hacker, she takes on a job that pulls her into a deadly contest between rival corporations. At the center of it is an ancient artifact said to grant those who control it superhuman abilities. To keep it out of the wrong hands, Joanna joins forces with the Carrington Institute and sets out to stop the ruthless dataDyne corporation.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Perfect Dark series
Perfect Dark Zero is the third of 4 entries we hold in the Perfect Dark series. It arrived 5 years after Perfect Dark. The next entry was Perfect Dark in 2010. Its critic score of 72 is almost exactly the series average of 71. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Perfect Dark Zero holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 67, across 54 votes.
What it launched against
Perfect Dark Zero launched on 17 November 2005, within three weeks of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mario Kart DS, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) and Star Wars: Battlefront II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Mario Kart DS, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005), Star Wars: Battlefront II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Perfect Dark Zero yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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