Perfect Dark Zero Review (Xbox 360) By Wriggy

9 / 10
05 Jan 2006 at 22:02

Review by: Wriggy

Joanna Dark is back but this time on the Microsoft XBOX 360. The graphics on the game are the best graphics on any console. Everything looks so realistic from the people’s faces to the smallest plants.
Fans of the original (on the Nintendo 64) will not be disappointed as it has everything from the original with more added. Things that are different from the Nintendo 64 version are the cover feature which really helps you on the missions and online as it makes the game much easier for those who use stealth rather than action.
The game is set in the Year 2020, which is three years before the original game was set. The game starts with a training level which is great to get you into the feeling of the game. It teaches you all the basics to play the game including shooting, how to melee, how to avoid lasers, how to hack and more. You then meet up with Jack who you get more involved with in the second level (I don’t mean you know what). As the levels go on it gets harder (as all games do) with the last level being a boss.
If you are really fast at completing the missions you might get on the leader boards to prove that you are the best on the game.
You can complete the levels on Agent, Secret Agent and Perfect Agent (with Perfect being the hardest) so if you complete it once, you can complete again and again on harder difficulties.
The game is also a little bit of strategy as you have to pick different weapons and gadgets to fit in different slots. The guns and gadgets that take up one slot are: P9P, Magsec, Magnum (not the ice cream but that would be interesting), Psychosis Gun, Viblade, Falcon, Hawk, Grenade, Flash bang and Multimine. The weapons and gadgets that fit into two slots are: CMP I50, Combat Shield, FAC-16, UGL, Laptop, RCP-90, K51-74, DEF-12, SuperDragon and DW-P5. The weapons and gadgets that fit into three slots are: M60, Plasma Rifle, Shockwave, Jackal, Rocket Launcher. You also have to dodge, there’s an aim mode, dual wielding, picking up certain weapons, dropping weapons, concealing weapons, disarming, conversation, taunts (this is another feature I love in the game), controlled falls, turrets, climbing ladders, zip lines and lots more.
There are a lot of Gamer Points to get on Perfect Dark Zero. Some will take you five minutes, some will take you five days, and some may even take you five years! As there is stuff like get ten headshots, get one hundred headshots and even get one thousand head shots.
Online play is the best online play since Halo 2 with lots of things to do (and lots of people all nearly all the time).
There are a few annoying things in the game like when you die on a mission you have to start half way through (if you have got past that point yet) and that some of the support objectives are quite difficult.
The game runs smoothly and loading is fast most of the time but when it is loading missions it tends to take a while which is really the only bad point in the game.
My favourite part of the game is Co-op. You can play it with a friend or play it online with a complete stranger which gets quite funny once you start betraying (believe me).
If you have a Microsoft XBOX 360 and are looking for a First Person Shooter then I would recommend this or Halo 3 (coming out soon).

Discuss Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox 360) with other users in the forum