Perfect Dark
The Perfect Dark series is reborn in this reboot of the first-person shooter Nintendo 64 classic. The original story follows agent Joanna Dark as she battles against rival researchers amid an otherworldly invasion brought on by her greatest foes. The original was a major step forward in video-game storytelling and first-person gameplay when it arrived and was one of Rare's last games for Nintendo.
Perfect Dark
- Platform(s)
- PC , Xbox Series X
- Released
- May 22, 2000
- Developer(s)
- the initiative
- Publisher(s)
- Microsoft Studios
- Genre(s)
- Stealth , Shooter
- ESRB
- M
- How Long To Beat
- 9hours
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