One of the very best next-gen first person shooters out on the Xbox 360.

User Rating: 9.2 | Perfect Dark Zero X360
Perfect Dark Zero is a sci-fi first person shooter developed by Rare and is the prequel to the mega hit Perfect Dark that came out on the Nintendo 64 in 1999. The story is set in 2020 and involves Joanna Dark, a teenager, working with his father, Jack Dark, to seek vengeance against corporations who competes for global domination.

The gameplay features the basic first person shooter mechanics with intriguing guns and weapons at your disposal. In the single player portion of this game, you will have to fight your way through 13 missions which offers various locations such as urban cities, nightclubs, underground subways and jungles. Most of the missions are entertaining and worth playing but you will truly experience the real meaning of these missions if you play it on the hardest difficulty, dark agent, because it adds some unique gameplay elements, such as innovative objectives which are not present on easier difficulties.

Where most players will spend their time in this game is the multiplayer portion of this game. The multiplayer is truly outstanding and offers 32 players online with numerous gametypes which mostly are team orientated. You also have the option to turn on bots, and vehicles such as jetpacks and hovercrafts. Although many may find it hard to hit their targets, it is recommended that you change your control settings numerous times until your are comfortable with one. It is said that it's better to have your Y sensitivity lower than your X-axis for better accuracy which makes headshots easier.

The graphics in this game are truely next-gen. Everything from the textures, the animation and most of the shadows are shinning in high definition resolution. There may be spots where the graphics aren't looking as good for instance if you zoom in to a wall, it won't look the same as if you walk close to it.

As for the sound, it does a great job to create an ambiance in both the single player and multiplayer. The sounds in multiplayer are mostly covered by a great music soundtrack that suits well with every mission and the multiplayer's sounds are all about the sound effects such as wind blowing in the dessert, police sirrens in the distance on urban and exotic birds chirping on temple. Lastly, all the guns in this game sounds extremely realistic and are timed precisely when you pull the trigger.

Overall, this is a superp first person shooter for players who likes team orientated games like counter strike and those who likes sci-fi action games. Although this game may not suit everyone because of the hard to hit tagets in multiplayer and the bland single player on easy difficulty, it takes patience and some tweaking in the controls setups to make this game one of your best purchase on your Xbox 360. As for now you can get this game for 19.99$ and that's an outstanding price for such a great game.