Some enemies, however, do have helmets, and thus will be resistant to headshots. Most enemies possess only body armor, meaning that their heads are unprotected, so, if possible, try to aim for the head as often as possible, especially when enemies are unaware of your presence. Most of the time, this isn't anything more than an inconvenience armor comes off relatively quickly when you're firing an automatic weapon at your target, letting you swiftly attack the meat inside the shell.Īs per usual, though, shooting someone in the head will usually bypass the armor problem, allowing you to do more damage in general, and extra damage if you manage to land a shot directly on the head. The bulk of the enemies in Perfect Dark Zero possess some degree of body armor, which will protect them from most of your fire, at least until you shoot the armor off of them and can attack them directly.
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Heavily armored enemies like this will take more damage before they die, so don't get their attention unless you have a full clip to fire at them. Most enemies that wield SMGs or better will have a pistol for backup if their weapon gets stolen, though, and you obviously have to be pretty close for this to work, so it's usually more flash than substance. If you have room in your inventory, you'll steal their weapon and use it yourself if you don't have room for it, it'll clatter to the floor. If you're shot while you're not holding any weapons, though, you'll be slowed for a few moments.Īnother little-used mechanic in the game allows you to run up to enemies and press the right bumper button to strip them of their weapon, assuming that you have nothing in your hands. If you have to cover ground quickly and you know there aren't any enemies around, just holster your weapons and you should be able to get where you're going faster than you would otherwise. Instead, what makes this useful is that you move much more rapidly when you put up your dukes than you do when you're lugging around a plasma rifle or sniper rifle. Obviously enough, this isn't going to help you defeat enemies at long range, but the purpose here isn't really to become more powerful (although it is fun to hit people). When you press this button, you'll put away any weapons that you're carrying, leaving only your mighty fists of fury to take on your enemies. One of the commands that you might not consider very useful at first is bound to the up direction on your d-pad. Enjoy!īringing up your fists will let you move much more quickly than you normally would. In addition to a full walkthrough for the game, GameSpot's Game Guide to Perfect Dark Zero offers up tips for singleplayer, tips for multiplayer, and descriptions of all the many, many weapons. Luckily for fans of the first game, or for new 360 owners in general, Perfect Dark Zero is simply an excellent game, with plenty of variety and a lengthy single-player campaign. While things start off relatively smooth for Jo and her dad, events quickly spiral out of control, and Joanna will have to travel all around the world to discover what precisely is going on. Perfect Dark Zero is actually a prequel to Perfect Dark, but it still features the eponymous Joanna Dark, who's role in this game is initially as part of a father/daughter bounty hunting duo. By: Mathew Rorie Design: Randall Montanari & Collin OguroĪlthough we've had to wait almost five and a half years, the followup to Perfect Dark, Rare's stellar FPS for the Nintendo 64, has finally arrived.