Perfect Dark Zero (Prima Official Game Guide) [Paperback]

David Hodgson (Author), Fletcher Black (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2005 | Series: Prima Official Game Guide

Your guide to perfection.

• Complete single-player strategies showing every possible route and methods through all 14 missions
• Insanely detailed weapons guide includes full stats, plus primary, secondary, and tertiary fire tactics for each piece of killing ordnance
• Every gadget, vehicle, and destructible object revealed
• Tactics to complete every single-player game in Dark Agent difficulty
• Get the jump on the online competition with maps and strategy for every multiplayer level
• Detailed breakdowns of every weapon set for online agents
• Maps and areas of interest guide you through every level

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (November 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761551999
• ISBN-13: 978-0761551997
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Originally hailing from the English city of Manchester, David began his video game career in 1995, writing for numerous classic British gaming magazines from a rusting, condemned, dry-docked German fishing trawler floating on the River Thames. Fleeing the United Kingdom, he joined the crew at the part-fraternity, part-sanitarium known as GameFan magazine. David helped launch GameFan Books and form Gamers' Republic, and was partly responsible for the wildly unsuccessful incite Video Gaming and Gamers.com. He wrote his first guide in 1996, but began authoring guides for Prima in 2000. He has written over 70 guides including: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Assassin's Creed; Half-Life: Orange Box; Mario Kart Wii; Halo 3: ODST; and Fallout 3. He lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, with his wife and an eight-foot statue of Great Cthulhu.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything a Guide is Supposed to Be, January 12, 2006

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SpartanMark05 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perfect Dark Zero (Prima Official Game Guide) (Paperback)

I'm not sure what the other reviewer is griping about, or even why. The only thing I can figure is that he must work for one of the other guide publishers, and is crusading to make his brand look better or something.

I have bought and used several guides made by Prima, and they are just the same as other guides made by other publishers (Brady Games, Nintendo Power, . . .). Like every guide ever made, this one has the usual sections - plot synopsis, character and weapon overviews, strategic walkthrough, and even strategies for the co-op and multi-player arena parts of the game. Prima was even nice enough to include a graphic short-story set in the Perfect Dark universe.

So just ignore the last person that reviewed this book - it's like they were expecting the guide to play the game for them or something. To that reviewer: get real and get a life - if you don't want to put the effort into a game that's required to finish it, don't buy it; and don't blame a completely satisfactory guide for your shortcomings.

To people interested in buying this guide: this will not disappoint - whether you're looking for tips on getting through a mission you're stuck on, or just want to learn more about the weapons and characters of PDZ, this guide's got everything you could possibly need. Just don't expect it to beat the game 100% perfect for you, like that other bozo.

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Dark Book(also a video game), December 27, 2009

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This review is from: Perfect Dark Zero (Prima Official Game Guide) (Paperback)

High quality Sci-Fi that highlights the video game. Be sure to read them in order.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Game...., June 27, 2009

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Antonio Flores Linares "t0neknee86" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Great to have help on some of the more difficult missions. One of the first games released for the 360, a first person shooter with unique Weapons...