#Perfect dark reboot series

Players were encouraged to approach situations slowly, with stealth and timing more effective than a hail of bullets. It’s a first-person shooter, and one which generally had a very clean, uncluttered UI. Sam Fisher meets GoldenEye is actually a pretty great way to describe it, if I do say so myself, but let's get a little more granular. Oh, and she was designed by Martin Hollis, the director behind GoldenEye 007, so it goes without saying that her gunplay was always excellent. Her personality is supposed to take equal parts of La Femme Nikita and The X-Files’ Dana Scully, but she has a much bigger focus on tech than either of them she approaches situations more like Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher. As a trailblazing female hero, Joanna Dark was chosen as a name as a nod to Joan Of Arc, while her look was designed after ‘90s era Winona Ryder. Many sources contributed to Rare picking her name.

She’s codenamed Perfect Dark because of her perfect score on her aptitude tests (and her surname, obviously). Speaking of said character, that’s Joanna Dark. Who is the main character in Perfect Dark? The trailer even starts in space, with the devs letting us know the alien storyline isn’t being abandoned just yet. The Skedar weren’t wiped out, just defeated, and the other aliens, the Maians, are still kicking about too. The aliens will still be back, right? Right?!Īlmost certainly. It’ll be the same character fans know and love, same central antagonist, just with a brand new narrative. It doesn’t seem like it’ll be directly picking up on story threads from 2005’s game, but it’s not completely back to the drawing board either. Also also, two prequels in a row is a bit daft.Īs for reboot or sequel, it seems from what the developers have said about keeping the game’s past in mind that it’ll be a bit of both. Also, the “near future” setting wouldn’t fit Perfect Dark was originally set in 2023, so a prequel would be in the “recent past”. A prequel is unlikely too it’s rare for a franchise which has been on ice for so long to decide to start things back up with a prequel instead of tearing forward and breaking new ground. This new Perfect Dark has its own story, and while the developers talk about being inspired by the past, they also say they don’t want to use it “too much” as they bring Perfect Dark into the modern day. So, is this a reboot? A remaster? A sequel? A prequel? It appears then that Perfect Dark will have something to say about climate change, which will hopefully add some nuance to the campaign's setting.

The logo on the roof reveals this building to be dataDyne HQ. As the trailer ends, Joanna Dark has just cleared out (read: killed everyone inside) one of these green corps, and stands on the roof of the building, staring out as a lightning storm rages in the distance. In the trailer, we see a very lush, bountiful city in bloom, but also see parts of Earth ravaged by fires and destruction. The game is going to be an “eco sci fi,” where corporations (like dataDyne) have made the planet much greener and cleaner, but at a cost.

#Perfect dark reboot series

We know the central character Joanna Dark-more on her below-is back too, so it makes sense that it’s following on from where the series left off. This new Perfect Dark is described as being set in the “near future,” so it takes place a little while after the last games, but not too long. The sequel, Perfect Dark Zero, was actually a prequel, so it’s the original Perfect Dark that will act as the jumping off point. As part of the story, you end up getting taken to the bad aliens' planet (the Skedar), where you defeat their leader, then fly away in a spaceship back to Earth. DataDyne want to use the alien tech for general early ‘00s evilness, and you have to stop them while working for Carrington. The alien war is actually secondary to the main plot, which is the battle between Carrington Institute (good guys) and dataDyne (bad guys).