Perfect Dark

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — realistic
AdventureSci-fiShooter

What's in it

Violence realistic
Moderate

First-person gunfight combat against human and alien enemies with small blood effects; no gore or dismemberment.

Substances referenced
Low

Alcohol appears as background scenery, such as bottles and drinks in the nightclub setting.

Dark themes mild
Low

Plot involves a corporate conspiracy, cloning, and lethal experiments on captives.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Some tense, eerie sequences involving an Area 51 alien crash site and shadowy enemy facilities.

Crime & lawlessness crime depicted
Low

The player commits espionage, break-ins, and armed infiltration as a secret agent against enemy operatives.

Language mild
Low

Occasional mild profanity in mission dialogue and cutscenes.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Perfect Dark is a single-player first-person shooter in which you play Joanna Dark, a secret agent uncovering an alien-linked corporate conspiracy. Play centers on shooting human and alien enemies with a wide arsenal, using stealth, disguises, and gadgets to complete mission objectives across labs, offices, a nightclub, and a spaceship. Combat produces small blood effects but no gore. There is occasional mild language, alcohol shown as background scenery, and a storyline touching on cloning and lethal experiments. The original release also offers local co-op and split-screen deathmatch against friends or computer bots, with no internet play or chat.

How it's framed

The game frames Joanna as a heroic agent stopping a villainous corporation and hostile aliens; violence is presented as spy-thriller action against enemy combatants, and the tone is stylized and mission-focused rather than graphic or grim.

Details

Developer
Rare
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2000
Metacritic 97critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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