Various maps can be unlocked as the player progresses through the campaign mode. These range from the standard kill-the-other-person on a pre-set time to the Counter Force mode, where the first player must rescue two hostages while the second player has to guard them. With the help of a game link cable, two players can play up to eight different types of deathmatch modes. completing these will unlock an extras menu. The game also features several mini-games, including a target range and boss rush mode. They can also pick up weapons, ammunition, and health dropped by enemies along the way if necessary.

The player must explore areas and collect items which will allow them to complete certain objectives, such as keycards, explosives, or laptops data. Upon completing them, Joanna will then proceed through four huge missions using a combination of stealth and action strategies. The campaign mode has Joanna initially having to complete a rather long 'tutorial mode' consisting of a fixed sequence of challenges. The game features a 2D overhead perspective, similar to Konami's Metal Gear Solid for the same platform, with the player being able to move and shoot in eight directions. After dispatching the intruders and shooting down dataDyne's attack helicopter, Joanna and the Institute begin to carry out further investigations against their rival corporation, leading into the events of N64 Perfect Dark. Joanna then returns to the Institute, immediately having to help defend it from a dataDyne strike team sent to destroy any clues tying them to the conspiracy. After a fight against dataDyne agent Octopus Prime, Joanna succeeds in sinking the Pelagic 1 and contacts Carrington, telling him her discovery that the wreckage belonged to another alien race called the Skedar. A mysterious alien (a Maian) rescues her and orders her to sink the vessel along with the wreckage and escape. Joanna's duty now is to snoop around the crash site.ĭuring this process, she is captured and taken to the Pelagic I research vessel, along with the alien wreckage. Carrington starts investigating the coordinates and soon discovers that there is a UFO in the area and that dataDyne is salvaging the wreckage. Joanna eliminates Hunter and destroys the entire facility, but when Carrington contacts Joanna she reports that during her initial landing, she had witnessed an aircraft being shot down. The facility is headed by Mink Hunter, a highly dangerous terrorist whose purpose is to produce high-tech weaponry.

After accomplishing this and scoring an 'A++' ranking, Daniel Carrington sends her to her first ever mission as a secret agent - She must destroy an illegal cyborg manufacturing facility, deep in the South American jungle. Set two years following the events of Perfect Dark Zero in 2022, Joanna Dark is still a student at the Carrington Institute and is eager to complete the final stages of her training.

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