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The Big Three Plus One => Perfect Dark => Topic started by: Fal2002 on April 11, 2002, 05:40:00 pm

Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Fal2002 on April 11, 2002, 05:40:00 pm
Right i have 6 more levels to go before i'm in the 5 minute club! An easy feat which most of you have achieved!

I'm asking for tips and any other kind of help on these levels on Perfect Agent. I'll also put my current time at the end of each level!

- Investigation ( 6:18 )
- Rescue ( 7:31 )
- Escape ( 9:03 )
- Deep Sea ( 5:59 )
- Maian SOS ( 5:21 )
- Attack Ship ( 12:43 )

Thanks
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: SlayerRocket on April 11, 2002, 05:47:00 pm
Hehheh, 8 times isnt nearly there Fal :lol  .  Skedar is dirt easy, start with that one.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Fal2002 on April 11, 2002, 05:50:00 pm
I class it as nearly there! ;)
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: failurewarning on April 11, 2002, 05:55:00 pm
OK heres some help
Investigation: Use Samsims strat but try to catch the bot the second time it passes through the lasers (TT 3:00 )
Rescue: run like hell and use Kingpis strat
Escape: is more or less the same as SA except remember to collect the med kit
Deep Sea: aim to be going through the second warp at 3:00 or lower and you should get a sub 5min run
Pelagic 2: do the same as SA and go to the moon pool lift 1st, then do the scientist, the bridge, the power generator and finish just like SA
Skedar: is exactly the same as in SA and agent and to take out the skedar army go, top right, bottom right, bottom left and kill the final guard with the Castillo
SOS: erm run, shoot, duck, hide thats basically it
Attack ship: my strat is best :)
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Cyberwrath87 on April 11, 2002, 07:08:00 pm
I'm 2 times away from the 5 min club

Deep Sea SA 5:28, heh when I typed 8 then ) it made a 8)
Attack Ship PA (7:40) OUCH, wasn't beating that damn level enough!?!?!?

I havent tried these levels in a while for fast times, so maybe tomorrow night.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Bizichyld on April 11, 2002, 11:14:00 pm
I am also nearly there. My only two levels left are Attack Ship PA (5:02) and SOS PA (5:29). I could use some help on SOS if anybody has any time savers or a plug for a good sub-5:00 strat; No one else really seems to have a problem with this level so I must be missing something. Fal: Investigation is so easy to get a sub 5:00. With my technique, I can do it every time with almost full health. Let me know if you want it.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: XylusSSJ1 on April 11, 2002, 11:41:00 pm
I'm in the exact same spot as Darksim.  I only need two more times:

Attack Ship PA -- 6:10
Deep Sea SA -- 5:31

Help us!
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: genisics on April 12, 2002, 12:54:00 am
yeah i need.... hang on im already in :b
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: SamSim on April 12, 2002, 01:58:00 am
Attack Ship PA:

For this level the only skill you really need is aiming skill. Also many Mauler shots. Do the same strat as SA but before you get to the Nav room go up the WRONG ramp and shoot the Skedar here, to save Elvis from having to fight it. Go back to the Nav room.

Make sure you shoot EVERYONE on the way to the engine room. In the engine room, use the following method: switch off auto-aim, strafe in with your Ar34 and shoot both brown things, strafe out again. This saves up to 20 seconds which you would waste waiting and shooting all of them, and you don't take too much damage so it often works. Continue as normal.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Quiet Bol on April 12, 2002, 05:04:00 am
It's pretty pathetic but I'm not even close to being in the 10 minute club.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Silfreon8 on April 12, 2002, 09:12:00 am
For Deep Sea PA, go here:

www.geocities.com/silfreo...seapa.html (http://www.geocities.com/silfreon8/strats/deepseapa.html)

It doesnt seem to be in the stratscentral yet. Anyway, I almost achieved a 4:05-4:10-run using this strat today, but I got killed in the very final part. :(  

Im personally not too far from the 5-min club.

I have Investigation PA, Rescue PA, Attack Ship PA Pelagic II SA and PA to complete in a decent time. I tried the investigation PA yesterday using Samsims insane strat. Boy, that is hard...maybe I should try to go for a sub5min time first. All those another levels are that kind of I havent played yet. No problem, I will enter the 5min club in a month or so...

Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Suicide-Eagle on April 12, 2002, 11:17:00 am
Maian PA is the devil (hardest level in game IMO... Infiltration PA also springs to mind though).  The best way to do it is like I did when I first beat it.... run like hell and pray.  I got 2:59 first go.  Just copy the fast strat.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: SamSim on April 12, 2002, 02:02:00 pm
My Invest PA strat is indeed insane. To be honest, I've no idea about a 4:30ish strat for that level.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Cyberwrath87 on April 12, 2002, 05:14:00 pm
I've got a great 4:30 strat for Inves PA. My best with it is 4:22.

Start cinema when the guard salutes, run for right door, activate m. hatch, run left into robot opened door. Break glass, activate comps, run back up to the robot activated door. Wait for robot and enter right door, kill 4 guards.
      Head toward main hallway, kill that one guard, go down main hallway, kill any necessary guards, but you need to make the 1:13 lift.
     When you get the K7, keep running and go up the hatch, go into camspy room and take pic (you can just leave it there).  Then go back into the main hallway, go right and into lab 1, and you can let the scientist shut it down.
     Continue to the night vision and last labs killing all guards you see. In the final lab, stand in back of all the terminals, and starting with the left, tab 2 twice at each terminal even if you dont hear the sound. But when you do hear it, leave. It wont matter if the alarm sounds or anything so tap as many times as you want.
    The bot should be coming around the corner, so catch it going into the lasers, should be making the U-Turn when you get there, so just kill those 4 guards.
    Proceed past the lasers, killing the lone guard, and both in the bigger room.
    Go into the terminal room, shoot the guy on the left, then on the right, and throw a dragon into the small room that you came from to the terminal. Start uplinking and you should hear the explosion.
     Equip your K7 and keep going into the room with circular glass. Open the door and headshot the far guard. Turn to the left and kill the remaining two. Open the next door and empty your K7 into all of their chests. Get the shield tech.
     Now just run for the exit. There should be no more guys and your time should be about 4:25ish or so. Open the final door, and strafe far to the left, then at the middle, cut across to the far right and keep tapping B until the final cinema opens and you've won! First time with this strat will probably get you 4:35 or so.

Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Bizichyld on April 12, 2002, 05:54:00 pm
Ok, no one really asked, but I will post my easy sub 5:00 Investigation strat. This strat works good for me because you don't really need to rush anywhere.

I usually stop the cinema a second or two after the guards says "huh?" then I go right and activate the hatch. Go back out the door and disarm the guard that should be at the end of the hallway. When you turn, you should see te yellow bot at the skinny brown door. Follow it through and shoot out the glass with your falcon, then jump off the ledge. Activate the bot and shoot any guards in this roomwith your falcon. When you're done, leave this room through he only door and go back towards the skinny brown door from which you entered earlier. If you weren't extremely slow, the bot should have it open for you, or be nearby.

Open the silver door to the left and alert the guards in this room. Wait by the glass cubicle and take out the 3 or 4 guards that come into view. When they're dead, go through the next silver door into the big room with the hatch. There should be no guards in here. Enter the big metal door where you complete the camspy objective and kill the two guards here (with your falcon if possible). Leave the camspy here and exit back into the big room where you should now drop through the red hatch. Run around the corner and take out the avenger guard before he fires a second magazine. Be sure to grab the avenger. The lift may be here for you. If not, wait for it and complete the camspy objective. Now, get on the lift (TT: 1:30).

Exit the room when you get off the lift and try to knock out one of the guards with his back to you outside the door. Run down the long hallway to the first experiment room and try to position yourself so that when you open the door, you can quickly take out the guard on the left with you CMP.  Next, take out the guy on the right and activate the correct console (you can let the scientist do it for you). Exit this room with your CMP and there should be 2-4 guards scattered throughout the hallway. They have horrible accuracy so you should be able to take them down easily and quickly. Run down the main hallway and enter the next room to get the night vision goggles after taking out the guards. Next, go to the room with the last two experiments. The guards guarding this door are the most troublesome IMO (they like to run all about and do gay sh*t), so take them out carefully. Enter the silver door and take out the guard on the left, then the one on the right. Make sure the scientist acknowledges your presence,--"I...I haven't seen you before!"--then enter the next two big silver doors. Activate the correct console and punch out the scientist for kicks if you like. Now, backtrack towards the area with the lases, but make sure the scientist deactivates the experiment on your way out. Take out the guards in the room before the lasers if you like, but I usually just run through if the bot is near. You should pass through the first laser at about 3:00 if you were quick enough and activated the bot at a decent time. Any later than 3:20 and you don't have much chance of getting below 5:00.

Pass through the last laser and kill the guard through the next door. In the next big room, you can run past these two guys or waste a few seconds taking them out. Enter the room with the two dragon guards and take them out quickly. If you need to make up some seconds, throw a proxy dragon between the silver doors behind you and let it blow up the guards you summon when using the data uplink. If not, connect the data uplink for a few seconds, stop and take out the guards the come behind you, then re-connect. Enter the door as soon as it unlocks. Follow the hallway to the next big rom with dragon guards. This part seems hard, but it can be done very quickly. Ignore all guards in this room and go directly to the door on the left, simultaneously throwing a proxy dragon against the door before you enter. Take out your avenger, and proceed through the hallway, taking out the guard on the left, then the two behind the last door. Pick up the shield item and retreat back to the big room. There may be on or two dragon guards in the hallway after the explosion, or there may be none. Take them out if there are any, and open the door leading to the level's end. If your life is at least half green, you're guaranteed to make it past the drone guns with a straight strafe to the door. Most of the time you will make it with any green at all, but I'm not promising anything. Tap B repeatedly at the last door to end the level. (TT 4:20-5:00)

Hmm... that was longer than I thought it would be.

EDIT- Oops...Darkwrath posted just before I did. Now you you two good strats!
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: XylusSSJ1 on April 13, 2002, 12:05:00 am
Deep Sea SA is helluva hard on NTSC, in my opinion.  I'm 30 seconds off still...someone care to give me a strat, as well as some target times for a good sub-5min time?  I really need it.

Attack Ship PA is just a matter of FINISHING the level.  If I finish it, I think I can cut off a lot of time.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Bizichyld on April 13, 2002, 02:17:00 am
Oh, that's the other time I need, Deep Sea SA. At 5:47, it's my worst time. I've spent hours trying to improve it, but Elvis always comes at the same time, at the same speed. Is under 5:00 even possible with NTSC? Im' sure it is, but is there some extremely rare, super-speed Elvis? If so, can someone tell me how to get it? I don't think there are any strats for this level for NTSC.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Fal2002 on April 13, 2002, 06:51:00 am
Thanks for all the strats guys! Keep em comin.....If i get a time under 5 minutes on any of the levels i mentioned then i will edit that post and take it off until i entered the 5 minute club! ;)
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: XylusSSJ1 on April 16, 2002, 11:14:00 pm
^Bump^

We really need that Deep Sea SA strat.  Someone care to help us out?
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: KillerSim7 on October 22, 2002, 09:09:00 am
Maian SOS had to be one of the easiest levels you mentioned for me.  I used the 2:55 strat and got 2:34 with ease.  As long as you make it into an open elevator it is easy.

And Greg K made a good Deep Sea SA strat that I used to get 5 min with NTSC.  The main thing is to push elvis ALL of the time after he gives you the Farsight.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: failurewarning on October 22, 2002, 11:28:00 am
KillerSim let me draw your attention to the date of the last post before yours. Most of the issues discussed were sorted out months ago. Although it is good to get some new input on the subject.

*edit*

Having said all that I did just notice that Fal bumped the topic up as said nothing so I assume he still needs help despite there being strats out there that he can use.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: KillerSim7 on October 22, 2002, 12:25:00 pm
Sorry.  It was at the top and I didn't bother to look at the date.
Title: I'm nearly there.....(5 min club)
Post by: Bizichyld on October 22, 2002, 12:26:00 pm
True... I now have 2:20 SOS PA and 4:45 or something Deep Sea SA, so this topic is pretty old.