Cartridge Club #45 - Perfect Dark

Cartridge Club: The Game of the Month Podcast

English - May 31, 2017 15:18 - 1 hour - 220 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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Previous Episode: Cartridge Club Weekly #46 - May 28th 2017

Next Episode: Cartridge Club Weekly #47 - June 4th 2017

This month we played the Rare N64 FPS Perfect Dark.

Panel

Rob

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Brandon

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Ser Flash

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Will Pruitt

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Level 1 00:05:46

P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Perfect Dark and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.

Developer: Rare (Battletoads, DKC, GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Pinata)

Publisher: Rare

Director: Martin Hollis (GoldenEye, left 14 months into Perfect Dark development to work as a consultant on GCN)

Composer: Grant Kirkhope (GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie, Kingdoms of Amalur, Yooka-Laylee)

Series: Perfect Dark

Platform(s): N64, Xbox360 Live arcade

Release Date: 22 May 2000, 17 March 2010

Genre: First Person Shooter

Level 2 00:15:58

Discuss story of the game: 00:15:58

Perfect Dark is set in 2023 against the backdrop of an interstellar war between two races: the Maians, who resemble the archetypal grey alien, and the Skedar, reptile-like extraterrestrials who use a holographic disguise to appear as Scandinavian humans. On Earth there is an ongoing rivalry between The Carrington Institute, a research and development center founded by Daniel Carrington that secretly operates an espionage group in league with the Maians; and dataDyne, a defence contractor corporation headed by Cassandra De Vries that secretly maintains a deal with the Skedar.

You play as Joanna Dark, a Carrington Institute agent who has earned the code name Perfect Dark by being the only agent to score perfect during the training. From here you follow a series of missions that include rescuing a floating laptop AI, a Maian alien named Elvis, rescuing your boss Daniel Carrington and being a bad enough dudette to save the President.

Characters

Carrington Institute

Joanna Dark
Jonathan Steinberg
Daniel Carrington

dataDyne

Cassandra De Vries
Trent Easton

Maians

Elvis

Skedar

Mr. Blonde
Skedar King

Others

Dr. Caroll
The U.S. President

Discuss gameplay mechanics: 00:39:02

Auto Aim
Favorite weapons
Lack of waypoint markings on map
Difficulty
Co-operative Mode
Counter-operative Mode
Multiplayer
HD Remake
Better than GoldenEye?

Discuss sound: 01:26:25

Favourite tracks
Discuss sound effects
Memorable or forgettable

Discuss graphics: 01:33:44

Very bright and colorful
Favorite stages
Favourite enemy/boss design

Level 3 01:47:51

Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?

Level 4 01:52:35

3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel

Level 5

Outro (thank panel and plug)