Chapter 2-2: River Crossing
Navigation:
Chapter 1: Carrington Institute Training
Chapter 2: The Jungles of South America
-2-1: Infiltrating Jungle Base I
-2-2: River Crossing
-2-3: Infiltrating Jungle Base II
-2-4: Jungle Chase
-2-5: Infiltrating Jungle Base III
-2-6: dataDyne Hind Attack
-2-7: Cyborg Factory: Sniper Assignment
Chapter 3: dataDyne Cybernetic Manufacturing
Chapter 4: dataDyne Operations Base/Crash Site
Chapter 5: Captive aboard the Pelagic I
Chapter 6: Carrington Institute HQ
Chapter 7: Perfect Dark GBC Secrets and Extras
THE RIVER CROSSING
As the raft works its way down the channel towards the location of the Cyborg Factory, it gains some undesired attention from the patrolling dataDyne guards on the shoreline. Forced to defend herself as she works her way downstream, Joanna takes on the ambush courtesy of a machine gun mounted to the vessel. She’ll need to keep her wits if she wants to survive the mission; this is hardly a pleasure cruise.
MISSION OBJECTIVES:
• LOCATE AND DESTROY CYBORG FACTORY
• DEFEAT MINK HUNTER
Visually similar to the Target Ranges, the River Crossing will also have you manipulate a cross-hair as you float parallel to the shore. The dataDayne Ground soldiers will appear from the right side of the shoreline, and the dataDyne Paratroopers will descend from above – you’ll need to take careful aim and move the reticle over both as they appear and then fire to neutralize them before they can return the sentiment. Occasionally, you’ll spot a Med-Kit (25% Health Restore) descending into the fray like a Paratrooper – if you fire at the Med-Kit, you’ll obtain the item and instantly heal yourself.
In addition to the Med-Kit, you’ll occasionally spot a crate marked “A” that descends as well. This is an ammunition crate, and shooting at it will restore your Machine Gun ammo during the River Crossing. In order to survive, you’ll need to keep an eye on your ammunition and use it wisely; utilizing a ‘Spray-and-Pray’ technique will only serve to drain your ammunition and leave you a sitting duck. Squeeze the trigger only when you’ve got a clear sight on the dataDyne soldiers and make sure to shoot out any of the descending items from above; if you’re losing most of your rounds in the sand, you’re apt to fail the mission.
Fortunately, you’ll find one more descending crate that will give you a little crowd control. Fire at any crate marked ‘G’ and you’ll be equipped with four Grenades, indicated by the icon and ammunition bar underneath the Machine Gun. Manipulating the cross-hair over a group of soldiers and pressing B will cause Joanna to lob a Grenade to the shore, with a successful hit taking out multiple guards with its wide blast radius. Optimally, you’ll want to save the grenades until a point when you feel completely overwhelmed to clear out a cluster of dataDyne soldiers and conserve Machine Gun ammunition.
As you make your way through the dataDyne opposition, you’ll arrive at the some shelled-out ruins and your raft will stop moving. This is the final push for the River Crossing – if you can neutralize the remaining soldiers in this location you’ll have completed the mission. If you’re struggling, just remember to try and conserve ammunition the best you can and always prioritize the descending crates and Med-Kits that descend into view. Their appearance can be unreliable at times, but the mission itself is extremely short, which makes restarting the mission less frustrating than the others you’ve experienced so far.