CONTENTS ABOUT PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURES A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while watching video games. These seizures may have a variety of symptoms including: lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects. Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms -- children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures. The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by: · sitting farther from the television screen, · using a smaller television screen, · playing in a well-lit room, and · not playing when you are drowsy or fatigued. If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor before playing. PULL THE TRIGGER DEFAULT CONTROLS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 GETTING INTO THE GAME Creating a Profile ^ ^ ^ Main Menu ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Saving Game Data ^ ^ Pause Menu ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Options ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ GAME SCREEN WEAPONS SINGLE PLAYER GAME XBOX LIVE ® ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ v is it E ID O S : www. e id o s. com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 10 11 13 15 19 20 22 ONLINE CUSTOMIZE GAME FEATURES MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAME CREDITS MULTIPLAYER SYSTEM LINK GAME MUSIC CREDITS ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR TELEVISION Do not use with certain televisions. Some televisions, especially frontor rear-projection types, can be damaged if any video games, including Xbox games, are played on them. Static images presented during the normal course of game play may "burn in" to the screen, causing a permanent shadow of the static image to appear at all times, even when video games are not being played. Similar damage may occur from static images created when placing a video game on hold or pause. Consult your television owner's manual to determine if video games can be safely played on your set. If you are unable to find this information in the owner's manual, contact your television dealer or the manufacturer to determine if video games can be played on your set. Unauthorized copying, reverse engineering, transmission, public performance, rental, pay for play, or circumvention of copy protection is strictly prohibited. GER E TRIG H PULL T Bullets are flying. No matter what side you're on, you gotta shoot or die. Are you a Criminal, Law Enforcement or someone who just wants to get the hell out? Guess what. You're all three. Just make sure the blood in the streets belongs to someone else. You pull the trigger, you pull hard time or you pull eternity in a pine box. Pick your weapon. In Single Player mode, fight through the mean streets on both sides of the law... . . . AS FREEZE Freeze is a thug and drug dealer who wants out. He figures his days are numbered if he doesn't escape the life. But not so fast -- you don't just retire unless someone pops a cap in your brains and every other body part. You will pull one last job while Law Enforcement and thugs alike try to make this your last day on earth. . . . AS SHAUN CALDERON, LEADER OF THE 22 ND STREET D-BOYS . . . AS DETECTIVE LESTER WILLIAMS You know the streets as well as any Criminal. You'll put away a dirty cop as quick as a lawbreaker. Sometimes you'll work with a partner. He'll know how to cover your back. Just do the same for him or he'll bleed and die just like anyone else. You're a gang leader, murderer and Freeze's best friend. Every choice you make is the one that keeps you in power. 2 3 DEFAULTCONTROLS DEFAULT CONTROLS All controls used in this manual are defaults. You can change the default controls in Options mode (page 6). MENU NAVIGA TION Select menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confirm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cancel / Previous menu ? (D-pad) 1/2 ? (D-pad) 4/ 3 A ............B GAME ACTIO N Player) Scoreboard (Multiplayer) . . . . . . . . . . L ? ? Custom tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (D-pad) 2 Melee weapon toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X Throw grenade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l (left trigger) Shoot / Swing weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . r (right trigger) Gun toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c (black) Chat (Multiplayer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b (white) Camera lookaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R (right thumbstick) Zoom / Precision aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . click R Pause / In-game menu / . . . . . . . . . . . . > (start) View Objectives (Single < (back) ................. (left thumbstick) Crouch / Stand (toggle) . . . . . . . . . . . . click Taunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D-pad) 1 Lean left / right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D-pad) 4/ 3 Move character L 4 5 ING GETT INTO THE GAME On the Title screen, press GAME SCREEN A to begin. SAVING GAME DATA You will be prompted to save changes to game options or online data. Your game progress will be saved to the Xbox Hard Disk. CREATING A PROFILE You must create a profile to save your game progress through 25 TO LIFE. The profile contains your saved game files, custom characters, option selections and online identity. Any time you want to play that profile you can select it (or other profiles you have created) before beginning play. PAUSE MENU Press > to pause play and view the Pause Menu (screenshot, page 8). Your primary and secondary objectives are listed along with these options: · CONTINUE -- Return to play. · OPTIONS -- Adjust your aim and make sound changes. (See more options below.) · QUIT -- Return to the Main Menu. To create a profile name: When prompted to create a profile, select OK. Use the virtual keyboard to enter a profile name. Make character entries in the name field and save your profile to the memory card. · Highlight a letter or number and press A to enter it in the name field. Press Y to enter a space. · Select Delete to remove letters or numbers. · Select Enter and Yes when prompted to save your profile. OPTIONS · BUTTON LAYOUT -- Select one of four control configurations. · THUMBSTICK SETTINGS -- Southpaw switches the actions of the left and right thumbsticks. Ass Backwards gives both thumbsticks camera/ character control: the left thumbstick rotates the camera 4/ 3 and moves the character 1/2; the right thumbstick rotates the camera 1/2 and moves the character 4/ 3. · AIMING -- Select Normal or Inverted. · VIBRATION -- Set controller vibration to Enabled/ Disabled. · LOOK SENSITIVITY -- Adjust camera response time. · LOOK SPEED -- Adjust how fast the camera moves when you turn to look. · SOUND -- Adjust sound effects volume. · MUSIC -- Adjust music volume. · GAMMA -- Adjust the gamma level. · BLOOD & GUTS -- Set the display of carnage to Enabled/Disabled. · DONE -- Save changes and exit the game. Select Yes when prompted to save any changes made to your profile. Note: See page 15 for details on Friends, Appear Offline and Sign Out. health radar crosshairs weapon held ammo remaining MAIN MENU · SINGLE PLAYER (page 8) -- Get a bloody taste of life on both sides of the law as a Criminal and a member of Law Enforcement too. Select a difficulty level before starting play. · XBOX LIVE (pages 11­18) -- Join the Criminals or Law Enforcement and find out who rules in bloody wars, robberies gone bad, adrenalinepumping police raids and intense turf warfare with up to 16 players. Customize your Criminals or Law Enforcement character and get ready to bleed. · SYSTEM LINK (page 19) -- Similar to Xbox Live, connect up to 16 Xbox consoles via a System Link. · OPTIONS -- Adjust game settings. · HEALTH -- When you have full health this icon is green. As you gradually take damage, your health icon changes from green to red. When you are getting close to death, your controller will pulse if controller vibration is set to On in Option mode (page 6). · RADAR -- In Single Player games, the radar indicates the direction of your enemies. In Multiplayer games, it displays the location of your teammates, the loot, the stash, tag areas and exit points, as well as the direction of enemy fire. · CROSSHAIRS -- Use this to aim weapons. When locked onto an enemy, the crosshairs turn red. When locked onto a non-combatant or friendly, they turn green. Head shots are the hardest to make but they're also the deadliest. · AMMO REMAINING -- The number on the left is ammo you have in reserve. Below the gun icon you see how many bullets are left in your clip. Press the Reload button (default X) to reload ammo. Reload is automatic when you empty the weapon AND you have reserve ammo. · WEAPON HELD -- Press the Gun Toggle button (default b) to switch weapons. · ACTION ICONS -- (not shown) These icons appear when you can take a special action such as picking up a new weapon, kicking open a door or even grabbing a human shield. Press the Action button (default B) to take action (page 8). · HINT POINTS -- (not shown) Walk into one of these for an explanation of a game feature. 6 7 YER SINGLE PLA GAME MISSION BRIEFING / OBJECTIVES Each level has primary and secondary objectives, explained on the Mission Briefing screen. Completing the primary objective is mandatory to finishing the level and unlocking additional game features. Nailing secondary objectives is not essential to success but may unlock cool items. · Pause the game (>) to view your objective completion status. · Law Enforcement objectives may involve apprehending a suspect instead of using deadly force. Use a stun gun to subdue a suspect when required, then cuff `em with the Action button (default B). · When you complete an element of any objective, a prompt appears at the top of the screen. USING WEAPONS Weapons fall into four categories and vary depending on your Criminal or Law Enforcement status. When you pick up a weapon, you discard a weapon of the same type. You can return to that spot later and trade a weapon for the one you discarded. Your weapons include: · Handguns, including dual pistols. · Shotguns, automatic rifles and sniper rifles. · Hand-to-hand weapons such as baseball bats or stun guns. · Thrown explosives such as grenades and molotovs. FIREARMS Use R (default) to aim your weapon. The targeting crosshairs turn red when over the enemy. Pull the Shoot trigger (default r) to fire. · Click R to keep your weapon up and ready to fire. Click R again to lower your weapon. Clicking R gives you better aim and a zoomed-in view. · Press the Reload button (default X) to reload. · Press the Action button (default B) to pick up weapons dropped by slain enemies. · Press ? 4/3 to peer around corners and take a protected shot. ATTACKING · Pull the Shoot trigger (default r) to fire or swing a weapon. · Pull the Throw Grenade trigger (default l) to throw a grenade, tear gas or pipe bomb. GRENADES / BOMBS Use R to aim your grenade or bomb, aiming with the cursor in the same way as aiming your guns. Pull the Throw Grenade trigger (default l) to toss the explosive. The longer you hold the trigger, the farther you throw. FIRST-AID KITS Pick up first-aid kits to heal your wounds. Some only provide partial first aid and others give you 100% health. HAND-TO-HAND WEAPONS SPECIAL MOVES Perform special moves by pressing the Action button (default when an Action Icon appears at the bottom of the screen. B) These include clubs, nightsticks, knives and stun guns. Stun guns and zappers knock someone out; that person is down for the count. Law Enforcement can apprehend a downed suspect for additional points and objective credit. OPEN/CLOSE -- Kick open doors. ON/OFF -- Throw switches to turn power On/Off to some system in the area. CLIMB -- Climb up ladders. Grab the ladder and move L. PICK UP WEAPON -- Pick up a weapon lying in front of you. In exchange, you will lay down a weapon you're holding (of the same weapon type). GRAB/RELEASE HUMAN SHIELD -- Sometimes you just gotta be really nasty. As a Criminal, grab the nearest person and hope the enemy cares enough not to blow the hostage away too ...