Fire Primary Weapon Fire Secondary Weapon Rudder/ Throttle Look Around Go Back Pause Game Change Camera View Menu Selection Turbo Toggle Game Screen Map Zoom Select Weapon This diagram depicts the default Blood Wake controls. Use the Blood Wake Options screen to select other configurations for the controls. 1001 Part No. X08-38795 Safety Information 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. 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Table of Contents Using the Xbox Video Game System Using the Xbox Controller Game Controls Prologue Map of the World The Story The Main Screen Creating and Loading Games The Game Screen Your Boats Weapons 2 3 4 5 6 8 12 13 14 16 19 23 24 27 28 29 Avoid Damage to Your Television Do not use with certain televisions. Some televisions, especially front- or 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 played safely 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 safely on your set. Unauthorized copying, reverse engineering, transmission, public performance, rental, pay for play, or circumvention of copy protection is strictly prohibited. Power-ups Battle Mode Credits Warranty Customer Support 1 Using the Xbox Video Game System 1. Set up your XboxTM video game system by following the instructions in the Xbox Instruction Manual. 2. Press the Power button and the status indicator light will light up. 3. Press the Eject button and the disc tray will open. 4. Place the Blood WakeTM disc on the disc tray with the label facing up and close the disc tray. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for more information about playing Blood Wake. Disc tray Using the Xbox Controller 1. Insert the Xbox Controller into any controller port on the front of the Xbox console. For multiple players, insert additional controllers into available controller ports. 2. Insert any expansion devices (for example, Xbox Memory Units) into controller expansion slots as appropriate. 3. Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for more information about using the Xbox Controller to play Blood Wake. Expansion slot A Expansion slot B Controller port 1 Controller port 2 Eject button Power button Controller port 4 Controller port 3 Left trigger Right trigger White button Black button Left thumbstick Avoiding Damage to Discs or the Disc Drive To avoid damage to discs or the disc drive: Insert only Xbox-compatible discs into the disc drive. Never use oddly shaped discs, such as star-shaped or heartshaped discs. Do not leave a disc in the Xbox console for extended periods when not in use. Do not move the Xbox console while the power is on and a disc is inserted. Do not apply labels, stickers, or other foreign objects to discs. Y button B button X button A button Right thumbstick Directional pad BACK button START button 2 3 Game Controls Prologue Even here in the gulf, rescue is nowhere in sight. The wind hunts me with a long, cold-fingered reach that strangles lost words in my throat before they cross my lips. Rain falls from every direction, either straight down in torrents or whipped up from the waves. My energy and hope sapped, I don't know how long I can hang on. Patrolling the Gulf of the Moon is usually one of the best duties a young boat captain can draw--relative safety, warm waters, and plenty of small coastal villages to provide food, drink, and entertainment. The day we cast off was one of those days that beckon young men to a life at sea. As commander, I had stood proudly behind my helmsman while he guided our stout vessel out of the harbor and into the gulf. Look Around Fire Primary Weapon Fire Secondary Weapon Rudder/ Throttle Go Back Pause Game I am still not sure where the attack came from because it was so fast and so final. I've been tossed about like a child's wooden boat for as best as I can tell, six days and nights, but the line between sleep and wakefulness has become blurred save for one clear thought that keeps me clinging for life--that I must find out who is responsible for this devastating attack on my boat and crew. I draw small comfort from the knowledge that I am the only one who survived the onslaught, and that this one remaining chunk of hull is all that separates me from the sharks. The thought had just crossed my mind when I heard the distant hum of an engine through the driving rain. Change Camera View Menu Selection Turbo Toggle Game Screen Map Zoom Select Weapon This diagram depicts the default Blood Wake controls. Use the Blood Wake Options screen to select other configurations for the controls. 4 5 6 Kun Bay Mission 22, 24, 25 Secret Fortress Mission 27 Emerald Straits Mission 18, 21, 23 Black Moon Mission 16, 19, 20 Nagau River Mission 5, 8, 11, 12, 14 Salleh's Village Mission 6 Suei Pu Mission 2 and 3 Kerang Mission 9, 10, 13, 17 First Shadow Clan Base Mission 1 and 7 Map of the World 7 The Story The Jade Kingdom Your name is Shao Kai. You were formerly a lieutenant with the Northern League, but thanks to Ped Zeng, leader and warlord of the Shadow Clan, you have been rescued. Your rescue comes with a price. In exchange for your life you have been conscripted into the Shadow Clan for your skippering expertise to fight against the Shadow Clan's enemies: the Jade Kingdom and the Iron Empire. Your new Shadow Clan allies, an informal collective of young freedom-loving raiders, are out to seek fortune and infamy. Many of them are exiles and refugees from parts of the mainland, having fled to the tropical archipelagos of the Shadow Islands along the Dragon Sea's southern and eastern edges. Though not malicious or bloodthirsty, the Shadow Clan lives a life of freedom through piracy, trading, and smuggling, especially by picking off Jade Kingdom freighters loaded with goods from the Jade Kingdom's wealthy merchant class. This makes them a persistent thorn in the side of the Jade Kingdom's leader, Lord Sri Brana. Shadow Clan boats are swift and their captains bold--this is how they make up for their relatively light armament and weaponry, and lesser numbers. Ped Zeng has put to sea his entire Shadow Clan fleet and declared open season on any Jade Kingdom boats that threaten his livelihood. He is a wise and cavalier sea rogue, in love with the good life but intent on maintaining Clan sovereignty in the Dragon Sea. On the other hand, because of the increasing threat from the Iron Empire, Ped has instructed his men to fight or flee Iron Empire boats at their own discretion, and risk. The Jade Kingdom is a traditional monarchy led by Lord Sri Brana, a charismatic and flamboyant king who for many years has ruled the many small groups living in the Gulf of the Moon. This area once was dominated by the opium trade but is now ruled by the aristocracy. The aristocrats maintain their country's autonomy with trade agreements for some of their plentiful resources such as spice and hardwoods. It is a land of tall jungle-covered mountains stepping down to wide, rich river plains. Mysticism is deeply engrained here, including tales of magical empires long lost to the inroads of jungle and ocean. The Jade Kingdom has declared war on the Shadow Clan in order to protect its shipping channels. At the same time, warlord Shao Lung was organizing the fractured states in the north into the Iron Empire. Lord Brana hopes to rid himself of the pesky Shadow Clan first and then turn his attention full force against the Iron Empire, rather than attempt to tackle both problems at once. He laughed at the first attempts of the Iron Empire. He is sure it will be a simple matter to put them back in their place. Unfortunately, Lord Brana may have underestimated the situation. Jade Kingdom Boats Jade Kingdom boats are adapted from junks and sampans and their weapons are haphazard at best. On the other hand, they do know their jungle rivers well and are more numerous than other factions. The sampans are relatively slow on the water but do carry some weapons that make them a threat. These include chain guns, rocket launchers, mine launchers, and torpedo launchers. The smaller-class sampans are easy to destroy with weapons or even by crashing your Shadow Clan boat right through their flimsy wooden hulls. The larger sampans can take more of a beating. 8 9 The Iron Empire Only recently, militaristic warlord Shao Lung has pulled together small, splintered, and independent feudal provinces located in the far northern lands and declared himself a khan. These provinces formerly lived in the Jade Kingdom's shadow. Separated by an impassable mountain chain and extensive river systems and gorges, this mysterious group refers to itself as the Iron Empire. Before Shao Lung Kahn, it was known as the Northern League--a loose confederation of small feudal provinces with linguistic and cultural similarities, each ruled by its own prince, duke, or khan. It was Lung who made alliances with some of the khans and then destroyed the rest of them, dividing the lands between the warlords who cooperated with him. Silently and swiftly, Lung has equipped his new Iron Empire with boats conquered and commandeered on the high seas. He now plagues his Jade Kingdom neighbors and is a formidable enemy. Shao Lung Khan has left a legacy of treachery, deceit and death in his wake and seems intent on destroying everyone in the Gulf of the Moon who has not been absorbed into the Iron Empire. Unlike the Jade Kingdom, the Iron Empire doesn't seek to capture Shadow Clan men or loot their ships, but prefers to send them to the bottom of the sea with little warning. His ultimate goal remains a mystery. It is also rumored that the Iron Empire has somehow acquired a powerful mystical weapon. Iron Empire Boats Iron Empire boats are metal-hulled and powered by large engines that make them typically quicker on the water than Jade Kingdom sampans. The boats carry powerful weapons such as auto-cannons, rocket launchers, fixed cannons and mine launchers. Ped always advises Shadow Clan raiders like yourself to avoid the Iron Empire's heavy weapons and instead outmaneuver them on the water, rather than fight them head-on. He also urges staying aware of areas in which they may have placed water mines. As a final note, the Shadow Clan recently seems to have figured out a way to come up with unpredictable and decisive victories, so Ped advises you to proceed with caution. 10 11 The Main Screen At this point you've already set up your system and properly inserted the Blood Wake disc. The Main screen includes the choices below. Creating and Loading Games Creating and loading games in Blood Wake is easy. Once you create a game, it's saved for you automatically so that you can return to play it any time. To create a new single player game 1. After inserting the Blood Wake disc, press the START button. 2. Use the directional pad to select Story Mode, and then press the A button. 1 2 3 4 3. Select Create Game and then press the A button. 4. Use the directional pad to select where the game will be saved. You can save your game directly to the Xbox ...