Eidos TOTAL OVERDOSE, Manual

Weapon Controls

You may have been told that violence never solved anything. You clearly
never worked on the front line of the War on Drugs before.

Learn how to use most firearms at the Pistoleros Asociados 
(that’s the Shooter’s Association to you, gringo!).

Fire selected weapon

r

(right trigger); hold for automatic fire

with certain weapons

Cycle available weapons

c

/

b

(black/white)

Reload selected weapon

Y

Target enemy head

Press and hold 

X

; when target turns

YELLOW, pull 

r

NOTE:

Not all firearms are accurate enough

for headshot targeting. (See 

pages 20-21

for

details of the most accurate weapons.)

Target object

Press and hold 

B

(if target object is

destroyable)

Throw grenade

Select grenade, pull and hold 

r

, then

release to throw

Aim weapon

R

(right thumbstick)

NOTE:

If there’s a RED target onscreen, this

is where your shots go. If there isn’t a RED
target, use the white dot or crosshair cursor
to aim.

Quick Weapon-Select Shortcuts

Get the right weapon in your hands, quick!

B

3

Y

Best automatic weapon

B

3

X

Best explosive weapon

B

3

A

Best shotgun

B

3

B

Best single-shot weapon

X

3

Y

Molotov cocktail

X

3

B

Grenade

X

3

A

Dynamite

4

5

Vehicle Controls

You can drive most vehicles you see, as long as they’re not totaled.

Enter stationary vehicle

Y

(approach vehicle door until button

prompt appears) 

Exit stationary vehicle

Y

Steer

L

(left thumbstick)

Accelerate

A

Brake/Reverse

X

Handbrake

B

Lean out of vehicle

Hold 

l

(left trigger)

Leap from vehicle

r

(right trigger) when leaning out 

of vehicle

Shoot

r

in open-topped vehicles only

Horn

Click 

R

(right thumbstick)

Loco Moves Controls

LOCO MOVES

are outlandish one-off moves you can win in various ways.

Building a string of kills before the combo timer 

(page 16)

runs out or

completing big scoring missions are good ways to secure loco moves.

Cycle through loco moves

?

(D-pad) 

4

/

3

Use selected loco move

?

1

TIP:

There are many other acrobatic skills to be learned. Get on over

to Los Toros and find them out yourself at the Pistoleros Asociados.

1. Press 

>

to open the Main Menu.

2. Use 

?

to highlight 

NEW GAME

, then press 

A

twice to advance. 

The game begins with you controlling the DEA agent (and father to
Cruz and Ram) deep in the Central American jungles in the mid-80s.

NOTE:

Next time you play, if you have a saved game, select 

LOAD GAME

to load it 

(page 19)

.

SETTING UP THE GAME

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