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6

7

• 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.

GETTING

GAME SCREEN

INTO THE GAME

On the Title screen, press 

A

to begin.

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.

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.

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 11–18) 

— Join 

the Criminals or Law Enforcement 
and find out who rules in bloody wars,
robberies gone bad, adrenaline-
pumping 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.

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.

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.

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

ammo remaining

weapon held

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Page 9: ...ats for yourself and other players PLAYERS View recent players APPEAR OFFLINE Turn this option ON when you don t want your Friends or members of your Clan to see that you re online SIGN OUT Exit Xbox Live mode ONLINE GAME MODES RAID It s time for the Criminals to pay Law Enforcement attempts to raid a Criminal hangout where they are protecting their stash The Criminals must defend their turf and p...

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