Games Microsoft XBOX THIEF-DEADLY SHADOWS User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Controller Moves _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2

Quick Start _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _3

The Story _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _4

Game Screens _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _5

Managing Your Games _ _ _ _ _ _ _6

Playing Thief: Deadly Shadows _ _ _8

Using the HUD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _8 Moving Around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _9 Looking Around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _10 Using Weapons and Items _ _ _10 Firing Arrows and Projectiles _ _11 Fighting and Dying _ _ _ _ _ _ _12 Picking Locks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13 City Map _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _14 Finding and Selling Loot _ _ _ _16 Being Stealthy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _17 Viewing Mission Objectives _ _18 Winning Missions _ _ _ _ _ _ _18

Tools of the Trade _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _19

The World

Missions _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _24 The City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _24 Faction _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _25

Game Options _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _26

Game Credits _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _27

STEALTH TIPS ...

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Avoid toe-to-toe combat. Guards are tough.

Use stealth to defeat them.

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Hide in the shadows and avoid bright areas.

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Use the Light Gem to see how visible you are. If it appears dark, you’re practically invisible to nearby opponents. If it’s bright, you’re partially or fully visible.

Be silent! Your footsteps are quieter when

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you move slowly and avoid loud surfaces like metal. Avoid stumbling over boxes or barrels.

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Observe your opponent’s patterns before you move. To avoid being caught, move when your enemy’s back is turned.

To assess stealthiness, listen closely to your

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opponent. A suspicious person voices concern and starts searching for you. Move carefully away and find a good hiding spot. If you are well-hidden, your opponent will give up the search soon enough.

Opponents oblivious to your presence can

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be knocked out with a single hit. Sneak up behind the enemy, then attack with the blackjack, dagger or broadhead arrow.

GAMEPLAY

TRIGGER

Move forward, backward or sideways.

Toggle wall flattening mode.

Return arrow to quiver.

Jump (press and hold to mantle).

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Lean left or right. Change highlighted menu item.

Crouch down.

Switch between first- and third-person view. Close active menu.

CONTROLLER MOVES

Controls can perform multiple tasks (listed on multiple lines below).

Select next weapon. (To cycle, press bwhile moving L.)

Use selected weapon. Equip dagger (if no weapon is selected).

Throw away worthless item.

Select next item. (To cycle, press cwhile moving L.)

Use selected inventory item. Throw away worthless item.

Equip flash bomb (if no item is selected).

Use door/button/lever or pick up/drop item in your center view.

Drop body or worthless item.

Select highlighted menu item.

Rotate view or tilt camera angle.

Zoom mechanical eye view in/out.

Display Pause Menu (only in missions or the City).

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QUICK START

To select an option or button from a menu:

1. Press Dor moveLto highlight a choice.

2. Press Ato select the highlighted option.

• To use a slider, select it and press

• To scroll through lists, select the scroll arrows and press

To launch Thief: Deadly Shadows:

1. Insert the Thief: Deadly Shadows disc into the Xbox® video game system.

2. Press g, then select New Game.

3. (Optional after tutorial) Select Difficulty (p. 6) to change settings.

4. Read the Briefing, then select Start Mission.

• Follow the blue footsteps in the tutorial to learn the ropes.

• Press gto pause the game and access options (p. 26).

• Save often (p. 7)!

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or Rto change settings.

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You can choose alternate control layouts in the Options Screen. (See p. 26).

THE STORY OF THIEF: DEADLY SHADOWS

In Thief: Deadly Shadows, you play Garrett, a master thief in a dark, sprawling metropolis known only as the City. Rarely seen and never caught. Garrett wo r ks alone in the shadow of night, constantly trolling for info rmation and eyeing his next p riz e. He can sneak past any guard, pick any lock with ease, and infi l t rate the most ingeniously secured re s i d e n c e s .

Cynical and unenthusiastic about helping those in need, Garrett draws on his talents to lift from the wealthy solely for his own gain. To him, everyone is a potential victim who can help line his pockets and fuel the underground economy of the City. He’s a legend among his own kind, a reluctant anti-hero who wants n o thing more than to be left alone to carry out his trade. But instead, his actions seem to always draw him into greater confl i c t s .

The Keepers pull the strings behind the City, and lately, they’ve been paying close attention to Garrett. Too close, in his opinion. This secret organization drew Garrett into its fold early on, but he rejected their teachings at a young age and scorned them for their reclusive meddling. He went on to become a skilled thief — the best that ever was, in fact.

The Keepers have long recognized Garrett as the central figure in their glyph book of prophecies, which warn of an awakening evil and an impending Dark Age.They have come to Garrett in hopes that his steady nerves and legendary talent can save the City from a dark, uncertain future. What the Keepers did not foresee in this reluctant alliance is that Garrett has come dangerously close to untangling the City’s darkest secrets.

“…the dreaded One may be peasant or noble, may be old

or young, may be man or woman. We know what the

One will do…we know it all too well. But we still know

nothing about who the One is…”

- Excerpt from the Archival Keeper Council Transcripts: F.K. Modrian, Book VI, Chapter 3

GAME SCREENS

You can access a number of non-gameplay screens before and after each mission. Some are also available whenever you pause gameplay by pressing g.

To return to the Title Menu once in game, select Load or Save from the Pause Menu, then select Quit in the lower left corner of the screen. The Title Menu lets you create a new game, load a saved game, change game options or view credits.

Once you create a game, you view different non-gameplay screens before, during and after missions. See the page numbers below for details on each screen.

Title Menu

New Game (p. 6) Load Game (p. 7) Options (p. 26) Credits (p. 27)

Pause

Gear (p. 19) Goals (p. 18) Save (p. 7) Load (p. 7) Faction (p. 25) Options (p. 26)

Missions default to the Normal difficulty setting. However, you can change this before each mission by selecting Difficulty.

“If it is to close your eyes that you seek, to

become deaf to the truth, to dismiss the obvious

— then you have succeeded most thoroughly.”

– Excerpt from a letter to the Keeper Council,

New Game / Pre-Mission

Briefing (p. 6) Difficulty (p. 6) Goals (p.18) Gear (p. 19)

Mission Complete

Load (p. 7) Debriefing (p. 18) Mission Stats (p. 18) Goals (p. 18) Gear (p. 19)

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MANAGING YOUR GAMES

Once you start a new game, you can save it by pressing gand selecting Save. It’s important to save as you play — that way, if you die, you can restart the mission from the last save point. Each saved game stores the mission status, including current values for difficulty level, loot, health and goals.

Starting a New Game

From the Title Menu, select New Game to sta rt a fresh game. Read the bri e f i n g , then adjust the Difficulty level if desired. Select Sta r t Mission to sta r t play i n g .

New Game Screen

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Abort Mission. Quits the current mission.

Briefing. Displays important text that describes the mission and outlines your

objectives.

Difficulty. Alters the mission difficulty (unavailable in the first tutorial mission). Select

Gear. Displays all items and weapons you have in your possession. Subscreens

show your loot and a sketched map of the area (p. 20).

Start Mission. Launches the current mission.

EASY/NORMAL/HARD/EXPERT

Later, you can view many of these screens by

pressing g to pause the game.

Saving and Loading Games

Save Game Screen

To display this screen during gameplay, press gand select Save. Saved games store the current state of your game. Later, you can load it using the Load Game screen.

To save a game:

1. Press gto pause the game, then select Save.

2 Highlight a slot and press Ato save the

game. (You can save over occupied slots.) To scroll through the list, highlight the scroll bar and moveLor press

Note: Select Restart to replay the current mission from the beginning.

Load Game Screen

To display this screen during gameplay, press

and select Load.

To load a game:

1. Launch the game and select Load. (In a mission, press gto pause the

game, then select Load.

2. Highlight a saved game. To scroll the list, highlight the scroll bar and move

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or press

3. Press Ato load the selected game.

• To reload the current game, select Restart.

(This option only appears when you pause the game and select Load.)

• To delete a game, highlight it and press X.

“Fiddle-dee dum and fiddle-dee dee

The old gray lady is after me

She wants my shoes and she wants my skin

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There’s none so small that she can’t fit in.”

– Children’s rhyme, unknown origin

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