Games PC 25 to Life User Manual

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CONTENTS

EPILEPSY WARNING

A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a television screen or while playing video games may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, has an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to playing. If you experience any of the following while playing a video game — dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions — IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult a physician before resuming play.

PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE DURING USE

• This game disc is intended for use exclusively on Windows®-based systems with the minimum configurations specified on the system requirements of the game purchased.

• Do not sit too close to the screen. Sit a good distance away from the monitor, as far away as the length of the cable allows.

• Avoid playing if you are tired or have not had much sleep.

• Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit.

• Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game.

HANDLING YOUR GAME DISC

• Avoid bending the disc. Do not touch, smudge or scratch its surface.

• Do not leave the disc in direct sunlight or near a radiator or other source of heat.

• Take occasional rest breaks during extended play.

• Always store the disc in its protective case.

PULL THE TRIGGER INSTALLATION STARTING UP DEFAULT CONTROLS GETTING INTO THE GAME

Creating a Profile Main Menu Saving Game Data Pause Menu Options

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EIDOS:

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ESRB RATING

This product has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. For information about the ESRB rating, or to comment about the appropriateness of the rating, please contact the ESRB at www.esrb.com.

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INSTALLATION

PULL THE TRIGGER

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 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.

. . . AS SHAUN CALDERON, LEADER OF THE 22 STREET D-BOYS

You’re a gang leader, murderer and Freeze’s best friend. Every choice you make is the one that keeps you in power.

To install a few seconds, the Launch Panel will appear. (If the Launch Panel does not appear when you insert the DVD, double-click the the CD/DVD-ROM icon to display the Launch Panel.)

This program will guide you through the installation process via onscreen prompts.

•

Click the

25 TO LIFE

– or –

Click the Choose Type Click the OKbutton to begin the install program. When prompted, select the path and directory on your hard drive where you want

to install the game. The default is change this to your preferred location.

Start

Run

d:\setup

Readme

™, insert the game DVD into your CD/DVD-ROM drive. After

My Computer

button.

from the pop-up menu.

in the box provided (d:designates your CD/DVD-ROM drive letter).

C:\Program Files\25tolife

button to view important information about

icon, then double-click

. If you like, you can

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UNINSTALLING

To uninstall

–>25tolife –>Uninstall 25 to Life.

from your computer.

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, from your desktop select

When prompted, click

Start –>All Programs –>Eidos

Yes

to remove

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STARTING UP

Once the game is installed and you are ready to play, click the on the Launch Panel to start the game.

To begin playing the game at a later time, insert the DVD into the CD/DVD-ROM drive. After a few seconds, the via the AutoPlay feature.

•

Click the

– or –

•

Select

To leave the game, click the

Play 25 to Life

Start –>All Programs –>Eidos –>25tolife –>Play 25 to Life.

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button to start the game.

Quit

Autorun program will appear

button.

Play

button

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GETTING

INTO THE GAME

DEFAULT CONTROLS

MENU NAVIGATION

Select menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cursor keys 1/2

Change setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cursor keys 4/3

Confirm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enter

GAME ACTION

Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift

Move forward/backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W/ S

Lean left/right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q/ E

Crouch/Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C/ release C

Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spacebar

Aim/Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mouse

Shoot/Swing weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . left-click

Strafe left/right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A/D

Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R

Throw grenade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G

Next weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mouse wheel 2

Melee weapon toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mouse wheel 1

Use/Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . right-click

Taunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Custom tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T

1st person mode (camera lookaround) . . . . . . V

Zoom/Precision aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z

Center view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X

Pause/In-game menu/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Esc

View Objectives (Single Player)

Scoreboard (Multiplayer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / (backslash)

On the Title screen, press to begin.

Enter

CREATING A PROFILE

You must create a profile to save your game progress through 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.

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To create a profile name:

When prompted to create a profile, select OK, enter a profile name in the name field and then save your profile.

MAIN MENU

• SINGLE PLAYER (page 7)

a bloody taste of life on both sides of the law. You’ll be a Criminal and a member of Law Enforcement too. Select a difficulty level before starting play.

• MULTIPLAYER ONLINE (pages 12–15)

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.

• MULTIPLAYER LOCAL NETWORK

(page 15)

Online, connect up to 16 players via a Local Area Network (LAN).

• OPTIONS Note:

on the

— Similar to Multiplayer

— Adjust game settings.

See

page 12

Friends

and

— Get

for details

Log Out

—

options.

SAVING GAME DATA

You will be prompted to save changes to game options or online data.

PAUSE MENU

Press

Esc

Pause Menu primary and secondary objectives are listed along with these options:

• CONTINUE

• OPTIONS

• QUIT

to pause play and view the

(screenshot, page 7)

— Return to play.

sound changes.

see below.)

— Adjust your aim and make

(For additional options,

— Return to the Main Menu.

. Your

OPTIONS

• AIMING

• LOOK SENSITIVITY

• LOOK SPEED

• STEREO MODE

• SOUND

• MUSIC

• GAMMA

• BLOOD & GUTS

• BLUR EFFECTS

• KEYBOARD BINDINGS

• DONE

— Select

Normal

Inverted

response time.

camera moves when you turn to look.

Reversed Stereo

— Adjust sound effects volume.

— Adjust music volume.

— Adjust the gamma level.

of carnage to

effect when taking damage.

your control layout.

— Save changes and exit the game. Select to save any changes made to your profile.

— Adjust camera

— Adjust how fast the

— Select

Stereo,

Mono

sound.

— Set the display

Enabled/Disabled

— Toggle the visual

— Customize

Yes

when prompted

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GAME SCREEN

health

radar

• HEALTH

• RADAR

• CROSSHAIRS

• AMMO REMAINING

• WEAPON HELD

• ACTION ICONS

• HINT POINTS

— When you have full health this icon is

damage, your health icon changes from green to

— 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.

the crosshairs turn

green.

the gun icon you see how many bullets are left in your clip. Press the (default R) to reload ammo. Reload is automatic when you empty the weapon AND you have reserve ammo.

action such as climbing over a fence, picking up a new weapon, kicking open a door or even grabbing a human shield. action

of a game feature.

— Use this to aim weapons. When locked onto an enemy,

red.

Head shots are the hardest to make but they’re also the deadliest.

— The number on the left is ammo you have in reserve. Below

— Roll the

— (not shown) These icons appear when you can take a special

(page 7).

— (not shown) Walk into one of these for an explanation

crosshairs

ammo remaining

When locked onto a non-combatant or friendly, they turn

mouse wheel down

(default) to switch weapons.

Right-click

weapon held

green.

As you gradually take

red.

(default) to take

Reload

key

SINGLE PLAYER

GAME

MISSION BRIEFING/OBJECTIVES

Each level has primary and secondary objectives, explained on the

Briefing

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.

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screen. Completing the primary

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 a

When you complete an element of any objective, a prompt appears at the top of the screen.

ATTACKING

• Left-click

•

Press the Throw Grenade key (default G) to throw a grenade, tear gas or pipe bomb.

(default) to fire or swing a weapon.

FIRST-AID KITS

Pick up first-aid kits to heal your wounds. Some only provide partial first aid and others give you 100% health.

SPECIAL MOVES

Perform special moves by at the bottom of the screen.

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 press the and Skeys.

VAULT

over obstacles.

— Jump

Mission

right-clicking

—

right-click

(default) when an Action Icon appears

PICK UP WEAPON

in front of you. In exchange, you will lay down a weapon you’re holding (of the same weapon type).

GRAB/RELEASE HUMAN SHIELD

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. Your weapon will automatically switch to a handgun when you grab a human shield.

APPREHEND

them out with non-lethal means (Law Enforcement only).

NEXT SONG

and

— Arrest Criminals after taking

right-click

— Pick up a weapon lying

— Sometimes

— Find a boom box

to tune in a new song.

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USING WEAPONS

Weapons fall into four categories and vary depending on your Criminals 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

Roll the mouse

when over the enemy.

• Press the a zoomed-in view, with better aim.

• Press the

Right-click

•

Q/E

• Press

to aim your weapon. The targeting crosshairs turn

Left-click

key to toggle tight-aiming on and off. This gives you

Reload

key (default R) to reload.

(default) to pick up weapons dropped by slain enemies.

to peer around corners and take a protected shot.

to fire.

red

GRENADES/BOMBS

Roll the mouse

way as aiming your guns. Press the the explosive. The longer you depress the key, the farther you will throw.

to aim your grenade or bomb, aiming with the cursor in the same

Throw Grenade

key (default G) to toss

HAND-TO-HAND WEAPONS

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.

WEAPONS

Here’s a sampling of available weapons. There are plenty more….

HANDGUNS 9MM SEMI-AUTO: Loved by Criminals and hated by Law Enforcement, the

.357 CAL: The classic police sidearm with excellent hitting power

.44 AUTO: Huge firepower in a small semi-automatic package.

RIFLES/SHOTGUNS/A SHOTGUNS: Blow someone up big time at close range. Shotguns can

MP SILENCED SUB-MACHINE GUN: Some people think this is the best

AK ASSAULT RIFLE: Now you’re playing Army. Rapid-fire and monster

SNIPER RIFLE: Get a huge range advantage and take someone out

BOMBS CONCUSSION GRENADE: This police weapon is used to shock victims

FLASH GRENADE: Explodes with a blinding flash. TEAR GAS CANISTER: One snort of this causes the victim’s eyes to start

PIPE BOMB: This is plumbing stuffed with black powder. Total

MOLOTOV: It’s a bottle full of gasoline.

THUMP ‘EM, S

BASEBALL BAT, TIRE IRON, BATON: Short on bullets? Crack some heads! KNIFE: Old school, but effective. STUN GUN: Deliver 50,000 volts of agonizing incapacity. Get real

semi-auto 9mm features a 30-round clip.

and surprising range.

UTOMA

TIC WEAPONS

be stock Law Enforcement 12-gauge models or illegal

sawed-off scatterguns.

sub-machine gun ever made. At 800 rounds per minute, there’s enough slugs for everyone.

hitting power make this the weapon to fear on any battlefield.

before they even see you. Press the the scope in tight for the perfect shot.

instead of kill them. Explodes with a glass-shattering shock wave but no shrapnel.

burning as they gasp for air.

devastation for the do-it-yourselfer.

the trajectory of your throw. And make it a good throw! Gas can splash back and turn you into thug flambé.

TICK ‘EM, SHOCK ‘EM

close to use it.

Z key

Roll the mouse

to zoom

to adjust

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ONLINE

CUSTOMIZE GAME

FEATURES

You can customize your characters, weapon loadout and the tag you spray on buildings. These options appear in both Multiplayer Online and LAN games.

CUSTOMIZING YOUR CHARACTER

Criminal or Law Enforcement, if you are going to end up bleeding in the streets, at least have cool clothes when you hit the pavement. everything about your character. From skin color, clothes and jewelry to beards and ski masks, you can create a totally unique character.

•

Dress like the rest of your posse for quick identification during intense online battles. Criminals can wear Clan colors and Law Enforcement can wear agency uniforms.

•

To customize your character in Multiplayer mode, select once you have logged in.

•

You can save up to four custom Criminals and Law Enforcement characters to use during Multiplayer games. Each character can have different weapon loadouts.

To customize a character:

1. Select

2. Select

3. Select

Customize Characters

from the Customize Menu. Next, select the character you want to customize.

Edit Name

character preset a name.

Edit Clothing

the look of your Criminals or Law Enforcement character. Start from scratch and choose to modify your character’s head, body, arms, hands, legs and feet. Or choose

Prebuilt

of prebuilt characters. Select

Clear/Reset

and scroll through a list

to give each

to customize

Select

to start over.

USING YOUR CUSTOM CHARACTER IN MULTIPLAYER GAMES

On the Customize Menu, the dot next to the character's name indicates which character will be used in Multiplayer games. The red dot indicates the Criminals character; the blue dot indicates the Law Enforcement character.

To switch the dot to another character, select the character on the Customize Menu. The dot will move to that character when you back out, regardless of whether or not you edited the character.

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Customization

lets you customize

EDITING YOUR WEAPON LOADOUT

You can customize weapon loadouts during both Multiplayer Online and Multiplayer System Link gameplay.

1. Select

2. There are four categories (or weapons

3. Once you finish editing your weapon loadout, press

Customization,

Customize Characters

your character and then select

Loadout.

a different loadout for each custom character.

“slots”) to set:

Primary

use the cursor keys to toggle between weapon choices.

• Melee

• Secondary

• Primary

• Grenades

menu. You will be prompted to save/overwrite your settings before returning to the Multiplayer Menu. Remember to select made to your character.

You can edit and save

and

Grenade.

weapons are hand-held weapons such as a baseball bat and hammer,

and non-lethal weapons for Law Enforcement such as the stun gun and zapper.

the Mak, M.A.G. and 9mm auto.

weapons are your big guns — everything that’s rifle-sized.

These include the AK, shotguns, 2x M.A.G. and sniper rifles.

are lobbed weapons, including pipe bombs, flashbangs and tear gas.

select

, select

Edit

Melee, Secondary,

weapons are handguns, including automatic handguns such as

In each category,

Esc

to return to the previous

Yes

to save any changes you

CREATING A CUSTOM TAG

The tag editor lets you create a custom tag for spray painting on buildings during online games.

• Select

Customization,

Tags.

You can create up to five letters, choosing the color for the inside, outline and accent.

then

Custom

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MULTIPLAYER

ONLINE GAME

MULTIPLAYER MENU

• QUICK MATCH

have the option to create (Host) one.

• FIND MATCH

search parameters. All available games will appear on the Search Result screen.

• CREATE MATCH

• CUSTOMIZATION

use, and create your tag.

CUSTOMIZE CHARACTERS

–

CUSTOMIZE TAG

–

VOICE SETTINGS

–

GAME SETTINGS

–

• FRIENDS

• MY CLAN

• STATS AND RANKINGS

and other players.

• PLAYERS

• LOG OUT

ONLINE GAME MODES

•RAID

— It’s time for the Criminals to pay! Law Enforcement attempts to raid a Criminals hangout where they are protecting their defend their turf and prevent the Law Enforcement team from making a bust. The Law Enforcement team’s goal is to infiltrate, grab the stash and return it to the SWAT van (or other location) at the start point.

• ROBBERY

the loot object. Criminals carrying loot run more slowly, requiring team assistance. Criminals must take the loot to available drop-off points. Cops spawn on the opposite side of the map and attempt to prevent successful theft of loot.

•TAG

— Represent your set! Two rival gangs of Criminals clash to claim their turf. Each team “owns” turf by controlling tag locations across the level. When you come across an empty tag location,

the right mouse button

character is done tagging. You can also tag over a rival team’s tag; doing so will give your team control of that section of turf. A Criminals team wins the round if they control the most tag locations for the longest time or if they control all of the tag locations on the level at one time.

— Get in on the first available game. If no games are available, you

— Set a Map Name and Game Type and find a game that fits your

— Create an online game and set its parameters

— Personalize your online character’s looks and the guns you’ll

— Personalize your own character

— Create your personal tag

— Adjust the Voice Chat settings.

— Adjust game settings

— Search for recent players or send a Friend Request

— Create a Clan or see if you have been invited to join a Clan

— View online game stats for yourself

— View recent players. — Exit Multiplayer mode.

— Criminals go from their spawn point to a target location and pick up

hold down

until your

(page 11)

(page 5)

stash.

(page 13)

(page 11)

(page 14)

The Criminals must

• WAR

— This mode is an all-out, team-based deathmatch. The round ends when the time limit or score is reached or when one team is completely eliminated. Be sure to check out the different options that you can configure for this mode (such as

Friendly Fire On

, etc.) when hosting this type of game.

Modifying the Spawn Rules:

You can modify the Spawn rules in the online game modes.

•

You can choose

•

With

Respawn On,

“arrested” will receive a time-based re-spawn penalty.

•

The host can determine the re-spawn rules, such as and set a fixed number of team re-spawns.

Respawn Off,

a player who is killed will re-spawn quickly. A Criminal who is

a pure player-elimination based mode.

Respawn On

Off

HOSTING AN ONLINE GAME

To host a game, select for your game, and select

• GAME MODE

which maps are available for selection.

• MAP

— Pick a location for your game.

• TIME LIMIT

• SCORE LIMIT

• MAX PLAYERS

• ROUNDS

• RESERVED SLOTS

If you set this option to invite by name can join your game.

• CYCLE TEAMS

• FRIENDLY FIRE

• RANKED MATCH

Turn this to be reported for the match.

• TEAM SPAWNS

allows one player to respawn. Run out of tickets for your team and it’s down to elimination rules — you die and it’s over!

— Set the max number of rounds for your game.

Off

Create Match

Start Game.

— Choose the kind of game you want to play. This will determine

— Set the game to last from 1 to 20 minutes.

— Set the limit for the winning score, or set no score limit.

— Choose to play with from 2 to 16 players.

— When set to

Private,

— When set to

– When set to Onyou can injure or kill teammates.

– When set to

for practice with your Clan or Friends, or if you don’t want statistics

– Set the number of Spawn tickets for each team. Each ticket

on the Multiplayer Menu, set the specifics

Game settings options are:

Public,

only your Friends, Clan-mates and people you

On,

anyone can join your hosted game.

players switch sides between rounds.

your statistics are recorded for rankings.

TEXT CHAT

Type out and broadcast chat messages. Create a message and press

Enter

to send it.

PLAYERS

This shows a list of players you have teamed with/against during the online session.

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READY UP ON THE STAGING SCREEN

This is the screen you see before starting online play. Make final game setting changes, chat, or look up Friends before starting the game. Select signal that you want to begin play, or select

Force Match Start

start the game and put the unready players back into the lobby.

Ready

to quickly

FRIEND LIST

From the Lobby, select and pending Friends requests; and the Recent Players list. From here, you can see the online status of established Friends and join a Friend's active You can have a maximum of 100 established Friends, pending Friend Requests and Friend Invites combined. Delete outdated Friends to make room for more.

• ACCEPTING FRIENDS’ REQUESTS

select

View Incoming Requests,

the request to accept or decline the offer. Once you accept, the icon changes to the

Established Friends

from another player, select

• SENDING INVITATIONS

game. Using the keyboard, enter the player’s name (do not include the Clan abbreviation), then press the invitation and there is room in your game, the player will automatically join the game. This option is only available to the Host of the current match.

• INGAME PLAYERS OPTIONS Players,

to an active player in the game. You can also send Clan and Match invitations from this menu, as well as configure other settings.

and then select

Friends

to view your current Friends; incoming, outgoing

— To accept a Friend request, select

and then select the name of the player who sent

icon. To permanently block Friend Requests

Block

on pending invitation.

— Select

Invite

to invite players currently online to your

Enter

to send the invitation. If the player accepts

— While in-game, go to the Pause Menu, select

Send Friend Request

to send a quick invitation

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Friends

game.

CLANS

Create or join a Clan of Criminals or Law Enforcement.

• CREATING YOUR CLAN

On the Clan screen select name your Clan and create the letters that appear in brackets before your name). You are now the leader of this Clan.

• MEMBER LIST

online status and join games with your Clan members.

• SENDING INVITES

on your Clan screen. Using the virtual keyboard, enter the screen name of the person you want to invite to join your Clan.

— On the Multiplayer Menu, select

Create

and, using the virtual keyboard,

Clan Abbreviation

— View a list of players in your Clan. You can see their

— Once you create your Clan, select

My Clan.

(the first three

Invitations

• ACCEPTING AN INVITATION TO JOIN A CLAN

a Clan, an icon will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. To accept the invitation, select it on the Invitations Menu and then select

• LEAVING THE CLAN

If you are the only member, the Clan will cease to exist.

• POSTING NOTICES

using the keyboard. If you are a member of a Clan, you can read notices when you select the

— Select

— If you are the leader or an officer, you can post notices

View Notices

Leave Clan

option.

— If you have an invitation to join

Yes.

to give up your Clan membership.

MULTIPLAYER

LOCAL

Multiplayer Local Area gameplay is the same as Multiplayer Online gameplay. All that’s required is that one player must host the game.

NETWORK

GAME

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CREDITS

EIDOS INC.

CEO & President, Eidos North America

Bill Gardner

Executive Vice President

of Sales & Marketing

Robert Lindsey

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Chip Blundell

Vice President of Product Development

John Spinale

Producer

Mike Orenich

Global Brand Manager

Kevin Gill

Associate Brand Manager

Sam Tehrani

Public Relations Director

Michelle Seebach Curran

Public Relations Manager

Kjell Vistad

Public Relations Specialist

Denny Chiu

Public Relations Coordinator

Loretta Stevens

National Sales Manager

Joe Morici

Channel Marketing Manager

Janty Sumimoto

Senior Channel Marketing Specialist

Ilana Budanitsky

Channel Marketing Coordinator

Rafal Dudziec

Marketing Communications Director

Stephanie Lipetzky

Creative Services Project Manager

Eileen Buenviaje

Media Specialist

Michael Tran

Roderick Van Gelder

Soundtrack Supervisor

Music Supervision & Licensing

Amanda Montes de Oca

for Sample Clearance Ltd.

Additional Soundtrack Licensing

Kevin Gill & Sam Tehrani

Product Operations Manager

Associate Manager of Development

Packaging Design & Layout

Interior Manual Writing & Design

Hanshaw Ink & Image

Ritual Entertainment

Opening Subway Cinematic

HIGHWAY 1 PRODUCTIONS INC.

Original Design

Highway One Productions Inc.

Storywriter

P. Frank Williams

Producer

Dan Wasson

EXTERNAL TEAMS

Voice Actors

Rashaad Ernesto Green

as Andre “Freeze” Francis James Martinez as Shaun Calderon Nicole Leach as Detective Mendoza

Daniel Whitner

as Detective Lester Williams

Unique Stewart as Darnell Francis

Monique Curnen as Monica Francis

Fidel Vicioso as Riggs/

Manuel Saragosa

Additional Voices

Mario Alvarado Andrew Chaikin

Roger L. Jackson

Oscar Juarez

CJ Nordé Jr.

Tommy Sheperd

David Skillman

Shannon Tilton

Duane Lawrence

Judy Henderson and Associates

Annie @ STARS Agency

Voiceover Recordings

Night Owl Studios, engineered

by Kent Miller & Glenn Lorieo

Additional Voiceover Recordings

The Annex, engineered

Motion Analysis Studios

Kristina Adelmeyer

Web Site Design

Boon Khoo

Web Support

Rob Fitzpatrick

Kevin Gill

Daniel R. Rubin

Graphic Designers

Julie Leibowitz

James Song

Production Manager

Gregory Wu

Richard Tsao

Operations

Colby McCracken

Project Manager

Tom Marx

Events Manager

Annie Meltzer

Popgun Design

Concept Art

Albert Co

Cinematics

Crystal Dynamics

Plastic Wax

Creative Direction

Jake Neri

Production

Michael Betti

Sean House

John Miller

Ken Yamada

Zachary Kilberg

Daryl Harper

Adam Harrington

David Collins Tonya Powell

Voice Casting

by Chris Cooper

Motion Capture

Matt Bauer Jeff Swenty

Scott Gagain

Technical Advisor

Tal Raviv

Customer Support Supervisor

Scott Holbert

Quality Assurance/CS Manager

Mark Cartwright

Hardware Control Technician

Jordan Romaidis

Lead Product Test Coordinator

Kip Ernst

Asst. Lead Product Test Coordinator

Ian Grutze

Mackenzie Hume, Stephen Cavoretto,

Patrick Goodspeed, Sean McCloskey,

Richard Campbell, Nicholas Cooprider,

Alex Krebs, Clint Waasted, John Hayes,

Julian James, Adam Braswell, Erik Genc

Malachi Boyle, Barbara Kenngott,

Jake Neri, Dan Wasson, Adrianne Perry,

Rebecca Tolliday and Nathan Maddams

@ Post Josh, Nathan “Extra” Richart,

Testers

Elizabeth Rutlin, Erik Kennedy,

Julian Mehlfeld, Aaron Keillor,

Special Thanks

Jonathan Kemp, Sheila Leunig,

James O’Riordan, Anand Gupta,

Manuela Tehrani, John Miller,

Matt Gorman, Mike Schmitt,

Jamie Bartolomei, Dan Johnson,

Brian Venturi, Tony Pittorino,

@ Plastic Wax, Josh Schwartz

Angel Herrera, Rick Healy,

Jordan Romaidis, Lynn Farmer,

Tom Marx, Travis O’Guinn,

Aaron Safronoff, Rafal Dudziec,

Sharon Gamble, Kari Hattner,

Nicole Ferrara

Advisors

Sean Hehir

Chuck Boyle

Mike Ordway

Motion Actors

Chris Robbins

Londale Theus

Rachelle DiVitto

Story Board Artist

Kevin Farrell

Interface & Style Consultants

Morningbreath, Inc.

Graffiti Artists

Dug, Rize & Trem

Additional Consultants

Carlito Rodriguez

Suzanne Engo

Cody McMurtry

Todd France

Joe Quixx

Parry Moss

AVALANCHE SOFTWARE

Programmers

Jeff Gosztyla

Rob Nelson Bryant Collard Dwain Skinner

Adam Clayton

Brian Green

Bryce Thomsen

Dan Silver Joe Barnes

Matt Parrish

Paul Blagay

Shon Love

Travis Nixon

Tyler Colbert

RITUAL ENTERTAINMENT

Development Director

Tom Mustaine

Lead Programmer

Ken Harward

Programmers

Aaron Cole

Squirrel Eiserloh

Eric Fowler

Roger Kort

Josh Martel

Chris Stark

Lead Designer

Richard Heath

Designers

Gary Buchanan

Richard Gray

Shawn Ketcherside

Reid Kimball

Russell Meakim

Todd Rose

John Schuch

CRYSTAL DYNAMICS

Producer

Sam Newman

Localization Producer

Marianne Arotzarena

Creative Services Producer

David Goodwine

Character Animators

Sundeep Dass Michael Smith

Brandon Fernandez

Ryan Goldsberry

Ben Harrison

Cinematics Animators

Rutherford Gong

Estuardo Sandoval

Environment Artists

Caleb Strauss

Chris Anderson

Shao Wei Liu

Voice Editor

Jae Shin

Artists & Level Designers

Jeff Hendershot

Abe Day

Brian Safarik

Bryson Jack

Chris Neville

Eric Boden

Evan Beuttenmuller

Jason Price

Jim Jung

Joe Cosman Joe Williamsen Johnny Breeze

Mike Thompson

Mike Lott

Mikhail Merkurieff

Nathan Lindsay

Skyler Flygare

Steve Coss

Art Director

Robert Atkins

Artists

Chris Curra

Rich Fleider

Michael Groark

Aaron Hausmann

Steve Hornback

Bobby Hutson

Wyeth Johnson

Steve Maines

Ethan McCaughey

Mark Morgan

Jason Muck

Nick Pappas Frank Pierce

Rungy Singhal

Audio Director

Zak Belica

Character Designer

Dave Gustlin

Sound Designers

Mike Peaslee

Karl Gallagher

Project Director

Noah Hughes

Designers

Patrick Connor

Rolef Conlan

Alex Vaughan

Test Manager

Chris Bruno

Multiplayer Lead

Daniel Kim

Assistant Multiplayer Lead

Oliver Piega

Leads

Benny Ventura

Gregg Stephens

Audio

Jon Bray

Managers

Jeff Gosztyla

Vince Bracken

Testers

Andrew Kite

Nate Fuller

Gary Rowberry

Justin Turner

Levi Lewis

Jonny Hart

Chris Turner

Lead Tester

Michael Russell

C.E.O.

Steve Nix

Systems Administrator

Mason Lucas

Office Manager

Lisa Loewecke

Special Thanks

Dave Bonora Steve Hessel Doug Service

Compliance Specialist

Wil Dimas

Testers

John Hsia

David Pogan

Matt Trudell

Ian Marsden David Bushee

Joe Greer

John Teymoorian

Tyler Wilmoth

Sean Laurie

Jason Johnson

Gerard Gust

Bill Gahr

Brandon Reed

Jon Brown

Nicholas Lutz

Darren Krommenhock

Tony Perata

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MUSIC CREDITS

“Enemies”

Performed by Xzibit

Produced by J-Beats

Album Title: Man vs. Machine

Courtesy of Loud Records, LLC.

By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Licensing.

Written by J. Jackson and A. Joiner Published by Voco Music d/b/a Alexra Music o/b/o itself and Hennessey for Everyone Music (BMI)/My Own Way (ASCAP).

“Where The Hood At”

Performed by DMX

Produced by Tuneheadz

Courtesy of Ruff Ryders/The Island Def Jam Music Group

Published by Universal Music Publishing Group o/b/o Boomer X

Publishing Inc. and Swizz Beatz (ASCAP)/CAK Music, Inc. o/b/o

(ASCAP)Ryde or Die Publishing (ASCAP)/EMI April Music Inc.

Written by D. Coles, R. Diggs, J. Phillips and J. McElveen

Published by EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself, Justin Combs

Publishing Co., Inc. and Jaewon’s Publishing (ASCAP)/Careers-

BMG Music Publishing, Inc. o/b/o Ramecca Publishing (BMI)

Album Title: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group under license

Written by J. Boxley, W. Drayton, C. Ridenhour and E. Sadler

Published by Songs of Universal Inc. o/b/o Def America Songs,

Published by Universal Polygram International Publishing Inc.

(ASCAP)/EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself, Gifted Pearl Music

Album Title: Grand Champ

under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Written by E. Simmons, D. Dean, K. Dean,

A. Hardy and M. Williams

itself, Cold Chillin’ Music Publishing and Songs of Marl

“Cerca de mi Neighborhood”

Performed by Tego Calderon

Produced by Tego Calderon

Album Title: El Enemy de los Guasibiri

Courtesy of El Abayarde Records, Inc.

Written by Tegui Calderon

Published by El Abayarde Music, Inc.

Performed by Ghostface Killah featuring Jadakiss

Album Title: The Pretty Toney Album

Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Produced by Hank Shocklee and Carl Ryder

Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.

under license from EMI Film & Television Music

Written by K. Elam, C. Martin and R. Russell

“Run”

Produced by Rza

“Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos”

Performed by Public Enemy

from Universal Music Enterprises

Inc. and Your Mother’s Music, Inc.

(BMI)/Reach Global Songs (BMI)

“Code of the Streets”

Performed by Gang Starr

Produced by DJ Premier and Guru

Album Title: Hard To Earn

and Ill Kid Music (ASCAP)

“Ghetto Star”

Performed by 2Pac featuring Nutso

Produced by GO Twice

Album Title: Better Dayz

Courtesy of Interscope Records

under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Written by T. Shakur, S. Cole and G. Banks

Published by Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Nuttso Publishing

(ASCAP)/A Gee In Tha Bank Publishing (ASCAP)

Written by S. La Rock, L. Parker and J. Thomas

Published by Live Lil’ J Music (ASCAP)/J Row Ya (ASCAP)

Written by P. Bernard, S. Campbell and M. Leathers

Published by EMI April Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Boozshi

Publishing (ASCAP)/Phil Clinton Publishing (SESAC)

Published by N-The-Water Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)

Written by C. Nicholas, T. Gray, D. Grison and D. Robertson

Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. o/b/o itself and Justin

Combs Publishing Co., Inc. (BMI)/Grind Music Inc./Jae Millz

“Criminal Minded”

Performed by Boogie Down Productions

Produced by Scott La Rock

Album Title: Criminal Minded

Courtesy of Bun Bun Music

Published by Bun Bun Music (ASCAP)

“Dark Corner”

Performed by Jay Live

Produced by J Row

Album Title: Unreleased Track

Courtesy of Recognize Reel Records

Written by J. Burris and J. Robey

“Bad Company”

Performed by Grafh

Produced by The Arkitects

Album Title: Unreleased Track

Courtesy of Epic Records under license

from Sony BMG Music Entertainment

“Yes, Yes, Y’all”

Performed by Geto Boys

Album Title: The Foundation

Produced by Scarface for Skinny Gangsta Music

Courtesy of Rap-A-Lot Records

Written by B. Jordan and W. Dennis

“Nolia Clap”

Performed by UTP Playas

Album Title: Nolia Clap

Produced by XL for XL Production,

Slice T for Slice of Life Production & Juvenile

Courtesy of Rap-A-Lot Records

Published by Breka Music Publishing (BMI)

“God With the Flow”

Performed by Aasim featuring Jae Millz

Produced by P Money

Album Title: Unreleased Track

Courtesy of Bad Boy Records

Written by L. Watson, J. Mills and P. Wadams

Publishing (BMI)/BTJ Publishing (BMI)

“Yes Sir”

Performed by Guerilla Black

Produced by Gabriel Rene for Renessiance Productions

Album Title: Guerilla City

Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc. under license from EMI Film & Television Music Written by Charels Williamson and Gabriel Rene

Published by Dollar Figga Music (ASCAP) & Renessiance

Publishing (ASCAP), administered Reach Global, Inc.

Renessiance Publishing (ASCAP)

By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Licensing.

Published by Zomba Enterprises Inc. (ASCAP)

for Konman Entertainment/Roc The World

Co-Produced by Brian “Allday” Miller for U&C Music

Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Published by Universal Polygram International Publishing Inc.

o/b/o Solomon’s Works, Inc. (ASCAP)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc.

o/b/o Please Gimme My Publishing/Stone Diamond Music Corp.

“More or Less” contains a sample of the recording “Rose”

written by Janie Bradford and Freddie Gorman, published

by Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI)/Jobete Music Co., Inc.

(ASCAP). Performed by Lamont Dozier. Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.

Published by Publishing Designee of Christopher Moore

Produced by Nomadic (K. Gallu-Badat) for Nomadic Trackz

Courtesy of Nomadic Trackz and Nathaniel Stroman

Written by N. Stroman and K. Gallu-Badat

Published by Publishing Designee of Nathaniel Stroman

Performed by Blaze feat/Esham and ABK Colton Grundy

Written by Madrox & Blaze, ABK, and Esham Produced by Lavel

Published by Psychopathic Music Publishing Ltd.

Under License by Locura Music Publishing

“Black Cop”

Performed by KRS-One

Produced by KRS-One

Album Title: Return of the Boom Bap

Courtesy of Jive Records.

Written by L. Parker

“More or Less”

Performed by Shyne

Produced by Kanye West

Album Title: Godfather Buried Alive

Written by J. Barrow, K. West, B. Miller,

F. Gorman and J. Bradford

(BMI)/Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)/

Brian Miller Publishing (ASCAP)

“To the Finish”

Performed by Jackpot

Produced by Jackpot

Album Title: Unreleased Track

Courtesy of 20 Inch Entertainment

Written by C. Moore

“In the City”

Performed by Franchize

Album Title: Unreleased Track

(BMI)/Nomadic Trackz (BMI)

"Shot-gun"

Psychopathic Records

Courtesy of Psychopathic Records, Inc.

"Somos Cabrones"

Performed by Locura Terminal

Infierno a La Gloria

Fonovisa Records

Written & Produced by Locura Terminal

Published by Locura Music Publishing

"Prisonero"

Performed by Locura Terminal

Written & Produced by Locura Terminal

Published by Locura Music Publishing

Under License by Locura Music Publishing

"Freeze’s Anthem"

Performed by Pook Diesel

Produced by PMG

Album Title: 7 Days in the Life of Pook Diesel

Published by: Pook's Shizzle (ASCAP)/Fat Frequencies

(ASCAP)/Smothered and Covered Music (ASCAP)

Written By Paul Watson III, Tony Minter and Richard Garcia

Written by H. Ansari, C. McCauley and T. Thompson

Published by Sound Mind State Muzik (ASCAP)/PYO Publishing

Published by Psychopathic Music Publishing Ltd.

Written by A. Yates, R. Thomas and E. Stevens

Courtesy of PMG

“You Got Life”

Performed by Shade Sheist & N.U.N.E.

Produced by The S.O.C.

Album Title: Unreleased Track

Courtesy of Red Handed Recordings

(ASCAP)/N With The Words Music (ASCAP)

"Look Out"

Performed by Blaze feat/Lavel

Psychopathic Records Written by Blaze & Lavel Produced by Fritz the Cat

Courtesy of Psychopathic Records, Inc.

"Jellysickle"

Performed by Tech N9ne featuring E-40

Produced by Rick Rock

Album Title: Everready (The Religion)

Courtesy of Strange Music Inc.

Published by Music of Windswept o/b/o itself,

Music of QD3 & EGN Arts

(ASCAP)/EMI Music Publishing

"My Wife, My Bitch, My Girl"

Performed by Tech N9ne

Produced by Rick Rock

Album Title: Everrready (The Religion)

Courtesy of Strange Music Inc.

Written by A. Yates and R. Thomas

Published by Music of Windswept o/b/o itself,

Music of QD3 & EGN Arts

(ASCAP)/EMI Music Publishing

“On the Run"

Performed by Yukmouth

Produced by Yong Fifty

Album Title: Unreleased Track

Courtesy of Rap-A-Lot Records

Written by Jerold Ellis Jr.

Published by Missing Link Music LLC

o/b/o Mr. Ellis Publishing (BMI)

Page 12

EIDOS, INC., LICENSE & LIMITED WARRANTY

Eidos, Inc., warrants to you, the original purchaser of this disc, that for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of your purchase, this disc shall be free from defects in materials and workmanship. If, at any time during the applicable ninety (90) day warranty period you determine that this limited warranty has been breached, Eidos, Inc., agrees, in its sole option, to repair or replace, free of charge, any such disc, provided the disc is returned postagepaid to the Eidos, Inc., Factory Service Center and a proof of date of purchase is included. This limited warranty is not applicable to normal wear and tear and shall be void with respect to any defects that arise from disc abuse, unreasonable use, mistreatment or neglect. This disc is sold “as is” without any warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, other than the limited warranty expressly stated above.

No other claims arising out of your purchase and use of this disc shall be binding on or obligate Eidos, Inc., in any manner. Eidos, Inc., will not be liable to you for any losses or damages incurred for any reason as a result of your use of this disc, including, but not limited to, any special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from your possession, use or malfunction of this disc.

This limited warranty states the entire obligation of Eidos, Inc., with respect to the purchase of your disc. If any part of this limited warranty is determined to be void or illegal, the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.

For warranty support please contact our Customer Support department at (415) 615-6220. Our staff is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. You are responsible for all toll charges. Customer Support Representatives will not provide game

hints, strategies or codes.

PRODUCT RETURN PROCEDURE

In the event our support agents determine that your game disc is defective, you will need to forward material directly to us. Please include a brief letter explaining what is enclosed and why you are sending it to us. The agent you speak with will give you an authorization number that must be included and you will need to include a daytime phone number so that we can contact you if necessary. Any materials not containing this authorization number will be returned to you unprocessed and unopened.

Send your postage-paid package to the following address:

Eidos, Inc. Customer Services RMA# (state your authorization number here) 651 Brannan Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94107

You are responsible for postage of your game to our service center.

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