7
MANAGING YOUR GAMES
Once you start a new game, you can save it by pressing
g
and 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 fi n g ,
then adjust the Difficulty level if desired. Select
Sta rt Mission
to sta rt play i n g .
New Game Screen
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 mis-
sion). Select
EASY
/
NORMAL
/
HARD
/
EXPERT
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.
6
Saving and Loading Games
Save Game Screen
To display this screen during gameplay, press
g
and 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
g
to pause the game, then select
Save
.
2 Highlight a slot and press
A
to save the
game. (You can save over occupied slots.)
To scroll through the list, highlight the
scroll bar and move
L
or press
D73
.
Note:
Select
Restart
to replay the current
mission from the beginning.
Load Game Screen
To display this screen during gameplay, press
g
and select
Load
.
To load a game:
1. Launch the game and select
Load
.
(In a mission, press
g
to pause the
game, then select
Load
.
2. Highlight a saved game. To scroll the list,
highlight the scroll bar and move
L
or press
D73
.
3. Press
A
to 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
There’s none so small that she can’t fit in.”
– Children’s rhyme, unknown origin
Later, you can view many of these screens by
pressing
g
to pause the game.
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