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saving your pr
ogress
At the end of each level, or when you quit the game, you will have the chance to save your
current position in the game.
other characters
CIVILIANS
Civilians might seem like nobodies to you but they could make
the difference between you getting out of this mess or sinking
in the shit. Most times they’ll react the way you expect them to
(if you think about it long enough).
If a civilian sees you with a gun, that person is going to run —
and raise the alarm. It’s in your best interests to stop this from
happening — but how you do it is up to you. If you take the
professional approach (threatening), you’ll find that a civilian
can be moved around, ordered to unlock doors and
neutralized (made to kneel against a wall).
Neutralizing is the only safe way of preventing a civilian
from posing a threat. But be warned — if you start
shooting the place up, everyone is going to panic and run.
Every character has a “tolerance” level that will appear
when you take the person hostage. This level is
represented by a red bar that appears above your own
Health bar. The red bar diminishes when a hostage is
moved, threatened or beaten. If it empties completely,
the hostage will collapse and you’ll be left
completely exposed.
COPS
Cops will behave the way you’d expect them to. They’ll try and arrest you and if you resist,
they’ll open fire. Cops won’t respond to verbal threats alone, but if you rough up a hostage or
perform a Signature Move in front of the cops, it usually persuades them to drop their guns.
Disarmed cops will act in much the same way as a civilian. If you can neutralize them, they
shouldn’t bother you. Just be aware that if you suddenly decide to go psycho on them,
they won’t hesitate to break away and look for the nearest dropped weapon.
If you find yourself in a firefight, taking a hostage is a sure-fire way to calm things down —
and buy yourself some precious seconds. Just don’t take this as a license to start shooting
people without consequence, because it won’t be — cops will return fire.
And don’t assume that taking a hostage is a guarantee of avoiding getting shot.
Cops will try and flank you, and will fire at the first opportunity.
SECURITY GUARDS
Although security guards appear to behave exactly like cops, they are not as tough mentally
or physically. After all, what’s in it for them to be the big hero? If you have a hostage,
a simple threat will be enough to disarm a guard. From that point on, guards act exactly
like disarmed cops.
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