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Main Menu
You access all game modes from the Main Menu and return here
when you quit your game. Main Menu options include:
NEW GAME — Start a new game.
LOAD GAME — Continue a previously saved game (page 19) .
OPTIONS — Adjust settings.
CREDITS — Run the game credits.
Options
Select OPTIONS from the Main Menu to access the Options menu where
you can adjust game settings. In-game, press the
q
button, then
the
x
button to open the in-game menu. Use the menu controls (page 5)
to select options and change settings.
Options are grouped into two submenus:
SETTINGS – Adjust your game settings, including GORE, DIFFICULTY,
SUBTITLES, VIBRATION, AUTOSAVE
and INVERT ing the X and Y axes.
SOUND – Adjust MUSIC, SPEECH, EFFECTS and AMBIENCE volumes
and restore default settings.
NOTE: NORMAL is the default difficulty setting. If you’re a novice game
player, choose
EASY and banditos will inflict less damage.
Health
Adrenaline
Rewind
Loco Moves
Weapon/Ammo
Radar
Aiming/
Direction Cursor
(Auto-Targeted)
Kill Multiplier
Combo Timer
Mission Score
Style Points
GAME SCREEN
MISSION SCORE — Displays the total score for the current
mission. High scores mean more rewards, including extra
missions, pick-ups and points. Every point scored during
a story mission or a point challenge is automatically added
to your global score.
STYLE POINTS — These measure your success in completing
a mission in style! Link acrobatic skills and special moves
in quick succession to earn big scores. Gain style points for
the seamless way you deliver righteous fury and vengeance
upon the scum of the Earth.
AIMING/DIRECTION CURSOR — An aiming and direction
cursor — the white dot in the center of the screen — is
always present. It indicates the direction Ram moves in
and also the direction he’ll shoot in when auto-targeting
is disabled.
• Use the right analog stick to move the cursor over
an enemy. If you’re within range, the auto-targeting
icon appears.
KILL MULTIPLIER — Indicates how many enemies have been
killed in the current string
(page 16).
RADAR — Use the radar to spot objectives, enemies and
other mission-related objects, shown as specific icons
(
page 10 ).
COMBO TIMER — Each time you waste a bandito, the combo
timer starts a countdown. When the countdown reaches
zero, the current combo is calculated (kills multiplied
by style points) and added to your mission score.
• Dawdling and sneaking around won’t win any prizes.
Who wants to watch someone act like a ninja in Mexico,
pendejo!
WEAPON/AMMO — Shows the weapon you’ve selected
and rounds of ammo in its clip.
(See page 6 for weapons controls
and shortcuts; see pages 20-21 for weapons specs.)
LOCO MOVES — The selected loco move is highlighted
with a black border.
(See page 18 for details on loco moves.)
REWIND — Rewind pick-ups can be found and earned
in the course of your missions. Use a rewind (directional
button
2
) to turn back time when things don’t go your
way. (You must first pick up a
REWIND icon.)
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