User Guide

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EXPLORING THE GAME WORLD
Just south of the U.S.-Mexico border lies the sprawling, chaotic, dusty
city of Los Toros. It’s home to murderers, bandits, prostitutes and drug
traffickers — and one or two innocent civilians.
Getting around in the City
You can explore Los Toros and its surroundings in various ways:
ON FOOT — The obvious way to get around.
HITCHING A RIDE — Why not stop a car and
hitch a free ride? You’ll need to know how
to drive, and watch out for those civilians!
BY TAXI — Try hailing a taxi to take you around.
Get in the taxi, select a destination and press the
x
button.
Traveling between Areas
As you progress through the game, you’ll notice larger GREEN area icons
at the edge of the radar. These indicate that missions are available
in other areas of the game world.
To move to another area, head for the edge
of your area. You’ll know you’ve reached
the edge when icons appear suspended
above the road, pathway or drain in a
BLUE
transparent fog. Move under the icons to enter the next area. If more than
one icon appear, a City Map Select screen is displayed.
•
CITY MAP SELECT — Press the directional buttons
2
/
1
to choose
a destination, then press the
x
button to take that exit.
The Pistoleros Asociados
This is the place to go to get a handle on the
control method, scoring system, special moves
and weaponry of
TOTAL OVERDOSE.
We highly recommend that you complete all five tutorial areas
at the Pistoleros Asociados before venturing further into the game.
These tutorials provide in-game instruction to help you get into the nuts
and bolts of
TOTAL OVERDOSE ’s unique, exciting, stunt-based acrobatic
control and combat system.
Adrenaline!
Adrenaline lets Ram defy the laws of time and motion
— for a few moments at least. Enemies, cars and
other objects move more slowly but Ram still rotates
and shoots at his normal speed. This means he can
perform more moves before hitting the ground again.
The aim is clear: use adrenaline energy to waste as
many dirty pendejos as possible for big stylin’ scores!
USING ADRENALINE
1. Make sure some bad guys are close by. If auto-targeting is working,
you’re close enough!
2. Now, perform any kill move
, such as a shootdodge (
l
button) or
wall walk (left analog stick and
l
button at a wall) in sight of the
enemy. Time slows to a crawl, but Ram can still shoot and aim at will.
3. Use the right analog stick to aim at the bad guys and press the
r
button to fire your selected weapon. Time slows down only if enemies
can be auto-targeted.
ADRENALINE ENERGY — You can’t spend your whole life
in freeze frame, so the adrenaline bar shows how much
energy is left for your gravity- and time-defying stunts. Time spent in
slow motion drains adrenaline energy; the longer your slo-mo move is,
the more energy you use.
• If the adrenaline bar is empty, an adrenaline move isn’t possible.
Wait a while to let the bar replenish.
• If no adrenaline bar appears, adrenaline energy is at full charge.
The kill move is central to your mission to rid Mexico of the drug cartels
and clear your father’s name. The following moves can be practiced
in safety at the Pistoleros Asociados.
Shootdodge
This move is the cornerstone of delivering death in TOTAL OVERDOSE.
Ram’s time on a surfboard has given him the balance and agility
of an acrobatic demon on the streets. In a diving shootdodge position,
Ram presents a much smaller target to his would-be killers.
Shootdodging near enemies activates Ram’s adrenaline, giving him
plenty of opportunity to send banditos to their maker!
KILL MOVES
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