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Brute Force Use each character’s special ability to maximize destructive power. (Characters are shown below in order of appearance.) TEX BERSERKER Press the White b button to have Tex wield both weapons simultaneously, cutting a swath through his enemies and wreaking devastation on the battlefi eld. BRUTUS SPIRIT OF VENGAR Press the White b button to be empowered by the Spirit of Vengar, allowing Brutus to regenerate health, sense even hiding enemies, and crush them with a powerful charging attack. HAWK STEALTH Press the White b button to engage Hawk’s cloaking ability, letting her sneak up on her enemies, and then pull the Left trigger to slice them in half with her Powerblade. FLINT ADVANCED TARGETING Press the White b button to activate Flint’s auto-aim sniper targeting system and pull off precision shots on the fl y with deadly accuracy. Look for the action-packed prequel novel Brute Force: Betrayals, by Dean Wesley Smith, from Del Rey Books (http://www.delreydigital.com). 0403 Part No. X08-84897 Get the strategy guide primagames.com® BRUTE FORCE Safety Information Contents ABOUT PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURES Guardians of the Confederation........2 A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including fl ashing lights or Survival Guide........................3 patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while The Controller........................4 watching video games. These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including Squad Commands .......................6 lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness Game Screen ..........................8 or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects. Getting Started......................10 Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms—children and teenagers are more likely The Team.............................12 than adults to experience these seizures. The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced Weapons..............................16 by sitting farther from the television screen, using a smaller television screen, playing in a well-lit room, and not playing when you are drowsy or fatigued. Items................................20 If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor before playing. Extras ..............................21 Other Important Health and Safety Information The Xbox Instruction Manual contains important health and safety information that you Enemies..............................22 should read and understand before using this software. AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR TELEVISION Selecting a Game.....................24 Do not use with certain televisions. Some televisions, especially front- or rear-projection types, can be damaged if any video games, Credits..............................27 including Xbox games, are played on them. Static images presented during the normal course of gameplay may “burn in” to the screen, causing a permanent shadow of the static image to appear at all Warranty.............................28 times, even when video games are not being played. Similar damage may occur from static images created when placing a video game on hold or pause. Consult Get an Edge on the Game!.............29 your television owner’s manual to determine if video games can be played safely on your set. If you are unable to fi nd this information in the owner’s manual, contact your television dealer or the manufacturer to determine if video games can be played safely on your set. 1 BRUTE FORCE Guardians of the Confederation Survival Guide In the year 2340, cloning technology has made training MEDKITS Squadmates will seek out and use medkits on and recruiting soldiers obsolete. The future of the their own, but you can boost a squad member’s health Confederation, of humanity itself, is in the hands of by selecting him/her in the Squad Command Menu and the most skilled warriors of the age-warriors who can pressing the Black b button. fi ght to the death and be cloned to battle another day. UNDERSTANDING THE SQUAD Each squadmate fi ghts differently; some are cautious, some aggressive. BRUTE FORCE Learn how each member acts and use them accordingly. Use each character’s special ability* to maximize SHARED INVENTORY If you pick up a medkit or grenade, destructive power. (Characters are shown below in remember that all members of your squad share a order of appearance.) single inventory. TEX BERSERKER Press the White b button to have Tex SWITCHING BETWEEN CHARACTERS Use the D-pad to wield both weapons simultaneously, change which member of Brute Force you control. cutting a swath through his enemies and Flank your enemies, scout ahead, or simply attack. wreaking devastation on the battlefi eld. SQUAD COMMAND MENU Give commands to one or more BRUTUS SPIRIT OF VENGAR squadmates simultaneously, boost their health, or Press the White b button to be direct them to use their special abilities. empowered by the Spirit of Vengar, For additional game tips, see “Getting Started” on allowing Brutus to regenerate health, pages 10–11. sense even hiding enemies, and crush them with a powerful charging attack. HAWK STEALTH Press the White b button to engage Hawk’s cloaking ability, letting her sneak up on her enemies, and then pull the Left trigger to slice them in half with her Powerblade. FLINT ADVANCED TARGETING Press the White b button to activate Flint’s auto-aim sniper targeting system and pull off precision shots on the fl y with deadly accuracy. * For more information, see “The Team” on pages 12–15. 2 3 BRUTE FORCE The Controller The button layout on your controller may differ slightly from the one shown here. Gameplay is exactly the same. RIGHT TRIGGER FIRE LEFT TRIGGER USE INVENTORY ITEM RELOAD/ACTION MOVE SWITCH WEAPONS PRESS AND HOLD CYCLE ACTIVE ITEM TO CROUCH Press and hold to display full inventory. JUMP PAUSE/MISSION OBJECTIVES MEDKIT OPTIONS SPECIAL ABILITY AIM/LOOK AROUND SWITCH CHARACTER Press in any CLICK TO ZOOM direction to switch character. ISSUE SQUAD COMMANDS TEX STAND GROUND Y 1 HAWK FLINT 2 MOVE TO X B FIRE AT WILL EPEPEPEP EPEPEPEP A TTTT TTTT SSSS BRUTUS SSSS COVER ME PPPrrreeessssss aaannnddd hhhooolllddd DDD---pppaaaddd tttooo ssseeellleeecccttt///dddeeessseeellleeecccttt ccchhhaaarrraaacccttteeerrrsss... TThheenn pprreessss tthhee A, B, X, or Y button to issue command. 4 5 BRUTE FORCE Squad Commands MOVE TO You must maintain your squad’s health and make wise decisions about deploying them to be successful. Moves the selected squadmates to a specifi c location. Press X to fl ag the location with the Right thumbstick, and then press A to execute the SQUAD COMMAND TACTICS command. Once in position, squad members switch to Stand Ground mode until given further orders. SNIPER COVER Use the Stand Ground command to have your sniper take position and STAND GROUND rain destruction on any enemy who fi res at you. The selected squadmates will stay THE FIGHTING UNIT When at the current point, rushing into battle, issue attack encroaching the Fire at Will command enemies, and warn you and your team will begin of invaders. saturating the area with weapon fi re. FIRE AT WILL THE FIRE TEAM Send your Squadmates behave squadmates to clear an area more aggressively of enemies by using the and proactively. Move To command. Your squadmates will shadow you, fi re at REGROUPING Use the Cover will, and may advance Me command to bring your to scout or attack. group together and move as a unit. MEDKIT Heals any selected ISSUING SQUAD COMMANDS squad member with available medkits. For information on selecting squad members, see page 4. To issue a command, select one or more squad members and then press the appropriate button. TOGGLE ABILITY COVER ME Engages any selected Puts squadmates in tight squad member’s formation behind you. special ability. Squadmates only fi re when you fi re, or when fi red upon. 6 7 BRUTE FORCE Game Screen FIELD TACTICS HEALTH BAR In a fi refi ght, always keep moving. A stationary Once the health bar depletes, target is dead meat. the character dies. Use medkits to restore health. STAMINA BAR WEAPONS The amount of stamina available Equipped Weapon to power special Ammo Avail./Total abilities. Stamina recharges over time. TARGETING RETICLE RADAR Use the Right Red: Enemy thumbstick to Green: Friendly position the Gray: Neutral reticle over your target. A red Yellow: Objective reticle indicates Black: North an enemy. INVENTORY Currently equipped inventory item. LAST COMMAND Press B to cycle through and equip Displays last command given. items. Pull the Yellow: Stand Ground Left trigger to use items. Red: Fire at Will Green: Cover Me ACTIVE CHARACTER Blue: Move To The character you are controlling. 8 9 BRUTE FORCE Getting Started These are the basic skills you need to get a quick GRENADES AND INVENTORY Pull the Left trigger to use start in Brute Force. the currently selected inventory item. If you have a grenade selected, you’ll toss a grenade. Aim high to MOVE Move the Left thumbstick in the direction you throw a grenade over obstacles, aim low to hit closer want to go. targets; pull and hold the Left trigger then release for more distance on your throw. LOOK Move the Right thumbstick to look around and select targets with the color-coded reticle. (A red EQUIP INVENTORY ITEMS Press B to cycle through reticle means you are looking at an enemy target, and equip inventory items. Press and hold B to see green means friendly, and yellow indicates the target a list of all inventory equipment (the inventory is part of your mission objective.) is shared by all four characters), using the Left thumbstick to cycle to the desired choice. PICK UP ITEMS Run over ammo or equipment to pick it up automatically. Stand next to a weapon and then WATCH YOUR HEALTH Retreat if the health bar becomes press and hold X to switch it with your current too low. Use a medkit from your inventory to restore weapon (unless there is a size limitation). Some health. The squad will use medkits on their own, but characters cannot use certain weapons. will always leave one for your use. SWITCH BETWEEN CHARACTERS Press the D-pad Up (Tex), MONITOR THE STAMINA BAR When the stamina bar Down (Brutus), Right (Flint), or Left (Hawk) to depletes, the character’s special ability terminates. select the corresponding character. The less energy you use, the more quickly it replenishes (for example, avoid running). GIVE SQUAD COMMANDS Press and hold the D-pad to pause the game (single-player campaign) and enter WATCH YOUR RADAR Your radar squad mode. Press the D-pad again to choose the displays enemy contacts character or characters you wish to issue a command near your squad’s location to, and then press the colored controller button that and also the direction corresponds to the order you wish to issue. of your objectives. SNIPE Certain weapons may be equipped with a sniper scope. Click the Right thumbstick button to use the scope. For Flint, a second click of the Right thumbstick button will zoom in further on some weapons. Click again to return to normal view. SPECIAL ABILITY Press the White b button to use the currently selected character’s special ability. When the character’s stamina is expended, the special ability terminates. For more information on special abilities, see “The Team” on pages 12–15. 10 11 BRUTE FORCE The Team FLINT SPECIES, GENDER Human synthetic, female. ROLE Sniper. SPECIAL ABILITY Advanced Targeting Flint raises her rifl e, ready for BRUTUS any target to show itself. While in this mode, Flint SPECIES, GENDER Feral, male. will automatically target any ROLE Shock trooper. enemies that are within a wide area in front of her. Flint SPECIAL ABILITY cannot reload while using this Spirit of Vengar Brutus can call ability, and will drop out of upon the power of the Feral deity Advanced Targeting if she runs Vengar. While infused with this out of ammo. supernatural power, Brutus can charge his enemies, killing them instantly. SKILLS Air Recycling Flint’s synthetic body does not SKILLS require air to operate, and she is resistant to Sense of the Beast He can sense gas-based attacks. enemies and traps, and perceive things others might miss. Threat Analysis While in Advanced Targeting mode, Flint’s enhanced combat abilities display the current Spirit Warrior In Spirit of Vengar mode, Brutus can health of the enemy within her sights. regenerate his health, see a creature’s essence, and become more resistant to damage. Advanced Sniping Advanced synthetic eye implants allow Flint to zoom farther with sniper rifl es than any other character, and to take out most combatants with a single, As a warrior, Brutus is a lethal mix of speed, stealth, well-placed headshot. and strength. When not pursuing mission goals, he will typically back up the operatives, working to fl ank or rush an engaged enemy. Brutus picks his fi ghts wisely. Flint is a sniper whose augmented abilities give her He’ll call for help if it’s too much for him to handle, lethal accuracy with any weapon. Her preferred weapons and retreat if he starts to lose a fi ght. However, if are sniper rifl es and pistols. Flint cannot use heavy another squadmate is still in the fray, he’ll refuse weapons. She is supremely confi dent in her ability, yet to leave. Although he can carry a single heavy weapon, she is the voice of cynicism. Flint adopts a cautious his weapon of choice is the rifl e, and he always has at hunting style of combat—she prowls close to walls and least one. tries to position herself high above the enemy, picking them off with ease. 12 13 BRUTE FORCE The Team HAWK TEX SPECIES, GENDER Human, female. ROLE Scout. SPECIES, GENDER Human, male. SPECIAL ABILITY ROLE Heavy assault trooper. Stealth Hawk can move without making a SPECIAL ABILITY sound—she is virtually invisible. She is Berserker Tex fi res both weapons diffi cult to detect, except when fi ring at once. Tex cannot reload while a weapon; excellent for sneaking behind using this ability. enemy turrets and taking them down. SKILLS SKILLS Assault Gear Tex uses the heaviest Powerblade Hawk carries a deadly armor and weaponry of the team. Powerblade that is designed to Explosives Disarmament Tex can silently eliminate targets. Although disarm enemy explosives, from most effective when striking unseen simple explosives and mines to from behind her target, it can be complex devices. used as an assault weapon. Equip and use the Powerblade as you would an inventory item. As an operative, Tex is a bruiser. When left solo in System Bypass Hawk’s tech skills enable her to bypass a fi refi ght, Tex will methodically seek and destroy. computer and electrical systems that would otherwise Nothing pretty about it; he’ll try to outgun anything sound alarms. he sees. Tex fi ghts with rifl es, cannons, missiles, and other heavy weapons. He scorns light weapons and would Awareness Hawk possesses a level of awareness that rather throw a pistol than fi re it. allows her to see things that others miss. Hawk is an adept, careful scout, and believes in gathering facts before bulldozing in—a tactical style that sometimes puts her at odds with Tex. Hawk is the fastest and quietest member of the team. She has the least armor and cannot carry large weapons. 14 15 BRUTE FORCE Weapons Listed below are some of the weapons you’ll fi nd RAIL CLVR as you progress in your mission. You may also fi nd weapons or items not listed here. The rail cannon is a bigger version of the rail rifl e. BALLISTIC WEAPONS FERAL CUTTER The traditional weapon of Solid projectile weapons dispense damage by fi ring Feral warriors, the cutter good old-fashioned bullets (or razor-sharp discs) fi res razor-sharp discs at high velocity through a muzzle. at high velocities that ricochet off objects. FOLEY 356 TACT The Foley 356 is a sleek, GRENADES extremely effective handgun. Some grenades cause more damage than others. Any grenade is good for softening up the enemy and taking a few of them down. L-SHOT-50 The standard Confed-issue ballistic rifl e fi res GAS GRENADE high-caliber lead slugs. The gas grenade releases a cloud of poisonous gas when it explodes. RVG50 MINIGUN The minigun is a miniature version of a vehicle-mounted FRAG GRENADE machine gun; as a personal The shrapnel grenade explodes sharp weapon it is anything hot metal shards on the enemy. but “mini.” RAIL RVR FIELD TACTICS Rail technology uses two Listen to what your squad members are telling you, parallel copper rails and especially Hawk and Brutus. They can detect enemies an electric current to launch a projectile at before they appear onscreen. well beyond Mach 2. 16 1177