Manhunt/Official Strategy Guide/Basics

This page contains transcripts of the ***Manhunt Official Strategy Guide*** Basics section.

# BASICS

## MOVES

### RUNNING

Use the Left Analog Stick to control the player. The farther you push this, the faster you move. Press the R1 Button to sprint. You have limited stamina, as shown on the flashing yellow bar in the bottom-right corner of the screen, so use it sparingly. Stamina regenerates over time. Also watch your noise. Sneaking is totally silent, but hunters hear you running. The red pulse on the radar indicates your noise level.

### KNOCKING

Press the Triangle Button while facing a wall to press up against it. Press the X Button with your back to the wall to knock on the wall. The noise lures hunters. If you are holding a weapon or lure item, the knock is louder. The surface you are pressed up against is also a factor in how loud the knock will be. You can face walls and other objects while pressing the X Button to hit the object without pressing your back against the object first. Pressing X while holding a firearm, however, fires the weapon, which is also an effective way to lure hunters. But this may attract more attention than you want.

### USING FIREARMS

Press the L1 Button to target a nearby enemy, then press the X Button to fire. At a closer range, you can tilt the Right Analog Stick to move the targeting arrows toward the enemy's head. A head shot kills the enemy with just one round. At a very close range, the automatic targeting arrows automatically target the head. To reload your weapon, press the Square Button. To enter free aim, press the R3 Button (press down on the Right Analog Stick) while holding the L1 Button. A white dot appears as your targeting reticle. Free aim disengages auto targeting and allows you to shoot objects, such as propane and gastanks, without targeting the enemies.

To swap one weapon for another, stand over the desired weapon, then press and hold the Circle Button.

In missions where firearms replace (or greatly outnumber) melee weapons, you are awarded Style Points for shooting victims. Shooting victims counts toward kills and not executions. Executions are attacks that trigger an execution cinematic (this cannot be done with your hands or firearms).

### LURES

Lures are any noisemaking item or activity that attracts hunters. Hunters usually pinpoint the source of the noise, so you must move into hiding once you get their attention. Making noise while in the shadows will do the trick if the hunter is at a fair distance. If the hunter is very close to your shadow, you will be spotted if you make noise. Lures can be performed by kicking trashcans, smashing glass, throwing lure items, knocking on walls, firing weapons, or doing anything you can think of that makes noise.

Using lure items effectively is a practiced skill. Try luring a hunter to your shadowy hiding place, and then lightly throwing a lure item in a direction that causes him to turn his back toward you throwing the lure item far just makes it harder to reach the hunter before he turns around. When he takes the bait, creep up behind the hunter and execute him.

### KICKING IN DOORS

To surprise an enemy in the next room, face a door with a firearm in hand, press and hold the L1 Button, and then press the X Button to kick in the door and begin unloading on the occupants inside. Make sure you're close enough to see Cash raise his gun when facing the door.

### GRAPPLE ATTACK

The grapple is performed when Cash is holding a melee weapon or no weapon at all. If your cover is blown or you are in an all-out brawl, try using the grapple move for the upper hand in a fight. Press the X and Square Buttons simultaneously to grab hold of your opponent, then rapidly mash the X Button to begin a grapple attack combo. If you're the victim of a grapple, press the X Button just as furiously to break free.

### PEEKING AROUND CORNERS

This move is especially handy when playing in Hardcore mode (where there's no radar). Press up against a wall and press the Triangle Button to put your back to it. Strafe along the wall until you reach the corner, then continue to press the Left Analog Stick and Cash will stick his head out and look around the corner.

To release from the wall, hit the Triangle Button or press Down on the Left Analog Stick. Even if you're not in a shadow and your thead is sticking out, hunters will not see you around the corner.

### SHOOTING AROUND CORNERS

While in possession of a firearm, press up against a wall and press the Triangle Button to put your back to it. Strafe to the corner and press the L1 Button to whip around the corner, then continue to hold it while you fire off a round. As soon as you let go of the L1 Button, Cash will return to cover with his back pressed up against the wall. This move can also be performed while pressed up against short walls, dumpsters, crates, and any object that causes you to crouch. When you press the L1 Button, Cash will pop-up over the top of the object. Strafe to the edge to whip around the side of the short object.

## EXECUTION TECHNIQUES

There are three styles of attacks that can be performed during an execution: **Hasty**, **Violent**, or **Gruesome**.

Walk up behind the unsuspecting hunter and press the X or Square Button while the targeting arrows around the hunter are white. This allows you to perform **Hasty** execution.

If you want to perform a **Violent** execution, remain behind the victim and continue to hold the attack button until the arrows turn yellow.

When you are sure the victim is not going to turn around, continue to hold the attack button until the arrows turn red, then let go to perform a **Gruesome** execution.

Each style of attack triggers a unique camera close-up cinematic that features the victim being murdered in an exceptionally violent way. Each weapon has three unique execution cinematics. The more violent your executions, the more Style Points you receive.

### EXECUTION TIPS

  Do not make a sound as you approach the victim, and avoid bumping into him at all costs. Both of these mishaps will blow your cover.
  Always be aware of your surroundings. Make sure no one else is around to see or hear an execution. If there is a possible witness nearby, be prepared to run around a blind corner and into a shadow.
  Watch your foot noise. Make sure you are not walking on gravel or other surfaces that make sound when you approach your victim.
  Use the strafing buttons to slide left and right to face your victim's back as he rounds corners. This maneuver is also useful to avoid his peripheral vision when he looks around while you're directly behind him.
  See the "Lures" section of this chapter for effective use of lure items prior to an execution.
## THE RADAR

In Fetish mode, you are graced with the presence of radar in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The radar reveals the location of the hunters, who are displayed whenever they are visible or making noise. The arrow shows the direction they are facing. The color of the arrow indicates the level of the hunter's awareness. Red is **aware**, orange is **suspicious**, and yellow is **idle**. When on different level (floor) from you, the enemies' arrows turn into small solid triangles. The black dots on the radar represent hunters and the white dot represents Cash. In Hardcore mode, you do not have radar, which is how this mode got its name!

## PAINKILLERS

Painkillers are the only item in the game that cannot be used as a lure item or a weapon. Painkiller bottles can be found in many different locations in a mission; we have done our best to identify each bottle in every mission. Painkillers replenish 50% of your health. Try to use them only when you are missing at least half of your health to avoid wasting its full potential effect.

## SAVE TAPES

You will discover Video Cassette Tapes throughout the game. Run through them to save your progress as a checkpoint. If you die, you will return to that Save Point with the same weapons and condition level you had when you passed through the tape. To actually save your game progress, you must access the Pause menu and select the Save option.