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Rick Barba
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Prima’s Official
Strategy Guide
Rick Barba
Prima Games
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Acknowledgments:
Thanks to Paul Pawlicki, Glenn Dphrepaulezz, and David Farkas and the rest of the QA
team at Fox for your insider information. Also thanks to Terri and Jennifer at Prima.
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ISBN 0-7615-3748-1
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001095682
Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................xiv
Part I: General Strategy .......................................1
Chapter 1: Marine Tactics..................................................2
General Tactics ......................................................................................................
Keep an Eye Out for Gear ...............................................................................2
Keep an Eye (and Ear) to That Motion Tracker ................................................2
Do Most Fighting from Medium to Long Range................................................3
Avoid Close Quarters—If You Can’t, Use a Shotgun or Flamethrower ..............3
Beware of Holes, High or Low.........................................................................3
In Combat, Keep Moving .................................................................................4
When the Coast is Clear, Stop to Recharge and Explore ..................................4
Don’t Show Your Back .....................................................................................4
Learn to Fight while Running Backward .........................................................4
Master the “Strafe-and-Shoot”Technique........................................................4
Always Strafe around Corners ........................................................................5
Be Smart about Consuming Medikit and Armor Pickups...................................5
Use Your Image Intensifier for Quick Scans Only.............................................5
Toss Your Greetings into Suspect Areas...........................................................5
Weapons..............................................................................................................5
Combat Knife..................................................................................................6
M4A4 Pistol....................................................................................................6
Shotgun ..........................................................................................................6
M-41A Pulse Rifle...........................................................................................7
M-56 Smartgun...............................................................................................7
M-240 Flamethrower ......................................................................................8
M-6B Rocket Launcher ...................................................................................8
M-92 Grenade Launcher .................................................................................8
M-90 Minigun .................................................................................................9
WY 102 Sniper Rifle........................................................................................9
Tools and Equipment ..........................................................................................10
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Combat Tips .......................................................................................................10
Fighting Aliens .............................................................................................10
Fighting Predators........................................................................................11
Fighting Guards and Other Marines...............................................................11
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Chapter 2: Predator Tactics...........................................12
General Tactics ..................................................................................................12
Learn to Cycle Through Vision Modes Quickly ...............................................12
Devote
Every
Lull to Medicomp and Energy Sift Recharging .........................13
When Hunting Human Prey, Cloak and Follow ................................................13
Avoid Water When Cloaked ...........................................................................13
Don’t Waste Energy Cloaking Against Aliens .................................................13
Against Aliens, Use the Backpedal and Fire Technique with
Electromagnetic Vision Mode ..................................................................14
Play the Angles with Your Speargun ..............................................................14
Weapons ............................................................................................................14
Wristblades ..................................................................................................14
Combistick ...................................................................................................15
Plasma Pistol ...............................................................................................15
Speargun ......................................................................................................16
Plasmacaster ...............................................................................................16
Disc..............................................................................................................17
Netgun..........................................................................................................17
Remote Bomb................................................................................................18
Tools ...............................................................................................................18
Medicomp and Energy Sift............................................................................18
Charge Emittor .............................................................................................18
Special Abilities .................................................................................................19
Vision Modes ................................................................................................19
The Crouch-Leap ..........................................................................................19
Combat Tactics ..................................................................................................19
Fighting Marines ..........................................................................................19
Fighting Aliens .............................................................................................20
Fighting Other Predators ..............................................................................21
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