Bethesda Brink (PC) manuale d’uso

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1 Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive Seizures A ver y small percentage of people may experience a seizur e when exposed to certain visual images, including ashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no histor y of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can ca[...]

2 3 tHe ARK The year is 2045 and the last known bastion of humanity, the Ark, is in crisis. A massive floating city anchored in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, the Ark began as a visionary eco-science project in the early years of the 21st century. The goal of the city’s Founders was to create a completely self-sufficient habitat that would p[...]

4 5 tHe CHARACteRs GettInG stARteD When you first start Brink , you will be asked to create a character and then to choose a side in the conflict. Once that’s completed, you can begin missions for your faction. Brink will present you with a suggested order of missions to follow the storyline properly, but you can play them in any order you like. [...]

6 7 PLAYeR ACtIons TA B - OBJECTIVE WHEEL Pressing this gives you a recom- mended Objective to complete. Your Objective target will now be marked in the world, and you’ll earn more XP for successfully completing it. Holding this brings up the Objec- tive Wheel, which lets you choose from several objectives. See page 14 for more information on the[...]

8 9 HUD Brink’s Heads-up Display (HUD) supplies you with a wealth of tactical information about the current status of the battle as well as that of your player character. Several of these indicators will only appear as necessary. 1 HEALTH METER Displays your current health status and any active health buffs. 2 HIT INDICATOR Displays the direction[...]

10 11 CLAsses In Brink , you can choose to play as one of four Classes, each of which can help your team in different ways. You can change class at any time during a mission at a Command Post (see page 19). Always pay attention to what your team is doing, and don’t hesitate to switch roles if it will help the overall mission. SOLDIER Soldiers are[...]

12 13 oBJeCtIVes All gameplay in Brink revolves around Objectives. Even if you do well in combat, your team will lose every time if you don’t focus on completing Objectives or prevent - ing the enemy team from completing theirs. Objectives are also the best way to earn XP to Level Up, reach new Ranks and unlock new Abilities (see page 11). PRImAR[...]

14 15 tHe oBJeCtIVe WHeeL The easiest way to determine which Objectives you should attempt is to use the Objective Wheel. To view the Wheel, just press and hold TA B . The Wheel tells you what the Objec - tives are, where they are, how many of your teammates are also attempting them, and their relative priority. The highlighted entry at the top of [...]

16 17 WeAPons There are four different weapon categories in Brink . Many are available at the beginning of the game, and the rest can be unlocked by completing Challenges (see page 19). HEAVY Only Heavy body type characters (see page 15) can use these weapons. They generally trade accuracy for incredible firepower. MEDIUM These are the fundamental [...]

18 19 CommAnD Posts In every mission, there are one or more Command Posts scattered about on the battlefield. These are neutral at the beginning of a mission, and either team can capture them. If one is captured by a team, that entire team earns one of two bo- nuses. Either every member of the team gets a longer Life Meter, or every member of the t[...]

20 21 onLIne Brink is unique in that you can play through the entire game storyline either offline, in a traditional single player style, or online, as either a co-op game or in multiplayer matches for a full competitive game. There are a few different options for how you can go about this. CAmPAIGn If you choose the “Campaign” option in Brink [...]

22 23 fAmILY settInGs Windows Parental Controls (Vista and Windows 7) enable parents and guardians to restrict access to mature-rated games and set time limits on how long they can play. For more information, go to www.gamesforwindows.com/isyourfamilyset.[...]

WARRAntY InfoRmAtIon Limited Warranty Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company (“Bethesda Softworks”) warrants to you, the original purchaser of this disc and the game software encoded thereon (“Game”), that under normal use the Game will perform substantially as described in the accompanying manual for a period of 90 days from the d[...]