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-------------------------------------------------------------DEMO GUIDE
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*          An FAQ           *
-            by             -
*       Steve Taylor        *
-  Began: 04/December/05    -
* Finished: 04/December/05  *
- E-Mail: jimfish@gmail.com -
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To cut down on massive lists and TOCs, I've just made simple Ctrl +F strings
for you. Want to visit the actual Walkthrough? Just type W-T in the search
function. The guide's not that hard to navigate either way, but just a small
feature to make it a little easier.
Table of Contents:
(I-I) Introduction (I-I)
(C-N) Contact      (C-N)
(V-H) Version      (V-H)
(C-C) Controls     (C-C)
(W-T) Walkthrough  (W-T)
(T-K) Thanks To... (T-K)
(C-P) Copyrights   (C-P)
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(I-I)     INTRODUCTION   (I-I)
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* Taking place in a number of huge gaming worlds, the player can play the
role of Ramiro Cruz through 20 major story missions, with another 30+
additional missions......
* This is Max Payne's action, meets Tony Hawks Combo system,
meets Tarantino's attitude....
* 70% of the action is on-foot, 30% in vehicles....
* Urban Cool Characters, Hot babes, Drug Lords and Underworld lowlifes, Ram
meets and beats them all.
* A Free-Style Stunt & Combo System, Link up acrobatic skills and special
skills to earn big scores and rewards. Combo chains unlock Loco moves,
weapons and other power-up's.
* Over 60 Super-Cool moves, Combine different moves to pull off high scoring
kills. It's not just about shooting but doing it with style.
* Combo Timer, Each time you waste a Bandito the combo timer starts a
countdown. If the countdown reaches zero then the current combo is
calculated as number of kills multiplied by style points.
* Rewind System, Use the real-time rewind system to return from the grave,
or to make it perfect combo kills.
* Cutting Edge Soundtrack, Spicey selection of Mexican Hip-Hop featuring
Molotov, Delinquent Habits and Control Machete.
* A Huge Arsenal, A massive range of weapons. Unlock duel weilding to double
your damage. The better you get the bigger your arsenal.
* Control any Vehicle, From cars and 18 wheelers to tractors and motorbikes,
dive out of any vehicle at any speed to ram enemies and do ultimate stunts
The year is 1989 and deep in the sweltering heat of the Mayan jungle,
camouflaged among the Inca ruins, Ernesto Cruz catches his breath for a few
moments and admires his handiwork, bodies strewn across the temple ruins, as he
makes a last gasp effort to board a DEA plane to take him to safety. He never
made it home, the tragic victim of an alleged 'OVERDOSE'.
Two weeks ago Ernesto's son, Ramiro Cruz is hauled out of jail by the DEA to be
told his twin brother, Tommy, works for them as an undercover agent and has some
new information about their father's death. But, Tommy has had an accident with
a hand grenade and now Ramiro must take his brother's place in an undercover
operation closing in on the ruthless drug cartel overlord Papa Muerte.
Through stylized Mexican neighbourhoods and jungle hide-outs to the swanky
Californian coast; TOTAL OVERDOSE is an over-the-top, adrenalin-fuelled,
free-style action, 3rd person cinematic adventure with a strong whiff of
tequila.
Crash cars, steal hats, shoot bad guys with style, jump bikes, fight in the
street, meet girls, shoot more bad guys, find your fathers killer, hot-wire
tractors, eat Burritos, catch planes, drink tequila; the Mexican heat can make
people do the strangest things.
~Play.com's synopsis.
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(C-N)  CONTACT  ME  (C-N)
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Yes. It's official. I love the attention. Gimme your e-mails. Make my head
explode.
To send me mail that I will read, please set it up with the following fields:
E-Mail: jimfish@gmail.com
Subject Line: Total Overdose Guide
Now that you've got my interest, you must abide by the rules below, or else it
won't be read and instead, ignored. Please, if you want your voice to be heard,
follow the rules/guidelins.
THE DO'S
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- Inform me of errors that I've made. Either constant grammar or factual info.
- Pass on strategies and solutions on how to solve parts of the game which I
have not mentioned.
- Ask for help about things not mentioned in the guide.
- Write in words. Not internet short cuts.
- I like to read e-mails with proper formatting and grammar. Please do be sure
to write your e-mail like so.
- And please, read through the guide before even thinking about contacting me.
I've had many e-mails in the past about my other guides where they ask me
questions which were answered, or not answered in some cases, since some were
about the demo guides I had wrote.
THE DO NOT'S
=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- Send me chain letters or spam. That's one big no-no.
- Send attachments. In some cases, I do accept them, but usually for pictures
only.
- Call me names/Insult me/Threaten me/yadda yadda yadda...
- If you e-mail me after reading my demo guide about a part you can't complete
in the full game, don't bother. I wrote the demo guide because I don't have
the game.
- Use child like e-mails with crap colours. I don't want size 32 bright yellow
font on top of a lime green background.
- Type in alterNaTiNg CaPs LiKe ThIs or just in ALL CAPS AND STUFF.
- No stupid 1337 speaking. If I see it, it's deleted in a flash.
- Ask irelevent questions which I answered in my guide. It irritates me to have
that done.
See those rules? Well...they're more like guidelines anyway...but it doesn't
matter either way! OBEY THEM OR DIE!
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(V-H)  VERSION HISTORY (V-H)
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Version 1.00, December 4th 2005.
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Guide started, finished and submitted to GameFAQs. A short but sweet version
history, eh?
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(C-C)     CONTROLS      (C-C)
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Here's a brief over-look of the controls. The game does include some quick
pop-ups explaining some moves in the Story Mode, not to mention that they're
extremely easy to master, but here they are anyway...
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XBOX CONTROLLER BUTTON LAYOUT
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Left Stick------|-> |     |       /_/\_\     (X)   (B)   |
|    \___/         XBOX         (A)      |
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(Start)---------/--> O    /_| |_\         /¯¯¯\      O