1 Important Information How to play 2 Getting Started 3 Gameplay Instructions 4 Squad Management 5 Combat 6 Other Information screens 7 Skirmish and Multiplayer Troubleshooting 8 Support Information
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2 Getting Started Data can be lost due to user action, such as repeatedly p o w e r i n g o f f a n d o n t h e system or removing the SD Card while saving. Data loss may also be caused by poor connectivity, due to dirt or dust in the system's ports. Please be aware that in these c a s e s d a t a c a n n o t b e restored. Introduction Lead the Ghosts as they fight to stop a megalomaniac from building a new Russian Empire! Tension builds across Eastern Europe d u r i n g t h e r u n u p t o R u s s i a n e l e c t i o n s, a s b a n d i t a t t a c k s o n Russian interests in neighboring s t a t e s t h r e a t e n t o b r i n g t h e ultranationalists into power and plunge the world back into the Cold War era! Answering the pleas for help, America sends in the Ghosts: an elite army unit of six superbly trained soldiers, each the expert in his or her field, and each using the most advanced weapons and technology that the U.S. h a s t o o f f e r. U n d e r y o u r d i r e c t command, the Ghosts must neutralize the bandit threat and restore stability to the region. It is your responsibility to train them, equip
them, and issue the orders in their missions against hostile forces. Europe is descending into chaos and the Ghosts are becoming entangled in a web of intrigue do you have what it takes to lead the Ghosts to victory? Meet the ghosts Duke Class: Commando Equipment: Assault Rifles, Missile Launchers Special Forces officer. Comes from a long line of West Point graduates. Solid, dependable, caring, and reasonable. Haze Class: Sniper Equipment: Sniper Rifles, Grenades O n e o f t h e l o n g e s t established Ghost squad members. Acts as second-in-command to Duke. Calm and soft-spoken, he is the voice of reason within the squad, even bringing Duke back into line when the heat really turns up. Richter Class: Gunner Equipment: Machine Guns, Grenades Transferred from the Green Berets.
Bold and brash, he likes to have f u n w i t h t h e y o u n g e r s q u a d members. Saffron Class: Medic Equipment: PDWs, Medikit Former Navy medic. Looks after the Ghosts like a mom at times, but can also be a strict disciplinarian. Banshee Class: Recon Equipment: Silenced SMGs, Assault Rifles, Grenades, Knives, Stealth system Became a Recon because she prefers to work alone. Fiery temper, which she controls and unleashes at just the right time. Takes no aggravation from anyone friend or foe. Mint Class: Engineer Equipment: Assault Rifles, Drones, Turrets N e w e s t m e m b e r o f t h e squad. Passed out of training with the highest marks in his group. Optimistic, talkative, earnest, and trusting. Ghost Lead
H Q - b a s e d l e a d e r o f a l l Ghost squads. Previous Ghost member. H i g h l y t r a i n e d a n d experienced.
3 Gameplay Instructions Profile Creation T o b e g i n t h e game you will b e a s k e d t o create a Player Profile. All your progress in the game will be stored here. Once you have created a profile you can select it again to continue playing. To create a new profile select a profile slot and press. PEC and Rank Persistent Elite Creation (or PEC) is a system to show how good you are as a player by gaining ranks. Each time you finish a mission in Campaign or Skirmish mode you will gain PEC points, shown as eagle symbols. The amount of PEC points you gain depends on the difficulty level you selected for the mission. When you reach certain levels of PEC points you will gain ranks. There are 16 ranks for you to achieve. Main Menu
C a m p a i g n : A s t o r y m o d e where you lead a t e a m o f G h o s t s t o prevent both an attempt to seize p o w e r i n R u s s i a a n d destabilization of neighboring countries. Selecting the Campaign mode will begin a new campaign, or continue where you left off. Playing the Campaign mode allows you to customize your Ghosts, their character level and equipment, and increase your PEC rank while following the story. Skirmish: Stand-alone missions against an AI opponent, with a choice of 3 difficulty levels. Skirmish missions are unlocked by completing campaign missions or by reaching a new PEC rank. Completing a skirmish mission can also give you PEC points and help to increase your rank. Multiplayer Mission: Play against a friend, sharing one Nintendo 3DS system. There are no PEC points given for multiplayer missions. Options: Change the preferences for sound and gameplay. Campaign Map The Campaign map displays all
the missions that are available to you at the moment. Progressing through the story will unlock new missions. ❶ ❷ ❹ ❺ ❸ ❶ New Mission ❷ Finished Mission Rookie level ❸ Finished Mission Veteran level ❹ Finished Mission Elite level ❺ Mission Name New Mission: A newly unlocked mission that has not been played yet. Finished Mission: The mission has been finished successfully at one of the three difficulty levels. Briefing and Objectives G h o s t l e a d b r i e f s y o u o n t h e mission before you begin. He may p r o v i d e u s e f u l h i n t s a s w e l l. Check the Touch Screen to see parts of the map highlighted for enemies, objectives, deployment positions, and other information.
4 Squad Management Squad Screen From the Squad screen you see which Ghosts will participate in the mission. For most missions you will take all available Ghosts. For the Sub Missions you can only select 3 or 4 Ghosts for your squad. You can also change equipment and armour selections for all Ghosts on this screen. ❶ ❷ ❺ ❸ ❹ ❶ Selected for squad ❷ Not selected for squad ❸ Number of Ghosts in squad / maximum squad size ❹ Change Ghosts equipment ❺ Start mission button Move the cursor over a Ghost with and press to add or remove the Ghost from the Squad. Only repeatable missions allow you a
choice of squad members. Selected for Squad: This Ghost has been added to the squad and w i l l p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e n e x t mission. Not Selected for Squad: These are the Ghosts that will be left out of the next mission. Squad Size: This shows you how many Ghosts you have added to the squad and how many you may take. You must fill the squad before you can begin the mission. Start: Move the cursor over this button and press to start the mission. Equipment: Move the cursor over a Ghost and press to view and change equipment. Equipment Screen The Equipment screen allows you to select the equipment for your Ghosts before each mission. Use this screen to optimise their fi ghting style to your taste. You are only able to change equipment before you start a mission. Each Ghost can only use one primary, one secondary and one armour item. A t t h e s t a r t o f t h e g a m e t h e Ghosts will not have any choice of
equipment, so the equipment screen will not be available until a choice exists. The attributes of the item under the cursor are displayed on the Touch Screen. To equip a weapon or armour item, move the cursor over it using and press. ❶ ❸ ❷ ❶ Equip primary weapon ❷ Equip secondary equipment ❸ Equip armour Equip Primary Weapon: Select the Ghost s primary weapon. E q u i p S e c o n d a r y E q u i p m e n t : Select the Ghost s secondary equipment or weapon. Equip Armour: Select the Ghost s armour.
5 Combat Controls Move cursor Select tile S e l e c t character O p e n t h e menu D e s e l e c t character Display Line of Fire view S w a p t h e Touch Screen b e t w e e n C h a r a c t e r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d T e r r a i n information S e l e c t t h e next unit that has not acted this turn Swap between p r i m a r y a n d s e c o n d a r y equipment for the selected character
Open the ingame menu O p e n t h e HOME Menu Tilt or rotate the camera Game Screen ❺ ❽ ❼ ❶ ❻ ❹ ❾ ❸ ❷ ❶ Selected Ghost ❷ Health Bar ❸ Class Icon ❹ Ghost ❺ Enemy ❻ Move range ❼ Move and act range ❽ Ghost command points ❾ Enemy command points During a mission, the Tactical v i e w i s d i s p l a y e d o n t h e 3 D screen. From here you control your squad and assign orders. Selected Ghost: The currently selected Ghost, who will perform the order you issue.
Health Bar: Displays how many Hit Points the character has. C l a s s I c o n : D i s p l a y s t h e character s class. Ghost: An unselected Ghost from the player s squad. E n e m y : A c h a r a c t e r f r o m t h e enemy s team. Move Range: Displays the area in which the selected character can move. Move and Act Range: Displays the area in which the character can m o v e A N D u s e t h e s e l e c t e d equipment (either firing a weapon, healing with a medikit or deploying a turret). Ghost Command Points: Displays your total command points. Enemy Command Points: Displays the total command points of the enemy team. C h a r a c t e r I n f o r m a t i o n Screen D u r i n g m i s s i o n s y o u c a n s e e information about the characters a n d v e h i c l e s o n t h e m a p b y moving the cursor over them. The information about the unit will be displayed on the Touch Screen.
You can touch each part of the T o u c h S c r e e n t o d i s p l a y a n information box giving you more details and explanations of the icons and bars. ❶ ❾ ❽ ❷ ❼ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❶ Character/faction name and Power bar ❷ Character portrait and Health bar ❸ Class and level ❹ Speed ❺ Weapon range ❻ Weapon attributes and Damage ❼ Ammunition ❽ Unselected weapon ❾ Currently selected weapon Character traits The Character I n f o r m a t i o n s c r e e n i s accessible by tapping on the Ghost portrait in the Unit Information screen.
T r a i t s a r e s p e c i a l s k i l l s t h a t G h o s t s g a i n w h e n t h e i r l e v e l increases. These skills improve the overall efficiency of Ghosts or their behaviour under specific conditions. Each Ghost has access to some traits that are available only to them. Touch the Trait icons to gain more detailed information for that particular trait.
6 Other Information screens Terrain Information screen The Terrain screen gives you information about the statistics of the tile under the cursor. You can also see a mini-map with the Tactical view position highlighted. You can touch the elements on the Touch Screen to display an information box. ❷ ❸ ❶ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❶ Mini-map ❷ Movement cost for infantry ❸ Movement cost for vehicles and drones ❹ Mission objective ❺ Cover ❻ Line of fire ❼ Terrain height ❽ Roof property ❾ Pick-up/Command flag info In-Game Menu
End turn: End the current turn for the player. A f t e r s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t i n g a m i s s i o n y o u c a n s e e h o w m a n y P E C p o i n t s a n d C o m m a n d P o w e r s : F r o m h e r e y o u c a n activate command powers during missions. Mission Objectives: Display the Objectives screen for the current mission. Options: Display the Options menu. Options S a v e G a m e : S a v e t h e current progress in the mission. Load Game: Load the last saved game. Abort Mission: Abort the mission and exits to the Campaign map. Sound and Display: Change the sound and display preferences. End Mission
stars you received based on the difficulty level and the objectives you completed. The PEC points, shown as eagles, are used to attain higher ranks a n d u n l o c k S k i r m i s h a n d Multiplayer missions. Eagles are awarded based on the mission difficulty selected. Playing the missions on a harder difficulty level will award you more eagles. Stars are used to level up your characters. They are awarded for objectives completed during a mission. You must complete all p r i m a r y o b j e c t i v e s t o w i n a mission, but secondary objectives are optional. Awards Your Ghosts can level up when they are awarded stars after a successful mission. Each Ghost that participated in the mission can be given a maximum of two stars. Any stars you don t spend are accumulated and you can use them the next time you complete a mission. If the character can receive stars, y o u c a n a s s i g n o n e s t a r b y pressing. I f y o u w a n t t o r e m o v e a s t a r assigned to a character, press. Levelling up your characters will g r a n t t h e m a c c e s s t o b e t t e r
equipment and traits, as well as increasing their effectiveness in combat.
7 Skirmish and Multiplayer Skirmish missions ❹ ❶ ❷ ❸ ❶ New Mission ❷ Finished Mission Rookie level ❸ Finished Mission Veteran level ❹ Finished Mission Elite level In Skirmish mode you play standalone missions against the AI. Your squad is predefined and cannot be modified. P E C p o i n t s a r e a w a r d e d i n S k i r m i s h m o d e, a n d y o u c a n increase your profile rank. M o r e S k i r m i s h m a p s c a n b e unlocked by completing campaign missions or gaining a higher PEC rank. Multiplayer hotseat mode I n M u l t i p l a y e r m o d e y o u p l a y a g a i n s t y o u r f r i e n d s o n t h e s a m e N i n t e n d o 3DS system (Hotseat mode). Select the map on which you wish
to play and start it. You will both get fixed squads of Ghosts.
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