Seattle Under Lockdown

The First mission of the game.

Max starts off this mission in the alley.  There are 3 sector police in the first stage.  I recommend using stealth on every opponent you can in all stages of the game:
First of all - it conserves your health points
Secondly - you can practice your stealth moves which you will need the further you get into the game.

In the second phase of this mission, there are once again 3 guards.  One to your left and the other 2 down a little further.
You should be able to take out all 3 using stealth, unless you are in hard mode, then maybe 2 of them. In this section you will come across 2 ladders that have your inventory items to pick up.

The third phase is not too hard, I was unable to use stealth here but the guards were pretty easy to take out.

When you take out the last guard, he drops his lighter, use that lighter to blow open the fence with the barrells next to it.

If you want to try stealth here, just go back around to the ladders and jump up. The guards will not see you and will leave you alone. Once they are gone, jump back down and go to the opening you created and use as much stealth as you can.

As you can see, I emphasize using stealth. You will need to learn how to use it so learn it now. It is not hard to learn and is an effective way of conserving your health.

In the forth phase, once you turn to your right at the end of the alley, you will be paused for a short movie, followed by 3 guards, one armed. Take out the armed guard first so you don't waste your health points. They are pretty easy to take out.

Your next phase is kind of tricky. You have 6 guards, 1 of them armed, you must take out the armed guard first with a grapple move, or you may end up wasting your health. After he has dropped his weapon, use what I refer to as a hit and run move. Hit a guard a few times, then retreat to keep them down to a small number. Try a little of this along with moving Max around so you do not have more then three trying to attack you at once. If you can, key in on a few of them and try to take them out so you lower the number of attackers, this is not as easy as it sounds since they can and will move around on you and you can lose the ones you have battled the most. Not to worry, once you start battle again watch their health meters and determine who you want to concentrate on.

You will then face a few more guards once you blow open the fence to get to the end of the mission. Once again concentrate on a few of them to take them out first. You need to practice this, since it will become a vital tool for you in the future.

A key note, once an armed guard is taken down with a grapple move, he loses his weapon for the duration of that phase.
He can also lose his weapon if you grapple move a guard and knock him down with that grapple.



On this mission you can add the following items to your inventory:
Health - 10
Ammunition - 1
Tonfa's - 2
 

There are 2 ladders in the second stage of the mission which contain some of these items so look for them.