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Typically, a spy doesn't burst into new areas with guns blazing. It's often more rewarding (and occasionally easier) to remain undetected. This conserves ammunition and keeps aggressive enemy guards off your back. Plus, there are some points in the game where you must remain undetected to complete the mission with success!
There are many ways to remain undetected; you may have to combine gadgets, select particular weapons, or find objects to hide behind. This section includes tips on remaining undetected and avoiding combat situations.
- Listen to conversations between enemy guards and don't interrupt them! Not only are most enemy conversations hilarious, but once the conversation ends, the guards often walk off giving you an easier opportunity to sneak by undetected. If you attempt to sneak by during the conversation, you may be detected even if the guards are distracted by dialogue. Wait until the conversation ends, and you may find one guard walking off and the other turned in another direction.
- Use gadget and weapon combinations to defeat certain guards and still remain undetected by the masses. For instance, lure a guard away with a coin, then spray him with the sleeping gas perfume. Or, spray a guard with the stun gas then knife him with the barrette's poison blade. Try to remain undetected even by this guard - if he sees you, he'll shout, and others may hear him and sound an alarm or come running with weapons loaded.
- At long range, use a silenced weapon and go for a head shot. If it's clean, the guard will slump to the ground, and any nearby guards will come running to check on their comrade. Follow up the first shot by terminating the guards that run over to check. You must use a silenced weapon (carbine is optimal) because if it's too loud, the other guards won't check on their comrade - they'll check into sounding the alarm!
- Carefully observe the movement of security cameras and move only when the camera is facing the other direction. If you hear the distinctive spin of the camera's focusing lens, that means it has spotted you, and you best get out of view quickly.
- When entering a new area, take time to make note of cover objects, such as crates and pillars as well as escape routes. You may have missed a guard, and he may come around the corner when you least expect it. If you've paid attention to your surroundings, you can quickly duck behind cover and avoid detection.
- You can locate the fuzzy slippers late in the game. Bring them along on stealth missions to reduce the sound of Cate's movement.
- One of the easiest ways to get detected is by leaving a dead body for a camera to see. Lure guards away from cameras before killing them. Or, if that's impossible, kill the guard using a stealth weapon when the camera is moving in the opposite direction. Quickly switch to the body removal powder and use it on the corpse.
- Eschew standard firearms for the crossbow or spear gun. Both are very powerful and silent - which will serve you better in a mission that requires stealth.
- Though most gamers play always running, slow down to a walk or crouch when entering a new area. The guards in No One Lives Forever are quite alert and will investigate any sound - or if it's too loud, they assume the sound is danger and come running to you or the nearest alarm.
- If you notice guards near an alarm switch, kill the guard closest to the alarm first, then terminate the other. If you kill the guard that's further away first, the closer guard will simply run to the alarm and activate it before you have a chance to react.
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