Red Zone NW Sector
*NOTE: You can press SELECT for the control layout.*
*NOTE: I’ll say this only once, but if you plan on getting the Bandanna and a lot of other unlockables at the end of the game, you cannot kill anyone. Granted, you can do this one easy if you like, and for your first game just play to play. That is the way I would go, just play the game now, do the secret stuff later. Plus, I already killed a guy or two by the time I wrote this, so it’s all good.*
*NOTE: Remember, you can save often and save in many files, especially if you want to go for the no-kill route.*
In what will be a routine, press pause to see where you need to go, which is east for now. Go up to the corner and either sneak around this corner and go in the door, or wait for them to leave and go in the building. In the building, go up and a scene will drop some soldiers in the streets. You can basically just go up to the crawlspace, but feel free to be as sneaky as you wish. Crawl by holding down the X button. Go through and you’ll get a compress kit, which relieves lower back pain from prolonged crouching, so don’t crouch too long, and you’ll know you are when Snake holds his back. To avoid crouching for too long you should just get on the floor if you must stay low.
*NOTE: If ever in doubt, go to your Briefing screen in the pause menu.*
Anyway, on the other side of the space you should just stay down. There is a gun turret on the APC around the corner, but it does turn. Your best bet is to just crawl your way around this corner and into yet another room; and remember that the OctoCamo only changes when you are still. When in the room, go into the room on the left for some ammo and another compress on the bed. Then come back into the main room and go through the crawlspace here; and note that stepping on stuff does make noise, so just be patient where you walk. You’ll see a guy get shot going through, so just stop and wait for the soldier to move on.
Now go out and then go around to the right. You can post up at the doorway, or stick to the ground to let the soldier pass by the doorway; or even better you can get through after he shoots the guy, get out your stun knife, follow behind him, press L1 to ready it, and the press R2 to stun him. Then quietly go through and to the right. I suggest crawl all the way to the end of the building where you look out into the street. Let the next soldier pass and then crawl around through the doorway to the right. If they spot you you should get through the doorway and be able to lose them.
*NOTE: If you do get caught at any point, just fend them off and then run to a quiet place to run off the alert. You never have to stay completely still during an alert, just don’t be seen again. And the place where you get caught and where you kill the bad guys, be sure to get far away from there when the backup gets there. Also, one guy will usually call for help, so try to kill him if you can.*
