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Back to the Basics: Options

I know that you are excited to get on the Battlefield and ready to start going to work on destroying your opponents.  While you can survive by jumping in and smashing buttons to figure everything out, my first bit of advice is to just go to the options menu and have a look.  PC players have the perk of doing a custom key binding, but console players are far more limited.  Console players are also more likely to have trouble figuring out the controls because the default settings have changed.  Spotting and driving vehicles are changed up enough that it will have veterans scratching their heads at first for a min.  Knowing which buttons bring up the right tools at the right time is going to make your experience a lot more enjoyable from the start.

There are also other options including a color blind mode if you are having trouble distinguishing the colors on screen.

Pre-Spawn Gameplan:

The First thing you want to do before you spawn into the game, is be sure you are joined up in a squad.  In Battlefield 4, squad size has been increased to 5.  I recommend that you join a squad that is almost full.  This will give you more spawn choices, and also give you better odds of getting squad perks once you get in game. (I’ll talk about squad perks in another video)

Take a moment and look over the Battlefield.  Pay attention to what bases you have – where your team is located – and what enemy armor is in the area.  The last thing you want to do is spawn on a base with a enemy tank and you have a sniper rifle.  Prepare your loadout for what you will be facing.  If you are spawning in an area with enemy tanks. Bring an engineer with rockets.  The other thing to note is your friendly vehicles that are empty.  If you see that no one is using the tanks on your team. Jump In.  Even if you aren’t good – the only way to get better is to practice.   Vehicles can turn the tide in any map on Battlefield 4.  So make sure you aren’t letting a good opportunity go to waste.
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Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Watch_Dogs, and Battlefield 4 are the supported titles for this program. When you buy the Blu-ray Disc or digital version of these select PS3 games, for a limited time, you will receive an entitlement to download a PS4 digital copy of the same game from PlayStation Store when it becomes available, at the discounted price of $9.99.

Gamers who purchase a PS3 Blu-ray Disc of these four games will find a code packed into the PS3 version that they can redeem on PlayStation Store. To play the PS4 version of the game when it becomes available, you’ll need to insert the original PS3 disc in your PS4 to activate and play the PS4 version, so hang onto that PS3 disc!

Gamers who purchase the digital version of any of these four games will not need to redeem a code to receive their PS4 versions. When your PS4 arrives, just look for the PS4 version of the game on PlayStation Store – it will appear on PlayStation Store on your PS4 for the discounted price of $9.99. Just purchase it and start playing!

For those of you who purchase the PS3 disc version of the games, you do not need a PS4 system to redeem your code, so feel free to redeem it as soon as you pick up your PS3 copy — you can download your digital copy later when your PS4 arrives.

But don’t wait: This program lasts for a limited time. You’ll need to redeem your code and make the purchase before January 31st, 2014 (for Assassin’s Creed IV and Watch_Dogs), March 28th (for Battlefield 4), or March 31st (for Call of Duty: Ghosts) in order to participate.

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This is a Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist video walkthrough. No Cutscenes / No Kills / In this guide, we will be going for Ghost in all of the campaign missions. That means that we will be playing stealthy with no alerts or kills. I do my best to ensure that my walkthroughs are easy to follow and I give tips and help along the way to make sure that anyone, no matter what their skill is, can follow along easily. Along the way, we will also be picking up several high value achievements / trophies for beating the game on Perfectionist difficulty and perfecting the Ghost play style.

Achievements / Trophies we will get (Note: You will get many more for completing the missions, but these are the major ones we are going for)

• 4th Echelon Officer (100 G) – Completed every single player mission on Perfectionist difficulty
• Tactical Style: Ghost (25 G) – Mastered Ghost playstyle on 7 missions
• No Kill Option Engaged (50 G) – Completed single player campaign without killing anyone as Sam Fisher
• Distraction Tactician (10 G) – Stealthily took down an enemy who has been lured by sound
• Mission Footprint Zero (10 G) – Completed single player mission undetected

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action-adventure stealth game published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth installment of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series and is the direct sequel to Splinter Cell: Conviction. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360, in North America on August 20, 2013, Australia on August 22, 2013, Europe on August 23, 2013, and  Japan on September 5, 2013.

Following the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Patricia Caldwell, the President of the United States, shuts down the corrupt Third Echelon and replaces it with a new special operations and counter-terrorism unit called Fourth Echelon — a team of elite operatives drawn from different agencies, who operate in a mobile environment and perform missions assigned directly by the Commander in Chief, led by former Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher. When a group of twelve terrorists calling themselves “The Engineers” initiate a deadly countdown of escalating attacks on United States assets called “The Blacklist”, Fisher and his team are assigned to hunt them down and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Watch the full Splinter Cell Blacklist Walkthrough

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This is a Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist video walkthrough. No Cutscenes / No Kills / In this guide, we will be going for Ghost in all of the campaign missions. That means that we will be playing stealthy with no alerts or kills. I do my best to ensure that my walkthroughs are easy to follow and I give tips and help along the way to make sure that anyone, no matter what their skill is, can follow along easily. Along the way, we will also be picking up several high value achievements / trophies for beating the game on Perfectionist difficulty and perfecting the Ghost play style.

Achievements / Trophies we will get (Note: You will get many more for completing the missions, but these are the major ones we are going for)

• 4th Echelon Officer (100 G) – Completed every single player mission on Perfectionist difficulty
• Tactical Style: Ghost (25 G) – Mastered Ghost playstyle on 7 missions
• No Kill Option Engaged (50 G) – Completed single player campaign without killing anyone as Sam Fisher
• Distraction Tactician (10 G) – Stealthily took down an enemy who has been lured by sound
• Mission Footprint Zero (10 G) – Completed single player mission undetected

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action-adventure stealth game published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth installment of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series and is the direct sequel to Splinter Cell: Conviction. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360, in North America on August 20, 2013, Australia on August 22, 2013, Europe on August 23, 2013, and  Japan on September 5, 2013.

Following the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Patricia Caldwell, the President of the United States, shuts down the corrupt Third Echelon and replaces it with a new special operations and counter-terrorism unit called Fourth Echelon — a team of elite operatives drawn from different agencies, who operate in a mobile environment and perform missions assigned directly by the Commander in Chief, led by former Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher. When a group of twelve terrorists calling themselves “The Engineers” initiate a deadly countdown of escalating attacks on United States assets called “The Blacklist”, Fisher and his team are assigned to hunt them down and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Watch the full Splinter Cell Blacklist Walkthrough

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This is a Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist video walkthrough. No Cutscenes / No Kills / In this guide, we will be going for Ghost in all of the campaign missions. That means that we will be playing stealthy with no alerts or kills. I do my best to ensure that my walkthroughs are easy to follow and I give tips and help along the way to make sure that anyone, no matter what their skill is, can follow along easily. Along the way, we will also be picking up several high value achievements / trophies for beating the game on Perfectionist difficulty and perfecting the Ghost play style.

Achievements / Trophies we will get (Note: You will get many more for completing the missions, but these are the major ones we are going for)

• 4th Echelon Officer (100 G) – Completed every single player mission on Perfectionist difficulty
• Tactical Style: Ghost (25 G) – Mastered Ghost playstyle on 7 missions
• No Kill Option Engaged (50 G) – Completed single player campaign without killing anyone as Sam Fisher
• Distraction Tactician (10 G) – Stealthily took down an enemy who has been lured by sound
• Mission Footprint Zero (10 G) – Completed single player mission undetected

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action-adventure stealth game published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth installment of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series and is the direct sequel to Splinter Cell: Conviction. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360, in North America on August 20, 2013, Australia on August 22, 2013, Europe on August 23, 2013, and  Japan on September 5, 2013.

Following the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Patricia Caldwell, the President of the United States, shuts down the corrupt Third Echelon and replaces it with a new special operations and counter-terrorism unit called Fourth Echelon — a team of elite operatives drawn from different agencies, who operate in a mobile environment and perform missions assigned directly by the Commander in Chief, led by former Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher. When a group of twelve terrorists calling themselves “The Engineers” initiate a deadly countdown of escalating attacks on United States assets called “The Blacklist”, Fisher and his team are assigned to hunt them down and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Watch the full Splinter Cell Blacklist Walkthrough

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Achievements / Trophies we will get (Note: You will get many more for completing the missions, but these are the major ones we are going for)

• 4th Echelon Officer (100 G) – Completed every single player mission on Perfectionist difficulty
• Tactical Style: Ghost (25 G) – Mastered Ghost playstyle on 7 missions
• No Kill Option Engaged (50 G) – Completed single player campaign without killing anyone as Sam Fisher
• Distraction Tactician (10 G) – Stealthily took down an enemy who has been lured by sound
• Mission Footprint Zero (10 G) – Completed single player mission undetected

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action-adventure stealth game published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth installment of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series and is the direct sequel to Splinter Cell: Conviction. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360, in North America on August 20, 2013, Australia on August 22, 2013, Europe on August 23, 2013, and  Japan on September 5, 2013.

Following the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction, Patricia Caldwell, the President of the United States, shuts down the corrupt Third Echelon and replaces it with a new special operations and counter-terrorism unit called Fourth Echelon — a team of elite operatives drawn from different agencies, who operate in a mobile environment and perform missions assigned directly by the Commander in Chief, led by former Third Echelon agent Sam Fisher. When a group of twelve terrorists calling themselves “The Engineers” initiate a deadly countdown of escalating attacks on United States assets called “The Blacklist”, Fisher and his team are assigned to hunt them down and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Watch the full Splinter Cell Blacklist Walkthrough

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Trade-in or Sell?

Most of us realize that trading in used games normally means you are going to get less money in return.  But the added benefit of  trading is the convenience a customer has by simply walking into the store with games, and walking out of the stores with cash.  But how much are you paying or willing to pay for that added convenience?

Selling used games may net you more money, but is it worth the added work you have to put in to list, package, and ship your items?

This commentary isn’t meant to persuade you of either choice.  As an individual, it is your responsibility to make the decision that best suits your lifestyle and needs. This experiment simply provides a real look at the raw numbers between the choices.  I first took my games to a Gamestop to get the Gamestop Trade-In Values, and then I listed all of the games on Ebay and started the auction price at $0.99 for each game. Below are the results.

I charged $4 shipping which gave me an additional $104.  From this amount, I paid my ebay fees ($23.82) / Packaging materials ($15.39) / Postage ($62.83) – which left me $1.96.

So in total, I walked away with $194.15 by selling my games on ebay.  Which means I made $82.95 extra by selling instead of trading in.

Keep in mind that this is only one experiment, and you have many options when it comes to trading or selling games.  I used Gamestop and Ebay.  But there are a number of different companies and websites that you can go through when offloading games.  I probably could have made more money for instance by selling on Craigslist and would have skipped shipping costs.  Either way, i’m happy to have some extra cash that I can apply towards the next Xbox One or PS4.

The biggest lesson I think I learned from this experiment, is that I won’t be buying pre-owned games in store anymore.  As noted on the table, if you had purchased these games in store, you would have spent $415 (Pre-tax).  The people who purchased the games online received a much better deal. *NOTE* I do want to add that Gamestop does offer deals occasionally where you can get more for the games you trade-in. However, they were not running any extra deals that would aid me in getting more money for a next-gen system the day I went in the store.  If you have a PowerUp Rewards card, you can get an extra 10% on values.  But the reward card costs $14.99, so I wouldn’t have saved any extra money.  The amount saved would not have even covered the cost of the card.

What is your favorite way of getting rid of old games?  And how are you saving money towards the next-gen?

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Clean Hands: 100 – Complete Dishonored without killing anyone

Ghost: 30 – Complete all missions,without alerting or killing anyone but key targets

Mostly Flesh and Steel: 50 – Complete game without purchasing supernatural powers or enhancements besides Blink

Shadow: 30 – Completed Dishonored Missions without alerting anyone

Just Dark Enough: 50 – Completed Dishonored game in low chaos

Resolution: 100 – Completed Game

Vanished: 10 – Escaped Prison and navigated sewers undetected

Surgical: 30 – Played from first mission through Kaldwin’s Bridge killing fewer than 10 characters

Excommunication: 5 – Eliminated High Overseer Campbell

Specter: 20 – After escaping prison, you completed a mission not alerting anyone and killing less than 5 people

Faceless: 20 – After escaping Coldridge Prison, you completed a mission without alerting anyone

Child Care: 10 – Find Emily Kaldwin

Well Mannered: Completed Boyle Estate without spoiling the party

Poetic Justice: Neutralized key targets using indirect means

Political Suicide: Expose the Lord Regents crimes and bring about his arrest

Mercy is the Mark

Long Live the Empress

This Dishonored Walkthrough was recorded on the hardest difficulty on the PC. But the game is exactly the same for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 Dishonored players. So anyone can follow this guide.

Check out the full Dishonored Clean Hands Walkthrough by The Red Dragon

• Dishonored Walkthrough Part 1
• Dishonored Part 2: High Overseer Campbell
• Dishonored Part 3: House of Pleasure
• Dishonored Part 4: Royal Physician
• Dishonored Part 5: Lady Boyle’s Last Party
• Dishonored Part 6: Return to the Tower
• Dishonored Part 7: Flooded District
• Dishonored Part 8: The Loyalists
• Dishonored Part 9: Light at the End
• Dishonored Knife of Dunwall DLC Part 1
• Dishonored Knife of Dunwall Part 2 - Part B
• Dishonored Knife of Dunwall Part 3

Dishonored is a first-person stealth action video game that is developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released from October 9 to October 12, 2012 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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