When jumping, use a dash just before landing. If timed correctly and if the drop was not too great, you should land at near full speed.
Body Surfing
Select the "Extras" option at the main menu. Select "Cheats", then enter Right, Right, Left, Down, Up, Up, Up, Down as a code to unlock Alex Mercer's devastating body surfing ability. A message will appear to confirm correct code entry.
Cheat Mode
At the main menu, select the "Extras" option, then choose the "Cheats" selection. Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. If you entered the code correctly, a message will appear.
Body Surf ability
Enter Right(2), Left, Down, Up(3), Down as a code to unlock the Body Surf ability.
Defeating the final Boss
Quickly switch to Armor and Blade after the cutscene ends. Having Infected Vision will help. Stay away from the Boss until he starts to jump. After he lands, attack him with an Air Blade Slash. He will become stunned after a few good hits. Grab him and repeatedly punch. If you are taken down to critical level, use a Devastator move to stun him.
Defeating the Time Square Boss
This Boss battle may seem hard, but it can actually be easy. Long before the battle, purchase all upgrades that allow you to do +3 Devastator attacks, upon max health. It is also recommended you get all upgrades possible through the "Consume" option. The Boss is massive. Notice that under her health bar are other bars. These are the Boss' stabilizers, making her vulnerable only after you have severed them. At the beginning of the battle she will do a scream attack. Be careful. Scale up a building or whatever else you can. It is very easy to avoid. You will also have Hunters and Infected chasing you. Use the full body armor and claws/blade. Max out your health by running around and consuming. It is easy, and the only issues you might have are Hunters, but with the upgrades one hunter can nearly boost your health to max, allowing for maximum Devastator attacks. This is one of the first Devastator attacks you learn. Scale a building, boost over to her, fall, and initiate the attack. You will quickly see the Boss' stabilizers are being damaged. Note: Every round the stabilizers' health will increase, meaning that you have to follow the tactics in the same way, and it will just take slightly longer. Strike her with the Devastator. You should have a chance for more, unless she does multiple attacks (green orbs that track you, spitting concrete, and screaming). The armor reduces the amount of damage inflicted, allowing you enough time in-between attacks to initiate the Devastator again. Once the stabilizers are destroyed, she will fall, and you can attack normally. She will then retreat (leaving you plenty of red health orbs to consume) before shooting out of the ground again, with more stabilizer health and "backup". Ignore the backup. This tactic works nicely, but if you get low on health, run away from her view, and keep consuming. After she falls a total of three times, you will have defeated her.
Easy "Half-Truths" Trophy
An easy spot to complete "Half-Truths" is the mission in which you lead the Leader Hunter to Ragland. Complete your objectives unnoticed (shouldn't be a problem) until you are prompted to lure the Hunter. Look at the map and notice that it is mainly covered in red (infected zones) and two blue (military) zones, one on the far east and far west. There is an unclaimed area straight up the middle. Stick to this path and you won't alert the military as they have their hands full already.
Easy "Misconception" Trophy
The "Misconception" Trophy requires you to destroy 25 infected water towers before they hatch. Do this after you get your powers back -- when Ragland helps you -- as there seem to be more of them in abundance. Lock on to one and run up the corresponding building, jump to the roof and use the flying kick attack, causing more than half of the life bar to be depleted. Upon landing, follow up quickly with a combo. To make it a little faster, use the "claws" powers.
Easy "The Butcher" and "Speed Bumps" Trophy
To easily get "The Butcher" Trophy, which requires you to kill 50 people in five seconds (including pedestrians, military, infected etc.), wait until you have the ability to hijack a tank. Drive into a red zone that typically has a lot of fleeing normal and infected civilians and stick to driving on the side walk. Keep up with this same tactic to unlock Speed Bumps, which requires you to run over 500 people in a single tank.
Easy "The Cleaner" Trophy
"The Cleaner" Trophy requires you to destroy 10 military bases or infected hives. Choose Hives. Hives are being pummeled by the military by the time you get there, so some of the work is already done. All you have do is finish them off. Hijack a tank and destroy it. NOTE: The hives destroyed during missions count as well.
Easy experience
An easy way to get experience points is to get a helicopter, preferably without alarm. Go to any Infected area, and search for water towers containing Hunters. These are easily found by going to the area where the crows are circling. This indicates where an Infected water tower is located. Lock on to it, and blow it up with a rocket. It should only take one rocket with a direct hit. You will get 8,000 experience points per water tower. With 200 rockets in an attack helicopter, you can get 1,600,000 total experience points. Then using the machine gun, you can destroy forty more water towers. You can then use the remaining homing missiles to blow up a hive for more points. Get another helicopter, and repeat the process. The water towers will respawn after a short period of time.
Play the mission where you have to steal a helicopter to find the right Hunter. You are told to go fly over the Infected area and scan the Infected water towers for a suitable enemy type. Instead of doing that, fly to the Infected area, and start shooting the Infected water towers that are around all Infected areas. You get approximately 8,000 experience points for each. Shoot 25 of them to get the "Misconception" trophy for destroying the Infected water towers without them hatching. As long as you properly hijack the helicopter and no one suspects you as an enemy, no one will attack you while you do this. One water tower requires one missile. Make sure to steady it so you do not waste missiles. One flythrough with the helicopter can get you 1,192,000 experience points, assuming you can find one water tower per missile. You can get even more than that if you use your machine gun. After getting about 500,000 experience points, crash the helicopter, and repeat the process again from the checkpoint.
Note: This trick requires the ability to hijack helicopters and have Infected Vision, obtained later in the game. Hijack a helicopter, then activate Infected Vision. Look for the bright orange water towers scattered throughout the city, primarily in the Infected areas. Shoot them with the helicopter's weapons. For each water tower destroyed, you will get 10,000 experience points, which are important this far in the game. Note: Water towers respawn continuously for unlimited experience points.
An easy way to get experience points is to get a helicopter, preferably without alarm. Go to any Infected area and search for water towers containing Hunters. These are easily found by going to the area where the crows are circling. This indicates where an Infected water tower is located. Lock on to it and blow it up with a rocket. It should only take one with a direct hit. You will receive 8,000 experience points per water tower. With 200 rockets in an attack helicopter you can get 1,600,000 total experience points. Then using the machine gun, destroy forty more towers. You can then use the remaining homing missiles to blow up a hive for more points. Get another helicopter and repeat the process. The water towers will respawn after a short amount of time.
Use the following trick to gain more experience while running. Carry an army truck or another large object and run through the infected people, or collect the genetic materials that comes out of a hive.
Easy+ and Normal+
Mercer keeps all his ep, woi and abilities acquired when you start a new game+(easy and normal).
Unlockable
How to unlock
Easy+
Beat the game on easy or Normal.
Normal+
Beat the game on Normal.
Experience points for Orbs
The experience points awarded for each Orb picked up is based on how many Orbs have already been collected.
Hint Orbs
1: 5,000 each
10: 7,500 each (and 10,000 bonus)
15: 12,500 each (and 25,000 bonus)
35: 15,000 each (and 50,000 bonus)
Landmark Orbs
1: 2,600 each
10: 5,000 each (and 10,000 bonus)
25: 9,750 each (and 25,000 bonus)
100: 15,000 each (and 50,000 bonus)
125: 17, 250 each (and 60,000 bonus)
150: 20,000 each (and 70,000 bonus)
Finding Infected water towers
Squawking crows usually circle the Infected water towers, making them easier to find.
Free Thermobaric tank
Unlock the "Rolling Thunder" Kill Event that occurs between the East Village and the Lower East Side. You can find a Thermobaric Tank next to that event. Get into it to activate the event, then quickly exit before the event actually starts. If done correctly you will have a free tank. The tank will disappear if you leave the tank or use it to destroy a Hive or Base. However it can be obtained again where it was found.
Hard difficulty
Successfully complete the game under the Normal difficulty setting.
Helicopter jumping
To do this trick you will need the ability to Jump Kick so that you can fly towards the first helicopter of The Strike team. You can also use the Whipfist's Grab upgrade to latch onto an enemy helicopter. Double Jump can also be useful. To start, jump up and Jump Kick or use the Whipfist Grab to latch onto the first helicopter. Do the button event to kill the pilots. Fly up as high as possible and look for the next target. Make sure to use the Lock On ability. Jump out of the current helicopter and Jump Kick towards the next helicopter. You can keep doing this as long as there are helicopters. If you fall, quickly use the Whipfist Grab. Note: This can be very challenging but if done successfully you can attack numerous helicopters without ever touching the ground.
New Game+ mode
Successfully complete Story mode. You can now replay Story mode with all powers and upgrades previously unlocked.
Platinum events
Earn a "Gold" rank in all events. Note: This may also unlock some Radical events.
Secret Achievements
Achievement
How to unlock
Children Of Blacklight (Bronze)
You've completed the Supreme Hunter Boss Battle.
Crossing The T (Bronze)
You've completed the Hunter Boss Encounter.
Errand Boy (Bronze)
You've completed the Specialist Boss Fight.
Hope (Bronze)
You've discovered the truth behind Hope, Idaho.
On Instinct (Bronze)
You've completed the Mother Boss Battle.
One Thousand Suns (Silver)
You've completed the Supreme Hybrid Boss Battle.
Origin (Bronze)
You've discovered the history of Elizabeth Greene.
Start a New Game Plus on a different difficulty
After unlocking the New Game Plus option for Easy Mode or Normal Mode, it is possible to start a new game plus on a difficulty setting for which it has not been unlocked. To do this, under New Game, select Easy plus or Normal plus, whichever is applicable. Instead of saving as prompted however, press circle to back out of your selection, and then select a difficulty for which the New Game plus has not been unlocked. Save the data when prompted to begin the game. You will begin the game with New Game plus status, without having unlocked it for the corresponding difficulty setting.
Thermobaric Tank
First you must unlock the Kill Event called "Rolling Thunder," which appears between the East Village and the Lower East Side (one block from the East coast). Right next to the Event is a Thermobaric Tank. Jumping into it will activate the Event, but you can back out of it before the Event begins. Do this correctly and you'll have a free tank. Note: If you exit the tank it or use it to destroy a Hive or Base it will vanish. You can grab it again at the Event point.
Trophies
Complete each condition to get the allotted Trophies.
Trophy
How to unlock
Au (Silver)
Achieve a rating of gold or better in all events.
Brain Trust (Bronze)
Complete all consume events.
Cleanup (Bronze)
Kill 15 characters with a single whipfist attack.
Endless Hunger (Silver)
Consume 200 characters to boost your health.
Evolutionary step (Bronze)
Use the upgrade menu to acquire an upgrade.
Gunning (Bronze)
Destroy 20 helicopters in a single helicopter flight.
Half-Truths (Bronze)
Complete a mission without causing a single military alert.
Hard To Kill (Gold)
Complete story mode in any difficulty without dying.
In Plain Sight (Bronze)
Evade 10 strike teams.
In The Web (Bronze)
Consume 50 web targets.
Infiltrator (Bronze)
Infiltrate 10 military bases disguised as a commander.
It's Him! (Bronze)
Patsy 5 military personnel.
Mankind is your mask (Silver)
Complete 3 missions without causing a single military alert.
Misconception (Bronze)
Destroy 25 infected water towers before they hatch.
Nice Guy (Silver)
Complete the game while consuming 10 civilians or fewer.
Platinum Trophy
Collect all other trophies.
Polymath (Silver)
Collect all hint collectibles scattered across New York City.
Pt (Gold)
Achieve a platinum medal in all events.
Repossession (Bronze)
Seize 50 vehicles from enemy hands.
Return Fire (Bronze)
Catch any object tossed by a hydra; and throw it back.
Revenge Revisited (Gold)
Complete story mode on hard difficulty.
Self-Deception (Bronze)
Discover what happened to Alex Mercer through the web of intrigue.
SME (Bronze)
Gain the ability to drive and fly all vehicles.
Speed Bumps (Bronze)
Run over 500 characters in a single tank.
Streetwise (Silver)
Collect all landmark collectibles scattered across New York City.
Surface-To-Air (Bronze)
Shoot down 50 helicopters while driving armor.
The Butcher (Silver)
Kill 50 characters in 5 seconds.
The Cleaner (Silver)
Destroy 10 military bases or infected hives in New York City.
