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Arcade mode is unlocked after completing the final mission: Game Over.

[edit] Mission Challenge

You get to select a mission and play it from start to finish with 3 lives and a limited amount of time.

[edit] Full Challenge

You play the whole game from "Crew Expendable" to "Mile High Club" with no cutscene missions and see how far you get, lives carry over between missions. You can pause the game but if you lose all your lives then you have to start over.

[edit] Score Calculation

• 5 Points are awarded for hitting an enemy
• 10 Points are awarded for hitting an enemy badly (makes them fall over or go to last stand)
• 60 points are awarded for a kill
• 100 points are awarded for a headshot
• 150 points awarded for destroying a tank
• 150 points awarded for making a barrel explode
• 1000 points awarded for shooting down a helicopter
• Multiplier awarded if you continually kill enemies (up to 8x)
• One life awarded for completing a kill streak
• One (or more) lives awarded if you reach a checkpoint

If you lose, the final score is just your score times the difficulty (1 for recruit, 4 for veteran).

If you win then your final score is your score, plus the time you took in seconds times 5, plus 1000 for each life, times two if you did not die and finally times the difficulty(1 to 4).

FinalScore = BaseScore + (Time * 5) + (Lives * 1000) * 2(Flawless) * Difficulty