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Contents 1 Around town 2 Combat 3 Pause screen 4 The Matrix

[edit] Around town

•  : Moves the character you're controlling.
•  : Attacks with equipped weapon or spell.
•  : Targets an enemy for an attack. If there are multiple enemies, continually hitting will cycle through the enemies.
•  : Changes the character that you're controlling, and re-targets the current enemy. Obviously, not used when alone.
•  : Goes to the pause menu.

[edit] Combat

The controls are the same as above. One thing perhaps worth noting is that holding down will autofire, even for mêlée combat. In fact, a lot of battles aren't really much more than standing still, holding down , and seeing whose life runs out first.

[edit] Pause screen

•  : Moves the cursor around.
•  : Selects a choice.
•  : Same as , except it doesn't work for some buttons or choices. Just stick with for this screen.
•  : On the main screen, it changes the selected runner. On other screens, it behaves like . Just stick with .
•  : Cancels a choice and/or backs out of subscreens.

[edit] The Matrix

•  : Moves the cursors around.
•  : In the main screen, runs a program. If using the Attack program, launches a heavy attack. In the cyberdeck and other screens, confirms a choice.
•  : Acts just like , except if used to run Attack, it launches a medium attack.
• : Same as above, but launches a light attack if used to run Attack.
• : Cancels a choice and backs out of menus. When you initially jack in and are taken to the cyberdeck screen, hit Start to enter the system.