FOREWORD
Hi there. You’re look-
ing at Version 2.0 of the
RESOGUN guide. What
you’ll find here covers both
the Arcade game and the
modes available in Heroes
and Defenders, the two ex-
pansions.
Why a guide?, you might
ask.
While it was a deliberate
choice of the development
team to allow players to ex-
plore the game and learn
about the intricacies of the
scoring system through
word of mouth and online in-
teraction, over time we came
to the conclusion that we
should shed some light on
certain aspects of the game
that will make the experience
more enjoyable even for the
beginners.
Some of these tips have
been shared on our forum,
some over Facebook or
Twitter; others were written
specifically for this guide.
Many of the tips you’ll find
here emerged from online
discussions, were posted on
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Reddit, or reached us over
social media channels. We
are very grateful for the ded-
ication put into it, and the
sense of discovery the com-
munity was able to evoke
with each little step towards
the top of those leader-
boards.
Thank you again, and don’t
forget to keep blasting in a
free world – those humans
are not gonna liberate them-
selves.
- The Housemarque Team
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
HUMANS
ARCADE MODE
How are humans released ............ 6
Throwing humans ............ 7
Juggling humans ............ 8
Gathering humans ............ 8
Supercharging your score ............ 9
Requirements and rewards ............ 10
HUMANS
SURVIVAL MODE
Human counter ............ 13
HUMANS
PROTECTOR MODE
City missiles and humans ............ 14
The arrow colors ............ 14
MULTIPLIER
ARCADE MODE
Keep your multiplier up ............ 16
Multiplier colors ............ 17
Phase complete multiplier lock ............ 18
Hit things hard ............ 18
Keep them alive ............ 18
MULTIPLIER
SURVIVAL MODE
Human loss effect on multiplier ............ 19
Secret multiplier up ............ 19
Multiplier up token ............ 19
MULTIPLIER
PROTECTOR MODE
Full cargo bonus ............ 20
Rapid deposit and fireworks ............ 20
Shield tokens ............ 21
MULTIPLIER
COMMANDO MODE
Bonus tokens ............ 22
GENERAL TIPS
Boosting ............ 24
The mysterious blue arrows ............ 25
The overdrive minigame ............ 25
The retro camera ............ 26
Remote play ............ 27
Enemies value decreases over time
............ 27
Cubetron postmageddon ............ 28
Kill the normal keepers ............ 29
Kill them in the right order ............ 29
GENERAL TIPS
DEMOLITION
Precision is everything ............ 31
Supercharge or split into multiple balls at
once ............ 31
Keep the extra balls in the air ............ 31
Wrecking ball evolved ............ 32
Near miss bonus ............ 32
Ship attributes ............ 32
Follow your beams ............ 33
How to sling ............ 33
The wrecking combo ............ 33
Moar enemies ............ 33
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GENERAL TIPS
SURVIVAL
Fallen Heroes ............ 35
Monuments ............ 35
Human arrows ............ 35
Shields ............ 36
Sentinels ............ 36
Things become faster over time ............ 36

GENERAL TIPS
PROTECTOR
Super boost ............ 38
Super overdrive ............ 38

GENERAL TIPS
COMMANDO MODE
Collecting bonus tokens ............ 40
Meteors hate you and they hate what you rep-
resent ............ 40
New game plus ............ 40
Double jump ............ 40

GENERAL TIPS
COMMANDO MODE
Get that dynamite ............ 42
Dynamite prevents you from using abilities
............ 42

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How are humans released
Most humans are released
by killing all the Keepers
spawned into the level when
the announcer says ‘’Keep-
ers detected’’.
When a human is released
and left alone for a few sec-
onds, the Abductors will try
to kidnap it.
The “secret” humans are
released if your multiplier is
high enough during a certain
part of the level (look at the
green glow behind the multi-
plier: if you see it, you’re go-
ing for it). Keep in mind that
if your multiplier isn’t high
enough the human will im-
mediately die.
Other humans are tied to
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certain Keepers that must be
killed in a specific sequence.
These are easy to lose if
you’re not paying attention.
If you kill any of the target
Keepers in the wrong order,
the human will immediate-
ly die. Check the following
pages for more details.
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throwing humans
The Throw Human human further. This
button can look puz- technique becomes
zling at first. What really useful when the
it does is simply… ship is busy fighting
throw a human in the waves of enemies
air. Remember that if but you still want to
you are boosting, you deliver a human to
can use the ship’s the next escape pod.
inertia to throw the

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Juggling HUmans
Mastering the Throw Human button allows you to juggle humans – 2 or even 3 at the
same time. That can be done first and foremost to be cool, but also for score-related pur-
poses (see Gathering Humans).

Gathering HUmans
This technique re- enemies will try to
quires a lot of prac- aggressively abduct
tice. Instead of saving them. However, if
humans one at the you manage to keep
time, you can try to everything under con-
gather them all un- trol, you can score
der one escape pod, millions that way.
and then deliver them Keep in mind that
in quick succession humans also unlock
(check also the Mys- power-ups, so sav-
terious Blue Arrows ing them all at once
tip for more details). will make you weak-
Humans will not stay er during the normal
put and will start to progression of the
walk around, and level.
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SUPERCHARGING YOUR SCORE
Each human saved is worth “10 000 x
your multiplier” points. A “50 000 points
bonus x your multiplier” is given for saving
another human while the arrows under an
escape pod are blue instead of green.
Let’s see an example.
1st human saved = 10 000 points.
2nd human saved = 20 000 points. If
saved in rapid succession, it’ll be worth
60 000 points.
3rd human saved = 70 000 points unless
saved in rapid succession as well. In that
case it’d be worth 110 000 points.
Taking Acis as an example, if you save all
10 humans at once, the 10th human will
be worth 460 000 points.
Their value carries over to the next level
as long as no human dies. If a human is
lost, the value resets to 10 000pts.
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REQUIREMENTS AND REWARDS
ACIS
HUMAN KEEPERS REWARD
1 Hover Shield
2 Swarm Overdrive Upgrade
3 In & Out Points
4 In & Out Points
5 In & Out Points
6 In & Out Points
SECRET 1 Multiplier Requirement Points
7 Swarm Bomb
SECRET 2 Multiplier Requirement Points
8 Swarm Extra Life

CERES
HUMAN KEEPERS REWARD
1 Swarm Shield
2 In & Out Points
3 In & Out Points
4 Swarm Overdrive Upgrade
5 In & Out Points
6 In & Out Points
7 Swarm Bomb
8 Specific Order Extra Life
SECRET 1 Multiplier Requirement Points
9 Bottom Row Shield

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DECIMA
HUMAN KEEPERS REWARD
1 In & Out Points
2 Swarm Overdrive Upgrade
3 In & Out Points
4 Specific Order Bomb
5 In & Out Points
6 In & Out Points
7 Specific Order Extra Life
8 Horizontal Shield
SECRET 1 Multiplier Requirement Points
9 Horizontal Shield

FEBRIS
HUMAN KEEPERS REWARD
1 In & Out Points
2 Specific Order Extra Life
3 In & Out Points
4 Swarm Overdrive Upgrade
5 In & Out Points
6 In & Out Points
7 Horizontal Shield
8 Horizontal Bomb
SECRET 1 Multiplier Requirement Points
9 Swarm Shield

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MEFITIS
HUMAN KEEPERS REWARD
1 In & Out Points
2 In & Out Points
3 Kamikaze Shield
4 In & Out Points
5 In & Out Points
SECRET 1 Multiplier Requirement Points
6 Swarm Bomb
7 Horizontal Extra Life
SECRET 2 Multiplier Requirement Points
8 Specific Order Extra Life

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HUMAN COUNTER
On the top left of the screen you can see
how many humans you need to save to
spawn the next power up. Each time a hu-
man is saved, one of the icons turns green.
The amount of humans you need to save
for the next power up increases by one after
each spawn: you start from three, and the
count goes up until 10.

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CITY MISSILES
AND HUMANS
When you deposit humans in Protector, the
city will release a certain number of self-aim-
ing missiles. Depositing more than one human
at once will result in more missiles being shot.

THE ARROW COLORS

The arrow next to your ship will point to the nearest human. If it’s blue, the human is still en-
cased within the Keepers. If it’s green, the human is free and will be subject to abductors and
other hazards. As always, the familiar red arrow indicates a human in danger.

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KEEP YOUR
MULTIPLIER UP
Some humans are classified as “se-
cret”. These secret humans are
unlocked if your multiplier is high
enough during the release window.
Pay attention to the green glow be-
hind the multiplier to understand if
things are going well or not – if you
don’t see any, you will instantly lose
the secret human and hear a very
specific sound effect. However, if
the number is high enough, you’ll see
it flash and a human will be released
from the multiplier itself.

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MULTIPLIER COLORS
Never breaking the multiplier is hard, and for good reasons. The multiplier influences
most of your final score, so keeping it up is supposed to be hard.
As you probably know, the color of the multiplier goes from green (meaning: all good),
to yellow (you need to perform an action soon), to red (about to break). The time in
between these status changes according to the difficulty level, getting shorter as the
difficulty increases.

Actions that reset the multiplier to green

Killing an enemy
Picking up a human
Bringing a human to an escape pod
Getting a power up

Actions that DO NOT influence the multiplier

Juggling humans

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PHASE COMPLETE HIT THINGS HARD
MULTIPLIER LOCK green
Troubles keeping the multiplier on the
zone? Remember that to reset the
Have you noticed that the multiplier locks countdown to green, you just need to hit an
for a few seconds when a phase is com- enemy, not kill it. For this reason, you can
plete? Don’t kill enemies while the “PHASE also wait for enemies to evolve (turn golden)
COMPLETE” sign is passing through: the and use that to your advantage. Since they
multiplier will unlock shortly thereafter, but are more resilient in their evolved form, you
you can keep it going with the enemies you can keep a few around and hit them when
spared while the time was slowing down. your multiplier is in danger.

KEEP THEM ALIVE

Always keep one or two enemies alive, and kill them selectively, so that your multiplier
doesn’t break until the next massive wave.

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HUMAN LOSS EFFECT ON MULTIPLIER
In Survival Mode, each time a human is lost, your multiplier diminishes by 0.05. You
gotta catch ‘em all!

SECRET
MULTIPLIER UP
When a random power up is released,
you can unleash the Overdrive and slow
down time to cherry pick your power up.
When doing so, you also have the op-
portunity to go for a “Multiplier Up” power
up, which appears in the random power
ups selection only during slowdowns.

MULTIPLIER UP
TOKEN
When a power up is released, you can
decide to let it be. If you do so, the next
time a power up is released the first one
will automatically turn into a “Multiplier Up”
power up.
“Multiplier Up” increases your multiplier
by 1 – consider this technique if you’re
going for score: the higher the risk, the
greater the reward.

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FULL CARGO BONUS
Depositing humans gives you points and a multiplier increase. Depositing more humans
at once will give you a larger bonus than when you deposit them one by one. For exam-
ple, you will receive more points and multiplier bonus if you deposit four humans at once,
than if you deposited the humans two by two.

RAPID DEPOSIT AND

FIREWORKS
Just like in Arcade, you can deposit hu-
mans for a points combo if you do it while
the arrows pointing to the city are blue. The
first humans rewards you with 1 000 points,
and every successive human adds another
1 000 points on top of the previous sum.

Once you’ve deposited enough humans

to flip the level, you’ll notice the arrows
turning gold and some fireworks in the
background. Depositing humans during this
time will reward you with bonus tokens, in
addition to the bonus you get from the quick
deposits. Each bonus token increases your
multiplier.

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SHIELD TOKENS
Collecting two shield tokens grants you a Bonus Shield which adds 25 % to your multipli-
er until you take a hit. While the Bonus Shield is active, you will receive extra multiplier bo-
nus for every human you deposit.

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BONUS TOKENS
The way in which you collect bonus tokens dropped by enemies determines their value.
If you pick the token up from the ground, it will be worth 100 points and increase your
multiplier. If the token is in the air, but you are on the ground whilst you collect it, it will be
worth 200 and increase your multiplier more. If both the player and the token are in the air,
you’ll get 1 500 points and increase your multiplier further. Remember, if your house gets
hit, your multiplier will drop for every health point the house loses, until it reaches a whole
number. That means that your effective multiplier will not decrease, but the progress to-
wards a higher one will.

Also: the tokens you get from combo groups and phase ends are more valuable than the
normal tokens, and are valued up to 5 000 points.

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BOOSTING
Boosting in RESOGUN is not only vital to
escape enemy waves, but should also be
considered as a weapon to ram and destroy
swarms from the inside.
As you probably noticed, the end of each
boost is accompanied by an explosion: the
longer you boost, the bigger the explosion.
Also, keep in mind that each enemy you
hit while boosting will slightly recharge the
boost, allowing for really long and devastat-
ing charges.

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THE Mysterious
blue arrows
Have you noticed that when you save a hu-
man, the arrows under the escape pod brief-
ly turn blue? Deliver a second human while
they are still blue and see what happens to
your score. Quick!

THE OVERDRIVE
MINIGAME
In RESOGUN, there’s a way to make the
Overdrive bestow more points than usual.
Activate Overdrive with R1, and don’t release
the button until the outward circle that forms
around the ship enters the smaller circle defined by the Boost and Overdrive bar. Release at
the right time and an explosion will wipe out a few extra enemies around your ship.

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THE RETRO CAMERA
If you dig into the options menu, you’ll notice the possibility to set the camera mode to
“Retro”. The main difference between Standard and Retro camera mode is that in Retro
mode the camera doesn’t pan vertically. It’s a bit less spectacular, but it gives you a better
view of the play field.

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REMOTE PLAY
RESOGUN for PS4 can be played remotely on PSVita. For
added comfort, you can remap Throw Human and Bomb to
the front face buttons of your PSVita. You can do so di-
rectly from the Options menu of the game. Try it out!
Also, keep in mind that a PSVita can be used as an
additional controller while playing local co-op.

ENEMIES VALUE
DECREASES OVER
TIME
The points value of every single enemy is at
its maximum within a couple of seconds from
spawning, and starts decreasing as time goes
by until it hits 10. So for maximum results, kill’em
quick!

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CUBETRON POSTMAGEDDON
Cubetron, the boss at the end of the 3rd level in Arcade Mode, is a great enemy to boost
up your score. First of all: Overdrive works wonders on the cubes he shoots out. Also, if
you’re not in a hurry, the small cubes around the level can be used to increase your mul-
tiplier bit by bit. Last but not least, have you tried pushing cubes around with boost? Try it
out!

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KILL THE NORMAL

KEEPERS
Keepers can be recognized from the green
glow around them.
Once a group of Keepers is killed, a line will
extend from it and connect with a specific prison
chamber. Some Keepers leave after a while, so you
should kill them fast to avoid losing the corresponding
human.

KILL THEM IN THE Starting from Ceres some Keepers appear in

an ordered group.
RIGHT ORDER That means that there is a specific order in
which you have to kill them. The first one can
be recognized by a green glow and a target, while the others are marked in red. If you acci-
dentally kill the wrong Keeper and break the kill order, the human from that group will be lost.

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PRECISION IS EVERYTHING
When trying to hurl the wrecking ball around the level, pay attention to the timing of the
detonation (see Overdrive Minigame). The more precise the explosion, the faster the ac-
celeration.

SUPERCHARGE or SPLIT INTO

MULTIPLE BALLS AT ONCE
If you detonate near a “Supercharge” or a “Multiball” power up, all the balls within the eplo-
sion range will split into multiple balls! Gather as many balls as possible near the power ups
for maximum devastation!

KEEP THE EXTRA

BALLS in the air
Extra balls expire if they are not constantly moving. Do you best to feed them with as many
enemies as possible.

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WRECKING BALL EVOLVED
The red wrecking ball will evolve if you hit enough enemies with it. The first evolution hap-
pens after the wrecking combo reaches 1 000, and the second evolution after you have
vanquished enough foes to reach a wrecking combo of 2 000. In its evolved forms the
wrecking ball increases in radius, turning you into the ultimate demolisher.

NEAR MISS Bonus

If you like living dangerously, consider go-
ing for the Near Miss Bonus. Each time any
wrecking ball brushes by your ship, you get
10 000 extra points.

SHIP ATTRIBUTES
The best ship configuration to play Demoli-
tion sees your Agility maxed out. You’re not
going to need much Boost or Overdrive in
this mode.

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FOLLOW YOUR BEAMS
Beams are very useful to understand at a glance what the
position of the wrecking ball is (red beam) and where to
find the next power up (green beam).

HOW TO SLING
Extra balls can be a bit tricky to sling the first time
around. Remember: once released, they will appear in
the opposite direction of your ship’s trajectory.

THE WRECKING COMBO

Each enemy destroyed with the red wrecking ball increases the wrecking combo in the
upper left corner of the screen by 1, or 2 when supercharged. Orange balls, on the other
hand, increase the counter only by 0.2. Plan accordingly.

MOAR EnemIES
Don’t feel like starting the Armageddon right away? No worries, if you wait for 60 seconds
at the beginning of the game, the yellow bricks will self-destruct and more enemies will
spawn.

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FALLEN HEROES
Fallen Heroes mark how long you survived in the previ-
ous run. Over the Fallen Hero you’ll see a percentage in-
dicating how far you currently are from your previous per-
formance.
However, be aware that the marker will appear a bit
earlier in the game each time you die trying to reach
a Fallen Hero.
Collecting a Fallen Hero in normal conditions will
get you with a Powershield and 100 000 points.
If you’re already equipped with a normal shield,
you’ll be awarded a Powershield and 200 000
points, and if you are already sporting
a Powershield, you’ll get 500 000
points and the screen will be
cleared by a Shockwave.

MONUMENTS
Monuments are there to re-
mind you of the five people
immediately over you in the lead-
erboards. What’s displayed on the
level is influenced by your score set-
tings (Global, Friends Score or My Best).
If you pick “My Best”, you’ll see only your
own highscore monument.

HUMAN ARROWS
In Survival Mode, you’ll be able to tell the
dropping point of the next humans from the
little green arrows on the top of the screen.
Of course, the green arrow next to the
ship is also indicating the nearest human to
rescue.

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SHIELDS
In Survival Mode, if you collect two shields in a row, you’ll get a
Powershield. A Powershield doesn’t only make you invulnera-
ble to the first bullet that hits you, but it also maxes out all the
ship’s attributes. Attributes will be reverted to their original
value once the shield is lost.
Collecting three shields in a row will immediately re-
lease a Shockwave that wipes out all enemies on the
screen.

SENTINELS
Each Day features three Sentinels. If de-
stroyed, Sentinels release a Shock-
wave that wipes the screen and
accelerate the passing of the
Day. However, you must be
quick – leave one unattended
for too long and it will leave
Avernus. That means no
Shockwave and a longer Day.

THINGS
BECOME FASTER
OVER TIME
With each passing Day enemies, humans (both
in regards of spawning and falling speed) and
bullets become faster – but you don’t. It’s not a
linear progression either: the longer you survive,
the more you’ll notice things getting hectic. Time
to show off those ninja reflexes of yours!

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SUPER BOOST
The Super Boost is an enhanced version of the regular Boost. You can let go of the boost
button and change directions if you so desire. If you boost through enough enemies, your
boost meter will refill itself. All enemies killed while the Super Boost is active are worth 1 000
points.

SUPER OVERDRIVE
The Super Overdrive is an enhanced version of the regular Overdrive. It’s more powerful, it
lasts longer and has a fixed duration, regardless of the number of points distributed to the
Overdrive attribute. It’s also more awesome.

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COLLECTING BONUS TOKENS
Collecting bonus tokens in rapid succession will increase their worth. The value of the suc-
cessive tokens depends on the value of the initial token, for example if the first token is worth
100 points, the second will be 200 points. Worth increases vary according to the current mul-
tiplier and the pick up modality (mid-air, ground or dropped from above).

METEORS HATE YOU

AND they hate
WHAT YOU
REPRESENT
Normal meteors will either home in on the player
or the house. The ones homing in on your house
will have an extra glow around them. Use this to
prioritize your targets!

NEW GAME PLUS

If you finish the mode, don’t fret, there’s a
successive, harder round waiting for you! This
time all enemies fire revenge bullets!

DOUBLE JUMP
Did you know that our Commando dude
can double jump? Try it out!

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GET THAT DYNAMITE
You can steal dynamite from the other player by simply shooting at him or her. Alternatively,
you can employ your Boost ability to put some space in between you and your adversary.

DYNAMITE PREVENTS YOU FROM USING

ABILITIES
Remember that you can’t use abilities whilst carrying the dynamite. Try using the Throw but-
ton and see what you can come up with!

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