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Training

The game doesn't waste any time here; you're going to be jumping out of planes as soon as you start the main campaign. There are three training jumps that you'll have to complete. You can do pretty poorly and still get to the main part of the game, but you'll want to figure out how to control your chute here, as opposed to when you're trying to land in enemy territory.

There are three main aspects to controlling your chute: maneuvering with the left analog stick to adjust your drop position, pressing forward with the stick to increase your speed when you're near the ground, and pressing A to flare your parachute and slow yourself down. (All controls assume you're playing the 360 version of the game.) Maneuvering in midair will be important as you'll have to attempt to hit the green signal flares when you make a jump; landing anywhere else will cause you to land amongst your enemies. This can sometimes be advantageous, but in most cases will cause you to quickly get dead.

Take the time in training to figure out how to flare and grease your landings.

If you need more time to scout your dropzone on the way down, you can flare your chute, which will temporarily slow you down. That'll let you move a bit further laterally than you would otherwise, and will also let you make a softer landing than you will if you simply drop to the ground. Flaring only lasts a few seconds, though, so if you want to make a flared landing you'll have to time your button presses so that you flare just before you reach the ground.

Lastly, you can grease your landing by pressing forward on your analog stick while you're gliding down towards your drop zone. If you have a bit of space to move forward to, you'll hit the ground running and be able to save a few seconds of recovery time, allowing you to recover and get your weapon up that much more quickly.

Practice these techniques on the three training jumps that you have here while trying to get as close as possible to the green smoke flares. You have a lot of leeway in terms of how close you need to be to pass, and your performance here doesn't really affect the rest of the game, so just get used to the mechanics and move on to the first real mission.



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