Player and Investigation Fundamentals

Master movement, IRIS, and investigation techniques like tailing suspects and eavesdropping in Astral Chain. Learn to clean Red Matter and destroy Gates.

Walkthrough:

1. Movement: Use the Left Stick to move. Tilt slightly for a slow walk, fully for a jog. Click the Left Stick while moving to dash. Click the Left Stick while not moving to crouch, allowing access to smaller spaces. Press ZR while dashing to slide, which also allows access to smaller spaces.
2. Chain Jump: Hold ZL and press ZR while your Legion is positioned nearby to be pulled to its location, useful for crossing gaps. The Beast Legion does not float and requires a tap of ZL to be sent across gaps.
3. Items: Press X to use the Active Item shown in the lower left of the HUD (Heads-Up Display). Hold X and use the Left Stick to select a different Active Item from the Quick Item menu. Items can be registered to this menu from the Pause Menu's Item section.
4. IRIS: Press the + Button to engage the IRIS (Integrated Reality Imaging System), an augmented reality overlay on your HUD. Most elements appear blue, other characters light blue (visible through walls), and interactable environmental elements yellow.
5. Red Matter Cleanup: Red Matter appears as floating red and black material. Your Legion automatically cleans it up when passing over it. You can also manually direct your Legion into it or walk over it while your Legion is at your side.
6. Case Work: As a police officer, you will investigate cases. During investigations, you gain keywords for your Police Notes, accessible by pressing Left on the D-Pad. Selecting correct keywords on the first try at the end of an investigation yields a bonus.
7. Tailing Suspects: For certain Cases, follow a target at a distance, maintaining a minimum distance but avoiding detection. Making noise can alert the suspect. Suspects will also turn around at scripted points; use cover (like crouching behind objects) or marked hiding points (pulsing yellow circles) to break line of sight.
8. Eavesdropping: Hold ZL and use the Right Stick to move your Legion close to characters you need to overhear. While still holding ZL, press A to hear their conversation. This works even if the target is moving, requiring you to maintain a close enough distance with your Legion. Targets cannot see Legions.
9. Gate Destruction: To destroy a Gate, move your Legion to wrap it with your Astral Chain. The Auto-Bind skill also works.
10. Arrest Suspects: Use your Astral Chain to bind fleeing human suspects. Tapping ZL to have your Legion bump into them can momentarily stun them.
11. Chimera Tracks: To track a chimera, hold ZL and press A with your Legion near the marker to establish a trail. Your Legion will reveal the trail by hitting hotspots, leading you to the chimera's endpoint.
12. Blueshift: If you see sickly-looking people with red matter evaporating from them, they are blueshifting. Use the Sword Legion by moving it close (ZL and Right Stick) and holding ZL while holding A to heal them by relieving their