The Basics
Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear is an on-rails first person shooter. You fight your way into the enemy base using all of the tools at your disposal including pistols, machine guns, shotguns, sniper rifles, grenades, helicopters, tanks, the mighty AC-130, night vision goggles, and more, using a multi-directional multi-cover system to protect yourself along the way.
Health
The players health is indicated in the bottom left of the screen. Finding Medkitsand collecting on the field, the player can heal themselves.
Cover
Shattered Spear features a multi-directional cover system for fast run-and-gun gameplay, allowing the player to take cover whenever the white directional arrows appear at the bottom of the screen. Simply use the Right Analog to pick the best cover, when multiple are available, for a given situation.
Local Co-op
The game supports local co-op with up to four players at a time, with all reticles on screen at once.
Controls
Playstation 3 | Xbox 360 | Function |
| L Analog | L Stick | Aim Weapon |
| R Analog | R Stick | Take Cover, multiple direction choice |
| O | B | Reload |
| R1 | RB | Reload |
| R2 | RT | Fire |
| L2 | LT | Grenade |
| Start | Start | Menu |