Crackdown 2

Get a helicopter from the Agency Tower and fly high above the Orb (Low enough that you can survive, unless you have the glide suit and can slow down). Jump out and drop down onto the Orb and it will not start moving until you are very close. If you have enough speed you should fly right into it.

Use the following trick to easily get level 5 agility orbs (on top of buildings), even when you are level 1. Have a high agility level friend in multi-player mode climb to the near top of a high building with a level 5 Agility Orb on it. At the edge of the building, have him throw a magnetic lock (Mag) to where it is still on the vertical side of the building. Then, have your friend jump (glide if necessary) down and wait for you to climb on top of a nearby car. Then have your friend throw the other Mag on top of the same car. The car should be pulled up to the top of the building, so you can get the Orbs.

This requires 2 people in an online Co-Op match. One person must get a helicopter from the Agency Tower and the other must get a vehicle (Agency Supercar or Cruiser. Both players should meet at the stunt ring. Equip Mag Grenades and stick one to the bottom of the helicopter and one to the roof of the car. Use the helicopter to fly the car through a stunt ring. Be careful: The mag grenades have a timer on them and will eventually explode.

You can also toss a car with a fellow player inside through a ring.

Press Up to get a quick view of nearby orbs on the mini-map. You can repeat this after a few seconds.

Use the following trick to find all the non-renegade orbs faster. Press Start during game play, then quickly press B, Up and look at your mini-map. It will be zoomed out, and it will also make the orb ping (Up) work in a much greater range. It will show you more orbs around you, and in a bigger area, which will in turn allow you to find the orbs faster as long as they are not renegade orbs.

With an Agility 4 or greater, get a helicopter from the Agency tower and fly it as high as possible. Click and hold the Left Analog-stick to activate its jets to force the mini-map to zoom out as it moves faster. Tap Up to begin scanning for orbs.

Note: This trick requires the Glide ability (level 5 or 6 Agility). Begin gliding and aim at something to hit. When you hit the ground you will roll. You must roll into the object (people, cars, etc.). The object will go flying.

Use the following trick to find a helicopter with weapons. Spawn at the Agency island. Look at the gate to the bridge. Climb up the building to the right of the bridge. Look straight ahead after climbing to see a landing pad with four helicopters on it. Note: Level 5 Agility is required to reach them. Note: The helicopter closer to the Agency tower, and across from that, has missiles. The other two have machine guns.

Use the following trick to find a helicopter with guns. Spawn on the island northeast of the Agency island. Once in the middle of it, climb the highest tower there. When you reach the middle level (with the free standing balconies), you will find a helicopter with no guns.

This cheat requires a second (cooperative) player on Xbox Live. Mount a turret and fire it. As you fire it, have your partner knock you off the turret. When you stand up you'll have infinite ammo -- and grenades.

To reload a mounted turret that you took from its stationary post (requires level 3 Strength), just find the post and replace the turret. Pick it up again for fresh ammo.

Press UP on the D-Pad to briefly get a glimpse at the nearby Orbs on your mini-map in the lower left corner. This "Orb-dar" takes a few seconds to recharge before each use.

Remember there is a built-in orb locator for all agents in Crackdown 2. All you do is push UP on the D-Pad.

If you want a really good view of where the Orbs are, pause the game. Then unpause the game and immediately push UP on the D-Pad.

The onscreen map briefly has a very nice aerial view when coming back from the pause screen so the Orb detector will pick up more locations.

Begin by recovering the Beacon prototype by claiming the initial two bases, then activate three Absorption units to repair the First Power Network. This will let your agent deploy the Power Station Beacon in the Freak Lair to clear it of enemies.

Go and take over the Cell Tactical Location at the Funland Carnival. Satisfy the kill quota until a support chopper comes to finish the takeover (with the allied soldiers doing the fast-rope). Save (and quit) your game. Boot the game again, reloading that last save, and head back to the Funland Carnival.

One of the "Chuck's Ducks" game stalls has Quacker Bombs. To keep them for future use, just go to a Agency dropsite with them in hand. Easy!