Time Crisis is a first person rail shooter and a popular series of video game by Namco initially available in arcades and later released for the PlayStation.Differences
Its distinguishing feature was the presence of a foot pedal that controlled whether the player's character ducked behind cover (and was thus invulnerable but unable to shoot) or was in a standing position (and could thus attack but was vulnerable). A countdown clock, recharged by clearing an area of "bad guys", forces the player to take risks and stay up and vulnerable most of the time, shooting quickly at any enemy he sees.Overview
In each Time Crisis game, there is a mortal threat to the world. The V.S.S.E, a covert organization, must send its agents in to clear the way. Each game features three stages and three areas within that stage, depicting a different location.Characters
Each Time Crisis game features a different protagsnist:
- Richard Miller is featured in Time Crisis and is a skilled marksman who always prefers to work alone.
- Keith Martin is featured in Time Crisis II and is the first playable character.
- Robert Baxter is featured in Time Crisis II as the second playable character.
- Alan Dunaway is featured in Time Crisis 3 as the first playable character.
- Wesley Lambert is featured in Time Crisis 3 as the second playable character.
Games
- A followup exclusive to the PlayStation, Time Crisis: Project Titan, came out in 2000.
- A two-player sequel, titled Time Crisis II, featured two machines linking together, allowing players to cover each other. Each player dispatches enemies on slightly different routes, creating unique environments to defend themselves on.
- The spin-off to this game, Crisis Zone (also supervised by Takashi Sano), was also produced. While Crisis Zone had similar play mechanics as with Time Crisis, Crisis Zone featured solo play with a fully-automatic machine gun as opposed to the standard pistol and a different storyline centering through the anti-terrorist tasks of elite STF Trooper Claude McGarren. A PlayStation 2 remake of the title has been released in 2004 and is a subtitle to its full name, Time Crisis: Crisis Zone, likely to denote that the port had undergone major (if not total) cosmetic and technical changes.
- In 2003, a direct sequel called Time Crisis 3 was released. It granted four different weapons available at the start (handgun, machine gun, shotgun and grenade launcher). The ammo of the latter three had to be recharged during play.
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