Loyal fans of Time Crisis series apply only. Full review inside.
User Rating: 7.5 | Time Crisis 4 PS3
I have always been a fan of the Time Crisis series. I played this game in the arcades and I thought it was very immersive. The first thing that I noticed that the Gun Con 3 was a little awkward to hold. It's a well designed Light Gun, there is just something I didn't like about it. What TC4 does that the earlier games don't do is: the levels are larger than before. This was one of the downsides to the earlier games. The game handles well. The graphics are ALMOST next-gen. There are some parts of the game that have low res shadows. The voice acting is terrible. You can tell this game was in Japan. The sounds of the guns are, OK. One of the things that I liked was the multi-screen battles. It's a new concept to the series that I like. For 90 dollars, I thought I would be getting something new with my Time Crisis, but I guess not. The game gets repetitive very fast. Split screen is still split the awkward way. Across the middle of the screen, the friendly black bars are still there. Wouldn't it make more sense to split it the normal way? I guess not. In conclusion, only dire hard fans of Time Crisis series should buy this. If Time Crisis 5 ever comes out, I'll make sure to wait for it in the bargain bin. Namco needs to invent some new innovations to the Time Crisis series, or this series will not exist much longer.
