Although it gets a bit repeative, Timeshift is still a wicked game with awesome guns n time moving feaures!!
User Rating: 8 | TimeShift X360
Going back to the year 2007, Timeshift was finally released here in Oz anyway and when it did arrive I was thrilled. Gamespot only gave it a score of 6.5, however, I have clocked this game 4 times and still feel that it deserved at least a 7.5! Despite the game becomming a bit repeatative towards the end, it still has some very awesome features. The graphics, and especially for its time are exceptional, very colorful and glossy and all of the guns are beyond fun to shoot and have a very realistic feel, all with awesome controller vibration!!! I thought one of the guns really stood out which was a crossbow that fires grenades and very accurately, too. The time manipulation powers in Timeshift are basically 3 of them, which are to slow down time, much like a bullet time mode, to completely freeze time, or to actually reverse time which of course reverses previous gameplay actions which is also why I think that Timeshift deserved a better score and has an originality of its own! I thought that it looked really unique and splendid when slowing down time during the rain where you can see the rain drops as crystal clear as real life!!! There are some parts in the game where you're not just running and gunning like most FPS, in this game you get a chance to be flown in a zeppelin in one of the levels where you must defend it by shooting other airplanes down from its mounted turrets, and later on you get to ride a 4 wheel quad which has an awesome boost. The main objective and story in this game is fairly strait forward and simple which is to fight your way to gaining an aplha suit which is the advanced suit that you're already wearing through the game. I found the story to be a bit confusing at start but it explains itself as it advances and I feel it kinda lacked in its intel a bit, but none the less this is a GR8 game with awesome gameplay, awesome sound effects and some tricky objectives along the way in which you must think a bit of which time maipulation power to use in order to advance in the game, be it slowing down time, freezing it completely or in some cases, reversing time. The game takes good advantage of its time manipulation powers which doesn't make for any boring moments. The surrounding environments also have GR8 effects and awesome vibration like when a gigantic robot is walking past you at the beginning and end of the game, along with some other vibration elements such as explosions and other machinery. Overall, you are mostly fighting against human soldiers but as you get near the end of the game it gets more challenging where you have to fight harder against teleporters that really move around quickly, so the time manipulation is very needed in these fights. Your health statis is regeneration which I felt was perfect and definitely needed for this type of game. There are not that many cutscenes but the few of them are very satisfying, especially when you see yourself in a very futuristic and flashy looking costume doing some flashy running and jumping. You can also freeze time, take a gun from an enemy whilst being surrounded among several others and then blast them all away which within just a few seconds, which is another rare and unique feature!!! This game is very strait forward but action packed all the way and has more than just enough to offer in my view. To any fan of run, slow down time, shoot enemies heads off with a lot of blood splatter on the screen, and keep going, this game is a Must have and keep!!!
"Fist-of-Fury360"
