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| From: Sierra
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $15.99
You Save: $14.00 (47%)
New (29) Used (16) from $12.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 1967
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 72625
Model: 72625
UPC: 020626726252
EAN: 0020626726252
ASIN: B000NGP1R8
Release Date: November 19, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
fun shooter lame online play June 5, 2008
this game is a lot of fun offline but the online multi player is lame it lag's alot and just not that fun to me any way im sure there are people that do like it and thats cool but its a good game none the less
 Pretty standard shooter plus a nice time twist May 6, 2008
Here we go, another kinda-futuristic shooter. That's not bad, because I love futuristic shooters, but Timeshift is basically run-of-the-mill.
It definitely has its strong points. You can save anywhere (why doesn't everyone do this?????), there's no frame rate problems, graphics and enemy AI are very nice, and the craft design is especially good. I love the future-past blimps. Weapons also work well and are mostly appropriate, although it often takes half a clip to kill someone if it isn't a head shot.
The time shifting, the game's big selling point, is pretty cool. I wish the "stop" function lasted as long as the "slow" function, but you can't have everything. The fighting situations encourage you to use them, too. Often enemies are way off, and you don't get a sniper rifle until later (and when you do it's best to ditch it soon after the initial use is over for something more appropriate to what's coming), so your best bet is to slow or stop time and move to closer cover. Not bad, but I like to hang back and take them out from a distance. And playing with time is nothing new, so that hook for this game doesn't dig too deep (ugh, sorry for the bad analogy).
Luckily, the "crossbow" gun (no, not arrows, just the way it looks), is especially cool. It has a zoom scope and fires explosive pellets. The moment I got it I kept one on hand the entire rest of the game. It makes the conventional sniper rifle almost completely unnecessary.
Otherwise, though, there's nothing really new or special in the gameplay. The controls are bizarre at first, too. There's certainly nothing bad about Timeshift, it just doesn't advance the genre in any way. It's a very well done but unremarkable shooter and little more. If you just plain like shooters, it's worth having. If you're looking for something to really impress, this isn't it. In it's defense, a thought just occurred to me, though. Just how many more ideas for a first-person shooter are there? Maybe I'm expecting too much......
One Neat Element, Many Mediocre Ones February 16, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A madman betrays his fellow scientists and steals a time-jumping super suit, leaving a timed explosive in his wake. In a last-ditch effort to save himself, one researcher jumps into the other prototype suit that they have and chases after him. What he finds is a world where the use of future technology has allowed said madman to become an unstoppable fascist dictator. That's the plot of Timeshift, a first person shooter for the PS3 that combines Half Life 2's dystopian future with Prince of Persia's time-changing abilities.
The main abilities in the game focus on the suit's time-warping, which can slow down, stop, or reverse time for short periods. Slowing time will increase your reflexes and agility, boosting your fighting ability. It also has a fairly long effect before it runs out of juice, so it's a good one to use during regular firefights. Stopping time has two different effects: one, it allows you to move among the enemy even less impeded than in slowed time, allowing you to literally grab the guns from their hands as they stand frozen in place. The other effect it has is on physics and the world; teetering boards that in other games would lower if you stood on them can be frozen in place and used as a solid walking platform, and water can be run across like solid ground. Reversing time is useful only in certain situations; unlike Prince of Persia, the player character is not moved by the reversing of time (so you can't pull yourself out of dangerous falls or whatever). What you can do, however, is undo damage done to, say, a bridge, so that you can cross before it gets destroyed again. You can also use it to free yourself from a sticky grenade that has caught onto you. The effects from these are pretty cool, and also tie into the health system (which regenerates over time); you can use time effects to surprise your enemies, run to cover, escape an ambush, or just plain beat up your foes. The time effects are definitely the best part of the game.
The FPS part of the game comes from the guns used by the player. However, they're almost all textbook weapons - pistol, rifle with grenade launcher, shotgun, sniper rifle, and so on. There's nothing particularly noteworthy in the field of firearms, and they're mostly there to give you something to shoot with when you freeze or slow time. The controls are weird and unintuitive, and they can't be changed except for a single button switch.
The graphics and sound in the game are nice, but not excellent. The sound especially is fairly mediocre, though there are some interesting enemy responses to your time-shifting ("He just appeared!" "What just happened?!?"). The characters are bulky and odd and don't seem natural for whatever reason. None of the designs are particularly good; all of them have the same "future trooper" motif.
As a whole, this game has one neat element and a lot more mediocre ones. If it had been more developed, then it would've been enough, but it doesn't feel like the inclusion of one cool thing is enough to carry the game.
5/10
Very Good Graphics but Boring Game February 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Somewhat confusing so uncertain what to write about this game. Purchased TimeShift after getting tired of playing Call of Duty 4 but can't say that it is a great alternative. The graphics are very good but since the character jumps right into the action, there's no story to pull you in. Very short review for this game since anymore would only be "fluff", not worth $60 IMHO.
 The best ps3 game by far February 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is better than resistance, uncharted, and the darkness. They are all great games,but this game is way better. You get to stop time,slow time and reverse time. And I only paid $37 tax included,but well worth the $49.99. Would have paid more if I had to. You should buy this game right now!!!!!!!!!!!!
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