Time Crisis Crisis Zone with Gun

by Namco

Product Features

• Highly interactive and destructible environments - Blow up items on shelves and tables, shatter glass windows and doors, and destroy beams, statues, and even desktop computers
• Superior controls - Instead of just ducking, players can also put up a shield and view the action through a window
• Collect powerful new weapons as you go - submachine guns and shotguns will increase your effectiveness
• Enhanced for at-home play with additional game modes, special unlockables and new weapons and enemies
• Comes with GUNCON controller -- equip dual GUNCONs for incredible two-fisted, action-movie style shooting!

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002CHJ96
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8 x 2.5 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 20, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,788 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #45 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Action > Fighting
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Time Crisis: Crisis Zone lets you blaze through two-gun shooting action as you fight your way through hordes of terrorists! A terrorist group has commandeered the Garland Square retail/office complex in London, and you've been sent to liberate the Square by any menas necessar.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrorism gets a new enemy in the STF, May 15, 2006

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Aaron Richlinski "Hell Gunner" (Elgin, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Time Crisis Crisis Zone with Gun (Video Game)

Time Crisis: Crisis Zone marks another great Arcade Shooter from Namco, as well as a great addition to the Time Crisis series.

Crisis Zone is filled with the normal Time Crisis formula of duck for block, and shooting when standing, but this puts something different into the mix; instead of ducking behind random objects, you go behind a steel riot shield with a sight, letting you actually move around the place more as well as being able to see while ducked. The other difference is the main weapon, an SMG with 40 rounds per clip; you may think this makes it easy, but the enemies have enough health to make it a challenge all the way. Unlike all other Time Crisis games, however, this is a 1-player game only.

The basic story is that you're the leader of a riot squad called the Special Tactical Force (STF) in London, and you're trying to retake a new, multipurpose area on the outskirts of London, called Garland Square, that was taken over by terrorist forces. Garland Square itself is a modern, self-sufficient multiplex, with houses, stores, a park, and an office building with some of the latest technology in the world, and it is one of the most advanced areas for commerce and business in all of Europe, making it a BIG bargaining chip for the terrorist forces. Your main job is to go into the different areas of Garland Square and kill all terrorist forces you encounter, and taking back the multiplex, as well as trying to find the leader of this attack.

The gameplay has the normal TC formula with said changes, and it has more on the PS2 console. You get to choose which area to tackle first (I suggest going from left to right) when you start, and as you play the game you get to choose where to go next.

Besides the story mode, there are other extra modes to play. After you beat the normal game, you get to play an ORIGINAL story mode (for PS2 version only) set 6 years afterwards. While in this story, you can kill special brown troops for new weapons, such as a laser rifle and a gatling gun.

And if that wern't enough, as you earn these extra weapons, more Crisis Missions are unlocked. These missions are fun, but VERY difficult, and range from taking out enemies without shooting allies to surviving nearly a minute without a shield. The more you beat, the higher your completion will be for the whole thing. When you get to 60% completion, you get to use TWO Guncon 2's and dual wield SMG's in story mode. 100% gets you unlimited ammo (no need to reload).

There ARE rewards to playing story mode a lot. With every two game overs, you get an extra continue. When you beat story mode, you get to add health to your healthbar. So, this gets you extra insentive to play story mode, and the more you play the easier it gets. Difficulty can be set from very easy to very hard.

All in all, this is a good, but difficult, game for all fans of Arcade Shooters or machine guns. If you're looking for multiplayer, go for Time Crisis 3. If you're looking for a single player challenge with lots of extras, then go with Time Crisis: Crisis Zone. Believe me, you won't be disappointed. This is what got me hooked on the arcade shooter genre.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Crisis so far, July 30, 2010

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Leon Roberts "NegroDamus" (Camp Arifjan, Kuwait) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Time Crisis Crisis Zone with Gun (Video Game)

Crisis Zone was actually a stand alone Guncon Shooter that was not originally apart of the Crisis Zone series. It was so popular in the arcades (I know 'cause I blew tons of quarters on this arcade) that Namco decided to incorporate it into the Crisis Zone series. I thought it had hints of Crisis zone 2 but, it was overall much better than the popular series of shooters. The home version of the game added an extended story line and a new mode, it was also a perfect arcade translation. Overall a great shooter and I recommend this to everyone whose into shooters.

4.0 out of 5 stars A different take on a familiar formula, April 25, 2009

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R. ANWAR "The Gaming Guru" (Winchester, VA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Time Crisis Crisis Zone with Gun (Video Game)

DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING WARNING: I take whatever is listed on the box with a grain of salt, and in this case the 'Dual-Guncon' mode is actually unlocked once you reach 60% completion in the Story Mode. Even then I wouldn't depend on that for co-op play.

THIS IS NOT A TWO PLAYER GAME, IT IS ONE PLAYER ONLY!!! If you want co-op then get Time Crisis 3 as that is a pretty solid game.

Graphics
-Fairly nice, the environment is interactive (a lot more stuff to shoot at and destroy) and the player/enemy models are pretty detailed.

Sound
-Generic, meh. You can put in your own music without missing much. On-screen visual cues are well done and negate the need for paying attention to the audio.

Gameplay
-Your basic Time Crisis game. You move around a predetermined path and you shoot at the enemies/vehicles/objects within the specified time limit and making sure to duck behind your shield to avoid being hit. Its a bit more generic and limted then TC3 but its more suited for solo experiences. You get a machine gun, but each enemy takes several hits to take out and thus makes such an 'upgrade' nearly meaningless. I'd even venture to say its harder then usual since you aren't sure how many shots it'll take to take out an enemy (no lifebars like TC3). You run outta ammo really quickly (who the HELL has heard of ANY automatic weapon with only 40 bullets!?) and there is no way to switch to single-shot or 3-round-bursts which makes 'watching your ammo' a bit of a hectic frustration. Reloading is instant but an instant is all it takes to get killed.
The difficulty is pretty unforgiving, even on 'Very Easy'. My younger brother, a veteran of the series, mentioned that 'Very Easy' difficulty played like 'Hard' difficulty on TC3.
The Crisis Missions shouldn't even be attempted unless you've mastered the Story mode, but you're welcome to try (and fail several dozen times). Being semi-skilled, I was able to complete several of the Crisis Missions without even getting past the first level (on Very Easy) but only after a LOT of persistence. I believe the 'No Shield for 45 seconds' and the 'Don't destroy anything' ones were the hardest for me.

Overall feel free to buy this game if you have nobody to play with, otherwise stick with the much-superior Time Crisis 3.