Timeshift - Playstation 3

by Sierra

• Harness time as the Ultimate Weapon: Slow, stop and reverse the flow of time to destroy your enemies
• Unleash a powerful arsenal of weapons and vehicles in 24 combat missions
• Up to 16-player multiplayer, featuring the use of time grenades in 14 different maps, allowing for unique style of slow, stop and reversal of time
• Completely customize your multiplayer experience with over 40 different features to fit your style of gameplay

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NGP1R8
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 6.7 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 19, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,286 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation 3

Dr. Aiden Krone is a former professor of Applied Physics at MIT, notorious for his unrivaled brilliance and obsession with Thermodynamics, Advanced Propulsion, and Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). Despite his increasing tendencies to demand control and secrecy, he became the Founder and Lead Physicist of a classified Time Travel research program. Over a decade later, Krone's program had successfully developed the world's first time-traveling suit technology. However, as the program's equally secretive decision-makers demanded this technology be adapted for military applications, Krone's feelings of self-entitlement and anger grew. He secretly desired a new existence, a new world where his scientific endeavors could be shaped and experienced without outside interference. The combination of Krone's mind and his suit technology gave him the ability to create and control another existence - an existence where a man of science could finally operate without restrictions and do so within a place where science itself was properly respected¿ regardless of the effects on humanity. It is now up to you to trace Krone's last known appearances and stop his tyrannical rule over Alpha District. In a twisted world where scientific accomplishments reign, it's up to you to don the Beta Suit and Master Time to Become the Ultimate Weapon.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One Underrated Shooter! October 7, 2008

By Joseph Izzo

Platform for Display:PlayStation 3

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

How games like this get overlooked while mediocre games like Rainbow Six Vegas get all the hype, I'll never know. What a little gem of a game. If you're a fan of Sci Fi shooters, you'll like Timeshift. First the bad. The story is almost non existent. But what it lacks in story, it makes up for in gameplay. In the beginning, I found using the time shifting abilities a little cumbersome. But once you get used to it, boy does this game get fun. The graphics are excellent, the guns are cool. The environments are varied and challenging. The enemies are smart and will flank you fast. The game never feels redundant. One of Timeshift's greatest assets however is the checkpoint system. I HATE games where if you die, you have to repeat the last 6-10 minutes of gameplay you just finished before you died. This can ruin what might be an otherwise decent game. That never happens in Timeshift. The checkpoints are perfectly placed. It becomes apparent that the developers put autosaves just before really challenging parts. A huge plus! All I can say is don't let this game pass you by. I am a fan of shooters like Resistance, Halo, Call Of Duty franchise, and in my opinion Timeshift is just as worthy a shooter.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great game!! January 15, 2008

By Charles Frank Howard II

Platform for Display:PlayStation 3

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I checked the other reviews first before buying this game and wasn't sure what to expect. The beginning was okay but then the game opened up into a real good time. This isn't just a shooting game but a thought game at the same time. Learning to use the suits power to adjust time to proceed are fun. The weapons get better and better as the game progresses. I'm playing it for the second time and it's even better.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars A review for people going back to play old and cheap ps3 games December 13, 2013

By Jeremy Yowell

Platform for Display:PlayStation 3

I am going to be clear here. Do not pay more than $5 for this game. While within its release window it may have been okay to drop some more cash on it, nowadays when compared to contemporary shooters, it is certainly not worth it.
It is not a bad game. Its time mechanics work, and the gunplay-while not perfect-is solid. Where this game falls apart is in its design. The maps are dull and boring, the visual design is just grey, black, and blue. It's graphics have not aged especially well but aren't terrible. Oh, and story is atrocious, practically non-existent.
I got this game for $5 in a bargain bin, so I feel like the quality vs cost was appropriate. But if you can't get it for that cheap, steer clear. You're better spending your money and time on more modern shooters or older higher quality titles.

29 of 38 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best FPS On PS3--By Far November 23, 2007

By Kindle Customer

Platform for Display:PlayStation 3

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

In short, I've never seen a game look better, run better, or play better on the PS3.
It runs with my DualShock 3? Rumble on the PS3? This has to be a first.
More? It has at least 22 hours of Single Play, some of the fastest multiplay, and the best framerates I've seen to date on this platform. What is interesting is that in a side-by-side, often folks seem to think the PS3 looks better than the Xbox 360. How often do you hear that?
Lastly, after hours and hours over the past couple of days on the highly configurable (over 40 choices for play-types, and settings) multiplayer ripping and playing well at both low and high pings?
I'm a fan. Thank you, TimeShift. There's finally a shooter (that works and works well) with PC Shooter pacing and console playability on the PS3. Happy Boy Here.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! July 15, 2009

By Twins Daddy

Platform for Display:PlayStation 3

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This is just an AWESOME game...Sorry, did I say that already? I'm usually pretty TOUGH on game reviews, but TimeShift is just a shining example of what a GREAT PS3 GAME can truly achieve when ALL of the parts come together like they were meant to...BRAVO SIERRA (BS, no pun intended) for sticking to the plan and coming up with a VERY ENJOYABLE GAMING EXPERIENCE that I rate right up there with the likes of BIOSHOCK, RESISTANCE 1&2 and CALL OF DUTY 4. TimeShift is just as good as those games and perhaps even exceeds them in some respects...

It takes a little getting used to initially and until you get your time-warping super powers, it's purely a shoot-em up show. In a way I think this was probably BY DESIGN. First you get to go through the "normal" experience usually associated with a shooter...Then the developers take you to a "hole nother level" by giving you the power to pause, slow down or reverse time (your choice) to battle your way through the rest of the game. The result is clearly SUPERIOR GAMEPLAY when compared to the run of the mill shooter game...Just absolutely BRILLIANT!!

One of the things that still sticks out in my mind is TimeShift is the gift that keeps on giving. No less than 3 times I actually thought I was at the end of the game only to find there was MORE & MORE & MORE...How great is that? Usually games give up the ghost right when I'm getting good at them and wanting more...Not TimeShift. Finish this game and you'll really get your money's worth!

Want some specific reasons why this game is so much FUN?

1) You can carry more than one primary weapon (actually 3) and choose what you want to use when you need it. I still don't understand why some SHOOTER game developers stick to only ONE primary weapon...I mean, it IS a shooter game so give the player some things to shoot with why don't you?

2) The graphics are just plain out wicked GOOD! For example, there's a scene in the Munitions Factory when you're searching for the core and there are enemy soldiers being "manufactured", complete with LASERS being used in the process...It's just DAZZLING to stand there and watch. It's like being on a factory tour inside a video game! I appreciate such attention to detail when something like this could've just been glossed over. Again, BRAVO SIERRA!

3) The controls are just so natural and once you get used to the time shifting controls and how to use them in conjunction with your primary weapons, you are a force to be reckoned with! Unlike Kill Zone 2, these controls were well thought out and TESTED before this game went to market.

4) Not much else matters if gameplay sucks...But TimeShift just has EXTRAORDINARY GAMEPLAY overflowing! There are puzzles to break the monotony of just always shooting. The AI is pretty good ON BOTH SIDES...The enemies will take you out if you're sloppy and your buddies are pretty good at taking them out. This is really HOW IT SHOULD BE! There are BOSS battles that are pretty challenging. But like most games, if you choose the wrong weapon or wrong course of action, then you're DEAD MEAT. There's a variety of scenery, for example, going from New York City to Alaska. The voices are good and the storyline falls a couple of steps shy of "compelling"...But it's UNIQUE and easy enough to follow with help from the cut scenes. The music is really good and there's one song that sounds like it's straight off the Orange Box soundtrack. Ammo is PLENTIFUL and all of these things just come together so well in the finished product that you simply have to PLAY IT to BELIEVE IT!

Like I said before, I'm pretty tough on game reviews so I'll throw out a few slight flaws in TimeShift. First, once you acquire the Thunderbolt, you basically become UNTOUCHABLE for the rest of the game. Defeating enemies becomes almost mundane with this exploding crossbow weapon. You can't pin them to the wall like in Half-Life 2...But if you have Blood & Gore turned ON, then you can zoom in and watch your helpless victims literally EXPLODE right before your eyes...Including decapitations and limbs flying everywhere. Just a DEVASTATING WEAPON when used with your time shifting powers. Perhaps TOO devastating. But this is really a minor "flaw", since you'll actually need this weapon's full power in some battles.

Obviously I'm having trouble finding true flaws with this game. But there were 2 glitches that did occur. Twice the sound went out approx 25% through the game. Easy enough to save and reboot the PS3, but a glitch nonetheless. Near the end I also received a couple of messages indicating my hard drive was FULL and there was a problem "saving user data"...Well, my hard drive wasn't full and the data was saved anyway. But those inconveniences are in no way "deal breakers" and they went away as quickly as they appeared. Near the end some weird stuff happened that I guess was by design. The cut scenes were like "flashbacks" that were quick and odd. Also, you'd sometimes "wake up" and be doing something like manning a gun in the middle of a high speed pursuit...But there's not much time to question why since you'd soon get your head blown off.

I'm just AMAZED that TimeShift has sort of slipped under the radar when it is such a COMPLETE GAME! So, if you love shooters, then do yourself a solid one and get TimeShift...You'll thank yourself later, or maybe earlier if you reverse time! Read more ›

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars One Neat Element, Many Mediocre Ones February 15, 2008

By Lisa Shea HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE

Platform for Display:PlayStation 3

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

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 Read more ›