Timeshift
Timeshift is a science fiction first person shooter for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The game has already been released for PC and Xbox but the release for Playstation 3 is scheduled for December.
Timeshift is not completely revolutionary but it is somewhat different to a lot of the generic FPS's that have been coming out recently.
The Story
Source: Wikipedia
The start of the game opens up with a news report about the collapse of a building, with an underground establishment underneath it. A woman who was summoned by Aiden Krone is violently knocked unconscious after she sees him in the Alpha Suit (the original suit). The news report continues but a timeshift causes the building to rebuild itself. The anonymous protagonist is seen running through a number of corridors. Meanwhile Krone activates a bomb, and then using SSAM, disappears into time. The protagonist has reached his goal, the Beta Suit, which pierces his spine, injecting his blood with machines. While his colleague tells him that it is not ready, the bomb goes off. The suit activates as it reaches the room he is in, the resulting explosion sends him hurling though time, first flying erratically through the sky of a city then through a building.
What has been revealed of the Timeshift story is that modern-age scientists have begun to work on time travel. The antagonist Aiden Krone goes back in time using the alpha suit (the suit from the original build of TimeShift) and does not return. When he reaches the past, he remakes the world in his image, creating a dystopia where Krone rules. The anonymous protagonist uses the Beta time travel suit to travel back in time to see how Krone changed time and stop him.
The Graphics
Timeshift was set for a mid-late 2006 release under Atari but the game was taken over by Sierra. The game had dated graphics that wouldn't compare to Crysis, Bioshock or Unreal Tournament 3. This made a large delay inevitable. But a delay that was completely worth it.
Gameplay
From my short time of playing the retail game I have to say it is a good game. Nothing outstanding but good. Point and shoot like all other FPS's, the only difference being the suit you wear which is capable of time travel. It also has a health boost feature similar to that of the Crysis Nano Suit on armour mode. But don't think that you can just run around getting shot and healing. The AI are good shots and your suit does take a few seconds before it starts to regenerate your health.
The suit has 3 different types of time travel; slow, stop and reverse. Each of which can be very helpful but unfortunately you can not bring yourself back from the dead like the Price of Persia series. With the suit in stop mode you can run up to the enemy and steal there weapons. At this point they are unarmed and will surrender. All 3 modes are only available for a limited time which you get a small display on your HUD. This means you can't just run round the whole game in slow motion, which is good, although I am sure some trainers will come out to let you do it.
