TimeShift

Price: SGD $60

Description:

It’s never obvious what to make of delays in video games. Sometimes it’s simply an indication of a problem production that ends up looking out of date before it’s even released. Other times though it’s simply evidence of ruthless perfection: thankfully TimeShift seems to be the latter. At first glance it seems like any other first person shoot ‘em-up, with some technically impressive but artistically ordinary visuals. What makes it unique though is the gameplay, with the best use of time travel in a game since Prince of Persia.

The story of the game involves the unlikely named Aiden Krone go back in time and changing history to suit him – kind of like a more evil version of Back to the Future, Part II. However, the time travelling doesn’t end there as the special suit you’re strapped into to chase after him also allows you to stop, rewind or slow down time whenever you want. Since Krone has got his own version of the same kind of time suit many of the enemies can’t even be properly seen under normal conditions because they’re moving too fast, but there are more subtle uses for the rewind and stop powers. Slipping past guards or running through a burning building becomes child’s play, while stopping time, running up to an enemy to grab his gun and then nipping back to cover to shoot him with it is just one of the game’s unique pleasures. Even if Doctor Who wouldn’t approve.

Features:

Master the ability to stop, slow and reverse time to become the ultimate weapon 9 Weapons, each with 2 functions that allow players to completely annihilate the competition 16 person multiplayer featuring 14 maps to create time stopping chaos and massive destruction to an already devastated world Multiplayer includes 6 unique heart-stopping, time-crunching modes. System Requirements - MINIMUM Windows(R) XP with latest service packinstalled or Windows Vista™ Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.0 GHz or AMD(R) equivalent 1 GB RAM NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 6600 GT 128 MB DirectX(R) 9.0c-compatible card with Pixel Shaders 2.0b support or equivalent (ATI(R) Radeon(R) x700) with latest DirectX drivers DirectX(R) 9.0c DVD-ROM drive - 8X or faster DVD drive DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card 8 GB free hard drive space Multiplayer: Broadband internet connection only (no modem play) Mouse, Keyboard RECOMMENDED Intel(R) Core™2 Duo E6400 / AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200+ RAM 2 GB RAM NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8600 GTS with 256 MB RAM or equivalent Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series sound card