Time Crisis: Project Titan

One of the lords of the oft-neglected genre of lightgun shooters returns with Time Crisis: Project Titan.

Time Crisis ranks up there with Virtua Cop as one of the all-time greatest lightgun shooters, but strangely, Namco has let the franchise hibernate for quite a while. Out of the blue comes Time Crisis: Project Titan, a fine addition to the series simply because the series itself is fine?Titan offers scant innovation, just a trio of fresh levels with patterns you haven?t memorized yet.

Never mind the laughable story?just skip right past those weak cinematics so Titan can line up throngs of fresh targets in a Caribbean yacht, a South American military airport, and the warrens of a gold mine. Titan sticks to the Time Crisis formula of ducking for cover to reload, then popping out to blast away. While the array of targets is challenging and creatively presented, it?s a shame that Titan didn?t add needed improvements like two-player action, weapon power-ups, multiple pathways, and the like. Still, despite the somewhat routine feel, the gameplay is exciting and addictive.

If you love lightgun shooters, Titan will make for a thrilling weekend rental. Otherwise, it pretty much amounts to an add-on level pack, so you?d have to be ultra-hardcore about Time Crisis to spring for your own copy.

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