Timeshift

Yesterday I finished Timeshift, for PC (as always).

I got it at a discount at Steam - it looks like never got to be very popular. It's easy to see why - I think they terribly fumbled their presentation of the story, not to mention the weird way the story goes.

The basic story is that you are using a Quantum Suit. It not only protects you, it also allows you to travel in time at the beginning of the game, and during the game, you can slow time, stop it, or travel slightly back (time rewind).

And you are going to use it to fix the timeline, which was messed up by the guy with the other Quantum Suit who decided to use his advanced tech to rule the world in the past.

The suit also has an AI that monitors your environment and gives you helpful hints when danger comes - a very nice plot device. It also chooses which of the functions will be the default, so that you know what you use to solve the time puzzles.

That did make some puzzles look incredibly arbitrary, being clearly made so that you have to use the time rewind.

The gameplay was wonderful at times, as long you like very violent, slow time fights (similar to F.E.A.R without the annoying ghost story) - which I certainly do. There were a few rail shooter sequences too - not very memorable.

Overall, a very enjoyable game, as long as you don't mind the holes in the story.

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