Time Crisis: Difference between revisions

Also worth mentioning here is ''Time Crisis: Project Titan'', a [[Gaiden Game]]/semi-sequel that follows the protagonist in the first, which actually showcases the "Multi-Screen Scenario" before 4, and ''[[Gaiden Game|Crisis Zone]]'', basically ''Time Crisis'' with a machine gun. It's sometimes considered part of the same series or at least a spinoff, thanks to the loose connections between the main games, although neither the VSSE nor Wild Dog appear. Another similar game, ''[[Razing Storm]]'', is a combination of ''3'' and ''Crisis Zone'' with Playstation3 hardware, featuring two members of a hi-tech special forces unit. Like ''Zone'', the players have a machine gun as their standard weapon, but will switch to special weapons like rocket launchers and sniper rifles as the situation warrants, such as sniping rooftop sentries to give a squadmate time to call down a [[Kill Sat]] strike or when a [[Humongous Mecha]] crashes the party.

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Alicia in ''3''.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: For the first game, we had to read the manual to learn the backstory behind the game. The later games didn't even supply names for the most of the bosses you face (well, the ones that weren't Wild Dog or the villain of the day).

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: ''Crisis Zone'' named the hero Croad McGalain and one of the bosses Eddy. The Playstation2 version fixed them into Claude McGarren and Edge, respectively.

* [[Bonus Level]]: ''Razing Storm'' passes its fourth stage (only accessible if you complete the missile sequence of Stage 3) off as a "bonus" stage.

* [[The Coats Are Off]]: Wild Dog does this before fighting him in every game .

* [[Concealment Equals Cover]]: You hide behind some pretty questionable items, such as park benches, vendor carts, and empty barrels. Worse yet, this allows you to hide from all damage, including high explosives and thrown grenades, since enemies aim for your head, not your location.

* [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]]: One or two secret agents against entire terrorist organizations. Who would you see winning?

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Gregory Barrows, the [[Big Bad]] of ''4'', is unusually [[Genre Savvy]] for a [[Light Gun Game]] villain. He not only allows his [[Faceless Goons]] to use their secret weapon ''from the VERY beginning of the game'' and outruns the heroes in a race to get more of said weapon, he actually manages to ''hide his true plans until the last level'' (while usually [[Trailers Always Spoil|they're given away on the game's "insert coin" trailer]]). On a minor note, the stealth fighters he stole and sent to {{spoiler|destroy all major cities in the United States with nuclear missiles}} are controlled by a separate informatic system, so they can't be hacked by usual computers to be stopped, thus using the [[Evil Overlord List]] rule #50. [[Captain Obvious|He still fails to beat the good guys, though]].

** Alas, he's still a victim of [[Genre Blindness]]: a nuclear missile-launching computer system that could be completely shut down by ''pressing a single button''. That didn't even require a login or password or any other type of validation. Chain's only as strong as the weakest link, bub!

*** Considering they work for the above example, this isn't too surprising.

* [[Dead Hat Shot]]: The first boss of ''2'', upon crashing his boat, leaves behind his bowler hat and his suitcase at the surface of the water.

* [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist]]: In ''2'' and ''3'', your only penalty for continuing is not having a star next to your name on the initials screen. ''4'' does this too, but also with the aforementioned subversion.

* [[The Dragon]]: Wild Dog.

* [[Dragon Their Feet]]: In the first game.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: There's a crisis, see, and you need to stop it in time...

* [[Fan Vid]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc6SKGXJpEc Combining it with] [[Fountain of Memes|memetic juggernaut]] [[Touhou]].

* [[Flung Clothing]]: Alicia in her console scenario for ''3''. She changes from a bikini top and shorts into... her uniform... somehow...

** Wild Dog with his overcoat, as well as Wild Fang.

** ''3'': Alan Dunaway and Wesley Lambert

** ''4'': Giorgio Bruno and Evan Bernard

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Richard Miller, the completely silent protagonist of the first game. Later titles give protagonists voices, but only during cutscenes.

* [[Hold the Line]]: Some Multi-Screen segments in ''4'' require you to protect a barricade until reinforcements arrive. Enemy response is noticeably more aggressive in these sections.

** The stage 2 boss of ''4'' continuously wrestles Captain William Rush, who he ''[[Grievous Harm with a Body|throws at you]]''.

* [[Joker Immunity]], [[Not Quite Dead]]: Wild Dog. Alan and Wesley even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] it in the third game:

'''Alan''': [[Why Won't You Die?|Don't you ever die?!]] }}

* [[Kaizo Trap]]: Since the time in the original and ''Project Titan'' keep running even between action frames, it's possible for the clock to run out after you take down a helicopter or another mechanical boss as its "death" animation plays. Fortunately this isn't an issue with human bosses: for them, the clock stops once you make the killing shot.

** In ''Razing Storm'', your allies have one, and it's used to destroy the [[Big Bad]] and finish off the boss of Stage 3.

* [[Knife Nut]]: Sherudo Garo from the first game.

* [[Large Ham]]: Jack Mathers, the Stage 2 boss of ''4''.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Wild Dog, and also General Diaz in ''2''.

* [[Parental Bonus]]: In Stage 2 Area 3 of ''4'', Elizabeth calls out the boss' moves, one of which she calls "F...!"

* [[Pitiful Worms]]: Wild Dog in ''4'' says this to the VSSE.

* [[Plot Armor]]: Claude's extremely resilient riot shield.

* [[The President's Daughter]]: Rachel in the first game.

 

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