Time Crisis (series)
Encyclopedia
Time Crisis is a first-person light gun shooter
series of arcade
video games by Namco
. The first installment of the series was released in the arcades
in 1995 and later ported to the PlayStation
consoles.
s with four screens (areas where fighting occurs) each. The second and third installment has three stages, each with three screens. The fourth installment adds a prologue with the three stages each with three screens. Many of the fighting areas are almost ludicrously unlikely, such as a steadily capsizing ship or a train dangling off of a damaged bridge. In the third and fourth installments, supporters from various organizations come in to assist the VSSE agents: sometimes to aid them in their mission, sometimes to protect their own reputations.
Crisis Zone
has a different plot. It takes place in the United Kingdom
and concerns the S.T.F. (or Special Tactical Force)'s attempt to destroy the U.R.D.A., a terrorist organization. Razing Storm
and Time Crisis: Razing Storm
, which take place in the near-future, involve an elite task force known as S.C.A.R. (Strategic Combat and Rescue) being sent to a South America country under a bloody revolution to capture the mastermind who has orchestrated an attack on the United States together with several international military organizations, while battling terrorists and other renegade soldiers that joined him.
. Successful players must proceed to the next area or level. The franchise's distinctive feature, a foot pedal, controls whether the player's character takes cover (and is thus invulnerable but unable to shoot) or attacks (which makes the player vulnerable). Players are required to take cover to reload their gun. A countdown clock, recharged by clearing an area and stage of enemies, forces the player to take risks by remaining vulnerable most of the time, shooting quickly at any enemy on sight.
This time limit prevents the player from taking cover indefinitely. In Time Crisis and Project Titan, after the clearance of an area the game adds only a partial amount of time to the clock while the timer keeps running down. The game ends if the timer reaches zero. In the two-player installments, the clock runs only when the player is fighting and makes his/her moves, with the timer resetting back to a certain amount of seconds when a portion of a battle area is cleared. Also, the player only loses one life when or if time runs out.
In addition, each Time Crisis game features a different set of chief antagonists:
arm (the "gun arm"), which would later receive upgrades such as a flamethrower
and a rocket launcher
in Time Crisis 3
, and later a grappling hook
and a tractor beam
in Time Crisis 4
. The character is inspired by Mad Dog, Philip Kwok
's difficult to kill gunfighter from the film Hard Boiled
. Wild Dog has other allies, including a younger partner (and apprentice) named Wild Fang (who appears in Time Crisis 3
and the PlayStation 3
port of Time Crisis 4
):
Light gun shooter
Light gun shooter, also called light gun game or simply gun game, is a shooter video game genre in which the primary design element is aiming and shooting with a gun-shaped controller. Light gun shooters revolve around the protagonist shooting targets, either antagonists or inanimate objects...
series of arcade
Arcade game
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video games by Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
. The first installment of the series was released in the arcades
Video arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
in 1995 and later ported to the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
consoles.
Overview
The setting of each Time Crisis revolves around a serious threat to the world. The VSSE, a covert organization, must send in its highly skilled agents to eliminate any security threats. The first Time Crisis had three stageLevel (video gaming)
A level, map, area, or world in a video game is the total space available to the player during the course of completing a discrete objective...
s with four screens (areas where fighting occurs) each. The second and third installment has three stages, each with three screens. The fourth installment adds a prologue with the three stages each with three screens. Many of the fighting areas are almost ludicrously unlikely, such as a steadily capsizing ship or a train dangling off of a damaged bridge. In the third and fourth installments, supporters from various organizations come in to assist the VSSE agents: sometimes to aid them in their mission, sometimes to protect their own reputations.
Crisis Zone
Crisis Zone
Crisis Zone is a spin-off of the popular Time Crisis arcade shooters.-Plot:Garland Square recently opened on the outskirts of London. This urban complex contains hotels, a mall, a park, and an office complex. Unfortunately, the entire facility has been overrun by a powerful terrorist organization...
has a different plot. It takes place in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and concerns the S.T.F. (or Special Tactical Force)'s attempt to destroy the U.R.D.A., a terrorist organization. Razing Storm
Razing Storm
Razing Storm is a light gun rail shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco Bandai Games for the System 357 board. It is the second spin-off of the Time Crisis series published by Namco after Crisis Zone....
and Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Time Crisis: Razing Storm, known in Japan as Big 3 Gun Shooting, is a compilation of light gun rail shooter video games by Namco for the PlayStation 3 home console. Featuring full compatibility with both the GunCon 3 light gun and the PlayStation Move motion control system, the compilation consists...
, which take place in the near-future, involve an elite task force known as S.C.A.R. (Strategic Combat and Rescue) being sent to a South America country under a bloody revolution to capture the mastermind who has orchestrated an attack on the United States together with several international military organizations, while battling terrorists and other renegade soldiers that joined him.
Games
- The original Time CrisisTime CrisisTime Crisis is a light gun shooter arcade game produced by Namco in 1995 and released in early 1996. It was later ported for the PlayStation in 1997, bundled with the G-Con 45 controller.-Gameplay:...
was released for the arcades in 1995 and for the PlayStation in 1997. - A followup exclusive to the PlayStation, Time Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project Titan is a side-story installment to Time Crisis released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation.-Story:Following the assassination of the President of Cuba, Xavier Serrano, VSSE agent Richard Miller has been implicated in the crime. V.S.S.E. only has 48 hours before it must turn...
, came out in 2001 featuring a new multihiding system. It serves as a side story to the first Time Crisis game. - A two-player sequel, titled Time Crisis IITime Crisis IITime Crisis II is a light gun arcade game and the second installment in Namco's Time Crisis series, introducing co-operative multiplayer to the franchise...
, featured two machines linking together, allowing players to cover each other. Each player dispatches enemies on slightly different routes, creating unique environments to defend themselves on. - The spin-off to this game, Crisis ZoneCrisis ZoneCrisis Zone is a spin-off of the popular Time Crisis arcade shooters.-Plot:Garland Square recently opened on the outskirts of London. This urban complex contains hotels, a mall, a park, and an office complex. Unfortunately, the entire facility has been overrun by a powerful terrorist organization...
(also supervised by Takashi Sano), was also produced. While Crisis Zone had similar play mechanics as with Time Crisis, Crisis Zone featured solo play with a fully automatic machine gunMachine gunA machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
(as opposed to the standard pistolPistolWhen distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. Typically, pistols have an effective range of about 100 feet.-History:The pistol...
), interactive backgrounds, and a different storyline centering through the anti-terrorist tasks of elite S.T.F. trooper Claude McGarren (spelled "Croad MacGalain" in the arcade version). A PlayStation 2PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
remake of the title has been released in 2004 and is a subtitle to its full name, Time Crisis: Crisis Zone, likely to denote that the port had undergone major (if not total) cosmetic and technical changes. - In 2003, Namco released a direct sequel called Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
. It granted four different weapons available at the start (handgun, machine gun, shotgun and grenade launcher). The ammo of the latter three had to be recharged during play. - In 2006, Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
was released in August and introduced a refined multihiding system (similar to the one featured in Time Crisis: Project Titan) where the player can move the gun in a certain direction to move the character's position in certain areas of the game regardless whether or not the player may hiding or attacking. A PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
version was released in 2007 in the United States and Japan, and released a year after in other territority places. It was notable for introducing a first-person shooterFirst-person shooterFirst-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
mode to the series. - Time Crisis Strike was released by Namco in January 2009 for the iPhone OSIPhone OSiOS is Apple's mobile operating system. Originally developed for the iPhone, it has since been extended to support other Apple, Inc. devices such as the iPod Touch, iPad, and Apple TV. Apple, Inc. does not license iOS for installation on third-party hardware...
. It is actually an spin-off and alternate version of Time Crisis 3. - In 2009, another spin-off game, Razing StormRazing StormRazing Storm is a light gun rail shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco Bandai Games for the System 357 board. It is the second spin-off of the Time Crisis series published by Namco after Crisis Zone....
was released. It was re-released in October 2010 under the name Time Crisis: Razing StormTime Crisis: Razing StormTime Crisis: Razing Storm, known in Japan as Big 3 Gun Shooting, is a compilation of light gun rail shooter video games by Namco for the PlayStation 3 home console. Featuring full compatibility with both the GunCon 3 light gun and the PlayStation Move motion control system, the compilation consists...
exclusively for the PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
with the PlayStation Move. - Time Crisis 2nd Strike was released by Namco in September 2010 for the iPhone 4IPhone 4The iPhone 4 is a touchscreen slate smartphone developed by Apple Inc. It is the fourth generation iPhone, and successor to the iPhone 3GS. It is particularly marketed for video calling , consumption of media such as books and periodicals, movies, music, and games, and for general web and e-mail...
. It is the sequel of the Time Crisis spin-off and the alternate version of Time Crisis 4.
Gameplay
Time Crisis focuses on shooting all on-screen enemies when spotted in an area while taking coverCover system
A cover system is how a video game lets a virtual avatar avoid dangers usually in a three-dimensional world. This method is a digital adaptation of the real-life military tactic of taking cover to dodge enemy gunfire or explosives. Similar gameplay elements can be traced back to as early as 1986,...
. Successful players must proceed to the next area or level. The franchise's distinctive feature, a foot pedal, controls whether the player's character takes cover (and is thus invulnerable but unable to shoot) or attacks (which makes the player vulnerable). Players are required to take cover to reload their gun. A countdown clock, recharged by clearing an area and stage of enemies, forces the player to take risks by remaining vulnerable most of the time, shooting quickly at any enemy on sight.
This time limit prevents the player from taking cover indefinitely. In Time Crisis and Project Titan, after the clearance of an area the game adds only a partial amount of time to the clock while the timer keeps running down. The game ends if the timer reaches zero. In the two-player installments, the clock runs only when the player is fighting and makes his/her moves, with the timer resetting back to a certain amount of seconds when a portion of a battle area is cleared. Also, the player only loses one life when or if time runs out.
Hit detection
In the first Time Crisis, enemies fired "unannounced" direct hits, which caused problems because players did not know when they would be hit. Different-colored enemies provided different accuracy-levels (with red soldiers the most accurate). Project Titan attempted to address that problem using "different colored bullets", but this did not fix the "unannounced" direct hit problem. This problem was fixed in Time Crisis II; life-threatening shots are indicated with a red flash (known as a "deadly eye") which gives the player time to release the pedal. In Crisis Zone, enemies that are about to hit the player with a shot had a target icon on them, reminding the player to shoot them quickly or hide.Characters
Each Time Crisis game features a different masculine protagonists (each of them a field agent of V.S.S.E.), supporters, and a military-oriented peace-keeping battalions or highly trained:- Richard Miller is featured in Time CrisisTime CrisisTime Crisis is a light gun shooter arcade game produced by Namco in 1995 and released in early 1996. It was later ported for the PlayStation in 1997, bundled with the G-Con 45 controller.-Gameplay:...
and Time Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project Titan is a side-story installment to Time Crisis released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation.-Story:Following the assassination of the President of Cuba, Xavier Serrano, VSSE agent Richard Miller has been implicated in the crime. V.S.S.E. only has 48 hours before it must turn...
as these games' only playable character, he locally known as One-man army. - Keith Martin is featured in Time Crisis IITime Crisis IITime Crisis II is a light gun arcade game and the second installment in Namco's Time Crisis series, introducing co-operative multiplayer to the franchise...
as the first playable character. - Robert Baxter is featured in Time Crisis IITime Crisis IITime Crisis II is a light gun arcade game and the second installment in Namco's Time Crisis series, introducing co-operative multiplayer to the franchise...
as the second playable character. - Alan Dunaway is featured in Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
as the first playable character. - Wesley Lambert is featured in Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
as the second playable character. - Alicia Winston is featured in Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
as an exclusive playable character to the PlayStation 2PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
version of the game although not playable at the arcades. - Giorgio Bruno is featured in Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
as the first playable character, he makes a comeback in Time Crisis 2nd Strike. - Evan Bernard is featured in Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
as the second playable character. - 2 Unnamed V.S.S.E. trainees, often referred as the Mystery Characters are featured in Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
as an exclusive extra special playable character to the PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
version of the game. - William Rush appears in Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
as an exclusive playable character to the PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
version of the game. As with Alicia, Rush wasn't playable in the arcades, although he would sometimes appear in front of the player as a result of falling into a trap or diverting an enemies' attention. In either case, points are deducted for shooting him, guided by Elizabeth Conway. - Claude McGarren is featured in Crisis ZoneCrisis ZoneCrisis Zone is a spin-off of the popular Time Crisis arcade shooters.-Plot:Garland Square recently opened on the outskirts of London. This urban complex contains hotels, a mall, a park, and an office complex. Unfortunately, the entire facility has been overrun by a powerful terrorist organization...
as the game's only playable character from the peace-keeping battalion, Special Tactical Force (S.T.F.). - Strategic Combat and Rescue (S.C.A.R.) is an elite peace keeping group featured in Razing StormRazing StormRazing Storm is a light gun rail shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco Bandai Games for the System 357 board. It is the second spin-off of the Time Crisis series published by Namco after Crisis Zone....
and Time Crisis: Razing StormTime Crisis: Razing StormTime Crisis: Razing Storm, known in Japan as Big 3 Gun Shooting, is a compilation of light gun rail shooter video games by Namco for the PlayStation 3 home console. Featuring full compatibility with both the GunCon 3 light gun and the PlayStation Move motion control system, the compilation consists...
with various playable characters across the board, revealling their names as Casey and King.
In addition, each Time Crisis game features a different set of chief antagonists:
Wild Dog
While the games have some contributing antagonists in addition to the aforementioned chief antagonists, all Time Crisis antagonists have employed and/or conspired with a mercenary named Wild Dog – the only character to appear in all of the main Time Crisis video games series. At the end of every battle, after the player has defeated him, he will detonate himself and appear to die. After Richard Miller defeated him, he dropped his detonator for the Castle and it blew up taking his left arm along with it. In Time Crisis Project Titan, Wild Dog outfitted it with a gatling gunGatling gun
The Gatling gun is one of the best known early rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. It is well known for its use by the Union forces during the American Civil War in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat...
arm (the "gun arm"), which would later receive upgrades such as a flamethrower
Flamethrower
A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire.Some flamethrowers project a stream of ignited flammable liquid; some project a long gas flame. Most military flamethrowers use liquids, but commercial flamethrowers tend to use high-pressure propane and...
and a rocket launcher
Rocket launcher
A rocket launcher is any device that launches a rocket-propelled projectile, although the term is often used in reference to mechanisms that are portable and capable of being operated by an individual....
in Time Crisis 3
Time Crisis 3
Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
, and later a grappling hook
Grappling hook
A grappling hook is an anchor with multiple hooks , attached to a rope; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold. Generally, grappling hooks are used to temporarily secure one end of a rope. They may also be used to dredge...
and a tractor beam
Tractor beam
A tractor beam is a device with the ability to attract one object to another from a distance. Since the 1990s, technology and research has labored to make it a reality, mostly at microscopic level. Less commonly, a similar beam that repels is called a pressor beam or repulsor beam...
in Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
. The character is inspired by Mad Dog, Philip Kwok
Philip Kwok
-Filmography:*The Eye 2 - Monk*The Sunshine Cops *Tomorrow Never Dies - General Chang non speaking appearance*The Phantom Lover *American Shaolin - Cab Driver*Hard Boiled - Mad Dog...
's difficult to kill gunfighter from the film Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled is a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by John Woo. The film stars Chow Yun-fat as Inspector "Tequila" Yuen, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Tony, an undercover cop, and Anthony Wong as Johnny Wong, a leader of criminal triads. The film features Tequila, whose partner is killed in a tea...
. Wild Dog has other allies, including a younger partner (and apprentice) named Wild Fang (who appears in Time Crisis 3
Time Crisis 3
Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
and the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
port of Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
):
- Sherudo Garo—whose plot provides the central focus in Time CrisisTime CrisisTime Crisis is a light gun shooter arcade game produced by Namco in 1995 and released in early 1996. It was later ported for the PlayStation in 1997, bundled with the G-Con 45 controller.-Gameplay:...
although he is not the main chief antagonist in the game in the second stage. - Kantaris—who is the chief antagonist of Time CrisisTime CrisisTime Crisis is a light gun shooter arcade game produced by Namco in 1995 and released in early 1996. It was later ported for the PlayStation in 1997, bundled with the G-Con 45 controller.-Gameplay:...
in the extra story mode, and was in the first level of Time Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project Titan is a side-story installment to Time Crisis released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation.-Story:Following the assassination of the President of Cuba, Xavier Serrano, VSSE agent Richard Miller has been implicated in the crime. V.S.S.E. only has 48 hours before it must turn...
. - Ricardo Blanco—whose plot is the central focus in Time Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project TitanTime Crisis: Project Titan is a side-story installment to Time Crisis released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation.-Story:Following the assassination of the President of Cuba, Xavier Serrano, VSSE agent Richard Miller has been implicated in the crime. V.S.S.E. only has 48 hours before it must turn...
although he is not the main chief antagonist in the game on the second stage. - Ernesto Diaz — the chief antagonist of Time Crisis IITime Crisis IITime Crisis II is a light gun arcade game and the second installment in Namco's Time Crisis series, introducing co-operative multiplayer to the franchise...
. - Giorgio Zott—who is the chief antagonist of Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
- Jake Hernandez—who is the chief antagonist in the PlayStation 2 edition of Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
- Gregory Barrows—who is the chief antagonist of Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4Time Crisis 4 is the fourth installment in Namco's Time Crisis series. The game introduces new features to the cover-based light gun shooter gameplay engine of its predecessors alongside a new story and roster of characters...
, his plot is shrouded in mystery and must be discovered during in-gameplay. - Derrick Lynch, the chief antagonist of Crisis ZoneCrisis ZoneCrisis Zone is a spin-off of the popular Time Crisis arcade shooters.-Plot:Garland Square recently opened on the outskirts of London. This urban complex contains hotels, a mall, a park, and an office complex. Unfortunately, the entire facility has been overrun by a powerful terrorist organization...
is the U.R.D.A.'s leader. He wants to destroy London with the Garland Square's nuclear reactor, Geyser One. He is named after one of Time Crisis's creators. - Jared Hunter—who is the chief antagonist of the Crisis ZoneCrisis ZoneCrisis Zone is a spin-off of the popular Time Crisis arcade shooters.-Plot:Garland Square recently opened on the outskirts of London. This urban complex contains hotels, a mall, a park, and an office complex. Unfortunately, the entire facility has been overrun by a powerful terrorist organization...
side storyline, the Grassmarket District crisis. He kidnaps the S.T.F. Commander's daughter, Melissa Kessler, and plans to avenge Derrick Lynch. - Paulo Guerra—the chief antagonist in Razing StormRazing StormRazing Storm is a light gun rail shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco Bandai Games for the System 357 board. It is the second spin-off of the Time Crisis series published by Namco after Crisis Zone....
. Guerra is portrayed as a madman whose plot is revealed in the PlayStation 3 version of the game.