how to check what difficulty im playing

[Nexures]

i feel like the game is dumb hard. i use time stop, walk point blank to enemy, shoot him 10 times in the face and they still dont die lol

anyone got any tips? i feel like im playing the game completely wrong. all enemies just charge at me, my weapons are inaccurate, they have TON of health and theres a lot of them. ofc i use time abilities as much as possible which makes it far easier but in general is that what the game is all about? seems weird

[マスキュリン]

Enemy Health is the same for all Difficulties, only the amount of Damage you take changes (50% on Casual, 100% on Skilled, 120% on Elite).

I guess, charging in is not the best tactic, most of the time. Using cover helps keeping HP high. Also, the time it takes to start regenerating is immediate then you start timeshifting instead of like... 5 seconds it takes otherwise.

[Nexures]

i dunno the game is really weird to me

[humpers]

Originally posted by Nexures:

i dunno the game is really weird to me

its hard in the beginning and goes down as you get better stuff. You have to use slowmo constantly.

[Nexures]

yeah not amazing gameplay, even for 2007 :P

[Nexures]

do you know how to move faster in this game? like bunny hopping or glitch running or anything lol. character is so slow

[マスキュリン]

Definitive not the game for what. Slow, methodical and a lot of use from your time-abilities.

[Demon27248]

Originally posted by Nexures:

do you know how to move faster in this game? like bunny hopping or glitch running or anything lol. character is so slow

There's a way to increase the base movement speed in single player by setting the movement speed mutator in a multiplayer match and cancelling while it's still setting up the game.

Otherwise when it comes to "legitimate" movement speed increases, you just need to use time slow. You can also fling yourself across the map with time reverse + explosions/physics (look up 7k games' TimeShift speedruns).

[Nexures]

Originally posted by Demon27248:

Originally posted by Nexures:

do you know how to move faster in this game? like bunny hopping or glitch running or anything lol. character is so slow

There's a way to increase the base movement speed in single player by setting the movement speed mutator in a multiplayer match and cancelling while it's still setting up the game.

Otherwise when it comes to "legitimate" movement speed increases, you just need to use time slow. You can also fling yourself across the map with time reverse + explosions/physics (look up 7k games' TimeShift speedruns).

wdym by cancelling while its setting up?

so multiplayer>host game>select a preset with high speed>alt f4? coz once u click create u cant back out

[Demon27248]

Originally posted by Nexures:

Originally posted by Demon27248:

There's a way to increase the base movement speed in single player by setting the movement speed mutator in a multiplayer match and cancelling while it's still setting up the game.

Otherwise when it comes to "legitimate" movement speed increases, you just need to use time slow. You can also fling yourself across the map with time reverse + explosions/physics (look up 7k games' TimeShift speedruns).

wdym by cancelling while its setting up?

so multiplayer>host game>select a preset with high speed>alt f4? coz once u click create u cant back out

I made a video showing how to do this. I'm not sure if my server list fix is required. Check out the guides section for the TimeShift multiplayer guide if it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRnN6jGkdQ

[orbitalshocktrooper]

Take cover, Slow/Stop time, shoot a thunderbolt on them. Get instant kill 99% of the time.
The game is really hard without frequent use of time abilities.
I finished the game in the hardest difficulty. I did die a lot but it wasn't that hard with the time powers and all the explosive barrels conveniently lying around.

[Gilgamesh]

It feels The gameplay is not tuned perfectly, especially for the highest difficulties. I've finished the game yesterday, and I must say I had fond memories of my first playthrough back in 2007, but now it has been a pain to play this. I'm so glad it's over.

The game wants you to use the suit powers, but the energy goes down so fast you have barely the time to kill one or two dudes with slowmo or timestop before going back to normal, and thus staying out in the open like a moron. This doesn't hurt the experience when you're inside bases, stations and whatsoever, but those sections in the open are terrible...

I ended up stopping time, shooting two sniper rifle rounds to someone's head, turning stoptime off, then wait until the energy recharged, then rinse and repeat. This of course broke the flow of the shooting and as result it was a boring experience, a total chore.

Also, those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sections where you need to use a specific power to solve a "puzzle", such as the wind turbine tunnel. If you don't do exactly what the games wants you to do, you'll die over and over. You need to press F to activate the power the game has chosen for you, because if you activate it manually it won't work and the energy will drain superfast.
In the wind turbine sequence, you need to rewind time to get pushed into the other side of the hall, but if you press SHIFT and C, or whatever the combination was, the game doesn't like it and the energy goes down in 2 seconds, thus you get sucked by the turbines. I spent 10-15 minutes trying to do that, watching walktrhoughs and such...

It's incredible how nostalgia can influence your perception of a game, I remember I really liked this at the time but now I'm regretting every single second of this torture :/



For a better game dealing with time travel and such check out Singularity, it's still a low budget game but it's way more fun and enjoyable than this one.

[Demon27248]

Originally posted by Gilgamesh:

the energy goes down so fast you have barely the time to kill one or two dudes with slowmo or timestop before going back to normal

sounds like you need to get better at the game then

Originally posted by Gilgamesh:

For a better game dealing with time travel and such check out Singularity, it's still a low budget game but it's way more fun and enjoyable than this one.

Neither Singularity nor TimeShift were low budget. Both were $60 games at release.

[Dumah]

Game is fine. I never played it before and i even learned about its existance only relatively recently. Gameplaywise it very similar to other FPS games of its era - Bioschlock, Woofwoof09 and that soviet themed Bioschlock clone from the creators of Woofwoof09.

[Wozherd$🐧]

Originally posted by Nexures:

i feel like the game is dumb hard. i use time stop, walk point blank to enemy, shoot him 10 times in the face and they still dont die lol

anyone got any tips? i feel like im playing the game completely wrong. all enemies just charge at me, my weapons are inaccurate, they have TON of health and theres a lot of them. ofc i use time abilities as much as possible which makes it far easier but in general is that what the game is all about? seems weird

try firing in bursts and aim with e or right mouse button. it helped me out quite a bit on those far enemies.

yeah dont charge enemies alot they can have explosive crossbows and grenades which eat your hp.

this is the only game where i am able to use time travel mechanics to use against enemies.
never saw a game allow this before or since.

[Gabi]

Originally posted by Demon27248:

Originally posted by Gilgamesh:

the energy goes down so fast you have barely the time to kill one or two dudes with slowmo or timestop before going back to normal

sounds like you need to get better at the game then

Incorrect the game forces you to use the auto choice option and then from there you have to basically test to see if it is working. The UI will flash letting you know it should work, but often it still doesn't work when doing this. You basically have to activate and see if your energy is draining quickly. If it is, turn power off, let it recharge move around a little and try again. It is a very janky part of the game that shows it needed more time in the oven.