Time Crisis 3

released on Dec 31, 2002

The third installment in Namco's light gun shooting franchise, Time Crisis 3 offers exciting, fast-paced shooting action by the world renowned VSSE agents as they fight to save an innocent nation from total annihilation. Choose from four weapons--machine gun, handgun, shotgun, and grenade-- to blast your way past enemies. Practice your sharpshooting skills in Sniper Combat and multiple gameplay modes. The game also includes multiple gameplay modes, a new playable character, and the original Time Crisis. It's time to warm up that trigger finger and step into the action.


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Probably the one I played most in the arcades. The full realization of what TC2 was going for with its blown out presentation, over the top setpieces, and alternate weapons. Here, TC3 is all about mastering which weapons you use against which enemies in which circumstances to best stay alive and manage your combo. It's really fantastic.

And bonus modes return as TC3 comes with "Rescue Mission" mode, an alternate path through the story with added sniper missions (think Silent Scope) that really change up the pace.

This, TC1, and Project Titan are the gold standards.

THE BEST ARCADE GAME EVERRRRRRRRRRR
No joke I must have spent like 1k playing this game through my whole life, it doesn't matter how many times I play it, I never get tired of it.

Deserves a knock down for some bullshit red pop-ups, but I just can't. One of the only games I can play over and over to the point that I enjoy speedrunning it.

Spent so much time playing this in the arcades as a kid, I could essentially beat it with my eyes closed.

Standby.....ACTION! Now with Weapon Switching and Enemy Health!

Time Crisis 3 is probably the game I have been exposed to the most in arcade since it was a must have in the arcades. Playing on PS2 is no different and its still what you love about the series overall. They took some risks here and wether they paid off or not is really up to how you interept this game. I think the challenge is quite fun(with unlimited continues) BUT in arcade we are talking about quarter munching the heck out of you, which can create some frustrating experiences. Time Crisis 3 certainly sets itself apart from the first two games. We get a slightly more complex story here but its still pretty straight forward for the most part. Not as good as two but it certainly hold its own. We would be entering a new generation of Time Crisis from here on out.