Time Crisis 4

 PlayStation 3
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 35 out of 52
  3. Negative: 9 out of 52
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  1. Deeko
    45
    If you can tolerate all of Time Crisis 4's shortcomings, you might enjoy the thirty minutes of gameplay you'll get out of it, but fans of light-gun games, as well as fans of first person shooter titles, are going to take one look at this one and walk away fast.
  2. Gaming Target
    45
    The arcade business is on life support along with the light gun shooters that were once a prominent arcade attraction, so you probably have lots of quarters stacked up these days. But, don’t cash them in for Time Crisis 4 at full price.
  3. Play.tm
    45
    For committed (good one - Ed) fans of this rather niche genre, Time Crisis 4 might appeal, and it does offer flashes of high-quality entertainment, but frankly most of what Namco have delivered is largely uninspired, and the GunCon 3 controller is certainly no mould-breaker.
  5. Game Informer
    43
    Even ignoring the ludicrous plot, what really matters here should be the shooting mechanic, which just isn’t much fun. The strangely designed cover system has you popping up and down like a hyperactive rabbit, so you never really get a full view of the action. And get this: in the cooperative multiplayer, you play in split screen – in letterbox format! What were they thinking? I don’t know what else I can tell you to discourage you away from this complete disaster.
  6. PSM3 Magazine UK
    43
    It has a certain nostalgia, but this fails to entertain long enough to demand a purchase. [Feb 2008, p.72]
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  7. Total Video Games
    40
    The series is very, very tired and should really have been put to bed by now, with this latest iteration boasting lacklustre content and all the appeal of drinking sulphuric acid.
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    37
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  9. 1UP
    35
    Time Crisis 4 isn't broken, and the GunCon3 generally works as advertised; it's just appallingly unentertaining after ten minutes, insultingly expensive for what it offers, and has absolutely no place in the PS3 library of anyone but the most desperate gun nuts and Time Crisis devotees.
  10. Game Revolution
    33
    It’s just a bland shooter with a flimsy toy gun and a big spoonful of “we-know-better” arrogance.

Awards & Rankings

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#77 Best PS3 Game of 2007
45
#45 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2007
51
#51 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2007

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. blaicefreeze
    Mar 10, 2015
    4
    The two player split screen is a joke in this game. No. Disappointment does not summarize the let down.

    Let's use 1/3 of the total screen    The two player split screen is a joke in this game. No. Disappointment does not summarize the let down.

    Let's use 1/3 of the total screen for two total please. Thumbs down.    … Full Review »
  2. WillB.
    Dec 4, 2007
    5
    Very average, arcade mode is fun but will last about an hour. Mission mode is done in first person and is simply a bit poor Mini games again Very average, arcade mode is fun but will last about an hour. Mission mode is done in first person and is simply a bit poor Mini games again good All in all an Ok lightgun shooter, but it doesn't play better than something like house of the dead 2, and if i'm brutally honest the graphics arent much better than house of the dead 2 (but there is lots more going on).… Full Review »
  3. ente2ente
    Oct 7, 2022
    5
    Time Crisis 1 and 2 are so much better, I have even more fun with these on Emulator with mouse, than the "so called" Time Crisis 4 with theTime Crisis 1 and 2 are so much better, I have even more fun with these on Emulator with mouse, than the "so called" Time Crisis 4 with the "so called" Light Gun (Move controller). The precise and singular shots of TC1 and 2 are just more fun that the "ratatatatata" non-precise gunning in TC4. If I had a room large enough for an old TV screen, I would buy me a old GunCon and the old games.
    But: TC4 is not bad. Besides the disappointment with the shooting and the non-funcional time-system, it's an okay mediocre shooting game.    … Full Review »
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