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  • Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
  • Timeshift is an FPS game based around controlling the flow of time to overthrow a dictator who has created a dystopian alternate timeline. I think anyways. They hope you haven't played Half Life 2.
    Support the channel at: / mandaloregaming or www.paypal.me/mandaloregaming
    I take video suggestions at mandaloremovies@gmail.com
    Twitter: / lord_mandalore
    00:00 - Intro
    00:33 - Game Background
    01:35 - Issues & Fixes
    02:44 - Game Premise
    03:58 - Visuals
    08:49 - Music & Sound Design
    10:40 - Gameplay Mechanics
    15:30 - Story
    15:58 - Multiplayer
    16:21 - Conclusion
    16:30 - Credits
    17:38 - Accurate
    #timeshift #games #gaming #pcgaming #fps
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  • @MandaloreGaming
    @MandaloreGaming  Місяць тому +356

    TimeShift on GOG - gog.la/TIMEMAN
    CPU Fix - community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1722-timeshift-fix-for-startup-crash-with-8-thread-cpu/
    1.2 Patch for Steam versions - community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1026-timeshift-update-12-steam/
    There's gonna be more time travel and alternate timelines this year.

    • @KecskeTabornok
      @KecskeTabornok Місяць тому +11

      Where's the LIST?

    • @kaidorade1317
      @kaidorade1317 Місяць тому +2

      Man this is a classic game that deserves a true remake

    • @Eduard_Moraru
      @Eduard_Moraru Місяць тому +12

      That last sentence sounds like a threat, especially when applied to the real world

    • @The_Random_Bastard
      @The_Random_Bastard Місяць тому +1

      Was just thinking about replaying this gem like 2 days ago :D Insteead I started metro 2033 and before that I played throu all F.E.A.R. + both expansions

    • @ltraltier6009
      @ltraltier6009 Місяць тому +6

      So how does marathon factor into this?

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte Місяць тому +4624

    Mandalore became a window into the world of videogames you know by trailers, but never end up playing yourself.

    • @Top_Lad
      @Top_Lad Місяць тому +92

      W comment

    • @Gretstarret
      @Gretstarret Місяць тому +140

      Or alternatively the games you have forgotten you have played. I've played this waaaay back but had completely forgotten about it.

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  Місяць тому +1177

      It's why I kept thinking it came out with the 360 instead of Lost Planet. It got around a ton with the trailer but then sort of fizzled.

    • @spikykitt
      @spikykitt Місяць тому +16

      What's crazy is this is one of the exceptions for me, I remember loving this game though I don't remember it really

    • @ADR69
      @ADR69 Місяць тому +6

      dude. ive never thought of it like that but youre totally right. the cover of this game looked so dope but i never even tried it out.

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 Місяць тому +2733

    Timeshift: the most 2007 game

    • @Loathsome_Lynx
      @Loathsome_Lynx Місяць тому +119

      Yeah this game perfectly represents where the genre was just before cod 4 came out. I like to call the era between 1998 and 2007 the "Half Life/ Medal of Honor Paradigm" as those were the two most prominent franchises. I find it to be perhaps the most interesting time in fps history, even if many of the games were mediocre if not outright bad. At the very least devs were trying all sorts of new and interesting things, unlike the modern military phase from 2007-2013 where everything became one indistinguishable blob.
      Edit: I'll also add Halo in as the other big fps franchise, but it kinda stood out as it's own thing with nothing to really match it except maybe Haze and the first Killszone, both of which sucked.

    • @NinjapowerMS
      @NinjapowerMS Місяць тому +29

      Also got to remember Resistance. That was Sony's answer to Gear of war lol

    • @roadent217
      @roadent217 Місяць тому +1

      So, it's the Neuro of 2007?

    • @TY-km8hj
      @TY-km8hj Місяць тому +5

      ​@NinjapowerMS underrated games, they weren't the best but I enjoyed them and I say that as someone who played them quite late into the ps3 lifespan

    • @chillhour6155
      @chillhour6155 Місяць тому

      2024 games:the most unreal engine

  • @GameMaster136
    @GameMaster136 Місяць тому +102

    Homefront: The Revolution has an arcade cabinet that you can find with Timesplitters 2 on it. Normally it only has two levels on it but one of the devs mentioned the whole game is there. Fortunately there are codes that can unlock everything else in the game like the story, arcade, and challenges. And apparently it can also run in native 4K so it happens to be one of the best ways to play it.

  • @alarmedresponse
    @alarmedresponse Місяць тому +206

    For the timespitters thing at the end of the episode, it's timesplitters 2 that's on Homefront the Revolution. It's like halfway into the game on some random arcade machine you have to input a code into to get. Also, the emulator comes with cheats that you have to put a very long button combo in right before the game screen appears, so I have very fond memories of one of my friends spending literal hours trying to input the "unlock multiplayer" code at my house.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Місяць тому +10

      Either way, hope Mandy reviews both games, maybe even altogether in one video.

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective Місяць тому +35

      It's actually not an emulator, but a WIP HD remaster they slapped in there.
      There's also a mod out there that (along with fixing up various issues with the remaster) strips out as much of Homefront as possible while still leaving TimeSplitters 2 fully intact and bootable, in case you really don't have any interest in Homefront.

    • @DrEnzyme
      @DrEnzyme Місяць тому +18

      It's insane to me that it only exists because someone thought to hide it in Homefront. There's so much WIP stuff lost from the industry that it makes me think games companies should release "blooper reel" discs full of abandoned projects so that we at least have some historical record they existed.

    • @literallyjustgrass
      @literallyjustgrass 11 днів тому +1

      @@DrEnzyme demo discs but rather than half of the games being canceled it's all of the games. I'm here for it

  • @WadeGb
    @WadeGb Місяць тому +760

    Timeshift lead dev crying in a dark room as Soulja Boy says "This game stupid as hell haha eeyoooop!"

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  Місяць тому +455

      AIN'T NO POINT TO THE GAME

    • @MariannaKross
      @MariannaKross Місяць тому +50

      I didn't expect that Braid joke and it destroyed me.

    • @owenhlaw
      @owenhlaw Місяць тому +4

      @@MandaloreGaming "on a based level" i caught that

    • @eightbot9970
      @eightbot9970 Місяць тому +5

      @@MandaloreGaming i literally looked up that video on impulse an hour before noticing this upload get out of my head stop telling me the worms are in my skin

    • @sexbroly
      @sexbroly Місяць тому

      @@eightbot9970what is the video called?

  • @nuclearocean
    @nuclearocean Місяць тому +1064

    "Right, comrade?"
    Ah, so Singularity, nice

    • @grosforid
      @grosforid Місяць тому +76

      Ah yes SingulaЯity!

    • @lolasdm6959
      @lolasdm6959 Місяць тому +26

      Singularity 2 when?????😡😤🤬

    • @TsunamiWombat
      @TsunamiWombat Місяць тому +103

      @@lolasdm6959 that would require Raven being allowed to leave the CoD mines, so never

    • @TY-km8hj
      @TY-km8hj Місяць тому +12

      ​@@TsunamiWombatsuch wasted talent man, baffles me they weren't given more staff and made as one of the acc devs rather than say sledgehammer

    • @marcellosilva9286
      @marcellosilva9286 Місяць тому +18

      I wish Singularity got a remake. With Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, it seemed like the perfect opportunity.
      But that's never gonna happen. Singularity is a good game, but it will forever stay the way it is - A game that comes so close to achieving greatness, had so much potential, and yet, it never quite gets there.
      Just like me.

  • @NucleaRaptor
    @NucleaRaptor Місяць тому +26

    >sneaks in the Marv at the last second
    Never change, Mandy.

  • @Gachaisheck
    @Gachaisheck Місяць тому +216

    7:27 Resistance mentioned in a good light in the year of our lord 2024? This is what heaven feels like, I'm sure of it.

    • @AntonSlavik111
      @AntonSlavik111 Місяць тому +5

      Yeah i liked the first two games, can't remember too much about the third.

    • @Gachaisheck
      @Gachaisheck Місяць тому +29

      @@AntonSlavik111 Ironically, in terms of gameplay 3 is the best in the series. In exchange for that, it lost a lot of the interesting lore and story from the first game.

    • @kaj7135
      @kaj7135 Місяць тому +20

      Resistance 3 is the most underrated FPS of all time.

    • @Gachaisheck
      @Gachaisheck Місяць тому +14

      @@kaj7135 Genuinely spitting facts. Came out at a very poor time unfortunately, i believe it would've been a massive success if it was on PS4.

  • @kyon813
    @kyon813 Місяць тому +2207

    "Huh, haven't seen this review before. When did it come out?"
    ("4 minutes ago")
    _"...huh."_

    • @Highraven
      @Highraven Місяць тому +48

      LMAO that was my response as well

    • @ramsesmontes3720
      @ramsesmontes3720 Місяць тому +14

      Literally me right now

    • @Treyman-yi7ei
      @Treyman-yi7ei Місяць тому +8

      Yeah I was just watching his Cabella video and it popped up lol

    • @Highraven
      @Highraven Місяць тому +16

      @@Treyman-yi7ei ... Ok are we a hive mind or something?

    • @Deliverygirl
      @Deliverygirl Місяць тому +3

      4 minutes ago is crazy

  • @Jumpton
    @Jumpton Місяць тому +962

    6:00 Mandalore tries swallow his tongue as a defense mechanism against the cringe of thinking about haze.

    • @ComissarYarrick
      @ComissarYarrick Місяць тому +102

      He haze-itated ;)

    • @legateelizabeth
      @legateelizabeth Місяць тому +22

      The game or the character?

    • @abynighteater5670
      @abynighteater5670 Місяць тому +40

      The irony is that that thumbnail tricked me into thinking it was Haze at first--

    • @TheKatamariguy
      @TheKatamariguy Місяць тому +7

      BOOSH!

    • @VioIetteMolotov
      @VioIetteMolotov Місяць тому +7

      @@ComissarYarrick Please leave the internet and never come back.

  • @vomitscape
    @vomitscape Місяць тому +54

    i always start going into a laughing fit when i remember Soulja Boy reviewing braid and Jonathan Blow crying in a dark room.

    • @TheOrian34
      @TheOrian34 Місяць тому +1

      Wait, I need to know the details.

    • @aa-tr9xt
      @aa-tr9xt Місяць тому +15

      @@TheOrian34 ua-cam.com/video/xSXofLK5hFQ/v-deo.html this review by soulja boy made the creator of braid cry in a dark room because soulja boy didn't care about whatever message braid was supposed to convey

  • @HipiO7
    @HipiO7 Місяць тому +79

    8:32 "Let's see your papers"
    *Gets blown away*

  • @TheRitva26
    @TheRitva26 Місяць тому +781

    This game holds a special place in my heart. Met one of my oldest friends in this game's multiplayer when it came out, i was the bestman in his wedding last year

  • @rinomavrovic6673
    @rinomavrovic6673 Місяць тому +802

    6:01 Either Mandy relived the entirety of Anonymous Agony or he really doesn't like the game Haze

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  Місяць тому +878

      Haze the game easily could've been written by Haze the character.

    • @nerdyvids1
      @nerdyvids1 Місяць тому +164

      @@MandaloreGaming Well now we have to see it on the channel.

    • @SCWRMComms
      @SCWRMComms Місяць тому +72

      Best part was your rival's last words before he dies: "Please... don't tell my mom."
      10/10 Best Narrative award.
      -Teo

    • @Rymeths
      @Rymeths Місяць тому +2

      Or both

    • @OfficerHotpants
      @OfficerHotpants Місяць тому +8

      @@MandaloreGaming When you eventually do the review (you know you will) remember to call it an ass.

  • @nerdycus6935
    @nerdycus6935 Місяць тому +20

    "get out of here stalker" lives rent-free in my heart

    • @fonsy8944
      @fonsy8944 15 днів тому

      AH NU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE

  • @JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski
    @JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski Місяць тому +9

    10:52 damn, i forgot my notepad. i didn't think i would need to take notes on a mandalore video but this brilliant lecture about "this game for if you get fucked up" needs to be recorded for posterity and perennial review.

  • @Jacob-hx7kk
    @Jacob-hx7kk Місяць тому +450

    "Right, comrade?"
    Ah. The Raven game. Exactly what I was thinking of.

    • @Vortor
      @Vortor Місяць тому +1

      ?

    • @DeltagodAndFriends
      @DeltagodAndFriends Місяць тому +40

      Trace amounts of E99 found. Hearing "Right, Comrade" gave me serious whiplash 🤣

    • @SkarmoryThePG
      @SkarmoryThePG Місяць тому +30

      Singularity, one of the FPSes ever. I quite like it, personally.@@Vortor

    • @BooBuggedy
      @BooBuggedy Місяць тому +18

      ​@@VortorSingularity.

    • @sandercohen9712
      @sandercohen9712 Місяць тому +8

      I thought it was Red Alert!

  • @alexeyeliseev6322
    @alexeyeliseev6322 Місяць тому +139

    The one thing I remember about this game is multiplayer. Oh, the sweet TimeShift multiplayer...
    Like, you could throw time stop grenade between you and your friends, shoot a few mags inside the time orb and then observe them completely obliterated by the tornado of bullets resuming momentum all at once.
    Or the dread of getting caught in stop-time orb and seeing like a dozen explosive crossbow bolts materislising in front of your face, realizing you're only a second away from being completely screwed.
    Also, the flamethrower/SMG hybrid was very nice.

  • @blaisefinnegan6793
    @blaisefinnegan6793 Місяць тому +6

    Words can not describe how much i love Mandalore and his style. Thank you for another killer review sir. That clip of the dudes talking about the game was most wholesome stuff, nostalgia I didn't even realize I needed. And keep those Marv electrocutions coming :) , my all time favorite.

  • @GodSlayer2918
    @GodSlayer2918 Місяць тому +5

    I'll be damned. Recently started studying quantum computing and all of this quantum madness had me missing this gem that I played religiously back in the day. Come to find out, you put out a review for it less than a week ago. Now THAT'S spooky action at a distance. Subscribed.

  • @DrSevenfold666
    @DrSevenfold666 Місяць тому +86

    A "Cats & Dogs" clip was not something I was expecting from this video haha

    • @mellow_mallow
      @mellow_mallow 9 днів тому +1

      Loved that movie growing up. Only recently found out it wasn't called "Cats VS Dogs".

  • @Tom_Het
    @Tom_Het Місяць тому +192

    Welcome to part 3000 of our 1 billion part series of "steam doesn't have the patch but GOG does"

    • @ultravioletcombat5933
      @ultravioletcombat5933 Місяць тому +5

      Yeah, a bit surprised that this seems to be Mandy's first time encountering this. I think both FlatOut 1 and 2 on Steam have the same issue, had to download patches from the web.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Місяць тому +3

      So, System Shock 2, Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Special Edition, and SiN all over again?

    • @Se7enRemain
      @Se7enRemain Місяць тому +6

      ​@@michaelandreipalon359and Thief Gold, and Thief 2

    • @chillhour6155
      @chillhour6155 Місяць тому +3

      Blame the lame AAAsss publisher's

  • @DPadGamer
    @DPadGamer Місяць тому +2

    Not sure if you've already been asked, but when it comes to time-control games; have you considered Blinx The Time Sweeper?

  • @kriegerdrako
    @kriegerdrako Місяць тому +4

    Ah finally, I´ve been waiting for the two time travelling games 😎
    I love the gameplay so much, you really do feel like a superhero.
    The vague setting and convoluted design is in this case good enough for me, and the weapons are so fun to balance it all out.
    Like the last weapon you get looks like a mess and IS a mess. Each shot drains like 1/10th of its magazine, but theres an alternate firemode with which you can fire for a split second, using like 0.5% of its magazine but dealing the same damage/killing an enemy instantly. Oh, and the enemy also has the gun ofc.

  • @Camoceltic
    @Camoceltic Місяць тому +119

    "Right Comrade?"
    Singularity review confirmed

  • @johnbyrne4256
    @johnbyrne4256 Місяць тому +165

    6:42 Hearing Mandalore speak in a transatlantic accent is a joy that I didn't know existed in this world

    • @loxi9
      @loxi9 Місяць тому +3

      Thats not a transatlantic accent, what?

    • @LarsOfTheMohicans
      @LarsOfTheMohicans Місяць тому +7

      Locust Valley lockjaw.
      So I says to the Time Man, I says...

    • @furfixer
      @furfixer Місяць тому +2

      he also does it when voicing iron man in B-Masks video about the fantastic four

    • @Cyanan0
      @Cyanan0 Місяць тому +2

      I think he did a similar accent during the review for total warhammer 2 or one of it's dlcs

    • @Micolash_is_behind_you
      @Micolash_is_behind_you Місяць тому +3

      We Need More

  • @prototypenova5423
    @prototypenova5423 Місяць тому +4

    Mandalore you've shown parts of Resistance Fall of Man a few time. It makes me want a Resistance series review from you more and more from you.

  • @roach9397
    @roach9397 Місяць тому +4

    Just as I was starting to rewatch a lot of your old videos again, good timing!

  • @TRETHEGAMERMAN
    @TRETHEGAMERMAN Місяць тому +218

    This game, Singularity, and darkest of days all have something that could make a Really fun “time” game where you control time, manipulate other people and object’s’ time, and going into other time periods with weapons from different time periods

    • @Axatron
      @Axatron Місяць тому +14

      Darkest of Days cliffhanger ending is my most painful moment in gaming. So much potential... The time when games were made with passion.
      The other 2 also have (semi) cliffhanger endings.

    • @halo3guy
      @halo3guy Місяць тому +24

      guessing by how he said comrade at the end I'm assuming singularity is gonna be next episode

    • @schmecklin377
      @schmecklin377 Місяць тому

      Yeah I originally found this game when I was looking for games like FEAR

    • @ThePandoraGuy
      @ThePandoraGuy Місяць тому +3

      Ah yes. Slaughtering roman soldiers with guns from the future, while in the back Mount Vesuvius had his legendary temper tantrum.

    • @Supercohboy
      @Supercohboy Місяць тому

      @@halo3guy 🤦‍♂I was wondering what that was about, good catch.

  • @Mellino438
    @Mellino438 Місяць тому +159

    Suddenly reminded of Funhaus’s gameplay of its two demos. _”FAST FORWARD, THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE!”_

    • @007megaoof
      @007megaoof Місяць тому +26

      god, I miss those guys

    • @sheepherder911
      @sheepherder911 Місяць тому +4

      ​@007megaoof is that channel even around anymore? I saw Rooster Teeth is dunzo...

    • @richardhunter3441
      @richardhunter3441 Місяць тому

      ​@@sheepherder911 most of the original cast left. Most of them eventually went so libtard that they stopped enjoying games and 1 or 2 of the guys turned out to be total sexual deviants.. pretty average stuff for LA people

    • @007megaoof
      @007megaoof Місяць тому +17

      @@sheepherder911 nope, funhuas just recently died but its been on life support for a couple of years now ever since a few of the main guys left, I think it was Bruce and Adam who left.

    • @TimmySquibs
      @TimmySquibs Місяць тому +5

      @@007megaoofand Lawrence

  • @t4slanger
    @t4slanger Місяць тому +6

    As you approach 1 mil subs id like to remind you as a long time fan, you truly ate one of the G.O.A.T's! keep on kicking ass, For Mandalore!

    • @Boglorio
      @Boglorio Місяць тому +3

      I'm sorry that he ate one of your goats.

    • @JakeyKoop
      @JakeyKoop 5 днів тому +1

      More like Mandavore

  • @Demon27248
    @Demon27248 Місяць тому +8

    16:18 - jambo87, i was stabbed in the back with such surgical precision it couldn't have been anymore "accidental". i would have walked on fire for you without second thought.

  • @WizdaVision
    @WizdaVision Місяць тому +508

    He’s gonna take us back to the past.
    To review games that do not suck ass.

    • @Bipolar.Baddie
      @Bipolar.Baddie Місяць тому +34

      It would legendary if the Nerd made a cameo in Mandy's 1,000,000 special

    • @antimozg2686
      @antimozg2686 Місяць тому +23

      He is the calmy video game nerd

    • @cooldude7255
      @cooldude7255 Місяць тому +15

      He's rather Glad, to show the Facts, of which games to play all year!

  • @bradensmith8682
    @bradensmith8682 Місяць тому +108

    Hell yeah. This game kicked ass. Time shift, army of two, Prey, Dark Sector, BiA Hell's Highway... I loved this era.

    • @NinjapowerMS
      @NinjapowerMS Місяць тому +12

      Resistance as well.

    • @TheZigzagman
      @TheZigzagman Місяць тому +17

      Army of Two is such a great co-op game. Plus it tricks fps players into learning broad-strokes rpg mechanics.

    • @Gruntvc
      @Gruntvc Місяць тому +2

      @NinjapowerMS, Resistance Fall of Man and Killzone 2. Shame Sony killed off both franchises.

    • @Supercohboy
      @Supercohboy Місяць тому

      @@Gruntvc I don't think Sony killed off Resistance, I think Resistance 3 killed off Resistance. The game looked exotic but played like a typical 7th gen FPS and sold poorly (about 1 million copies globally vs. Resistance 1's 3.9 million). That's enough to kill off a franchise in that era, especially when Sony was in the market for new IPs to sell 8th-gen consoles with after their 7th gen exclusives 'lost' to Microsoft's.
      Still a shame, given that a million copies was still a lot for 2011, granted. And the Resistance games still sold way better than the Killzones ever did, yet Killzone survived to make an 8th-gen release.

    • @marcellosilva9286
      @marcellosilva9286 Місяць тому +8

      @@Supercohboy Resistance 3 is no way in hell a typical 7th gen FPS, it didn't have regenerating health (you had to collect items to restore it), your weapons could level up and you could carry all of them (as far away from the 2-weapon limit as you could get), and it was very setpiece-driven, closer to Half-Life 2, hell, it even used the 7th gen piss filters in a clever way, where each level had a different colour, instead of all of them being brown.
      It didn't sell well because the previous game was a complete dumpster fire and PS3 owners were expecting and buying different games than Xbox 360 owners. There was no place for Halo Killers in the PS3 anymore, which is a shame, since R3 is the game that I think came the closest to being one.

  • @cetin1864
    @cetin1864 Місяць тому +2

    Mandolore your channel is like my childhood game store. This game was gifted by my uncle when i was 9 years old. Thanks for reviewing this type of games

  • @fordprefect6151
    @fordprefect6151 Місяць тому +11

    A long time ago I read about a time-based RTS that came out an even longer time ago. Apparently it is called "Achron". Could be up your alley. It has time travelling units and a moving "time window" in which you can move forward and backward.

  • @Rangernewb5550
    @Rangernewb5550 Місяць тому +71

    This was one of my favorite game as a teenager, and the timeshift mechanic was unique enough to make it stick out from the other FPS's at the time.

    • @Shark93
      @Shark93 Місяць тому

      Is it? We were literally playing a multiplayer match when this video came out!

  • @TinyGladiator
    @TinyGladiator Місяць тому +43

    'TimeShift' is a great description for a lotta games like this, and reviews of these games. It feels like a timeless blend of stuff like this. Hallways. Grey. Guns. Madness. MandaloreGaming.

  • @MetalBassist1000
    @MetalBassist1000 Місяць тому +11

    Mandalore continues to confirm my memories of the past as reality and not hallucinations

  • @covetousinsanity2956
    @covetousinsanity2956 Місяць тому +1

    Dude this is freaky! I was thinking about recommending this two days ago!

  • @Scytherman
    @Scytherman Місяць тому +47

    Holy shit my comfort FPS got a review from Mandalore? I love this game. It's one of the best 7/10 games i have ever played.

  • @Thorradier
    @Thorradier Місяць тому +26

    I swear Mandalores videos are basicly all about my old junk box full of games nobody ever heared or played but i loved as a kid.
    Looking forward to see videos about : Shattered Union,Crashday,Yager,Hand of God Legend,Kayne and Lynch,Jade Empire or maybe some games like Pariah,Aqua Nox or Sniper path of vengance
    and that are only the games still sitting in my officeshelfs.

    • @user-cs4su3ng9l
      @user-cs4su3ng9l Місяць тому

      I owned sins of the solar empire but never learned how to master it

    • @ra2enjoyer708
      @ra2enjoyer708 Місяць тому

      Shattered Union huh, now that's a literal who game.

  • @yaroslav4965
    @yaroslav4965 Місяць тому

    Grew up on this game, awesome of u to review it. W video as always

  • @Roncon1997
    @Roncon1997 Місяць тому

    I started playing this game like a week ago and here comes along my favorite reviewer to review it! Edit: Great review overall but I am a bit perplexed why you didn't mention the pretty cool rooftop fight at end the game but instead mentioned just the part where you destroy it's final turret. Otherwise, awesome review as always.

  • @rodakscreens
    @rodakscreens Місяць тому +43

    Between this and Semi Ramblomatic yesterday, we've shifted into a Timeshift Renaissance

  • @darthgiorgi4990
    @darthgiorgi4990 Місяць тому +165

    Holy shit, didn't expect a timeshift review at all. Brings back a lot of memories, remember finishing this game so many times
    Some of the weapons are still imo one of the best gun ideas in any fps.
    Several notes from someone that played the shit out of it back in the day:
    1. The looks/performance ratio is still one of the best ones I have seen.
    2. Kinda disagree about future saviour turning the tide not being shown. The first level is you witnessing the resistance getting its shit fully kicked in, and there is one scene where you see rebel pows being escorted by soldiers which is completely reversed in the last level.
    3. Crossbow is indeed op. But personally thr gehena incindiary smg and thr ellectric cannon are the ones that left the best impression on me.
    4. The game hss the best default grenade I have seen in my 25 years of gaming. It combine standart grenades with the sticky nades from halo while also adding electrocution effect. And not to mention that you can also be stuck but actually have a chance to survive it by reversing time, which is fucking baller mechanics as well.
    5. Time stop kicks in the auto regeneration instantly so if you have low HP in combat, the suit moves the choice to time stop and you isntantly kick in the regen. Not much abusable but a good get out of jail free card to have.
    6. The way multiplayer did the time powers by making it into time grenades is probably one of the best ideas about how to do the time manipulation in multiplayer games.

    • @NinjapowerMS
      @NinjapowerMS Місяць тому

      I think there was a multiplayer demo and I just played that the entire time xD

    • @user-zn5zr2ed3x
      @user-zn5zr2ed3x Місяць тому +2

      Crossbow gave me the sticky explosive with delay fetish

  • @MalfunctionWhocares
    @MalfunctionWhocares Місяць тому +1

    I remember watching my dad play this when I was younger. That flamethrower-smg hybrid thing was my first introduction to flamethrowers and I was in awe for some reason. I asked my dad to keep using it cause I was enamored watching him hose own enemies with the flamethrower half.

  • @ThePromesian
    @ThePromesian Місяць тому

    Hell yeah, this game was so sick to me playing it as a kid. I'm so glad to see you cover it!

  • @pradipayogyartha328
    @pradipayogyartha328 Місяць тому +23

    I was expecting a faded picture of Haze at 6:00, and was thoroughly disappointed. Excellent review as always, time control/travel games are always a treat to explore

  • @zanethezaniest274
    @zanethezaniest274 Місяць тому +26

    Time manipulation in videos games is still my favourite game mechanic and story telling device and I wish they are used more frequently just so I can see the inventive new ways developers can push the concept.

    • @zacharychristy8928
      @zacharychristy8928 Місяць тому +2

      I agree! It's such a tricky thing to implemment on a technical level though. I respect games that can pull it off.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Місяць тому

      Oh, what I would do so to play a game that is a love letter to Puella Magi Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi and her modus operandi...

  • @julioLewis37
    @julioLewis37 Місяць тому

    What an awesome birthday gift! Thank you Mandy!

  • @rudolphantler6309
    @rudolphantler6309 21 день тому +2

    Back in the day I was hyped for Timeshift to come out but was disappointed when it finally did.
    This needs to be remedied somehow. Best cast scenario might be a remake.

  • @yaosio
    @yaosio Місяць тому +45

    There's an early 2000's time travel game I think was called Darkest Days? All I remember was a civil war guy getting a future gun and one of the level designers posted a screenshot from a Roman level on the Something Awful forums.

    • @vjekobasic7059
      @vjekobasic7059 Місяць тому +6

      I played it in 2009. when it came out... it was pretty shitty then, not gonna lie, but at least the premise was intriguing.

    • @Odin314
      @Odin314 Місяць тому +14

      fun fact, one of the devs who worked on Darkest of Days later went on to make Brigador

    • @jetex1911
      @jetex1911 Місяць тому +4

      I remember playing the demo to that a bunch just because I was interested in the premise. You play as a soldier who would've died in General Custer's last stand only to get rescued/recruited by time travelers.

    • @zzurge1173
      @zzurge1173 Місяць тому +3

      @@Odin314 Love this news

    • @LazyBuddyBan
      @LazyBuddyBan Місяць тому

      "Darkest of Days"
      The only thing i can remember is it being a neat idea, but at best just a mediocre game overall

  • @gamer65688
    @gamer65688 Місяць тому +14

    i remember trying to save one of the soldiers from being executed over and over again as a kid in this game

  • @tomaxelsson694
    @tomaxelsson694 Місяць тому

    Your videos have the best timing ever!

  • @BRAMCRACK3R
    @BRAMCRACK3R Місяць тому +1

    My strongest memory of this game was playing the multiplayer demo on my 360 all the time, which was honestly really fun. The way they convert the time control gimmick into these time bubble grenades was cool.

  • @corexmaily
    @corexmaily Місяць тому +16

    This game was my first childhood "real" game, still holds a special place in my heart, used to spend the weekend nights playing it with my brother

    • @Shark93
      @Shark93 Місяць тому

      Hey core, would you be surprised to know that at the same time this video was published, I was hosting a TimeShift multiplayer server and playing with a couple friends? :D We need more, there's a Discord for this game

  • @theminecraft4202
    @theminecraft4202 Місяць тому +1

    the reverse mechanic really is the standout, i can't imagine how painful it was to implement

  • @DetectiveOlivaw
    @DetectiveOlivaw Місяць тому

    Looking forward to the next video covering a game I really liked at the time! Hope it holds up better than Timeshift does (although honestly it does look pretty good on a technical level)

  • @bittabants
    @bittabants Місяць тому +75

    Watched the whole thing pal. Great review as always bud 👍

  • @colausbra
    @colausbra Місяць тому +4

    I played this on the 360 as a teenager, definitely agree with your review here. A story with zero substance but compelling mechanics. I loved the enemies that also had time powers, getting to see thrm teleporting around or running super fast so you can see how you must look when activating your powers was pretty cool.

  • @slowlearner46
    @slowlearner46 Місяць тому

    I had one of those disks you would get with a gaming magazine that had a multiplayer demo of this game and I played it nonstop. This video unlocked a hidden memory for me.

  • @davyfishystick8483
    @davyfishystick8483 Місяць тому

    I got this game back in 08 as a Christmas gift from my Aunt. Never even heard of it before but it looked interesting enough, so I popped it in my 360 as soon as I got home to give it a try. Only remember playing the opening level before I got bored and switched games. Good memories.

  • @adamofblastworks1517
    @adamofblastworks1517 Місяць тому +18

    10:31 hahahaha. That movie was not great, but my family still references the "I bring home the MeowMix" line.
    I still can't believe that they made a sequel, especially so much later.

    • @memph1ston
      @memph1ston Місяць тому

      What movie? I got to this part and went "wtf is going on?"

    • @TheWellplayed
      @TheWellplayed Місяць тому

      ​@@memph1ston Cats & Dogs (2001)

    • @adamofblastworks1517
      @adamofblastworks1517 Місяць тому +4

      @@memph1ston Cats & Dogs. It's from 2001, and they made a sequel for some reason, 9 years later.

    • @adamofblastworks1517
      @adamofblastworks1517 Місяць тому

      @@memph1ston over-all it was mediocre at best, and probably has music that kind of fits, but is really generic, like the music he is commenting on when the clip fades in.
      I say probably, because the soundtrack isn't one of the things I remember from that movie.

    • @pnutz_2
      @pnutz_2 Місяць тому

      something something Cats Rule
      my mate at school was a big fan of cats

  • @Ironmo100
    @Ironmo100 Місяць тому +48

    "Right, comrade?"
    Fuck yeah, Singularity is next. Awesome review as always, Mandy, stay save out there.

    • @fixenfroejte
      @fixenfroejte Місяць тому +1

      It could also be red alert

    • @Ironmo100
      @Ironmo100 Місяць тому +7

      @@fixenfroejte it might be, but "Right, comrade?" is the last thing Devlin says in "good" ending of Singularity, the one where we see that Soviets rule the world and we're part of it.

    • @dasmorte
      @dasmorte Місяць тому

      ​@Ironmo100 good ending is where you shoot them both. But I really liked that even the bad ending is actually great one.

    • @Ironmo100
      @Ironmo100 Місяць тому

      @@dasmorte that's neutral one, since it doesn't resolve anything, basically. Well, except for death of both of them, so there's that.
      But there's no good ending, basically. In all of them you remain of remnant of a destroyed timeline, so there's that.

  • @youascwub
    @youascwub 6 днів тому +1

    Certified game that could be found at every Blockbuster in the 2000's

  • @LaCazaLP
    @LaCazaLP Місяць тому +2

    "Gray and more Gray" describes the 7th Gen Perfectly.

  • @eshanroveran7850
    @eshanroveran7850 Місяць тому +8

    TimeShift!!! Fuck yea dude, A certified hood classic for real.
    Glad you reviewed this

  • @TheCuriosity8
    @TheCuriosity8 Місяць тому +23

    God I loved TimeShift, the weapons, the look of the lighting, the little puzzle fights you could optimize, the cool time espionage flashbacks.
    All it was missing was SSAM going full Cortana (or GladOS)

  • @xenon787
    @xenon787 Місяць тому

    I was scratching my head as to why I was familiar with this game, and it's because there was a very well narrated speed run at the latest AGDQ in January this year - nice review!

  • @WwZa7
    @WwZa7 13 днів тому

    I remember multiplayer, it was very fun, the time control grenades were opening some really nice strategies. Getting caught in time stop grenade meant basically death. BUT, if you threw frag grenade, and than stopped yourself in stop bubble, you could survive it. Throwing time reverse grenade between you and the enemy meant his shots will go directly back at him. You could also jump down from a big ledge, throw reverse bubble underneath, and it would propel you upwards like a trampoline. I think there was also a fourth grenade, but I don't remember what it did.

  • @Lucassecondfreepremiumaccountw
    @Lucassecondfreepremiumaccountw Місяць тому +4

    I remember the demo so vividly. Your channel is like a memory unblocker, thanks for that!

  • @Guyfrom2001
    @Guyfrom2001 Місяць тому +4

    This video came out perfect timing! I had something to ease me through the pain I’ve been feeling this entire week, thanks Mandalore!

  • @Corusame
    @Corusame 24 дні тому +1

    Looking forward to your Homeworld 3 review. Its had a mixed reception so interested to hear your opinion.

  • @Mrkabrat
    @Mrkabrat Місяць тому

    6:01 That gagging before saying "Haze" is marvelous

  • @DairyConnoisseur
    @DairyConnoisseur Місяць тому +3

    I’ve been waiting for this video for a solid 5 years now

  • @vinther5
    @vinther5 Місяць тому +3

    god it's been a while since i've last seen anything with timeshift, thanks for doing a review on a piece of my childhood :)

  • @Ezrakii
    @Ezrakii Місяць тому

    My dad came home with this game one time when we were going through it and it will always have a special place in my heart.

  • @empsee5534
    @empsee5534 Місяць тому +1

    3:53 sneaky stalker reference

  • @0TheWomboCombo
    @0TheWomboCombo Місяць тому +5

    Always a good day when Mandalore drops another video

  • @shadowxps
    @shadowxps Місяць тому +7

    Of all the mid 2000s shooters to come out this was one of them

  • @peterfiser
    @peterfiser Місяць тому

    11:00 Now that's a blast from the past. I remember Blow's reaction at the time. Man died a little inside.

  • @riseuplights5017
    @riseuplights5017 Місяць тому +1

    I've been waiting forever for you to cover this game

  • @MetalDrummer141
    @MetalDrummer141 Місяць тому +4

    when my parents got us a 360 for christmas we had Halo 3, CoD 4, and Timeshift. I was not allowed to play Timeshift because the blood effect that could splatter the camera was deemed to violent by my dad

  • @user-zn5zr2ed3x
    @user-zn5zr2ed3x Місяць тому +4

    Im so hyped to watch this video, time shift was one of the games of my childhood, sadly nobody exept for me knew about it, so i couldn't explain the awesomeness of exploding crossbow bolts with delay

    • @Shark93
      @Shark93 Місяць тому +1

      There's a delay? I've tried some in Multiplayer yesterday but they blow up on impact, no? You can delay the grenade launcher though, to make it bounce on walls first. If you want to play together, there's a dedicated Discord and we might play today or next week

    • @user-zn5zr2ed3x
      @user-zn5zr2ed3x Місяць тому

      @@Shark93 in single player they do have delay. And i only played dvd version, so i never experienced multiplayer nor i dont realy know how to

  • @bigbitehood1353
    @bigbitehood1353 Місяць тому

    Mando, I love your long form vids but I gotta say, it's refreshing to get an under 20 minute video. It's like, old school 🤙

  • @nohbody5654
    @nohbody5654 Місяць тому

    I haven't thought of this game in years. Thanks for this little blast from the past.

  • @josiahtasich6073
    @josiahtasich6073 Місяць тому +29

    You might disagree with this, but as someone who legitimately studied it: hotdogs are considered sandwiches in the culinary world; and the toasted biscuits or crackers with cheese and meat, or other toppings is called a canapé, which, you guessed it: is classified as a sandwich.

    • @fus132
      @fus132 Місяць тому +5

      canape in essence is a sandwich for ants, makes sense.

    • @josiahtasich6073
      @josiahtasich6073 Місяць тому

      @@fus132 Worse still is its other name: "Open-faced sandwich."

    • @kood995
      @kood995 Місяць тому +1

      Nah, fam, it's a taco.

    • @ostsan8598
      @ostsan8598 Місяць тому

      Hot dogs are hot dogs.

    • @kood995
      @kood995 Місяць тому +1

      @@ostsan8598 *Raucous applause*

  • @zacharyhaas9965
    @zacharyhaas9965 Місяць тому +3

    I saw a play through of this game years ago but I could never remember the name, thanks Mandy

  • @elete0447
    @elete0447 Місяць тому

    i played the xbox demo of this game to death and i always noticed how the screenshots shown on the store page never matched up with what i was playing. thank you for the intro, ive been wondering about it for years...

  • @raganok1
    @raganok1 Місяць тому

    Multiplayer was what I remember most about this game, thanks for covering a nostalgic memory! :)

  • @ricardoediza2690
    @ricardoediza2690 Місяць тому +4

    That intro got me pondering my CPU performance

  • @FrankyJayJF
    @FrankyJayJF Місяць тому +4

    Haha, Mandalore is teasing Singularity. :D

  • @srgfkct3544
    @srgfkct3544 Місяць тому

    Lets goo! I remember playing this game a looong time ago, but when I tried to launch it again a year or so ago, just couldnt even get to the loading screen.

  • @Suryp
    @Suryp Місяць тому +1

    "Right comrade"... Oh boy i know whats coming!

  • @Bukluka
    @Bukluka Місяць тому +9

    Bro, you just unlocked memories I didnt know i had. This game and singularity, despite their flaws, were cool to me, especially the time mechanics, 00s games loved playing with time. I guess i wont replay them anytime soon lol, but i still had fun. Also i remember almost nothing except the time thing and shooting, which isnt a good sign, so better leave the memories alone.

  • @NinjaWaffle14The1st
    @NinjaWaffle14The1st Місяць тому +3

    Best start to a Friday I could hope for! Just selfishly sad it's not an hour long

  • @NotParticularlyWitty
    @NotParticularlyWitty 9 днів тому

    I have fond memories of this little game. The gimmick was fine, and I kind of liked the weird mish-mash world that felt like the villain basically trying to make future-tech work however best he could from alternate 20s and 30s manufacturing which meant everything was at different stages of technological progress.

  • @DONKINDONUTS
    @DONKINDONUTS Місяць тому +1

    The boulder joke 😂 That caught me off guard haha I laughed harder than I should have