 09-12-2008, 4:35 PM
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Re: TimeShift Weapons/Explosives/Enemies Analysis + Walkthroughs V.2
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4. Weapons/Enemies(quick tip)
You
are allowed to carry only 3 weapons at a time. Once you have 3
different weapons, you'll need to drop one of them before you can pick
up a new type of weapon.
Throughout the game's levels you'll
also find ammo crates. You can refill the ammo for your weapons at
these crates, allowing you to fill up to the maximum amount of ammo you
can carry for your weapons.
the only weapon you cannot refill ammo for at an ammo crate is the Surge Gun, which uses its own unique energy as ammo.
KM-33: [Pistol]
•Damage: 35
•Rate of Fire: 200 rpm
•Clip Size: 16
•Max Ammo: 112 + 16
•Primary Fire: Single shot
Secondary Fire: 4-shot burst
First Acquired: Level 1: ArrivalDescription:
The
KM-33 is the game's standard sidearm, a select-fire pistol with a large
magazine that can be fired in either single shots, or 4-shot bursts.
It's one of the first weapons you acquire in the game.
Enemy Usage:Very few enemies carry KM-33 pistols. A few Engineers carry KM-33s,
and one or two Krone Police fight with them also. The pistol does
slightly more damage to you than the KM 2103 Karbine, but overall
the relatively low damage and rate of fire make this weapon not
much of a threat to you.
Enemies with pistols use the single-shot primary fire at long
range for accuracy, and the 4-shot burst secondary fire at
close-to-medium range.
KM 2103 Karbine: [Assault Rifle]
•Damage: Primary Fire: 15
Secondary Fire: ~ 200
•Rate of Fire: 600 rpm
•Clip Size: Primary Fire: 30
Secondary Fire: 2
•Max Ammo: Primary Fire: 210 + 30
Secondary Fire: 2 + 2
•Primary Fire: Automatic rifle
Secondary Fire: Grenade launcher
First Acquired: Level 1: ArrivalDescription: The KM 2103 Karbine is the standard weapon used by the majority of the
enemy soldiers you fight in Timeshift. It's a basic FPS "assault rifle"
type weapon, with an undermounted grenade launcher attached. You'll
probably be using it as your main weapon for the game's first several
levels, until you can get your hands on better weaponry.Enemy Usage:
The KM 2103 Karbine is the standard weapon of Krone's military,
and the majority of enemies in the game carry one. Enemies with
Karbines have a high rate of fire and pretty good accuracy, even
at long range. The individual bullets are relatively weak,
and you can survive a moderate amount of Karbine fire (you die
after about 23 to 25 hits). Still, with their high rate of fire
and good accuracy, enemies can drain your shields very quickly.
It's best to use cover extensively to avoid damage and allow your
energy shields to recharge.
Krone Police and Krone Guard soldiers can use the Karbine's
secondary fire to launch impact grenades at you. These do good
damage, and can knock off more than 1/2th of your health with a
direct hit. The earlier Krone Police enemies rarely use the
grenade launcher, but the later Krone Guards will frequently
use it against you.
ShatterGun: [Shotgun]
•Damage: 35 x 6
•Rate of Fire: 160 rpm
•Clip Size: 8
•Max Ammo: 112 + 8
•Primary Fire: Single shot
Secondary Fire: Double shot
First Acquired: Level 1: Arrival
Description:
The ShatterGun is essentially a combat shotgun that fires a tight
spread of 6 pellets with each shot. It has a good rate of fire and
packs a powerful punch, and can kill most enemies with a single blast
at close range, or 2 or 3 well-aimed shots at medium range. It's a
fairly common firearm, and you acquire one very early in the game.
Enemy Usage:
Many enemy soldiers are equipped with Shatterguns, especially in the
earlier stages of the game, as well as in indoor levels. Enemies with
shatterguns are murderous, and can kill you in just 4 shots on Skilled
(Normal) difficulty. You really must kill them as quickly as possible,
preferably using Time Slow to increase your reflexes and kill them
before they can shoot you.
Surge Gun: [Energy Cannon]
•Damage: Primary Fire: ~ 750
Secondary Fire: ~ 160
•Rate of Fire: Primary Fire: 60 rpm
Secondary Fire: 600 rpm
•Battery Charge: 150
•Primary Fire: Energy ball
Secondary Fire: Energy beam
First Acquired: Level 17: SabotageDescription:
This
huge energy cannon is by far the most powerful weapon in Timeshift's
arsenal. It's the weapon used by the Warp Guards, the game's toughest
enemies, and won't be available to you until the last 1/4th of the
game. An incredibly powerful beam weapon that can also shoot exploding
energy balls.
Enemy Usage:
Surge Guns are used exclusively by the powerful Warp Guards. They
attack you with the powerful secondary fire lightning beam, and
will make you explode into little pieces with less than a second
of constant fire. The Surge Gun beam is also undodgeable; Warp
Guards won't miss as long as you're in their line of sight.
The only way to survive their assault is to either take cover
behind a solid object, or kill them before they can open fire.
Clutch Grenades:
•Damage: 1000+
•Max Ammo: 3
(quick tip)
If you get stuck by a clutch grenade, you can use Time Reverse to "rewind" the grenade
off you and send it back to the soldier who threw it.
Description: Clutch grenades are the only grenade type available in the game's single-player campaign.
they work similar to frag grenades, in that they explode about a
second or two after landing. The damage radius is reasonably large,
and can kill multiple enemies.
Enemy Usage:
Enemy soldiers will often toss clutch grenades at you; they're actually
very accurate throwers, and will usually tag you with the grenade unless
you dodge quickly. Clutch grenades are dangerous, but not instantly
lethal; as long as you have full shields, a direct clutch grenade hit
should take away about 75% of your shields, but leave you still alive.
If you are tagged with a grenade, you can use Time Reverse to unstick
the grenade from you and send it back to the guy who threw it. Note that
the grenade will return to your position once you turn off Time Reverse,
so you'll want to move to another position before that happens.
Echo Rifle: [Sniper Rifle]
•Damage: 125
•Rate of Fire: 120 rpm
•Clip Size: 4
•Max Ammo: 20 + 4
•Primary Fire: Single shot
Secondary Fire: Variable scope
First Acquired: Level 7: GetawayDescription:
The Echo Rifle is a very accurate sniper rifle with both a laser-sight
and a variable scope for sniping distant enemies. The bullets are
hitscan, and will strike your target the instant you pull the trigger.
The Echo Rifle has an extremely long range (with a maximum zoom of 9x,
according to the game's manual), and allows you to pick off enemies
from a safe distance. However, it has a very low clip size, and needs
to be reloaded after every 4 shots. It's also poor for close-range
combat, since it has no crosshair when unzoomed and thus is difficult
to aim when firing from the hip.
Enemy Usage:
You'll occasionally see enemy snipers armed with Echo Rifles, typically
positioned high up in guard towers or catwalks where they can snipe
at you from long range. Fortunately, echo rifles emit a red laser
targeting beam that gives away the position of the sniper.
Enemy snipers are very dangerous. They can bring you down to 1%
health on Skilled (Normal) difficulty, and kill you in 2 shots on
Elite (Hard) difficulty. Also, thanks to their laser targeting
system, snipers are very accurate and have nearly perfect aim.
Fortunately, there's a second or two delay between their shots,
allowing you to dodge behind cover.
Enemy snipers are best counter-sniped with your own Echo Rifle
or ThunderBolt crossbow. As always, using Time Slow to increase
your speed makes killing them much, much easier.
ThunderBolt: [Crossbow]
•Damage: ~ 500
•Rate of Fire: 60 rpm
•Clip Size: 10
•Max Ammo: 30 + 10
•Primary Fire: Single shot
Secondary Fire: Variable scope
First Acquired: Level 9: Better Late...
Description: My favorite weapon in the entire game, the ThunderBolt crossbow fires
rocket-propelled crossbow bolts with small explosive charges attached
to them. After the bolt sticks into an enemy, the charge will detonate,
blowing the enemy into small red body parts. The ThunderBolt is
equipped with a variable scope, allowing you to snipe enemies at long
range with it. It has a good clip size and a decent rate of fire,
allowing you to tag several enemies with explosive bolts before needing
to reload.
Enemy Usage:In the second half of the game, ThunderBolt crossbows are frequently
carried by the Krone Guard soldiers you'll be fighting. Practically
every squad of soldiers has one guy armed with a ThunderBolt.
The ThunderBolt bolts are much like mini-rockets; they travel
quickly (but slower than bullets), explode on contact, and do decent
damage. On Skilled (Normal) difficulty, 6 crossbow hits will reduce you
to 1% health.
the plus side, Krone Guards with ThunderBolts only have average
accuracy, and will often miss you at long range. Their rate of fire is
also pretty average.
Bloodhound: [Rocket Launcher]
•Damage: ~ 550
•Rate of Fire: 60 rpm
•Clip Size: 4
•Max Ammo: 12 + 4
•Primary Fire: Single shot
Secondary Fire: Variable scope + laser-guided rocket
First Acquired: Level 10: Point of ImpactDescription:
The Bloodhound is a powerful shoulder-fire rocket launcher. The rockets
do lots of damage, with a decent splash damage radius, and can kill any
enemy (with the exception of Warp Guards) with a single shot. The
rocket launcher is also the only weapon you have that is effective
against enemy vehicles, such as Sentry mech robots or Helo attack
helicopters.
Enemy Usage:
Only a handful of enemy soldiers carry rocket launchers. However,
the ones that do are EXTREMELY dangerous; a direct rocket hit will
drop your health down to 1% on Skilled (Normal) difficulty, and kill
you outright on Elite (Hard) difficulty. The rockets also have
a fairly large damage radius. Enemy rocket launcher
soldiers typically snipe at you from long range, from guard towers
or catwalks.
Fortunately, your suit's S.S.A.M.A.I. will usually warn you when
a soldier with a rocket launcher is about to appear. Take cover
and counter-snipe them with an echo Echo Rifle or ThunderBolt
crossbow.
E.M.F. Cannon: [Energy Rifle]
•Damage: Primary Fire: 75
Secondary Fire: ~ 120 to 1000+
•Rate of Fire: 300 rpm
•Clip Size: 20
•Max Ammo: 100 + 20
•Primary Fire: Single shot
Secondary Fire: Charged shot
First Acquired: Level 11: Liberation
Description:
The E.M.F. Cannon is essentially an electromagnetic rifle that fires
white-hot magnesium projectiles. The weapon has a good clip size and a
reasonably high rate of fire, and works great for close-to-medium range
combat. The E.M.F. Cannon can also be charged to fire a much more
powerful energy blast.
About halfway through the game, Krone Guards begin carrying E.M.F.
Cannons quite frequently, and use it as a standard weapon alongside the
KM 2103 Karbine.
Enemy Usage:
The E.M.F. Cannon is frequently carried by Krone Guard soldiers in
the later half of the game (they use it almost as much as they
use the KM 2103 Karbine), which they use to rapid-fire arcing
energy projectiles at you. The energy projectiles are slower than
bullets, but still travel at decent speed and have slight splash
damage when they land. Enemy E.M.F. Cannons are about twice as
powerful as their KM 2103 Karbines, and can reduce you to 1%
health in just 12 shots. Kill these guys as quickly as possible
with your own heavy weapons, such as the E.M.F. Cannon or ***-Fire
submachine gun.
***-Fire: [Submachine Gun]
•Damage: Primary Fire: Varies
Secondary Fire: ~ 160
•Rate of Fire: Primary Fire: 600 rpm
Secondary Fire: 600 rpm
•Clip Size: Primary Fire: 45
Secondary Fire: 20
•Max Ammo: Primary Fire: 315 + 45
Secondary Fire: 220 + 20
•Primary Fire: Incendiary rounds
Secondary Fire: Flamethrower
First Acquired: Level 13: Forced Entry
Description:
The ***-Fire submachine gun is the signature weapon of Krone's Storm
Guards. This small, pistol-sized automatic weapon might not look
particularly fearsome, but it rapid-fires powerful incendiary thermite
bullets that can kill enemy infantry with only a few hits. The ***-Fire
is also equipped with a white phosphorus/carbon disulfide flamethrower for
barbequing enemies at short range. The ***-Fire has a large clip size,
and is also quite accurate, allowing you to shoot enemies at medium-long
range using zoom mode.
Enemy Usage:
The ***-Fire is the signature weapon of the Storm Guards, who are
always armed with one. They can use the primary fire to mow you
down in a couple seconds, or the flamethrower secondary fire to
bbq you faster at close range. Their ***-Fires make
Storm Guards extremely dangerous at close-to-medium range, so
you'll want to keep as far away as possible.
Generally, normal human soldiers aren't equipped with ***-Fires.
However, on the last level of the game (Level 24: COnsequences),
you'll find two Krone Police Sergeants armed with ***-Fires.
These guys will ambush you at close range, so watch out or they'll
kill you in a second or two. A Krone Guard can also be seen wielding
a ***-Fire towards the end of Level 23: En Route.
Surge Gun: [Energy Cannon]
•Damage: Primary Fire: ~ 750
Secondary Fire: ~ 160
•Rate of Fire: Primary Fire: 60 rpm
Secondary Fire: 600 rpm
Battery Charge: 150
•Primary Fire: Energy ball
Secondary Fire: Energy beam
First Acquired: Level 17: Sabotage
Description: This massive energy cannon is by far the most powerful weapon in
Timeshift's arsenal. It's the weapon used by the Warp Guards, the
game's toughest enemies, and won't be available to you until the last
1/4th of the game. An incredibly powerful beam weapon that can also
shoot exploding energy balls, it's a LOT of fun to use.
Enemy Usage:Surge Guns are used exclusively by the powerful Warp Guards. They
attack you with the powerful secondary fire lightning beam, and
will make you explode into little pieces with less than a second
of constant fire. The Surge Gun beam is also undodgeable; Warp
Guards won't miss as long as you're in their line of sight.
The only way to survive their assault is to either take cover
behind a solid object, or kill them before they can open fire.
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