The light-gun genre lives on in the motion controller. Wii has seen an abundance of good to awful entries from these games ever since Nintendo gave us the Wii Zapper, and now that the Move is here we’re bound to see a bunch more for PS3. Time Crisis: Razing Storm is trying to stay ahead of the pack though, not only by coming early on in the Move’s life but also by offering three games on one disc. It’s not even strictly light-gun; the game offers a mode that lets you walk around free as a bird (or human, at least). It’s an interesting pack that offers a mix of ways to play, meaning you should find something to enjoy inside.
Razing Storm is - obviously - the meat of the disc; it’s the latest Crisis title to come over to console and features a host of new modes. For your classic Time Crisis experience you’re going to want to hit up the arcade mode, which offers a strictly on-rails campaign from the coin-op machine. It’s a solid campaign that’s suffered a little in its transition from arcade to console. If you run out of lives you can just press the T button and jump straight back into the action, removing any form of challenge other than competing for high scores. That means you’ll also see the entire thing through in about half an hour.
My biggest problem is that the implemented Move technology just isn’t as fun as using the game with G-con is. It hurts this mode the most because instead of quickly lining up a shot, you’re simply holding the controller by your side and dragging a reticule across the screen to aim. It really shatters the illusion of the game, but then again Razing Storm supports G-Con 3, so you can easily remedy this if you want to go for the true Crisis experience.
Still, you’ll have fun here if you bring a friend along for the ride. It’s not the most challenging or compelling of light-gun games but it’s always better with a buddy. Two can play through arcade in co-op just like the old days, and while it won’t last long you’ll have a good time doing it.
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