Luke O'Neil (ルーク・オニール Rūku Onīru)[3] is one of the two protagonists in Time Crisis 5. As a next-generation V.S.S.E. agent partnered with Marc Godart, he is supported in the air by Catherine Ricci. Luke takes control as Player 1.
Appearance[]
Luke has blonde shoulder-length shaggy hair and green eyes. He wears a white baseball cap and has tattoos on both his arms his hands.
Luke wears a gray tanktop covered with a red sleeveless zipped vest that has a white skull picture and V.S.S.E. logos. He wears white shorts with pale gray color addition. He wears green and yellow socks and a pair of red sneakers. He also wears a two pale-colored beaded necklaces, a brown handband with white spikes on right wrist and a brown rubbered handband on left wrist.
Overview[]
Luke and Marc are well-known in the V.S.S.E. for having superhuman speed. To ensure newer agents are capable of meeting more stringent challenges against tougher enemies, Luke and Marc are issued with gas-actuated pistols (a V.S.S.E.-modified IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX) carrying 9 .50 AE rounds per magazine in addition to the required battery and aptitude-oriented Crisis Mission training.
Luke and Marc were at a hotel to help their direct officer, Robert Baxter retrieve a silver briefcase (under possession by Wild Dog) left behind by a murdered V.S.S.E. auditor three months prior to the events of the game. When Luke and Marc attacked the drudges, their cover was blown, and the agents had to fight Wild Dog throughout the air and land with helicopters and motorcycles. Wild Dog ejected the briefcase out-of-range before blowing himself up for the fourth time.
The briefcase was retrieved by Keith Martin in a deserted island containing Wild Dog's factory as one of its facilities, and its contents are data revealing that their superior Robert is the traitor among the V.S.S.E.. With Keith taking over as the partners' direct officer, Luke and Marc eventually put a stop to the now treacherous Robert's madness as they send him falling off a cargo plane ready to fire a drug-filled missile, but not before Robert shoots the plane's engine to send it crashing down into the ocean. Before stopping Robert, Luke and Marc had to fight Wild Fang, who is armed with a modified right leg which can fire missiles and solar generators attached to his back which can create a solar energy orb, inside a cave.
Personality[]
As the youngest of the series' protagonists, Luke tends to be impatient and talkative, often showing excessive desperation when showing willingness to complete his task at hand given to him from the directorship, surpassing Evan Bernard's. Keith didn't like Luke's impatience, as evidenced in a scene during the True Mastermind expansion of Time Crisis 5. Luke tends to be attached a bit too closely to Catherine, but in spite of his impatient demeanor, Luke is up to any challenge he and Marc are given.
Gameplay[]
- Luke's starting ammunition capacity for each weapon with limited ammunition is as follows: 100 machine gun rounds, 10 shotgun shells and 1 grenade. Maximum ammunition capacity of each weapon with limited ammunition is as follows: 180 machine gun rounds, 20 shotgun shells and 2 grenades. In addition, all weapons are refilled, if there is less than starting amount after a stage is completed, up to starting ammunition capacity.
- Ammunition capacity for handgun in "Move Event" and "Crisis Event" is infinite (not requiring to reload) at the expense of not being able to use the pedal (only important in "Crisis Event" as none of the enemies attacks and any fired projectiles will hit the player in a successfully executed "Move Event").
Quotes[]
Stage 1 Area 1[]
| Japanese version | Rōmaji translation | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| せっかくのリゾートホテルなのにな...... | Sekkaku no risōto hoteru nano ni na...... | What a waste of a perfectly good resort hotel. | Luke O'Neil, during the prologue of the game |
| Inu taiji mae ni, karuku junbi undou shi you ze (Māku: Sou da na) | What do you say to a light warm-up before we get down to dogcatching? (Marc: Sounds great.) | Luke O'Neil, before the start of the game |
Stage 2 Area 3[]
| Japanese version | Rōmaji translation | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ははっ！こりゃワイルドドッグもこっぱみじんだな！ | Haha! Korya Wairudo Doggu mo koppa mi jin da na! | Ha! Not even Wild Dog could've made it through that! | Luke O'Neil, after the tactical missile on the roof is destroyed by the V.S.S.E. helicopter |
Stage 5 Area 1[]
| Japanese version | Rōmaji translation | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| キャサリン |
Kysarin uragiri mono ha Robāto datta (Māku: Ore tachi ha kore kara Kīsu to issho ni Robāto wo o'u) | Cathy, Robert was the one behind all this! (Marc: We're following after him with Keith.) | Luke O'Neil, after learning that his negotiator Robert Baxter is the V.S.S.E. traitor |
Stage 5 Area 3[]
| Japanese version | Rōmaji translation | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| キリがないぞ！（キース: ふせろ！） | Kiri ga nai zo! (Kīsu: Fuse ro) | They're endless! (Keith: Get down!) | Luke O'Neil, when more Elite Soldiers gather around Wild Fang before Keith Martin blasted them with a missile |
| おいおい......マジかよ | Oi oi......maji ka yo | Whoa whoa, are you kidding me? | Luke O'Neil, when Wild Fang began charging a solar weapon |
Ending[]
| Japanese version | Rōmaji translation | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shima da! Chotto tan'ken shite ikou ze! | It's an island! Let's go check it out! | Luke O'Neil, after being relieved that Catherine Ricci survived the helicopter crash |
Trivia[]
- Luke is currently the only V.S.S.E. agent who does not wear a jacket or coat.
- Luke is also the only protagonist in the series with tattoos.
- Luke's vest and the skull symbol resemble that of the 1988 TAD Corporation video game Cabal (published by Taito in Japan and Fabtek in North America and Europe) because the protagonists of Cabal wear vests and the skull symbol is the symbol of Cabal main menu screen.
- Luke and Marc, like Keith and Robert, are dispatched with only handguns while obtaining other weapons from the enemy. Unlike Keith and Robert, Luke and Marc kept most of their commandeered weapons throughout the mission with only the sniper rifle discarded after all the sentries are eliminated (the former two agents only used the submachine guns against wheeled armored vehicles).
- Luke and Marc are the second protagonists who have commandeered weapons permanently added to the player arsenal. The first is William Rush from Time Crisis 4 who commandeered a grenade launcher while heading to Pier 5.
Voice Actor Connection[]
- Luke and Wild Dog are voiced by the same Japanese voice actor (Yuujirou Ootsuka). In addition, Luke's English voice actor (Dominic Allen) was previously the voice of Eric Morgan from Deadstorm Pirates, another rail shooter by Namco.[4]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Time Crisis 5 credits, Japanese voice actors
- ↑ Time Crisis 5 credits, English voice actors
- ↑ Time Crisis 5 official site, Luke O'Neil official profile (Japanese)
- ↑ Deadstorm Pirates credits, English voice over actors