Time Crisis 3/Game Mechanics

This page is a collection of in-depth and technical information about Time Crisis 3. It includes scoring notes and other gameplay mechanics explained in more detail.

Gameplay Features

Time Crisis 3 incorporates a new type of weapons system allowing the player to switch between the standard Smith & Wesson SW99 handgun, a fully automatic Ingram MAC-11 machine gun, a Remington 870 shotgun, and a Webley No. 2 Mark 1* grenade launcher with powerful splash damage.

The handgun has unlimited ammunition with 9 rounds per reload. Players are given a preset amount of ammo at the beginning of each game and there is a limit to the total amount of ammunition that can be carried for each weapon as displayed in this table:

Special Weapon Ammo Capacities

Weapon	Starting	Maximum
Machine gun	50	200
Shotgun	30	50
Grenade launcher	2	5

Players lose one life when they run out of time or hit by attacks that tint the screen red such as: enemy gunfire, explosives ordnance such as grenades or rockets, slashed by axes, knives, or swords, flamethrower fire, falling objects, melee attacks like those from Clawmen or Frogmen soldiers.

Like the previous game, hitting the partner character when they are present will not result in a loss of a life. Instead, a point penalty of 1000 points is given to the player for every hit.

Playstation 2 Features

the Playstation 2 version of the game had a lot of new stuff not present in the Arcade game.

"Crisis Mission"

For more detailed Crisis Mission information see: Time Crisis 3 Crisis Missions

A collection of challenges and missions.

Civilians and Hostages

In "Crisis Mission" and "Rescue Mission", the player can lose lives in the same ways as those in Arcade mode, with the addition of hostages and civilians in certain stages that can be hit and also cause a life to be lost.

"Rescue Mission"

Unique to the Playstation 2 release of Time Crisis 3, is the addition of "Rescue Mission". An additional set of missions from the perspective of Alicia Winston. Gameplay is overall similar to the regular arcade mode with a few changes:

Special Ammo Capacities

Unlike Arcade mode, "Rescue Mission" modifies the starting and initial maximum ammunition capacity for each special weapon. Capacities are divided into five levels with a bar above the ammo count present that increases with constant hits on enemy soldiers and objects. Filling the bar for a particular special weapon increases its level and its fire rate, damage output, and maximum ammo capacity is increased (as well as refilling the special weapon's ammo to the new level maximum.)

Maximum ammunition capacities are as follows:

Special Weapons Max Ammo Capacities

Weapon	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Machine gun	100	150	200	250	300
Shotgun	20	30	40	50	60
Grenade launcher	2	3	4	5	7

Sniper Rifle

In Alicia's gameplay, most of the mechanics are similar to the regular campaign, but with special sniper rifle sections. In these, Alicia uses an Accuracy International Precision Marksman to scope out and target enemy snipers, with indicators for enemy count and movement. Crisis Shots are marked by a red scope and a beeping sound, and players must exit scope mode to dodge them. Players are only vulnerable to Crisis Shots while in scope mode.

Misc.

• Unlike Arcade mode, If all lives are lost in "Rescue Mission" the player will be forced to restart the entire area instead of continuing from where they were defeated.

• Additionally, in stages 11 and 14, players have just 5 seconds and 1 shot to hit a specific item; failure results in using a continue to restart.

Changes From The Previous Game

"Crisis Flash"

There has also been improvements to the Crisis Shot system, where deadly shots from enemies are separated from regular gunfire through brighter-colored shots and flashes, giving players more opportunity to see and duck to threats in time.

Enemy And Boss Endurance

Enemy endurance is updated in the form of lifebars which was first introduced in Crisis Zone. Enemy soldiers, machine weapons and vehicles, which require multiple hits to kill or destroy have lifebars. Green lifebars represent enemy soldiers' life while red lifebars represent machine weapons' (e.g. machine guns and cannons) and vehicles' (e.g. jeeps, combat submarines, and tanks) life. For bosses, they have more than one lifebars. A blue lifebar represents the boss will not be killed, but stunned when depleted to zero. When they are on their last lifebar, the color for it will be green. The lifebar will show when the player lands a hit on the enemies, machines or weapons with these lifebars. For the boss, if a lifebar is not shown, the boss is invulnerable but the player can continue shooting at the boss while at that mode to earn more points.

Scoring

No-miss Bonus

Like its predecessor, this game retains the no-miss bonus. Hence, the center shot from the shotgun must hit a target to maintain the no-miss bonus and the grenade resets it (along with all enemy soldiers except those with lifebars each registering only one hit when killed and giving the least amount of points earned [arms/legs shots] for each hit). In addition, only the center shot from the shotgun is counted towards the no-miss bonus even if all the shots (comprising of a center shot with 4 shots around it, making it a total of 5 shots per shotgun shell) hit a target.

Infantry Scoring

Infantry include the rank-and-file Zagorias Federation Army soldiers. They can be broadly divided into two groups, "Standard" infantry, and "Unique" infantry with lifebars.

"Standard" infantry

"Standard" infantry in this context refers to enemies who go down in one hit. The hit that makes them go down is the "kill" shot. After the "kill" shot, you can hit the enemy with two more additional chaser shots if hit quickly enough. The point value of the enemy is largely dependent on what part of the body the "kill" shot hit. The different areas include the head, torso, and limbs (arms and legs). The chaser shots can hit any part of the body and will give the same amount of points regardless.

"Standard" infantry scoring for the first shots is as follows:

Standard Infantry Scoring

Shot Type	"Kill" Shot	1st Chaser Shot	2nd Chaser Shot
Head	800	180	260
Torso	400	140	180
Limbs	200	120	140

"Standard" infantry "kill" and chase combo hit scoring is as follows:

Head Shot Scoring

Shot type	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th and after
"Kill"	800	880	960	1040	1120	1200	1280	1360	2000
Chase	100	180	260	340	420	500	580	660	1000

Torso Shot Scoring

Shot type	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th and after
"Kill"	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	680	1000
Chase	100	140	180	220	260	300	340	380	500

Arms/Legs Shot Scoring

Shot type	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th and after
"Kill"	200	220	240	260	280	300	320	340	500
Chase	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240	300

"Unique" infantry

In this context, "Unique" infantry refers to soldiers that reveal a lifebar when hit and require multiple hits to take down. The multiple hits vary between different soldiers as shown in the table below. Another unique aspect is that the "kill" shot is registered as two hits instead of one (excluding Elite Clawmen). They still take can take two chaser shots like normal.

"Unique" infantry scoring for the first shots are as follows:

Unique Infantry Scoring

Soldier Type	Multi-Hit	"Kill" Shot (head/torso/limb)	1st Chaser Shot (head/torso/limb)	2nd Chaser Shot (head/torso/limb)
"Frogman" / "Acrobat"	3* x 100	340/220/160	420/260/180	500/300/200
"Flamer"	4* x 100	420/260/180	500/300/200	580/340/220
"Armored"	5* x 100	500/300/200	580/340/220	660/380/240
Elite Clawman	9 x 100	2000/2000/2000	2000/2000/2000	2000/2000/2000

*This includes the kill shot as the first hit from it is worth 100 points.
**It seems that when appearing in pairs, one soldier will give out a slightly higher amount of points for each hit.

"Unique" infantry "kill" and chase combo hit scoring except for Elite Clawman is as follows:

Head Shot Scoring

Shot type	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th and after
"Kill"*/Chase	100	180	260	340	420	500	580	660	1000

Torso Shot Scoring

Shot type	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th and after
"Kill"*/Chase	100	140	180	220	260	300	340	380	500

Arms/Legs Shot Scoring

Shot type	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th and after
"Kill"*/Chase	100	120	140	160	180	200	220	240	300

*Is part of the multi-hit shot.

Elite Clawman "kill" and chase combo hit scoring is as follows:

Scoring

Shot type	1st and after
"Kill"/Chase	2000

Sniper Infantry

For shots on snipers, the scoring and no-miss bonus are as follows:

Scoring

Shot type	Points
Head	1500
Torso	800
Arms/legs	400

Chase shots are not possible.

No-miss Bonus*

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th and after
N/A	200	600	800	1500

*This is linked to the no-miss bonus in the regular campaign with one no-miss hit in the regular campaign equals to one no-miss hit in the sniping campaign and vice versa.

Boss Scoring

For shots on bosses, the scoring is as follows:

Victor Zahn / Randy Garrett

Victor Zahn

Condition	Lifebars
Arcade Mode	5
"Rescue Mission"	4

Randy Garrett

Lifebars
7*

*Some lifebars can be skipped depending on when the player depletes the prior ones.

Victor Zahn / Randy Garrett

Individual Shot/Chase Shot	"Stun" Shot	"Kill" Shot
100	1000	10000

Wild Dog / Wild Fang

Lifebars
15

Individual Shot/Chase Shot	"Stun" Shot	"Kill" Shot
100	1000	20000

Giorgio Zott

Lifebars
8

Has boss invulnerability on his final lifebar.

Area	Individual Shot/Chase Shot	"Stun" Shot	"Kill" Shot
Stage 11	N/A	N/A	10000
Stage 3 Area 3	100	1000	30000

Jake Hernandez

Condition	Lifebars
1st Encounter	6
2nd Encounter	7

Area	Individual Shot/Chase Shot	"Stun" Shot	"Kill" Shot
Stage 7	100	1000	1000
Stage 13	100	1000	20000
Stage 14	N/A	N/A	30000

Enemy Equipment Scoring

This section includes scoring in relation to things like tanks, trucks, jeeps, Etc.

For shots on objects and machines, the scoring is as follows:

Tomahawk, Rocket

"Destruction" Shot
200

Artillery Bunker

Condition	Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
First Encounter	50	N/A
Final Encounter	100	5200

*Registers as three hits.

Jeep

Condition	Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
Stationary	50	5050
Moving	100	1100

*Registers as two hits.

Dirt Bikes ("Rescue Mission")

Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
100	600

*Registers as two hits.

V-TOL

During "Rescue Mission"

Individual Shot
100

*The number of hits are not shown but contribute to no-miss bonus. Each hit on it decreases each V-TOL weapon endurance at a lower rate.

Weapons/Engines

Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
100	5100

*Registers as two hits.

Tank

Condition	Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
Arcade Mode	100	2100
Rescue Mission	100	200

*Registers as two hits.

Truck

Condition	Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
Normal	50	5050
Chapter 9	N/A	5000

*Registers as two hits except on Chapter 9.

Mini Submarine

Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
50	1550

*Registers as two hits.

Train

Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot
100	5000*

*Only on the anti-armor cannon or rocket pod.

Wheeled Armored Vehicle

Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
100	2100

*Registers as two hits.

Patrol Boat

Patrol Boat

Individual Shot	"Destruction" Shot*
50	5050

*Registers as two hits.

Time Bonus

Like the previous game, the time bonus is 20 points for every 1/60 second saved and is calculated by taking the difference between time spent and maximum time per area. However, it is capped at 99,990 points per area. In "Rescue Mission", the time bonus is 20 points for every 1/60 second saved except for Stages 11 and 14 which is 200 points for every 1/60 second saved.

Arcade Mode

Maximum Amount Of Time Per Area

Area	Solo Play (in seconds)	Link Play (in seconds)
Stage 1 Area 1	195	200
Stage 1 Area 2	186	191
Stage 1 Area 3	188	193
Stage 2 Area 1	241	251
Stage 2 Area 2	228	238
Stage 2 Area 3	194	199
Stage 3 Area 1	286	291
Stage 3 Area 2	198	203
Stage 3 Area 3	213	218

"Rescue Mission"

Maximum Amount Of Time Per Stage

Stage	Maximum Time (in seconds)
Stage 1	130
Stage 2	100
Stage 3	120
Stage 4	170
Stage 5	145
Stage 6	140
Stage 7	140
Stage 8	130
Stage 9	155
Stage 10	170
Stage 11	3.5
Stage 12	180
Stage 13	190
Stage 14	4.5

Enemy Notes

"Armorer" Soldiers

How much ammunition is dropped for each weapon type on each hit:

Ammunition Drops

Ammo Type	1st Shot	2nd Shot	3rd Shot
Machine Gun Rounds	30	20	10
Shotgun Shells	4	2	1
Grenade Rounds	1	1	1

Total number of "Armorer" class soldiers in Arcade mode and "Rescue Mission" is shown below:

Distribution In Arcade Mode

Area	Count
Stage 1	39
Stage 1 Area 1	10*
Stage 1 Area 2	16
Stage 1 Area 3	13
Stage 2	49
Stage 2 Area 1	21**
Stage 2 Area 2	12
Stage 2 Area 3	16
Stage 3	51
Stage 3 Area 1	26
Stage 3 Area 2	10
Stage 3 Area 3	15
Total	139

*Two are on parachutes
**The first 12 will always drop 4 shotgun shells, 20 and 10 machine gun rounds respectively

Distribution In "Rescue Mission"

Stage	Count
Stage 1	9
Stage 3	3
Stage 4	8
Stage 5	9
Stage 7	6
Stage 8	11
Stage 10	19
Stage 12	11
Stage 13	6
Total	82

Sniper Soldiers

The number of enemy snipers in "Rescue Mission" is shown in the table below:

Distribution In "Rescue Mission"

Area	Count
Stage 2	25
1st Sequence	4
2nd Sequence	8
3rd Sequence	13
Stage 6	26
1st Sequence	8
2nd Sequence	8
3rd Sequence	10
Stage 9	32
1st Sequence	13
2nd Sequence	9
3rd Sequence	10
Total	83

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