<s>
Timeline	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
adventure/puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
author	O
Michael	O
Crichton	O
's	O
Timeline	B-Application
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
(	O
initially	O
formed	O
as	O
Timeline	B-Application
Studios	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Crichton	O
's	O
1999	O
novel	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeline	B-Application
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
adventure	O
and	O
puzzle-solving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
Timeline	B-Application
is	O
largely	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
novel	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
changes	O
that	O
include	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
's	O
scientific	O
aspect	O
and	O
character	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
characters	O
such	O
as	O
Andre	O
Marek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemies	O
cannot	O
be	O
killed	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
doing	O
so	O
could	O
disrupt	O
Hughes	O
 '	O
future	O
timeline	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1999	O
,	O
Crichton	O
announced	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
video	O
game	O
development	O
company	O
,	O
Timeline	B-Application
Studios	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
develop	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
Crichton	O
's	O
previous	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1999	O
,	O
publishing	O
company	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
invested	O
a	O
stake	O
in	O
Timeline	B-Application
Studios	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
publishing	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
that	O
month	O
on	O
Timeline	B-Application
's	O
first	O
project	O
,	O
an	O
unspecified	O
video	O
game	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Eidos	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
with	O
Timeline	B-Application
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
would	O
be	O
Timeline	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
Crichton	O
's	O
1999	O
novel	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eidos	O
had	O
hoped	O
that	O
Timeline	B-Application
would	O
break	O
new	O
ground	O
with	O
its	O
emphasis	O
on	O
diverse	O
environments	O
,	O
interactivity	O
,	O
and	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crichton	O
often	O
held	O
video	B-Application
conferences	I-Application
with	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
to	O
approve	O
and	O
disapprove	O
of	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
official	O
website	O
,	O
Crichton	O
described	O
Timeline	B-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
people	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
usually	O
play	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Timeline	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
10	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeline	B-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Timeline	B-Application
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeline	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tresca	O
concluded	O
that	O
Timeline	B-Application
ultimately	O
"	O
seems	O
less	O
like	O
a	O
time-travel	O
experiment	O
gone	O
awry	O
and	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
game	O
design	O
gone	O
bad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Houghton	O
of	O
The	O
Adrenaline	O
Vault	O
wrote	O
that	O
overall	O
,	O
Timeline	B-Application
"	O
just	O
does	O
n't	O
stand	O
up	O
as	O
anything	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
slightly	O
entertaining	O
diversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timeline	B-Application
ends	O
up	O
being	O
another	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
botched	O
translations	O
from	O
a	O
truly	O
great	O
piece	O
of	O
literature.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ron	O
Dulin	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
praised	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
"	O
fairly	O
good	O
though	O
somewhat	O
bland	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
hard	O
to	O
understand	O
what	O
Timeline	B-Application
is	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dulin	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
diverse	O
chapters	O
made	O
it	O
seem	O
as	O
if	O
Timeline	B-Application
"	O
is	O
just	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
scenes	O
from	O
different	O
action	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Kristian	O
Brogger	O
of	O
Game	O
Informer	O
noted	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
nice-looking	O
outdoor	O
environments	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
"	O
good	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
effects	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
wrote	O
that	O
Crichton	O
's	O
"	O
recent	O
foray	O
into	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
world	O
with	O
Timeline	B-Application
is	O
less	O
than	O
good	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jay	O
Fitzloff	O
offered	O
a	O
second	O
opinion	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
inexperienced	O
players	O
might	O
be	O
impressed	O
with	O
Timeline	B-Application
but	O
otherwise	O
,	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
lame	O
adventure	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Sylvester	O
concluded	O
that	O
Timeline	B-Application
could	O
make	O
a	O
decent	O
family	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mark	O
Asher	O
of	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
Timeline	B-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
sales	O
flop	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
