How awesome would a new TimeSplitters game be?

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

I love TimeSplitters and it seems a great shame to me that the series is permanently on hold. Just think how great it would be on Live Arcade / PSN with all that multi-player and co-op goodness. Not to mention the awesome mapping tool.

Even a redux of the first 3 on Live Arcade would go down a treat... or dare I even suggest a browser based version like Quake Live?

Will any of this happen? Will it bollocks.

IFeelAsleep · **Joined:** 15th May, 2009 **Posts:** 368

I heard it was a reasonable, generic shooter. What was so great about it?

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

It'is a fast paced arcadey action shooter that doesn't take itself at all seriously. Spawn in and start blasting with none of that pesky stealth business or epic story line nonsense. It has zombies, flame-throwers, sci-fi weapons, chicks in hot pants... it's got it all.

In many respects I'd say it's (the series) very far from being generic. I'm struggling to think of a game that's quite like it - it's certainly a million miles away from the likes of Halo or Call of Duty.

IFeelAsleep · **Joined:** 15th May, 2009 **Posts:** 368

Do we still need to buy it on the PS2 then? I just reckon if it had really been that great we would be looking at Time Splitters 3 not Killzone 2. I am however willing to be wrong on this.

Edit: And reading the post back I am wrong. I meant Time Splitters 4.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Timesplitters was basically the goldeneye multiplayer reskinned with unevolved goldeneye style crappy single player tacked on. Great with three mates.

When Goldeneye or Perfect Dark hits Live, however, that'll be that. No need for Timesplitters, much as I'd like to see it on there.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

Apparently the studio went bust and was bought up by Crytek (the folks behind FarCry and Crysis) and the project (TS 4) is "on hold". It's a massive shame because there are a huge number of "Generic Shooter in de-saturated apocalyptic future" games out there and in the pipeline, but nothing that strikes me as being much fun as TimeSplitters is.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

GovernmentYard wrote:

Timesplitters was basically the goldeneye multiplayer reskinned with unevolved goldeneye style crappy single player tacked on. Great with three mates.

TS1 maybe, but not 2 or Future Perfect.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 22:03

I played Timesplitters 2 one night on the Gamecube and it made me very sick.

The only game to give me motion sickness.. FACT!!

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

End of an Era wrote:

none of that pesky stealth business

That awful Neotokyo level that was IMPOSSIBLE in coop disagrees with you.

Part of me really really likes the timesplitters games, but they felt a conflicted to me. On the one hand they wanted to basically be Goldeneye with a new lick of paint, and on the other hand they wanted to have elements of more modern design.

That said, I'd certainly like to play a new one.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

LewieP wrote:

That awful Neotokyo level that was IMPOSSIBLE in coop disagrees with you.

Really - we always found it easy. One of you follows the stupid mark to the stupid target and the other one hangs back. Get to the target and then let all hell break loose. Easy peasy.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Yep, I remember spending hours trying and failing to do it.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

TheVision wrote:

I played Timesplitters 2 one night on the Gamecube and it made me very sick.

The only game to give me motion sickness.. FACT!!

You should try Exhumed on the PS1. Fantastic game, so long as you had taken your travel sickness pills. Apparently an altogether better experience on the Saturn. Might have to track it down at some point.

IFeelAsleep · **Joined:** 15th May, 2009 **Posts:** 368

End of an Era wrote:

You should try Exhumed on the PS1. Fantastic game, so long as you had taken your travel sickness pills. Apparently an altogether better experience on the Saturn. Might have to track it down at some point.

I remember Stunt Car Racer making me feel like I was falling from a great height. The only other games that have succedded in this since (that I have played) are the spiderman games, 2 and 3, and Crackdown.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

End of an Era wrote:

In many respects I'd say it's (the series) very far from being generic. I'm struggling to think of a game that's quite like it - it's certainly a million miles away from the likes of Halo or Call of Duty.

Every twitch FPS ever? It's the same game as Unreal Tournament, for example.

metalangel · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:06

IFeelAsleep wrote:

I remember Stunt Car Racer making me feel like I was falling from a great height. The only other games that have succedded in this since (that I have played) are the spiderman games, 2 and 3, and Crackdown.

No Limits (rollercoaster sim) makes me feel a bit queasy. And flying upside down in BF1942 and IL-2 was a similar headfuck.

Timesplitters wouldn't stand out now like it did today - Halo and UT3 both have the wacky game modes, TF2 has the cartoony characters (indeed, you can just picture a few screaming elmos saying Timesplitters ripped TF2 off!) and, best of all, the studio went bust making painfully generic Haze.

End of an Era · **Joined:** 25th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 1041

Craster wrote:

End of an Era wrote:

In many respects I'd say it's (the series) very far from being generic. I'm struggling to think of a game that's quite like it - it's certainly a million miles away from the likes of Halo or Call of Duty.

Every twitch FPS ever? It's the same game as Unreal Tournament, for example.

It's nothing like Unreal Tournament.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:01

I have TS2 for the Gamecube and am amazed how almost exactly like Goldeneye it is (but with better graphics).

Anyway, FRD deserved to go bust, because they didn't employ me.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:06

End of an Era wrote:

Craster wrote:

End of an Era wrote:

In many respects I'd say it's (the series) very far from being generic. I'm struggling to think of a game that's quite like it - it's certainly a million miles away from the likes of Halo or Call of Duty.

Every twitch FPS ever? It's the same game as Unreal Tournament, for example.

It's nothing like Unreal Tournament.

No jump, for a start.

But I liked TS2/3. Mainly for the awesome co-op. Which was considerably better in 3.

Picston_Shottle · **Joined:** 5th Feb, 2009 **Posts:** 35

End of an Era wrote:

It has zombies, flame-throwers, sci-fi weapons, chicks in hot pants... it's got it all.

Don't forget the monkey's.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:45

TS3 was indeed a superb game even if it did have one of the most incomprehensible stories ever seen in a game. Didn't FRD go bust on the back of that bloody awful PS3 game Haze?

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

me about 4 weeks ago wrote:

Reading T3 magazine this morning, I found the following snippets, some of which might even interest people on here:
1) There is going to be a PS3 Motion Sensing Controller - no real shock there.
2) There is going to be Android OS netbooks.
3) There is going to be a Gears of War Film - Sounds bad, it is not as if there is really much story going on anyway.
4) Just when you thought a Gears film sounded bad, there is going to be a World of Warcaft film - Errrrr?
5) Timesplitters 4 - yay, love the Timesplitters games, they are fun.
6) A game called I am Alive coming out - "After a series of huge quakes rock your city, you must fight to survive as the populace turn nasty. Bottled water is like gold dust, and you'll need to be swift to avoid falling skyscrapers, too" - could be good.

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