Yeah, it was one of those games overshadowed by Halo at the time, so 2 didn't get as much credit as it deserved until the Halo hype died down a bit, by then, 3 was announced.lunncal said:
I went and bought 3 on day 1 release. Loved both games. Didn't bother going back to play 1, wasn't really a need seeing as the plot isn't exactly one that requires backtracking.
That is a very good idea, I would throw money at anything Timeplitters related.Irridium said:
TimeSplitters 1 didn't have a plot, it was just different people in different times running to the end of a level to get an item, then run to an exit, instead of seemingly taking over people's bodies to complete several objectives, or actually having the same character in each time period finding a reason to go to different times.pulse2 said:Yeah, it was one of those games overshadowed by Halo at the time, so 2 didn't get as much credit as it deserved until the Halo hype died down a bit, by then, 3 was announced.
I happened to pick up TS2 in a bargain bin, defo value for money
I agree! Especially the zombie levels. Being attacked by a Giant zombie moose.pulse2 said:
I suppose that's why I loved it, it was the spoofs and the fact that every level was a new experience.Wicky_42 said:
I think there's a reason why nobody mentions the original game that much. Timesplitters needs a story, Future Perfect was a statement towards that.Palademon said:
I'll drink to that. Remember the Carrion Carcass arcade level? Now that was fucked up.pulse2 said:No game is as bizzare and random as TS
Oh yeah, the different styles between levels was one of the things that I thought was pretty cool, but none of the levels really felt fully realised - it all felt too much like a cardboard cutout shooter (and the wild west level didn't exactly do much to sway that imagepulse2 said:I suppose that's why I loved it, it was the spoofs and the fact that every level was a new experience.Wicky_42 said:
I love COD games, but these days I feel less inclined to get new CODs or such because it's more or less the same thing, shoot hoards of AI in different places, other then the drama going on around, there isn't much difference between levels and online games tend to be the same sort of thing.
I felt that TS provided more humour as well as a degree of skill, but most importantly, it was filled with variety. Its rare for an FPS to have colour other than brown and red blood stains, so TS was a nice alternative away from blood, gore and misery of war etc.
It is one of the few games that can get away with adding in a zombie mode without looking like an attempt to rip off COD seeing as it had zombie levels of its own all the way back to TS2, or heck an alien invasion during a zombie infestation.
No game is as bizzare and random as TS
. For some reason it just felt to much more linear than many games that are arguable just the same. So yeah, not sure quite why it doesn't work for me but I think it has to do with the graphics and level design in some way :/
Oh yeah, the multiplayer was great fun, no disagreements. Just saying that the campaign was flawed and more could have been done.Xzi said:Who cares about any of that, man? There were WAY more multiplayer modes than any of today's shooters have. You could do damn near anything co-op or competitively.Wicky_42 said:Oh yeah, the different styles between levels was one of the things that I thought was pretty cool, but none of the levels really felt fully realised - it all felt too much like a cardboard cutout shooter (and the wild west level didn't exactly do much to sway that image