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[Kerr Avon]

I've been reading the very interesting history and fall of Free Radical. Free Radical, for those of you who don't know, was a software house set up by a few people who, having worked on the N64 classics Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, left Rare to start their own company, and Free Radical was born. They created the great Second Sight, and the three Timesplitters games, and the medicro Haze. If you want to find out why Haze turned out so bad, or how the company was bled to death by LucasArts, have a read of

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-04-free-radical-vs-the-monsters

It really is a tragedy that such a committed and unique software house was forced to close. Still, at least we still have their games, and for me, Timesplitters Future Perfect (aka Timesplitters 3) is the best cross platform game of it's generation, and still really good today. Like Timesplitters 2 (and, to a lesser degree, the first Timesplitters) it has humour, very good levels and weapons, tons of playability, an amazing multiplayer, and a fun and easy to use mapmaker (and any maps you make can be played against the bots too!). My assessments of the games are;




3. Timesplitters (my least favourite), it has a good multiplayer (especially for the time it was released), but the single player campaign is simple and feels very tacked on.


2. Timesplitters 2, a *huge* improvement on the first game in almost every way, having a very good single player campaign, some superb maps in multiplayer, really good weapons, unlockable challenges, skins, etc. Many people still say that TS2 is the best of the three, and I can certainly see why. To this day, many people name TS2 amongst their favourite games.


1. Timesplitters Future Perfect (my favourite), this game had a much improved single player campaign, with more humour, a coherent storyline, and longer levels. On the other hand, the multiplayer was, I think, slightly inferior to TS2's, as TS2 had better overall multiplayer map design, and some modes that were removed from Future Perfect. Also, even though FP has a better mapmaker, TS2 had better 'themes' (textures for the mapmaker) making TS2's mapmaker made maps more atmospheric).



Overall I'd advise any first person shooter fan to definitely play TS2 and TS: Future Perfect. TS1 is worth playing too, as it's still enjoyable, but if you only play 2 and FP then you're not missing much, they are both far, far better than TS1. TS2 and FP are both on the original XBox, PS2, and Gamecube, whereas TS1 is a PS2 exlcusive.

By the way, it doesn't matter in which order you play the games, as there's very little story continuation between the games, all you need to know is that evil aliens (the Timesplitters) are going through time wiping out humanity, using time crystals, and you have to stop them.


Anyway, if you have played them, which game was your favourite?

[MultiplayerX]

I was really sad they were never able to figure out how to load the Solo levels in multiplayer. Would have been AMAZING to have Chicago and a few others besides Notre Dame and the other two.
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[Kerr Avon]

MultiplayerX wrote:

I was really sad they were never able to figure out how to load the Solo levels in multiplayer. Would have been AMAZING to have Chicago and a few others besides Notre Dame and the other two.

Was there much hacking done on the Timesplitters games? Which machine was the hacking done on? Do you have a URL, please, as I'd be interested to read about it.

I've never* played any hacked games on a console later than the N64, as far as I can remember. It would be interesting to do so, though.





* Actually, I have, come to think of it. Some games on the original XBox have been hacked to accept third party mods from the PC version of the game. Not many games, but wth GTA 3, GTA 3: Vice City, GTA 3: San Andreas, Elderscrolls 3: Morrowind, and the two Star Wars Battlefront games, you could use some mods, but not all (the XBox's limited memory was a big factor in if a mod would work or not). I think some other XBox games were hackable too, but I'm not sure. You needed a modded XBox, and often a larger capacity hard drive, to play the modded games.

[SubDrag]

TimeSplitters 2 PS2 demo is the best TimeSplitters game. It was the Dam-ish level, and it played almost like GoldenEye. It got changed for the worse for some odd reason in the final game. As much as I love the GoldenEye team, I don't think they ever got anything perfected on TimeSplitters unfortunately, and it gave me headaches, something was too smooth for some reason. That said it would be interesting to hack.

[HackBond]

I only had TimeSplitters 2, but I have played TS1. Haven't touched FP sadly.
And TimeSplitters 2 lasted me and my brothers many a night, I loved it.
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[mistamontiel]

I played/loved the TS2 demo ages ago. But having the final now, not sure what differences ?
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[SubDrag]

Here's my comparisons page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20050317164801/http://subdrag.netfirms.com/TS/TimeSplittersComparison.htm

I felt a huge difference from demo to retail.

[MultiplayerX]

Kerr Avon wrote:

MultiplayerX wrote: I was really sad they were never able to figure out how to load the Solo levels in multiplayer. Would have been AMAZING to have Chicago and a few others besides Notre Dame and the other two. Was there much hacking done on the Timesplitters games? Which machine was the hacking done on? Do you have a URL, please, as I'd be interested to read about it. I've never* played any hacked games on a console later than the N64, as far as I can remember. It would be interesting to do so, though. * Actually, I have, come to think of it. Some games on the original XBox have been hacked to accept third party mods from the PC version of the game. Not many games, but wth GTA 3, GTA 3: Vice City, GTA 3: San Andreas, Elderscrolls 3: Morrowind, and the two Star Wars Battlefront games, you could use some mods, but not all (the XBox's limited memory was a big factor in if a mod would work or not). I think some other XBox games were hackable too, but I'm not sure. You needed a modded XBox, and often a larger capacity hard drive, to play the modded games.

Kerr there was a really neat action replay code that allowed you to play THREE of the Solo levels in multiplayer.


ACTION REPLAY: Timesplitters 2
Level Select Modifier (Hit Y+Left For Wild West, Y+Right For Notre Dame, And Y+Down For Siberia. Hit X+Up To Disable)

H4B9-6H07-24K5A
ENFV-WWK1-TRD4W
AV26-9CTZ-6CN4T
RKJR-EYXA-WJ872
T95T-EYE4-HE8U0
AY2X-8B80-0NWKZ
DVB9-45N7-DZ23A
CWDJ-WMV2-9B76J
CC2F-A39Y-H1ZJ8

CODE BY soulja224466
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[Kerr Avon]

MultiplayerX wrote:

Kerr there was a really neat action replay code that allowed you to play THREE of the Solo levels in multiplayer. ACTION REPLAY: Timesplitters 2 Level Select Modifier (Hit Y+Left For Wild West, Y+Right For Notre Dame, And Y+Down For Siberia. Hit X+Up To Disable) H4B9-6H07-24K5A ENFV-WWK1-TRD4W AV26-9CTZ-6CN4T RKJR-EYXA-WJ872 T95T-EYE4-HE8U0 AY2X-8B80-0NWKZ DVB9-45N7-DZ23A CWDJ-WMV2-9B76J CC2F-A39Y-H1ZJ8 CODE BY soulja224466

Brilliant! Do you have any links to any more TS-related (or Deus Ex: The Conspiracy) hacks, please?

[fantsu]

I liked TS2 the most.
The original TS was fun too.
Future Perfect... well not that much. It isn't a bad game still.