TimeSplitters Video Review

Gaming Pastime reviews TimeSplitters for PlayStation 2.
Developed by Free Radical Design and published Eidos Interactive, TimeSplitters was released for PlayStation 2 in October, 2000. This is the first game in what may just be one of, if not the best first-person shooter franchise for consoles.
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[@Gamingpastime64]

This review was completed and uploaded before the announcement that the IP was bought by THQ.

[@skimrizzle9598]

also timesplitters 4 wasnt made because the game had "too much content" look it up its dumb

[@NikolaiKojevnikov]

@skim rizzle For publishers it's important that they make a game just long enough that you get bored of it before it's sequel is released.

[@EchoDissolve]

Interesting. How far ahead do you record your reviews?

[@Gamingpastime64]

We have reviews for December ready to go.

[@chemergency]

It makes me super happy. They own Dambuster Studios too which is basically the modern successor to Free Radical, with some of the same developers. They made Homefront: The Revolution which was not a good game, but I'd attribute that more to Deep Silver being incompetent and out of touch with the industry than to the developers not being talented. It gives me great hope that Timesplitters will be making a comeback soon, first with an HD or PC re-release of the first three games, and TS4 or Rewind can finally come to fruition. Also, it's sad Timesplitters didn't have a greater influence on the FPS genre, it was overshadowed by Halo (which is a great game in and of itself, but for different reasons) and that's where all the developers started to derive ideas from, but failed to take some of the greater concepts from Timesplitters alongside it (bots, map editing, tight gunplay, etc.)

[@mnemosynegates625]

Yo, Timesplitters Rewind Dev here! Great review man, it's great to see people bringing light to this beloved franchise. Some things I would like to say is that recently (1 month ago) THQNordic has bought the Timesplitters IP so Crytek don't own it anymore which looks promising for an official re-release and maybe a sequel. Also the Timesplitters Rewind Project is still alive and well and is making progress. I'll link our discord server in the reply below. Also if you have knowledge of 3D artwork or coding and you want to see a new game don't hesitate to ask to join team!

[@mnemosynegates625]

discord.gg/Kqq5C38

[@TheRaisinSex]

"Also the Timesplitters Rewind Project is still alive and well and is making progress" sadly none can believe that anymore, although we would love to see TS:R happen, the team kinda lost our support. I understand there has been some issues slowing down the project and making you guys start over numerous times, but nothing excuses this complete lack of communication. We know this is made by volunteers who work on their free time, it doesn't matter if anything you have to show or tell us will be percieved as "amateur", we just need to know what's going on. I wasn't expecting something like Rust's dev blog, but hey the latest update on tsrewind.com is from DECEMBER 2017 !

[@zoiskiee28]

No thanks, all hopes go to THQ now.

[@mnemosynegates625]

ッBenenuts I came onto the team about 4 months ago, I cannot make excuses for the past of the project but on the inside there had been a lot of great progress being made. We have also started releasing smaller updates to show progress while we work on the bigger reveal. Since holding back wasn't a good idea in the end.

[@CallMeSmxke]

Fake news

[@fujinwinds2514]

This game is a classic! Thanks for reviewing it

[@joshuaharding2154]

Timesplitters 2 shows you just how important the soundtrack is to a games atmosphere id pay more than full price for a trilogy remaster

[@vincentweglein1684]

This takes me back to the good old day of video games my man, I bet your upcoming review for timesplitters 2 and timesplitters future perfect will be the shit. You did an excellent job on the review for TimeSplitters 1 by the way, keep up the good work buddy. (Fun fact I used to play TimeSplitters 2 on the gamecube when I was a kid and it was the first game that got me introduced to this kick-ass fps series.)

[@sirbiscuit6403]

Wow this brought back so many memories. The audio with the weapons firing and the music was amazing. Cool video 👍

[@trittyburd]

I found your channel with the Twisted Metal reviews and I'm glad you also know about Timesplitters. Since you have played TM, I recommend checking out War of the Monsters, TM Black memory card data with a complete Sweet Tooth campaign will give a character skin.

[@Gamingpastime64]

Indeed it will. Good game. We should review it.

[@gamblorrr]

This is honestly one of my favourite yt channels. You deserve more subs. Keep it up!

[@AlrightThere]

These games basically had a built in DLC which you unlock yourself by playing. If TimeSplitters Future Perfect was released today I bet 75% of the games characters and content would be locked behind a DLC which you had to buy...

[@Gamingpastime64]

A sad and probable reality. It would be disgraceful.

[@SlyBeast]

I love this series dearly and it boggles the mind that there hasn't been a TimeSplitters 4. Seems like a no-brainer with first-person shooters being more popular than ever these days.

[@Gruntvc]

Timesplitters 3 has the best single player campaign of the trilogy. Timesplitters 2 is great, but it barely had a story just like the 1st game. Great news that someone outside of Crytek bought this IP. Maybe now we'll get a HD remaster/remake of the Timesplitters trilogy and hopefully a Timesplitters 4 with campaign, Co-op, Arcade mode, map maker, and multiplayer with bot options too. So many AAA games, especially FPS ones, rarely if ever deliver the complete package this trilogy did. Great review!

[@simonbelmont65]

I still love this game.

[@ORLY911]

THQ Nordic acquired the rights for Timesplitters, they bought it very recently. So a reboot or sequel is most likely happening, or at the very least a remaster of the original 3 games. As for the Rewind project, it's in the air, the rights transference may or may not halt the fan project, depending if THQ Nordic allows it or not.

[@salokin3087]

Aw man this takes me back, timespillters 2 review will be dope

[@PixelPigEntertainment]

Revisited Future Perfect earlier last year and aside from a mini game (like providing overwatch for Harry Tipper with the sniper and the harsh deadzone for aiming it holds up amazingly well. The music is badass, memorable, constantly keeps itself fresh with varying time periods. I honestly don't understand why no one has ever tried to replicate this formula. Closest thing we have right now I guess is Fortnite with its character roster and map variety and distinctive locations like the old west shantytown, the futuristic hazard containment base in Dusty Divot, or the mountain base with the rocket, Hanted Hills with its gothic medieval structures, Risky Reels reminiscent of a 50's drive in, etc.

[@devoncurtis1983]

The Timesplitters series is my favorite FPS series ever. I still have all 3.

[@HitmanJenkins1]

Apparently the game was rushed so it could meet the launch date of the PS2, which is why stuff like the story is virtually nonexistant and why there's some questionable balancing of the weapons.

[@CalDal_22]

2 and 3 are my all time favourite shooters . I can even go back and play them now with my friend on split screen and it is still just as fun

[@badnewsbruner]

Another great one by Gaming Pasttime.... Just fantastic work my friend :) You inspire me.

[@pippo17173]

I never knew there was 3 games in this generation of consoles. I have future perfect and 2 on GameCube and I'm so close to 100% But goddamn is it hard.

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

I miss Time Splitters

[@JAKX091]

Please tell me you'll be reviewing Future Perfect, it's one of the first video games I ever recall playing as a child and it's quite special to me.

[@Gamingpastime64]

Yeah. We will. The review of 2 won't be for a few weeks but Future Perfect is planned.

[@JAKX091]

omg yes thank u

[@garypurdy4982]

Love your reviews. Became a patreon. Keep up the good work!

[@Gamingpastime64]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[@maysjedi1097]

THQ Nordic bought the rights to Timesplitters and announced something will be done with it. I'd be satisfied with a HD Collection with private servers and online, A new one would be fine but Im worried it will get bogged down with modern holdbacks like dlc characters and no challenges or challenges that will generally feel the same but I also can't see THQ Nordic really doing that.

[@michaelcassy9592]

And it's a new game

[@michaelcassy9592]

I think

[@wbblueye1387]

Oh man i loved Timesplitters i played all of them for hours. I Still got a Brand New Sealed Future Perfect for Xbox in my Shelf.

[@senordisco1324]

If god is just, this will be remastered by Dambuster Studios and release in a compilation by THQ on STEAM/XBOX 360/PS4/SWITCH.

[@hindel6141]

Love the content you guyz! There is something about that voice of yourz that enhances everything. =)

[@NIGHTMARECRIPT]

I consider myself a huge fan of the second and third game. I consider them some of my favorite FPS games of all time. I've been wanting a 4th game for years. My love for the franchise has never went away.

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

my favorite timesplitters game is the second one, the first mission is so damn good

[@camrunner6633]

kretschmann jonathan if the rest of the missions were as well planned as that first mission it would have been a truly amazing game

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

i agree the game will be better but timesplitters 2 has a good campaign in my opinion fell free to disagree and the multiplayer is the best in the serie also timesplitters 2 has the best music.

[@andreasheckmann5472]

TimeSplitters Future Perfect has the best multiplayer.

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

ok you are free to disagree but i still prefer timesplitters 2. Future perfect has the best campaign.

[@Bob_Beaky]

I really hope that the trilogy gets a Steam release with online multiplayer and Workshop support. I reckon it'd take about 15 minutes before someone will have ported all the Goldeneye and Perfect Dark levels over!

[@SlipNoodles]

TimeSplitters is the Super Smash Bros of the FPS genre, why.. WHY hasn't any of the original three had an HD Remaster!

[@Eli-C-]

I already have 2 and 3, but bought this one for $18 on eBay in "Very Good" condition thanks to this review. It's actually really fun and I like the mapmaker a lot more in the first one than the other two. The escort mode is also really cool.

[@FlyGuyOnly773]

I been waiting for this game! This game brings back so many memories me and all my brothers used to stay up late nights just played his game it reminded me of a modern day 007!!! Please do ST2

[@KillerKrieg]

Everyone always says the sequels are better in every way but then ignore how many options Timesplitters 1 gave you that the sequels did not. Up to 4 teams in nearly every mode, teamplay in general for basically every mode, including team bag tag which was removed from both other games.

[@xFersureMatt]

Thank you for covering my most favorite game ever!

[@camrunner6633]

Actually my fav fps, love the style, humour and variety. I liked that you could pick it up and have a quick go at any level without story content to deal with

[@edwetodd7654]

Thank you for reviewing this classic. Weirdly enough, after having played all 3 games, this one is my favorite. I love all of the guns and characters, especially the mutants and zombies. It's got a house of the dead feel to me.

[@animenightcores1502]

I got my copy of this in perfect condition at a pawn shop and it smells new and everything LOL like it’s never been opened.

[@Edmundostudios]

From what I understand THQ Nordic now own the rights for TS and Second sight since August so there is still some hope. I don’t know what is going on top with the fan game though.

[@chinaski6593]

Thank you for doing this! Timespliters is such an amazing franchise. I remember playing them back in the day, specially future perfect and having so much fun. Let's hope someone pick this IP and freaking do something with it! PS: I didn't know THQ has the rights now. Hope increased (?)

[@FullPlaythroughs]

Hey there, what do you use to record your PS2 reviews?

[@Gamingpastime64]

Elgato. Upscaled using the Framemeister.

[@FullPlaythroughs]

@@Gamingpastime64 Thank you for replying! I've heard a lot of great things about Framemeister, the quality here is really good.

[@Gamingpastime64]

It seems to work well for us. We'd recommend it.

[@FullPlaythroughs]

@@Gamingpastime64 Thanks :) keep up the great work

[@TotallyToonsTV]

Man I LOVED Timesplitters, Future Perfect being my favourite for it's sweet story and actually funny comedy elements. THQ Nordic recently bought up the TimeSplitters IP and all it's rights. It also owns a little dev called DamBuster studio...formerly known as Free Radical. Ponder that for a moment. THQ have bought and plan on resurrecting some of the best IP's of the 21st century (Darksiders, Destroy All Humans, Red Faction, Saints Row, Titan Quest and so on. I'd LOVE to see a Sphinx & the Cursed Mummy sequel). Talk about rising from the dead. :D

[@arthurwild6563]

Actually THQ Nordic has bought the license in August 2018. We might get some sort of HD remakes soon.

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

I just started getting into this game, 2 is the best one! I love the customizable solo and multiplayer options here! Fighting against the AI with different rulesets and characters is sheer fun!!

[@nitromagilou597]

TimeSplitters is an interesting shooter for me. I remember reading about it on GameInformer magazines, and when I played it myself I was really impressed to say the least.

[@victim2077]

If I'm not mistaken they were doing TimeSpilitters 4 between Crysis 1 & 2 but it was canceled because they didn't have a face for a cover or sth like that.

[@dodger7896]

In the start of future perfect shes talking about how timesplitters have been travelling through time to attack humans, i like to think of the first timesplitters as instances of their attacks and nothing more.

[@Komanderkyle3466]

Such a good game, you should do the second and third game to just see what the series did in its lifetime.

[@nabeelbox7397]

Yo guys i really love your reviews and don't know if you guys take requests but i noticed you guys don't have a video review on a hotwheels game, it'd be awesome if you guys did a video on since there are some pretty fun games based on it!, if you guys ever decide to do a review on a hotwheels game and haven't played one before i would suggest Hotwheels Velocity X which was released on Playstation 2, Gamecube and PC. It is a really fun combat racing game where you do stunts to fill your boost meter find various powerups and use them on enemies, it has a good amount of cars to unlock which all feel very different to play to one another, it has a story mode, challenge mode where you have to do specific tasks to complete missions(You can also do some really specific things in order to unlock cheats which i thought was a nice feature) and free roam where you can explore the levels you completed in story mode and find collectables to unlock more cars (i might've forgotten if there were any more gamemodes since it has been years last time i played it).

[@Gamingpastime64]

We have thought about reviewing some Hot Wheels games. We would have to acquire them first. We love Hot Wheels.

[@nabeelbox7397]

That's really great to hear, I don't mind waiting and hope one day you guys do a Hot Wheels game review!

[@stuffedsheepshead]

Koch Media bought the TimeSplitters and Second Sight IP a few weeks ago

[@neintimesthegeek1337]

I still play TimeSplitters. I still love it. It's still the best FPS ever.

[@Sinn0100]

I got my copy of Timesplitters for my launch PS2...two or three weeks after it released. What an incredible game it was. It was the very first game I played with twin sticks and at first I hated it. However, after a couple of hours of growing pains I was all about it. While I love the series I don't consider it the best from the 6th generation. No, that would be Halo but it takes a game of that caliber to beat Timesplitters.

[@Bricks56]

Playing on ps5 and this game aged very well.

[@robertmihai2023]

Can you please check out Delta Force Xtreme? It s an old game i used to play when i was younger and it has a special place in my heart with its menu music. I would be honored if you would consider to review it. Nice work as always making me interested of games i didnt knew existed before

[@viejos1000]

I never really got to play the first or third timesplitters but the second one was fucken solid gold, the story line and arcade was spot on. I still have yet to complete the game... 😅

[@DeathsTyrant]

Such a fantastic game! I played this 18yrs ago whilst at school and visiting my mate its one of my favorite games and series in general. The TS series does need a new title out to be honest and if there is going to be one i think it should be of characters who are from the 2nd like captain ash when hes older n being chased by the golem or fingers makenzie from the 1st TS game like who is he or whats hes story. Sgt Cortez is a good character but he's saved human kind by killing Jacob Crow in Future Perfect, oh and the Jones family need a story too. I cant remember their names but theres been a Jones in all 3 games, 1st TS in haunted mansion, 2nd Wild West level and 3rd Jones in the future helping Sgt Cortez. He would be a great character to start of a new TS game!

[@fishxfryed945]

I only played time splitters 2 on gamecube and loved it especially that gamecube chould have up to 4 players I played till my eyes ached and head spined I still remember the little migraines it gave me but I dont regret them this my favorite fps game till this day I whould ask my friend to let me borrow it every time possible and if there where to be a timesplitters rewind I hunt it down the second I hear about it 🗻

[@ghafc-p8i]

I love this flawed prototype of later games. I love it to death. I recently pried every unlock and piece of content out of this fucking thing. I know these levels inside and out

[@lalijara]

I use the sound of the female zombie/mutant woman from TS1 as my notification ringtone. Sometimes, it freaks me out when I receive a message at night.

[@teneesh3376]

Playing the series is fascinating. Especially the singleplayer. The first 2 basically have no story. The 2nd technically has some. But it's so simple and vague that skipping the cutscenes changes nothing. I mean the 2nd's story is timeplitters are attacking you and have spread time crystals throughout time. Cortez travels through time by inhabiting the bodies of randos. Do random objectives that somehow spawn time crystals. What are the timesplitters? That's answered in future perfect. Why do these objectives spawn time crystals? No idea

[@conejoxx2095]

TIME SPLITTERS 2 is the vest outta all of em, 7 alwayz used the all black outfitted soldier on vs mode he was hella hard 2 unlock at that time but the game was my favorite fps 4 awhile n the story was hella good

[@mr.skittlebiscuit3532]

There was gonna be a Timesplitters 4, but they couldn't figure out who to put on the boxart... no, I am not joking.

[@victorcioce21]

Waiting for Future Perfect! Hey, maybe I represent your brazilian audience, but your channel is awesome and it's a very interesting kind of review! Make reviews of old games or non-releases is a great model to be able to perpetuate excellent (or not necessarily) products that are out of the public's attention because they are no longer a release.

[@sinbysin666]

I don't know if I prefer this, or the second one. Timesplitters 2 is super nostalgic, but I think I like he gameplay of this more. It's fast, and to the point. The second one can get kinda frustrating, because it's slower, and the levels don't have checkpoints. The third one is whatever... plays too much like a modern FPS. Setpieces, cutscenes, linear. The first one holds up best.

[@scenenuf]

Awe geez I want to be a kid again. The years spent playing this were well wasted years.

[@007spudman]

I miss playing the game to unlock stuff instead of paying for it.

[@Pablo-V]

I love you, this game IS my childhood!

[@decasT]

Suggestion: Perfect Dark Review

[@JustBrandon-i]

needs a devil may cry type release, just hd collection of all 3 then a sequel

[@iceenoslush8326]

Can we expect a TimeSplitters 2 review in the future? (Best game in the series)

[@Gamingpastime64]

Yes. But not for a little while. It took some time to get through it.

[@iceenoslush8326]

Gaming Pastime Makes sense, that game is filled to the brim with content

[@NeoMatrix77777]

Review the sequels, I want to see how you compare them to this one.

[@andrewstencel]

great video and great game! timesplitters was fun, but timesplitters 2 was godlike. future perfect is pretty good, but not as much as 2, in my opinion

[@Megaspartan23]

Now that THQ Nordic have bought the IP to the Timesplitters series (and the IP for Second Sight), I hope they remaster the Trilogy (Similar to the Halo: Master Chief Collection.) and put it on PC. That way it will boost interested in a Timesplitters 4, Since Crytek did bugger-all with those games. At least you still care about releasing Single-player games, THQ Nordic.

[@amogus8844]

I want a trilogy, for Steam, ps4 and xbox one.

[@miecraftandmoregames]

please review the second one is my favourite fps of all time. ;)

[@MideonProductions]

Great game. I am a big Goldeneye 64 fan and it felt so good playing this back then. I like your channel very much but i have to say that the logo and logo animation looks very bad.

[@nananabatman3464]

Finally, thank you

[@EBOWARRIOR]

I played this inside out like a crack addict.

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

i find the ai great

[@mintmag8748]

TimeSplitters does NOT run on the Goldeneye engine since it was property of Rareware.

[@Gamingpastime64]

"TimeSplitters uses a modified version of the GoldenEye engine, which is written in C" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeSplitters_(video_game) www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-04-free-radical-vs-the-monsters

[@mintmag8748]

The first article you linked has no citation while the second one says that they built a new engine from scratch.

[@Gamingpastime64]

You may be right about the engine but the first article has that quote which used the second article as a citation.

[@mintmag8748]

It's worth noting that all a game engine does is compile the scripts and rander the graphics. It's the software that games the game start. It doesn't really affect the way it looks and feels. At least not in a way that most gamers think. For example you can have script that applies bloom to surfaces. How that bloom is applied and rendered can be affected by the engine and the same goes for physics. Havok is a very common physics engine which in itself is a plugin that you can attached to other engines such as unity and Unreal for things like ragdoll. Have you ever used an emulator? You know how you have different plug-ins for things like video rendering sound rendering and input connections. Game engines work much the same way.

[@czKIRA]

THQ Nordic bought TS trilogy IP so we might get a remaster. :)

[@gnffjfuuducnvshbg]

Review Future Perfect since its the ultimate version. You can use my Full HD footage on my channel if you want.

[@realfamiliarfez]

i just realized future perfect wasnt the 1st one. where the hell is the 3

[@noeltage]

Crytek has some problems... Sadly most of the Crytek studios are closed at the moment. Only game they released is Hunt something. Which isnt AAA game.

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

It's a shame that my ps2 doesn't like CD games ...

[@emmathepony1992]

future perfect is the best FPS game ever , its a shame that was the last game :(

[@SicSemperBeats]

meh fuck devs/pubs, let the fans make it, fanmade games and large mods are always amazing. EXAMPLE: Halo online, black mesa, thug pro, BOTW on CEMU w pc enhancements, the toon town revival, a slew of other games/mods

[@franzpattison]

Hey he didn't speak too fast that time :)

[@CallMeSmxke]

How is future perfect a sequel to the first game? There was a second before FP. Just sayin.

[@Gamingpastime64]

"...the first game I got for it was TimeSplitters 2. I played that shit religiously for the longest time. My friend acquired the sequel, Future Perfect..." FP is a sequel to 2.

[@madsli]

Timesplitters 4 was cancelled for having too much content, look it up.

[@thenightmare2495]

i totally played the shit out of all off them

[@SicSemperBeats]

Hey I think I love you....i'll subscribe and try to contain myself

[@violentinstincts]

Eh. ...its a bit late to review timesplitters 1, no?

[@Gamingpastime64]

Nope

[@commanderosis435]

I hated this game the inability to aim properly pissed me off to no end. Also you couldn't jump. Lazy developers