For those of you who don't know, Timesplitters was a video game first started in 2000 with a cult hit PS2 simply called 'Timesplitters' and went on to spawn two sequels for the three major consoles of the time. The final game, 'Timesplitters Future Perfect' was released in 2005 and whilst it lacked a certain rough-hewn charm of the games before it (mostly thanks to EA's tight control) it is a supremely joyous experience.
And thanks to a good friend of mine (who's amazingly insightful blog can be found here) I have now got my Gamecube up and running!
Just to give you a flavour of what is so great about this quirky first-person shooter, here are some of my favourite elements:
- Flare guns
- Duel-wielding flare guns
- Monkeys
- Zombies
- Zombie monkeys
- The underground world of professional cat racing
- Brick fights
- A very silly, childish and British sense of humour
- Harry Tipper
- A surprisingly flexible mapmaker
- A development team made up of past Rare employees who worked on Goldeneye
- Gingerbread men
If you get the chance to play this game, do so! It was released for the PS2, Gamecube and original Xbox, and copies will also work on Wiis and some older PS3 models. As one friend put it to me, after killing a ninja monkey with a flamethrower: They just don't make games like this anymore!
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