TimeSplitters 2

Manufacturer : Eidos
Release date : 10 October 2002
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0788687500081
UPC : 788687500081

Buy at Amazon.com

Pages

guns (1), time travel (1), shooter (1), series (1), Burnt Games (1), PS2 (1), first person shooter (1), monsters (1), sequel (1), past (1), 1st person shooter (1), series 2nd (1)

Description
Product Description
The evil race of TimeSplitters is traveling back into human history authoring events that are leading to the enslavement of humankind. To end this evil plot you must take control of a motley crew of renegade characters to seek and recover the crystals required to seal t Product Description
The evil race of TimeSplitters is traveling back into human history authoring events that are leading to the enslavement of humankind. To end this evil plot you must take control of a motley crew of renegade characters to seek and recover the crystals required to seal the rift in time. Hunt down the TimeSplitters across time in historical eras like the gangster-ridden 1920s, the lush jungles of Aztec temples, Soviet military installations of the Cold War and futuristic robot factories in space. The fate of humanity is in your hands.

Amazon.com Review
When Rare made GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 in 1997, they created the best first-person shoot-'em-up the world had ever seen and, arguably, has ever seen to this day. Many of the geniuses behind the game left Rare shortly after to set up their own company, Free Radical. Their first game was the rather rushed (in time for the PS2's launch) TimeSplitters, but this sequel is polished to perfection and easily one of the best games of the year.

One of the main problems with the original TimeSplitters was its awful single-player mode, but this has been totally revamped for the sequel, with a proper story mode, all-new time zones and weapons, and absolutely mountains of unlockable hidden extras. Thankfully they've kept the wicked sense of humor from the first game, but there's also a lot more strategy for solo players this time around, including an amusing homage to GoldenEye's Arkangelsk Dam level, along with pastiches of other games and films scattered throughout the game.

The real reason for TimeSplitters 2's greatness, though, is the multiplayer mode. This is GoldenEye to the nth degree, with superbly designed levels, tons of weapons, and all sorts of tricks and gimmicks, such as remote-control gun turrets and invisibility pills. It may lack the epic scope of Halo, but in multiplayer mode at least this is a lot more fun--and fun, as the Beatles never said, is all you need. --David Jenkins, Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.com Product Description
The evil race of TimeSplitters are traveling back in time, authoring events that are leading to the enslavement of mankind. Controlling a motley crew of renegade characters, you must hunt down the TimeSplitters across environments such as the gangster-filled 1920s, the lush jungles of Aztec temples, Soviet military installations of the cold war, and futuristic robot factories in space.

The game delivers an involved single-player and cooperative story mode, with a complex narrative, multiple objective-based episodes, and animated cutscenes. The game engine has been extensively upgraded to accommodate bigger environments and special graphical effects. The MapMaker has also been enhanced, opening up even more potential to the advanced gamer looking for customizable game scenarios.

(Review copyright Amazon.co.uk)

... (more)