Timesplitters (PS2)

• First-person shooter
• 24 levels, spanning different themes and time periods
• 24 unique playable characters
• Over 20 weapons of mass destruction
• Up to 4 players can play scenarios, such as Deathmatch and Capture the Bag

Product Description Time Splitters was developed by the creators of the revolutionary first-person shooter Golden Eye 007. The plot centres on the Time Splitters, an evil race existing outside of time and space. Battling in three different eras (1935-1955, 1985-2000 and 2015-2035), you must destroy the aliens and restore the timeline. There are 24 unique playable characters and levels, plus over 20 weapons to choose from. The separately sold Sony Multitap accessory allows four gamers to battle it out in multiplayer scenarios. Even create your own death-match levels with the mapmaker editor. Amazon.co.uk Review Rather than just follow the latest first-person shooter trends, Eidos Interactive's TimeSplitters gets its inspiration from the granddaddy of all first-person shooters, Doom. Shunning GoldenEye 007's stealth approach to the action, here you have plenty of ammo and an assortment of over 25 different high-powered weapons (both authentic time-period weapons, like the Carbine and the Blunderbuss, and more familiar weapons like the sniper rifle and the pistol). All you will need to do is lock, load and go in with guns blazing. The arcade mode in TimeSplitters allows you to customise your weapons, allowing you to carry five different arms from any found in the game. The one thing that this game does share with GoldenEye 007 is its incredible speed. One of the goals the design team set out to achieve is a lightning fast frame rate of 60 frames-per-second, and so far it looks as though they have blasted through the speed barrier with TimeSplitters. The heart and soul of this game is its multiplayer mode, with a groundbreaking mapmaker feature in tow. Its multiplayer modes consist of a two-player co-operative mode, deathmatch, Capture the Bag, Bank Job, Last Stand (players against a huge assortment of enemies), Escort (protect another character through an entire level), Knock Out, Flag Tag and Reverse Flag Tag play modes. The game also offers a single-player component that will include nine levels that span a few decades, from the early part of the 20th century to the middle of the 21st Century. They are in order: Tomb 1935, Village 1950, Mansion 1965, Chinese 1970, Industrial 1985, Docks 2000, Sci-Fi 2005, Planet 2020 and Launch 2035. --Todd Mowatt Manufacturer's Description In the hundred years spanning the millennium (1935-2035), a disparate bunch of heroes and villains battle against their own challenges. Although each is unaware of the others, they all share an ageless common spirit of adventure, but unknown to them their daring actions have attracted the attention of the TimeSplitters. The TimeSplitters are an evil race dwelling outside of time and space. For aeons they have manipulated the fate of humanity for their own malign ends, with cursed shards of crystal they have sown fear, greed and conflict throughout history. Now roused from an ancient sleep, the TimeSplitters cross the threshold from their shadowy dimension, ripping through the fabric of time itself to confront our heroes. Can our heroes unite against a common enemy to realise a greater destiny? Or will humanity be consigned forever to a realm ruled under the shadow of the TimeSplitters?