TimeSplitters 2 - E3 Preview
- May 22, 2002 00:00 AM PST
Your PlayStation 2�owning friends now have one less reason to point and laugh at you because Eidos is bringing the sequel to its PS2 first-person shooter to the Xbox and GameCube.
Splitting Time Three WaysYour PlayStation 2�owning friends now have one less reason to point and laugh at you because Eidos is bringing the sequel to its PS2 first-person shooter to the Xbox and GameCube. Xbox owners can look forward to a fast-faced, post-Halo fragfest, while GameCube fans will witness Free Radical Design�s first game for a Nintendo system since GoldenEye. Either way, you�ll be looking at a fine shooter that�s completely unlike anything else on either platform.
Quantum Split
The original TimeSplitters cast you as different adventurers throughout time charged with recovering artifacts in order to stop the temporal invasion of the evil TimeSplitters who wanted to conquer Earth by changing the past. This time, you�ll play as a single operative from a dark future who must leap from time period to time period, possessing the bodies of prominent adventurers in each era. In one level, for example, you�ll become a Russian adventuress who must investigate occult goings-on at a Soviet dam, while in another you�ll take the role of an Untouchables-style cop who has to bust the mob. Each of the 10 episodes will have its own unique genre and style (from sci-fi future to survival/horror to the Wild West) as well as its own objectives. Obviously, the TimeSplitters will be involved, and it will be up to you to figure out how they fit in.
Almost Time
Just as TimeSplitters 2�s story will be unique, so will its style and gameplay. Free Radical has set out to make a game that will be fun and that won�t take itself too seriously with funky character models and somewhat over-the-top levels. Tired of pulling triggers? Grab that fire extinguisher from the wall and spray enemies down with foam. All that combined with the sweet multiplayer modes you�d expect from a TimeSplitters game should make for a good time this September.
Note: The first six screenshots below are from the GameCube version. The rest are from the Xbox version of the game.
