Timesplitters 4 - The Wait is too Long..

Mini Matrix · 1 Jun 2008 at 13:47

Are there any other Timesplitter fans out there? Free Radical have said the TS4 is going to be mid 2009 on all formats. Thats too long a wait. Such a shame that we haven't got a TS on 7th Gen as yet, surely got a chance of competing with Halo and COD for top spot.

Kreeeee · 1 Jun 2008 at 13:50

I really liked TS2 but after free radicals latest games I don't have high hopes.

7th gen?

Nanoman · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:11

360, PS3, Wii are in the 7th gen iirc.

Proc · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:33

I've owned all the TS series, and highly enjoyed them all. But after Haze i'm not sure about the new one. I know Haze isn't truely shocking, but i think nearly all of Free Radical's games have been decent, hopefilly Haze was just a blip.

KNiVES · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:33

After Haze and after hearing it's to go on Wii, I have slim hopes for TS4 to be honest.

Zefan · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:37

The first one was awesome, played the second one for a few minutes but it just wasn't the same.

I beat every time in the magazine competitions but never actually got round to sending my recording in

Kreeeee · 1 Jun 2008 at 15:22

Zefan said:
I beat every time in the magazine competitions but never actually got round to sending my recording in

They were miles off the world records though.

Shamikebab · 1 Jun 2008 at 15:33

I've never really ranked the series, TS2 had plenty of flaws. The only reason they did well on consoles imo was the lack of competition. Now with the number of quality FPS IP's on consoles TS would fall by the way side of average shooter imo, Haze just helped reinforce this feeling.

JUMPURS · 1 Jun 2008 at 17:49

Not got much hope tbh

Although this one is meant to parody games instead of movies iirc.

yaboy · 1 Jun 2008 at 17:52

After TS3 and Haze my hopes died.

Zefan · 1 Jun 2008 at 20:14

Kreeeee said:
They were miles off the world records though.

They better had be, mine cut more than 20 seconds off some of the times :\

Kreeeee · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:05

Shamikebab said:
I've never really ranked the series, TS2 had plenty of flaws. The only reason they did well on consoles imo was the lack of competition. Now with the number of quality FPS IP's on consoles TS would fall by the way side of average shooter imo, Haze just helped reinforce this feeling.

It did a lot right though. It had great achievements, fantastic coop, a great art style and themes, hugely configurable multiplayer with many bots and the map maker was immense. It's still by far the best split screen FPS imo.

Nzyme · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:13

Kreeeee said:
It's still by far the best split screen FPS imo.

Pffffft give me 'Man with the golden gun' or 'License to kill pistols only' on the stack on goldeneye with 3 friends anyday of the week

Kreeeee · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:20

Have you tried playing it recently? GE really hasn't aged well in the control department.

Nzyme · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:21

Kreeeee said:
Have you tried playing it recently? GE really hasn't aged well in the control department.

just add more beer to the equation it negates any poor controls or graphics

Qdos · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:52

Should have done TS4 rather than Haze IMO

Loved the original, still fire it up for some splitscreen action. Proximity mines rule

KNiVES · 2 Jun 2008 at 12:46

Kreeeee said:
It did a lot right though. It had great achievements, fantastic coop, a great art style and themes, hugely configurable multiplayer with many bots and the map maker was immense. It's still by far the best split screen FPS imo.

It's not bad but I remember everyone preferring other games at the time. If it wasn't Halo coop splitscreen, it was a bit of Red Faction, or Rainbow Six. Timesplitters coop/splitscreen felt too 'light', the bots weren't really bots, more npcs taken from the singleplayer (including animations such as getting hit and rolling about and leaning around corners that would never happen to a human player).

Warbie · 2 Jun 2008 at 13:55

Kreeeee said:
Have you tried playing it recently? GE really hasn't aged well in the control department.

The controls are still great - GE captures the sense of actualy firing a weapon better than any other fps i've played - it's the frame rate and visuals that look rubbish today.

I find the TS series to be a mixed bag. Fun for crazy multiplayer with a bunch of mates, but always poor/average in single player. I've suspected for a while that Free Radical aren't capable of a decent single player fps, and Haze has somewhat confirmed this. But hey, they know Snowmen vs. Ducks better than ayone

dokko · 2 Jun 2008 at 14:04

TS2 had some of the best in game music i have ever listened and played along too.

Honestly there were levels i'd just play to listen to the tracks.

Never felt like that about a game before, cracking stuff.

KNiVES · 2 Jun 2008 at 14:31

Warbie said:
The controls are still great - GE captures the sense of actualy firing a weapon better than any other fps i've played - it's the frame rate and visuals that look rubbish today.

I find the TS series to be a mixed bag. Fun for crazy multiplayer with a bunch of mates, but always poor/average in single player. I've suspected for a while that Free Radical aren't capable of a decent single player fps, and Haze has somewhat confirmed this. But hey, they know Snowmen vs. Ducks better than ayone

To be honest, you really can't argue with monkeys running around with melons.