Cool concept, but honestly just not fun to play. The game feels like it was put together in a matter of weeks.

This is one of the first FPS on the PS2 so it feels really bad to play and experimental. Most enemies are hitscan based and levels are uninspired. There is practiacally no story here.

I know this is the start of a legendary franchise, so I'm glad it got a 2nd chance eventually.

Timesplitters 1 feels like a proof of concept, before actually making the full game. Just skip this one and go straight to the sequel.

Pretty lackluster content wise for a PS2 game because of the fact there's not really a story in the game, you just do time trials on levels that have shared areas that are also used as levels in multiplayer.

However I will say that the game still is a lot of fun and I love how fast paced it is, however I can definitely see that the difficulty settings are complete bullshit lol.

Save for a few levels, on easy difficulty the game is super brain dead where everything dies in one shot, but as soon as you switch to "normal" the game is brutal difficulty wise, especially after the first two levels.

This was totally done to artificially stretch out the average player's time they spend on the "story" from dying over and over again and having to completely master the level and have perfect reaction times on regular and hard. This alone is kind of fun and reward in itself to master the levels back to back but it is way too hard at points like on the 1980s chemical plant map, some enemies will hide in complete darkness and you'll have no idea they exist until after you're shot by them.

However the multiplayer is really fun with the novelty of all these different weapons and characters from totally different eras being thrown together in a big goldeneye styled single player deathmatch. However, gameplay wise its just fun...It doesn't really do anything else super interesting.

People love to talk about how "in my day, games didn't need day-one patches" and ignore things like the PS2 launching with a game that feels like a proof of concept demo at best.

There's no story to speak of, simply a series of very short levels. The only reason this might take you more than 30 minutes to beat is because the levels are full of deadly-accurate enemies with hitscan weapons that spawn in behind you with zero warning. I'm not a huge fan of Timesplitters 2, but the jump from 1 to 2 is a leap the size of Springfield Gorge. This feels like it was made in about 6 months. Turok 1 is more impressive than this, and Turok 1 sucks.

TS1 does at least run at 60fps, though that's accomplished by also running at a VERY low resolution. I don't know the number exactly, but it's 240p at most, likely lower.

At this point I've decided to simply make a list of games I've optimistically revisited that did not change my mind.

3/10

I like this one better than TS3, but less than TS2.

Great selection of levels/characters/weapons, including probably the best TS level of them all, Planet X.

While it's missing the story of it's sequels, the time trial element is actually really fun once you commit to it, i initially struggled with it growing up, but returning to it i finally got the knack.

At the time of it's release there was nothing quite like it.

Review #5 - 2019

This is a game I remember playing at a friend's house as a child, and with that said, I had never seen anything like it. An FPS that takes you through various time periods all themed around the culture or year it's inspired by. So much variety in terms of design, with an incredible soundtrack made my Graeme Norgate that I have memorized and know by heart.

The story mode isn't very up front with lore, other than a briefing you'll find in the pause menu giving you exposition as to why you are where you are. Later titles expand on that department with cutscenes and side missions giving you a more in depth storytelling experience. In this title, all you need to know, is that there is a crucial item you need to pick up, and once you get it, you gotta survive and get it back to Point A before the TimeSplitters do. Very simple in premise, but if you like a challenge, you'll certainly find it here.

The gameplay is very similar to that of the N64's "Goldeneye", which by today's FPS standards hasn't aged well. As much as I adore this game, holding down L2 to get a shot down is an absolute pain, even with auto-aim, so if you're going to throw down the harder difficulties, get ready for a real challenge. The harder the difficulty, the longer it takes to clear a level, since the map gets deeper and deeper with each difficulty setting, making it crucial you remember your surroundings, and where you need to deliver the object once you pick it up. It helps that each level is designed with much variety and detail, so you can go off of landmarks and objects to remember where to go.

And really, that's the strong suit of this game. Each level is completely unique and full of life. From the maps themselves, to the enemies you'll come across. Each level has a character specifically designed for that level, making it really fun to unlock each level to see what time period you'll fall into next, and what it'll look like.

Speaking of unlocks, there are a TON. This game may seem like a tech demo in terms of its story mode, but damn, it's one BEEFY tech demo. So many characters to unlock. So many game modes to play. So many things! Get your friends involved, and it gets even more enjoyable. Multiplayer is chaotic, and is a real BLAST.

Last but not least, the glorious mapmaker. Oh BOY was this thing incredible for me as a kid. I'd spend hours creating my own maps to play with friends, or even to just run around on my own with AI. It's not very detailed in terms of textures, but it's still pretty decent, with later titles expanding on what you can put in your maps, including making more detailed story scenarios.

I have a lot to say about this game, because I LOVE this series, with "TimeSplitters 2" being my absolute favorite of the 3. What "TimeSplitters" lacks in story substance, it makes up for with literally every thing else it provides. It's fun, it's full of variety and character, and even though the controls are a pain sometimes, it never seems to get old for me, and I love sharing it with friends and family.

The original TimeSplitters is entirely skippable. You're not really missing anything- aside from a few maps I still see when I close my eyes. The docks, the mansion, the castle, the graveyard, the seaside village.

It's Free Radical working out all the kinks to their little Goldeneye 64 successor. A senseless and wild shooter that has you staggering through a myriad of missions through time. The great big bloody leap from this to its sequel is really kind of shocking and that's probably the one big reason you'd want to play it. Just to see how far they've come in such short time.

É bem foda-se. A campanha é curta e inexistente, não existe nenhum tipo de contexto do porquê você está fazendo isso, e única coisa que se sabe é que cada fase tem uma missão de pegar X coisa e ir/voltar para lugar Y, e que em cada fase você pode escolher entre 2 personagens diferentes (Um homem ou uma mulher). As fases são meio labirínticas e as vezes confusas (Principalmente a primeira fase). A gunplay é ok, cumpre o que faz. Além disso, tem um multiplayer que achei até divertidinho (joguei com bots) mas nada demais. Concluindo, é um joguinho bem genérico.