26th May 2004, 2:37 AM
From Nintendo.com:
UK developer Free Radical's tongue-in-cheek time-traveling saga continues into the past and future.
Features:
-11 missions in five time periods ranging from 1914 to 2401
-First TimeSplitters game with controllable vehicles. You can either drive or man the mounted weapon
-Wow residents of the past with your antigravity claw, which can reach far across gaps, flick distant switches and much more
-Challenge, Arcade and Multiplayer modes
-Hundreds of unlockables
-On harder difficulty levels, you'll have more objectives
This time around, Cortez of TimeSplitters 2 fame is the star of the show. Here, he finds himself in a frantic race against time in a desperate bid to trace the origin of the TimeSplitters and save mankind. Talk about your butterfly effect: the beefy, very cool-looking Cortez double-takes when he runs across his time-traveling self -- and receives crucial hints from said self.
In the one level we saw, Cortez finds himself in the midst of a serious temporal mix-up, attacking a Scottish castle in 1924 beside a British officer who appears congenitally incapable of going a minute without saying "Good show, old chap." Much like EA's Medal of Honor series, completing one sub-mission triggered the next.
Other planned levels include a train in 1969 (EA says this mission has an "Austin Powers" feel), and, in 1994, both a mansion haunted by zombies and what lies beneath it: a lab breeding the zombies.
Cortez's mind-bending ability to assist himself in various time periods opens up unique possibilities for gameplay. Team up with past or future versions of Cortez in solo or co-op mode.
Bottom Line
Despite a change in publisher -- EA stepped in and snagged the rights from Eidos -- fans will be glad to note that this game maintains the franchise's oddball mix of mayhem and wackiness. There's always the remote possibility that an unforeseen time-warp lands TimeSplitters: Future Perfect on store shelves in medieval France. However, it's better to assume that it will appear in stores early next year.
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UK developer Free Radical's tongue-in-cheek time-traveling saga continues into the past and future.
Features:
-11 missions in five time periods ranging from 1914 to 2401
-First TimeSplitters game with controllable vehicles. You can either drive or man the mounted weapon
-Wow residents of the past with your antigravity claw, which can reach far across gaps, flick distant switches and much more
-Challenge, Arcade and Multiplayer modes
-Hundreds of unlockables
-On harder difficulty levels, you'll have more objectives
This time around, Cortez of TimeSplitters 2 fame is the star of the show. Here, he finds himself in a frantic race against time in a desperate bid to trace the origin of the TimeSplitters and save mankind. Talk about your butterfly effect: the beefy, very cool-looking Cortez double-takes when he runs across his time-traveling self -- and receives crucial hints from said self.
In the one level we saw, Cortez finds himself in the midst of a serious temporal mix-up, attacking a Scottish castle in 1924 beside a British officer who appears congenitally incapable of going a minute without saying "Good show, old chap." Much like EA's Medal of Honor series, completing one sub-mission triggered the next.
Other planned levels include a train in 1969 (EA says this mission has an "Austin Powers" feel), and, in 1994, both a mansion haunted by zombies and what lies beneath it: a lab breeding the zombies.
Cortez's mind-bending ability to assist himself in various time periods opens up unique possibilities for gameplay. Team up with past or future versions of Cortez in solo or co-op mode.
Bottom Line
Despite a change in publisher -- EA stepped in and snagged the rights from Eidos -- fans will be glad to note that this game maintains the franchise's oddball mix of mayhem and wackiness. There's always the remote possibility that an unforeseen time-warp lands TimeSplitters: Future Perfect on store shelves in medieval France. However, it's better to assume that it will appear in stores early next year.