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TimeSplitters: Future Perfect |
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The gaming press as has roundly applauded the TimeSplitters series for its creative settings and presentation. Although the publishing duties have been taken over by Electronic Arts (the previous games were published by Eidos), the developers remain the same and look to take the series in a slightly different direction than the previous games. Maybe the most important feature is the ability to interact with future and past versions of yourself! (Hopefully not in a frustrating, 12 Monkeys kind of way.) Here’s the official rundown: TimeSplitters Future Perfect marks the return of one of the most critically acclaimed console first-person shooters, where victory is in the hands of the player's past, present, and future selves in a battle that stretches throughout time. In
TimeSplitters Future Perfect, humanity is on the brink of destruction
from the malevolent TimeSplitters. Cortez-the tough-as-nails hero from
previous installments-finds himself in a frantic race against time in a
desperate bid to trace the origin of the TimeSplitters. With the help of
some familiar faces Cortez must chase a mystery foe across different
time periods to trace the origins of the TimeSplitters and save the day. TimeSplitters
Future Perfect is set in multiple time periods, placing gamers in
different areas of the world during the 1920s, 1960s, 1990s, and in the
near and distant future. The re-creation of specific time periods
enables players to enjoy unique gameplay elements such as weapons,
gadgets, characters, and environments unique to those time periods. The
ability to time travel will sometimes cause time paradoxes resulting in
gamers meeting and assisting past and future versions of themselves.
Players will also have the ability to correct the mistakes made in the
past or team up with past and future versions of themselves in climatic
battles. Features: An
improved Story mode ties all the missions together, immersing gamers in
an epic adventure between the years of 1914 and 2401. A
single player Co-op mode allows you to play with a time travel companion
throughout Story mode. The
extensive Arcade mode features endless hours of gameplay from mini-games
to extra bonus content and challenge maps. Players
get the best rankings in Challenge mode to unlock special items and brag
about scores to their friends. Multiplayer
mode allows gamers to battle in 16-player death match or co-op play
online on the PlayStation 2 game console. With Online play gamers can
create their own tournaments or play in arcade leagues.
Hundreds
of unlockables can be used in all gameplay modes with new characters,
weapons, and maps. An
improved map-maker interface allows gamers to create maps more easily.
Maps can be shared and played online with other players. Innovative
"meet yourself time travel gameplay” lets players be their own
ally by teaming up with past and future versions of themselves. Gamers
are warned to be careful of time paradoxes! The
game features more realistic environments, spectacular special effects,
high quality animated cut scenes, an improved physics engine, and
smarter enemy AI. Players
blast their way through time with more weapons and gadgets. From a
gravity gun, which can levitate objects, vehicles and people, to rocket
launchers and machine guns, the game will feature more than 20 different
weapons. Gamers
will have the ability to take control of land vehicles such as trucks,
tanks, and cars equipped with weaponry.
Really, there’s not much to screw up. The only aspect that could sink TimeSplitters: Future Perfect is if the control completely sucks. This isn’t likely as the previous TimeSplitter titles had solid control. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect should hit shelves during the 4th Quarter onslaught. - D.D. Nunavut (May 30, 2004) |
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