Thank you guys so much for watching. I mean it. I’m really happy all this work was worth it. And it shows me that this is a good form of content for me to create. Next video will be a different game, but the same style! See you then.
@@Hydra343 I appreciate the thoughtfulness! I absolutely do want to do a TSFP retrospective as well. Just gotta find the time in between classes and such. I may be able to get some major progress done during my spring break! My next video will be something a little easier / shorter to complete so I can still share love of old games. It’s a smaller, even lesser known title. But hopefully people like it! Just peek back every once in a while :)
What I've observed about the franchise is that a lot of people didn't play it, but everyone who did loved it. I'm hopeful for a Time Splitters resurgence because I've noticed that over the past few years, more and more people have been doing retrospectives on it. The interest seems to be there, and if Free Radical made it more accessible I think there's money to be made. Great vid, bro! God bless!
Just dropping in to say that my father passed and this game series is quite literally the most fun and loving thing we ever did together. Amazing series. Rest easy pops.
Same man. I'm sorry to hear about your father. My dad bought a 2nd xbox so we could play ts2 together without seeing eachothers screen and we would have big systenlink games between my friends and his friends. At night we would play in his bedroom and take turns playing behead the undead. The whole reason I learned to play inverted was because it was standard layout for ts2 and my dad was a helicopter pilot back in the 80s. So I started playing inverted to be like dad and then eventually it just stuck!
When I was about 12, I broke my wrist and Timesplitters was the only game I had that let me remap all of the controls i needed to play with one hand. Itll always have a place in my heart
I have a specific love for TimeSplitters 2. When I was young and my dad was between jobs we won a PS2 from a radio competition he entered and the only actual games me and my sister had were TimeSplitters 1 and Burnout, but Burnout was so scratched up that it didn't play, pre-owned games right? We just had PS2 magazine demos besides that. So me and my sister would play TimeSplitters split screen vs the bots for hours or play the story - our family couldn't really afford new games so we used to buy the PS2 magazines with demos and play them a lot - but one magazine had an article about TimeSplitters 2, me and my sister used to read it over so many times because it was our absolute favourite game but our family couldn't afford it. Then one day my dad picked us up from school and said we had a new game at home and we were so excited but he wouldn't tell us what it was, we got home and ontop of our PS2 was a brand new copy of TimeSplitters 2, I swear we must have been up until the early hours playing it with our dad now and then coming in to see and asking if we were enjoying it, if it's good etc.
Wasn’t it great how rare getting new games was as a kid? It made us appreciate them more. TimeSplitters 2 was such an obsession with my friends and I. Funny you mention Burnout. Burnout 3 was another favorite of mine. I’ve never played the earlier games, but I’d love to.
I got both Timesplitters 2 and Future Perfect on sale a year ago and these are some of the best games I have ever played, and I was born in 02. Great job on the retrospective.
This game will always hold a spot in my heart multiple play through a as a kid with my cousin growing up and endless multiplayer matches together which are so damn fun
Same here dude this game and future perfect. I put hundreds of hours trying to platinum arcade finish story mode and playing vs with friends and AI Such fun games
I feel like they sealed a very solid reputation and left before the era of extremely high expectations. I feel like bungie did that with halo, Even though 343 is still relevant I still feel like its a shell of something that can be memorable. The perfect dark on the xbox 360 and james bond games I can't remember anything about them. 🤷🏻♂️ (just opinion not hating)
We had a unique oldschool traditional early 3D FPS sub-genre era , from (Quake) 1996 - 2005 when the last of this traditional FPS game design was still dominant. It was the best time for the genre overall , It had great single player campaigns as well as local multiplayer/lan parties and early online communities free of toxicity , even though imo early CODs did perfect the multiplayer online experience It wasn't as healthy as a community anymore and single player has suffered ever since , It also homogenized FPS Innovation because everyone just wants to copy or be the next COD , because It arguably has mastered the multiplayer side of the genre which previously had no reliable blueprint for consistent success. I'm not happy about It because I miss the experimental ambition of devs trying to find what works , but I do I think FPS Is the first genre multiplayer-wise that can no longer be Improved beyond what COD offers , It's a perfect feeling gameplay loop that never gets old (If It's one of the good CODs) , but I still prefer oldschool era FPS more because It was less generic , formulaic , streamlined/corporate feeling.
Team Fortress 2 could have been this if it wasn't so PC-centric and focused entirely on online team play, neglecting solo offline story mode and local multiplayer. Always loved TF2's art style but I don't play online games so it was a hard pass for me unfortunately.
Well you blasted the bad guy at the end of Future Perfect. I suppose they could make another, but at this point it's OG Dev's aren't even in market anymore. It's like making a 1980's chevy from scratch, it would be close but not the same.
That shared sense or utter terror as a flaming dinosaur or zombie chases you is unmatched to this day. Myself and my cousin in my room for hours, good times.
I love how you actually explained the lore of every mission. Like what exactly happened to the frozen reaper in the first mission. I didn’t know it was thousands of years ago
This is the video I always wanted to make, I love Timesplitters 2 and it was a cornerstone of my childhood too. It goes without saying that you've done more justice to it than I could have. The fact there's a two hour love letter to this game made my week, thanks for this man.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I want to make more videos like this when I have time. There will be a different title in between this and Future Perfect, but it will come!
I'm coming back now to say two things: First, I have no doubt you could create a wonderful video if you put in the time! I apologize that I missed that the first go round. Second, I am posting the Future Perfect video very soon. I hope you enjoy that as well!
Dooood. This video was so good. I grew up playing time splitters 1-3 with my dad and sister. Now I’m 32 and haven’t played them in forever. Since ps2 days. This video was filled with so many awesome facts and made my nostalgia nut burst. Thank you ❤
Timesplitters 2 and 3 were a tremendous part of my childhood and it saddens me we never had another. Absolutely fantastic series I can't really more of in the same vein today.
One of my favourite games growing up. Ridiculously dense with content. Hours and hours of fun trying to platinum all of the challenges and building maps. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. A really well done retrospective!
it is such a coincidence today i decided to look up Time Splitters from my time with my ps2, and your content was uploaded just a month ago. i had no idea people even played this to this day and i'm so so thankful for this. i enjoyed this so much, thank you
Timesplitters 1-3 are some of my oldest and most fond gaming memories of all time, nothing has ever come close to the fun i had with them and i would die to see someone remake them
Awesome vid. I always preferred 3, but I'll never forget beating this entire game in one sitting with my brother as we hid from our family Thanksgiving. That man knew this game by heart, he was able to shoot the cameras on Siberia without a second glance, and didn't come close to failing atom shmasher
*After reading the first part: "Well, the cameras become routine at a certain point..." *Gets to the Atom Smasher part: He sounds like a friggin champ! lol
I never played Timesplitters 2, but I did play Timesplitters 1. I heard nothing but good things about the sequel, but I never spent the money on it because there were other games I wanted to play, and I had hours of fun just messing around with the level editor of the first one. This is the first time I've seen footage of the second game and yep; can tell at a glance this has loads more polish and thought behind it. I think I get the hype now.
Loved this. Early 2000s, I was about 19 - 20 and me and my mates had two PS2s networked so eight of us could play! Loved it! Got my kids to play it when I found it for £4 at a games market! They liked it too.
as a kid i spent hundreds of hours in the arcade mode and i feel it's by far the best part of the game, i remember never picking female characters when my mom was home too lol
Actually, I did play it. I played TS1 when I got my PS2, then picked up TS2 when that came out, and finally TSFP when that came out. Being a Super Fast-Paced Arcade Boomer Shooter type of guy (and also an Arcade Light Gun Rail Shooter type of guy), it was great growing up with Rare/Free Radical Design games, such as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and TimeSplitters 1, 2, and 3. My favorite of their games is actually TS1. The reason why is because it played like a super fast 1990s style FPS game (similar to the speed of Quake 3: Arena or Unreal Tournament), and the goal of the developers (Free Radical Design) was to build the fastest FPS game ever made, which eventually became TimeSplitters 1. So, since I'm all about the gameplay, I prefer TS1 over all their other games because its the quickest and most fast-paced FPS game that they ever made. So, TS1 is my favorite game from them and in my opinion, the best game they ever made.
A true gem. To see this game getting praise and acknowledgement in today's world is beautiful. Different world back then. Games didn't have to be super violent or gory even if they were shooter. Timesplitters 2 strikes such a balance. So fun, so characterful. Class all the way through. The top hot to handle arcade challenge is a day of fun on its own! Thank you for your views. Its a 10/10
@@MikeOnslow I’m so glad you think so! Makes me feel like all this time has been worth it. I hope you have a good day and eventually come back for Future Perfect!
Just disccovered your channel and daaaaaamn bro the feels this video gave me, remembering playing TS2 and Future Perfect for years with my older brother
Me and my buddy spent a chunk of our childhood perfecting the coop mission runs, the timing and coordination we just had DOWN. TS2 was SO glorious, we still quote that game WAY more than you might expect. Man, I can still play out the Dam level in my head. Chicago, shooting those barrels. We shot from top to bottom because you could see the pressure drain as it emptied and it was so cool back then XD ITS TIIIIME TO SPLIT!
Omg this game was legendary! Me and a friend played non stop! Virus mode was mega! “I’m meltinggg”!! Seriously bringing back some nostalgia here what a time to be a kid
dude! keep it up because you have the vibe of a huge creator. love your chill voice and love this game series. it's nice when i can get some chores done and reminisce over one of my favorite game series ever. not even 10 minutes in yet and just had to drop you a comment, before i watch the rest. subscribed and looking forward to your next videos.
Your retrospective of the story missions was really good, there are just two things i have to mention. 1. In 'return to planet X' there is a checkpoint. You hit it when you jump out of the crashed ufo into the green cave below. At least this checkpoint exists in the european version of the game. 2. The mysterious portal inside the Ozor mox base might acctually teleport you inside the big ufo in front of you. I doesn't seem to be a time portal. And by the way have you ever noticed that the tools of the dark machinists battle machine rotate the wrong way?
You played it a lot as a kid but you're only 19? Crazy. Most people who played this as kids are my age (30) You must have been a console or two behind as a kid huh?
Unless he played on a console 2 generations back as a kid.. Could be possible.. When all my friends got a gameboy color I finally got the original brick, and when my friends got their playstation and n64, my mum got me a 2nd hand Sega Megadrive ^^
You're welcome! I love Timesplitters. If you are interested, I released a video on Future Perfect a couple months ago, and will be doing one for TS1 in the future!
my brother and i have so many memories of playing 2 v 10 bots, setting all the bots to snowmen and then triggering the "I'm melting" sound clip for like 30 minutes straight w/ flamethrowers while laughing our adolescent heads off
I remember my father giving me the Xbox and a few games way back when I was a kid. It was obviously Halo CE, The Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future bundle, and Timesplitters 2. He told me he wasn’t into Timesplitters when I asked him about the game. I kind of know why because the aiming was just outdated even for its time but I got used to it. Timesplitters 2 and Halo CE were my first ever FPS games and they still hold up today. 100% that game is a feel good achievement. Thanks for the video.
Timesplitters 2 was one of the first console games that you could set your own soundtrack for by uploading music onto the original XBox hard drive. One of my top video game memories from high school was playing this at 1am with Mt friends, killing each other to Billy Joel haha
iirc Free Radical was bought by Crytek while they were in development of Timespliters 4 and Star Wars Battlefront 3. They were purchased under the promise that they would be able to complete their games then move on to a new project. Less than a month after the purchase Crytek fired all Free Radical staff and still to this day holds the IP. This was the last I heard of them so unless new info has come up on it there is little chance (knowing Crytek's horrible business practices) that the IP is going to be allowed to be used.
Crytek also have the same sunset clause as disney and will soon have to use that IP or likely will lose it through default in a US court. If you do not use it then you lose it.
This is a great video, ive always felt that Timesplitters as a series is so overlooked considering its one of the best game series there is. I particularly like that you made a point to discuss the music, I'd say Timesplitters 2 and 3 are big reasons that i became a musician. The soundtracks are phenomenal. In regards to the Space Station, I always thought it was a human station that was taken over by the Time Splitters, in the opening curscene you see them moving human corpses and as you mentioned theres signs in english and space suits for humans. I think the reason the time machine in Future Perfect is so dofferent probably just means its a different kind of time machine because that one sends Cortez in his own body through time rather than the one in 2 where it puts him in the bodies of other people.
man i miss the co-op with my friends as a kid and unlocking all the hard characters doing the challenges. and we'd make our own maps and take on the bots
I don't remember the game being *that* hard even on hard difficulty. I do remember really young me not getting past Neo Tokyo though because I was so impatient with stealth stuff (and perhaps not smart enough to realize what I was supposed to do). I remember coming back to the campaign a bit older (still played the game a ton with the challenges and vs bots and waaaaaaaay too much time in the map editor) and when I realized that hard mode *gave more content* I was blown away. So few games did something like that and it made it feel like you got 1.5 campaigns. What I do remember as being super hard were some of those one-off challenge campaign missions. I don't think I ever beat all of those...
Been playing these games since I was a toddler, I've never not had TimeSplitters in my life. Thanks, FRD, you made many childhoods very happy with the greatest video game trilogy ever.
I grew up with the TimeSplitters franchise, and it's very near and dear to my heart! The way you covered TimeSplitters 2 in this video was great, and I'm hoping you do the same for TimeSplitters Future Perfect, because I love that game a lot also, and the campaign for that game has a special place in my heart. For a 2 hour long video, I was pretty engaged the entire time, and you did a good job covering the many awesome features found in this awesome game! I definitely had to subscribe after seeing this video! I hope to see you make more awesome retrospective videos like this!
This game was amazing! Once upon a time when Halo came out (but I didn't have an Xbox) and I had finally moved on from Perfect Dark, I decided to remake a lot of the Halo multiplayer levels in TS2. This was SO fun!
just got to the end! you should definitely add the arcade league and challenge videos! epic retrospective. congrats on making it - i'm sure it was a TON of work.
Thank you so much for your comments! They made my night, honestly. I'm really glad you enjoyed and I absolutely plan to make more content along these lines. As for the gameplay videos, I'm thinking of stitching each league together possibly, editing it so as to highlight all the fun bits :) Hope I can continue to entertain over time.
Love to see people keeping the brand alive. I’ve been remaking the maps in Halo as of late. Got 4 done and published on Infinite if you’re ever curious, with more on the way. Did like a dozen on Halo 5. I particularly enjoyed the story level descriptions. Haven’t seen anyone go as in depth as you did.
This was my favorite game to play with my brother as a kid. We used to play for hours on our OG Xbox while our parents were working. I was terrible at shooters so I only ever played on the easiest difficulty. My tiny brain also couldn’t manage the time limit on Atom Smasher, so I could never beat it - didn’t care though, I just replayed the shit out of the earlier missions. Each one is incredibly, perfectly campy and just such a vibe. Two decades later, my brother and I have an apartment together, and he STILL has that same Xbox. This video made me suggest pulling out TS2, and we’ve been doing Co-op again, this time on max difficulty for that extra content. It’s preposterously hard, but we’ve been making headway. It’s been a blast. Thanks for stirring up some core memories, man ✌️
Found this game used for like $15 back in the GameCube days & thought it looked kinda cool. That was probably the best single investment in my games library I made my whole childhood, hidden gem for sure. Doubly so with any future rereleases being questionable :(
@@OnyxLeviathan it seems like everyone who has interacted with the TS series extensively, has come away from it with lasting nostalgia and fondness. Many of the popular games nowadays just don't/won't have that impression on their players.
I loved timesplitters 2 and its music. The better fact was it being made by people from rare. This game reminded me of goldeneye and perfect dark so much!
Thank you for making such a long and detailed video about an amazing game! This was such a fun and impactful game from my childhood and I always have it with me to this day as I’ve moved around. It’s so unique and they really did a good job at making it a special and re-playable experience all around. It’s fun to go back to and is so interesting. Great story, good characters, goofy moments and so much customization. Countless hours have been spent between this and the third game. I know myself and many others have hoped for a resurgence or even a 4th installment over the years, someday!
I appreciate you watching! I felt like the game didn’t have enough recognition. Since making the video, I’ve heard so many awesome stories from people about their time with the game!
I really, really enjoyed this. Talking about how good TS2 was/is - it's like sharing a fine wine. Ages beautifully, and tastes even better for it. Plus, the amount of work put into this vid shows through - I greatly appreciated it. Thank you and keep them coming!
The coolest thing about this game when I was younger was realizing more story mode unlocked plying higher difficulty, was such a cool feature cause you felt like you were opening so much more of the game
I'm pretty sure chasm is an homage to the multiplayer level G5 building from Perfect Dark which had a large chasm in the middle and bridges connecting them. Since it was made by the same team
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Thank you guys so much for watching. I mean it. I’m really happy all this work was worth it. And it shows me that this is a good form of content for me to create. Next video will be a different game, but the same style! See you then.
I'm only about halfway through the video, but I've been enjoying every second of it so far. Really well edited and well scripted too.
@@Hydra343 thank you so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying it :)
@@OnyxLeviathan I hate to ask because I feel like it puts pressure on you, but are you considering doing a retrospective for future perfect as well?
@@Hydra343 I appreciate the thoughtfulness! I absolutely do want to do a TSFP retrospective as well. Just gotta find the time in between classes and such. I may be able to get some major progress done during my spring break!
My next video will be something a little easier / shorter to complete so I can still share love of old games. It’s a smaller, even lesser known title. But hopefully people like it!
Just peek back every once in a while :)
@@OnyxLeviathan That's completely understandable. I appreciate the replies and eagerly await more videos from you :)
What I've observed about the franchise is that a lot of people didn't play it, but everyone who did loved it. I'm hopeful for a Time Splitters resurgence because I've noticed that over the past few years, more and more people have been doing retrospectives on it. The interest seems to be there, and if Free Radical made it more accessible I think there's money to be made. Great vid, bro! God bless!
Thank you! Fingers crossed we get a badass new game.
TimeSplitters Rewind has been in development since 2017, we can only hope it makes it through development hell.
They could start of with some fresh remasters of the three games.
@@OnyxLeviathanits a great game!
I hope by now you’ve heard of the official 4th game in development by original devs 😎
Just dropping in to say that my father passed and this game series is quite literally the most fun and loving thing we ever did together. Amazing series. Rest easy pops.
Same man. I'm sorry to hear about your father. My dad bought a 2nd xbox so we could play ts2 together without seeing eachothers screen and we would have big systenlink games between my friends and his friends.
At night we would play in his bedroom and take turns playing behead the undead.
The whole reason I learned to play inverted was because it was standard layout for ts2 and my dad was a helicopter pilot back in the 80s. So I started playing inverted to be like dad and then eventually it just stuck!
Im sorry for your loss
When I was about 12, I broke my wrist and Timesplitters was the only game I had that let me remap all of the controls i needed to play with one hand. Itll always have a place in my heart
that's so dope
I have a specific love for TimeSplitters 2. When I was young and my dad was between jobs we won a PS2 from a radio competition he entered and the only actual games me and my sister had were TimeSplitters 1 and Burnout, but Burnout was so scratched up that it didn't play, pre-owned games right? We just had PS2 magazine demos besides that. So me and my sister would play TimeSplitters split screen vs the bots for hours or play the story - our family couldn't really afford new games so we used to buy the PS2 magazines with demos and play them a lot - but one magazine had an article about TimeSplitters 2, me and my sister used to read it over so many times because it was our absolute favourite game but our family couldn't afford it. Then one day my dad picked us up from school and said we had a new game at home and we were so excited but he wouldn't tell us what it was, we got home and ontop of our PS2 was a brand new copy of TimeSplitters 2, I swear we must have been up until the early hours playing it with our dad now and then coming in to see and asking if we were enjoying it, if it's good etc.
I absolutely love this
Wasn’t it great how rare getting new games was as a kid? It made us appreciate them more.
TimeSplitters 2 was such an obsession with my friends and I.
Funny you mention Burnout. Burnout 3 was another favorite of mine. I’ve never played the earlier games, but I’d love to.
I got both Timesplitters 2 and Future Perfect on sale a year ago and these are some of the best games I have ever played, and I was born in 02. Great job on the retrospective.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video and the games. They are vastly, criminally underrated.
Same I was going to buy TS2 on Xbox and then purchase Future Perfect later, but the day I was going to buy it they both were half off, so I got both.
welcome
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@@Expressmusic457 Excellent choice! Best FPS games to me
This game will always hold a spot in my heart multiple play through a as a kid with my cousin growing up and endless multiplayer matches together which are so damn fun
For my best friends birthday nearly 20 years ago I bought him a stack of PS2 games from the
I'm so glad this game means a lot to you, just like me! So many fun memories.
Same here dude this game and future perfect.
I put hundreds of hours trying to platinum arcade finish story mode and playing vs with friends and AI
Such fun games
And then your 'friend' says what now? You reply, shut up and kiss me before engaging in passionate anal s*x for several hours
It's a shame the goldeneye, perfect dark, timesplitters genre had such a short life.
I feel like they sealed a very solid reputation and left before the era of extremely high expectations. I feel like bungie did that with halo, Even though 343 is still relevant I still feel like its a shell of something that can be memorable. The perfect dark on the xbox 360 and james bond games I can't remember anything about them. 🤷🏻♂️ (just opinion not hating)
We had a unique oldschool traditional early 3D FPS sub-genre era , from (Quake) 1996 - 2005 when the last of this traditional FPS game design was still dominant.
It was the best time for the genre overall , It had great single player campaigns as well as local multiplayer/lan parties and early online communities free of toxicity ,
even though imo early CODs did perfect the multiplayer online experience It wasn't as healthy as a community anymore and single player has suffered ever since , It also homogenized FPS Innovation because everyone just wants to copy or be the next COD , because It arguably has mastered the multiplayer side of the genre which previously had no reliable blueprint for consistent success. I'm not happy about It because I miss the experimental ambition of devs trying to find what works , but I do I think FPS Is the first genre multiplayer-wise that can no longer be Improved beyond what COD offers , It's a perfect feeling gameplay loop that never gets old (If It's one of the good CODs) , but I still prefer oldschool era FPS more because It was less generic , formulaic , streamlined/corporate feeling.
Team Fortress 2 could have been this if it wasn't so PC-centric and focused entirely on online team play, neglecting solo offline story mode and local multiplayer. Always loved TF2's art style but I don't play online games so it was a hard pass for me unfortunately.
my man, it was over a decade. short life nothing
I mean they were first person shooters, the genre just evolved, it didn't go away .
29:37 i am reasonably sure you aren't going back in time, just going into another UFO that has the time crystal in it.
I believe you are right
Although TS3 was objectively bigger better stronger TS2 always remained my favorite. So sad that the series died 😢
Well you blasted the bad guy at the end of Future Perfect. I suppose they could make another, but at this point it's OG Dev's aren't even in market anymore.
It's like making a 1980's chevy from scratch, it would be close but not the same.
Playing virus mode on splitscrean with my siblings was one of the gaming highlights of my childhood. Epic game.
Playing Flame Tag on chasm with my brothers was such a blast as a kid, never had so much fun playing a game since 😌
I’m glad you like the gametype! I always felt it was creepy and that I wanted it to be over haha
That shared sense or utter terror as a flaming dinosaur or zombie chases you is unmatched to this day. Myself and my cousin in my room for hours, good times.
Virus scared the living shit out of me as a kid.
The screaming sounds and jump scares. I always had to have my friend beat those for me.
Flame tag was great, but Virus was the best experience I ever had since.
I loved this game so much. I never understood why it wasn’t more popular. Good to see it getting some love.
Timesplitters is an amazing series. 👍
I love how you actually explained the lore of every mission. Like what exactly happened to the frozen reaper in the first mission. I didn’t know it was thousands of years ago
This is THE game of my childhood. I used to play with my dad and little sister all the time. Thank you for making this! It took me back to those days.
I used to play Timesplitters 2 on a Gamecube with my group of friends. Four player split screen was absolutely *chefs kiss*
First FPS I ever owned and one of my favorite games ever. Great vid!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
This is the video I always wanted to make, I love Timesplitters 2 and it was a cornerstone of my childhood too. It goes without saying that you've done more justice to it than I could have. The fact there's a two hour love letter to this game made my week, thanks for this man.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I want to make more videos like this when I have time. There will be a different title in between this and Future Perfect, but it will come!
I'm coming back now to say two things: First, I have no doubt you could create a wonderful video if you put in the time! I apologize that I missed that the first go round. Second, I am posting the Future Perfect video very soon. I hope you enjoy that as well!
Dooood. This video was so good. I grew up playing time splitters 1-3 with my dad and sister. Now I’m 32 and haven’t played them in forever. Since ps2 days. This video was filled with so many awesome facts and made my nostalgia nut burst. Thank you ❤
Timesplitters 2 and 3 were a tremendous part of my childhood and it saddens me we never had another. Absolutely fantastic series I can't really more of in the same vein today.
1:46:19 may be the first Queensryche reference I've ever heard in a non-music-related RUclips video, absolutely GOATed 👌
One of my favourite games growing up. Ridiculously dense with content. Hours and hours of fun trying to platinum all of the challenges and building maps. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. A really well done retrospective!
One of my favorite games, played for hundreds of hours as a kid on my gamecube. Great video!
Thank you for this.
Timesplitters was my childhood.
Stone Golem: (Humanoid made of pure stone and performs a full body slam on Captain Ash)
Captain Ash: Take that you bounder!
Ash is made of steel!
Me before watching this: "If they dont include Compound as part of the OST im not watching"
Me 3 sec into the video: "Liked the vid"
For those who played this series I salute you
Same to you bro 😀
I did, was in mid teens when it came out
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I love the amount of detail. You even talk about every character.
TimeSplitters 2 was an amazing game, loved the future tokyo level and the sound track was awesome
it is such a coincidence today i decided to look up Time Splitters from my time with my ps2, and your content was uploaded just a month ago. i had no idea people even played this to this day and i'm so so thankful for this. i enjoyed this so much, thank you
Timesplitters 1-3 are some of my oldest and most fond gaming memories of all time, nothing has ever come close to the fun i had with them and i would die to see someone remake them
This game is absolutely legendary. Nothing will ever beat it.
Jokes on you, was my favourite game when growing up, the music from the Wild West level is unbelievably good
Awesome vid. I always preferred 3, but I'll never forget beating this entire game in one sitting with my brother as we hid from our family Thanksgiving.
That man knew this game by heart, he was able to shoot the cameras on Siberia without a second glance, and didn't come close to failing atom shmasher
*After reading the first part: "Well, the cameras become routine at a certain point..." *Gets to the Atom Smasher part: He sounds like a friggin champ! lol
bless the algo! i really loved this game as a kid. awesome work on the vid
I never played Timesplitters 2, but I did play Timesplitters 1. I heard nothing but good things about the sequel, but I never spent the money on it because there were other games I wanted to play, and I had hours of fun just messing around with the level editor of the first one.
This is the first time I've seen footage of the second game and yep; can tell at a glance this has loads more polish and thought behind it. I think I get the hype now.
Loved this. Early 2000s, I was about 19 - 20 and me and my mates had two PS2s networked so eight of us could play!
Loved it! Got my kids to play it when I found it for £4 at a games market! They liked it too.
as a kid i spent hundreds of hours in the arcade mode and i feel it's by far the best part of the game, i remember never picking female characters when my mom was home too lol
Right? Some of them made noises that were… odd lol
Thank you for making this. This takes me back
Actually, I did play it.
I played TS1 when I got my PS2, then picked up TS2 when that came out, and finally TSFP when that came out.
Being a Super Fast-Paced Arcade Boomer Shooter type of guy (and also an Arcade Light Gun Rail Shooter type of guy), it was great growing up with Rare/Free Radical Design games, such as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and TimeSplitters 1, 2, and 3.
My favorite of their games is actually TS1.
The reason why is because it played like a super fast 1990s style FPS game (similar to the speed of Quake 3: Arena or Unreal Tournament), and the goal of the developers (Free Radical Design) was to build the fastest FPS game ever made, which eventually became TimeSplitters 1.
So, since I'm all about the gameplay, I prefer TS1 over all their other games because its the quickest and most fast-paced FPS game that they ever made.
So, TS1 is my favorite game from them and in my opinion, the best game they ever made.
A true gem. To see this game getting praise and acknowledgement in today's world is beautiful. Different world back then. Games didn't have to be super violent or gory even if they were shooter. Timesplitters 2 strikes such a balance. So fun, so characterful. Class all the way through. The top hot to handle arcade challenge is a day of fun on its own! Thank you for your views. Its a 10/10
The more TimeSplitters retrospectives I see, the more it warms my soul haha. Big ups man, great video
On my... I searched TS2 today by chance hoping for a little nostalgia, but this is more than I could've dreamed of! Thank you Sir!
You are absolutely welcome! I hope you enjoyed it.
Jus finished it after 3 sittings! Absolutely spot on and certainly does this classic game justice, thank you!
@@MikeOnslow I’m so glad you think so! Makes me feel like all this time has been worth it. I hope you have a good day and eventually come back for Future Perfect!
I loved Timesplitters 2 and Future Perfect. It’s rare when EA lets a franchise fade into obscurity without ruining it first.
Just disccovered your channel and daaaaaamn bro the feels this video gave me, remembering playing TS2 and Future Perfect for years with my older brother
Me and my buddy spent a chunk of our childhood perfecting the coop mission runs, the timing and coordination we just had DOWN. TS2 was SO glorious, we still quote that game WAY more than you might expect.
Man, I can still play out the Dam level in my head.
Chicago, shooting those barrels. We shot from top to bottom because you could see the pressure drain as it emptied and it was so cool back then XD
ITS TIIIIME TO SPLIT!
This was fuckin dope. One of my fav console games of all time
This trilogy was a massive part of my childhood but this game specifically was my favourite. Absolutely loved these games.
The last Maiden you come across is the next sacrifice for the giant monster. That's why she's hanging there.
WHY DID I NOT PUT THIS TOGETHER? I guess details get lost in the process of time haha
@@OnyxLeviathan😂 I did think you were talking about the initial reaction when you first see her, rather than it being a mystery altogether 😅
She seems a bit small to sacrifice. If I was a giant monster I wouldn’t be happy with finger food
@@josephlinden1630 virgin blood prolly go hard if you were a giant monster tho
You and your sister playing pool in this game xD wholesome (15:00ish)
This video deserves way more attention. Very good. Loved this game when i was i child.
Omg this game was legendary! Me and a friend played non stop! Virus mode was mega! “I’m meltinggg”!! Seriously bringing back some nostalgia here what a time to be a kid
dude! keep it up because you have the vibe of a huge creator. love your chill voice and love this game series. it's nice when i can get some chores done and reminisce over one of my favorite game series ever. not even 10 minutes in yet and just had to drop you a comment, before i watch the rest. subscribed and looking forward to your next videos.
Your retrospective of the story missions was really good, there are just two things i have to mention.
1. In 'return to planet X' there is a checkpoint. You hit it when you jump out of the crashed ufo into the green cave below. At least this checkpoint exists in the european version of the game.
2. The mysterious portal inside the Ozor mox base might acctually teleport you inside the big ufo in front of you. I doesn't seem to be a time portal.
And by the way have you ever noticed that the tools of the dark machinists battle machine rotate the wrong way?
That makes sense about the portal! I’m not sure why I didn’t see it that way. Perhaps we were catching up to the splitter just in time.
I’m so happy I found a video about this. I used to play this game so much as a kid. I’m 19 now, but dude this was my life.
You played it a lot as a kid but you're only 19? Crazy. Most people who played this as kids are my age (30) You must have been a console or two behind as a kid huh?
@claudejohnson-kq7ih Exactly I played this game 20 years ago lol
The math isn't mathing here lol
That doesn't make sense... lol
Unless he played on a console 2 generations back as a kid.. Could be possible.. When all my friends got a gameboy color I finally got the original brick, and when my friends got their playstation and n64, my mum got me a 2nd hand Sega Megadrive ^^
Spent so many hours playing this with my dad as a kid on ps2. This bought back forgotten memories of my late dad! Thanks!
You’re welcome! I’m glad you have those great memories. I used to play with my little sister!
This brings back so many childhood memories. Thank you for doing such an extensive dive into one of the greatest console games ever made.
You're welcome! I love Timesplitters. If you are interested, I released a video on Future Perfect a couple months ago, and will be doing one for TS1 in the future!
@@OnyxLeviathan I'm already on it! Thanks for doing these long format videos dude.
@@jamiethomas3122 you got it
my brother and i have so many memories of playing 2 v 10 bots, setting all the bots to snowmen and then triggering the "I'm melting" sound clip for like 30 minutes straight w/ flamethrowers while laughing our adolescent heads off
"I'M MEEEEEEEEELTIIIIIIING"
I remember my father giving me the Xbox and a few games way back when I was a kid. It was obviously Halo CE, The Sega GT and Jet Set Radio Future bundle, and Timesplitters 2. He told me he wasn’t into Timesplitters when I asked him about the game. I kind of know why because the aiming was just outdated even for its time but I got used to it. Timesplitters 2 and Halo CE were my first ever FPS games and they still hold up today. 100% that game is a feel good achievement. Thanks for the video.
Those were also my first FPS titles, and my dad didn't care for TS2 either! How wrong he was lol
Timesplitters 2 was one of the first console games that you could set your own soundtrack for by uploading music onto the original XBox hard drive. One of my top video game memories from high school was playing this at 1am with Mt friends, killing each other to Billy Joel haha
Counterstrike for Xbox was the same way, it'd read your library and let you play music while playing. Life was great.
iirc Free Radical was bought by Crytek while they were in development of Timespliters 4 and Star Wars Battlefront 3. They were purchased under the promise that they would be able to complete their games then move on to a new project. Less than a month after the purchase Crytek fired all Free Radical staff and still to this day holds the IP. This was the last I heard of them so unless new info has come up on it there is little chance (knowing Crytek's horrible business practices) that the IP is going to be allowed to be used.
Crytek also have the same sunset clause as disney and will soon have to use that IP or likely will lose it through default in a US court. If you do not use it then you lose it.
timesplitters 2 and future perfect were some of my most favourite games they need to come back
This is a great video, ive always felt that Timesplitters as a series is so overlooked considering its one of the best game series there is.
I particularly like that you made a point to discuss the music, I'd say Timesplitters 2 and 3 are big reasons that i became a musician. The soundtracks are phenomenal.
In regards to the Space Station, I always thought it was a human station that was taken over by the Time Splitters, in the opening curscene you see them moving human corpses and as you mentioned theres signs in english and space suits for humans.
I think the reason the time machine in Future Perfect is so dofferent probably just means its a different kind of time machine because that one sends Cortez in his own body through time rather than the one in 2 where it puts him in the bodies of other people.
This was a really fun watch! Really loved the more scripted sections but live commentary worked well too
I was happy that they bought back Timesplitters on the PS4 and PS5
If only Xbox got the same treatment 🙃
@OnyxLeviathan Xbox added TimeSplitters 2 and Future Perfect through the classic Xbox backward compatibility program. :)
man i miss the co-op with my friends as a kid and unlocking all the hard characters doing the challenges. and we'd make our own maps and take on the bots
The mapmaker was legit the best part of TS2 and FP for many of us. I miss having brick fights in poorly made arenas.
I don't remember the game being *that* hard even on hard difficulty. I do remember really young me not getting past Neo Tokyo though because I was so impatient with stealth stuff (and perhaps not smart enough to realize what I was supposed to do). I remember coming back to the campaign a bit older (still played the game a ton with the challenges and vs bots and waaaaaaaay too much time in the map editor) and when I realized that hard mode *gave more content* I was blown away. So few games did something like that and it made it feel like you got 1.5 campaigns.
What I do remember as being super hard were some of those one-off challenge campaign missions. I don't think I ever beat all of those...
your video is a masterpiece thanks !
Been playing these games since I was a toddler, I've never not had TimeSplitters in my life. Thanks, FRD, you made many childhoods very happy with the greatest video game trilogy ever.
Great video! I've watched the whole thing!
Bro…this is superb. I love TS2, this was a blast to the past for me.
This is one of the most detailed and complete reviews I've seen. Great work. :)
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed :) TS1 will get a deep dive as well, soon as I have the time
Can't wait for you to do future perfect this was a really fun video
I grew up with the TimeSplitters franchise, and it's very near and dear to my heart! The way you covered TimeSplitters 2 in this video was great, and I'm hoping you do the same for TimeSplitters Future Perfect, because I love that game a lot also, and the campaign for that game has a special place in my heart. For a 2 hour long video, I was pretty engaged the entire time, and you did a good job covering the many awesome features found in this awesome game! I definitely had to subscribe after seeing this video! I hope to see you make more awesome retrospective videos like this!
If timesplitters had a pc release, the multiplayer would still be active to this day.
Timesplitters 2 was one of the first games I played with my dad as a kid and we still play it today almost 20 years later
@@Ethan. that’s badass!
This game was amazing! Once upon a time when Halo came out (but I didn't have an Xbox) and I had finally moved on from Perfect Dark, I decided to remake a lot of the Halo multiplayer levels in TS2. This was SO fun!
just got to the end! you should definitely add the arcade league and challenge videos! epic retrospective. congrats on making it - i'm sure it was a TON of work.
Thank you so much for your comments! They made my night, honestly. I'm really glad you enjoyed and I absolutely plan to make more content along these lines. As for the gameplay videos, I'm thinking of stitching each league together possibly, editing it so as to highlight all the fun bits :) Hope I can continue to entertain over time.
This game was literally my childhood . Would play offline single player for hours everyday. Best game ever
When he says rent free I feel it 😂😂😂
Love to see people keeping the brand alive. I’ve been remaking the maps in Halo as of late. Got 4 done and published on Infinite if you’re ever curious, with more on the way. Did like a dozen on Halo 5.
I particularly enjoyed the story level descriptions. Haven’t seen anyone go as in depth as you did.
I cannot believe I hadn't seen this comment. A bit of a late reply, but that's awesome that you are making the maps in Forge!
@@OnyxLeviathan RUclips be like that sometimes 🥲👍
This was my favorite game to play with my brother as a kid.
We used to play for hours on our OG Xbox while our parents were working. I was terrible at shooters so I only ever played on the easiest difficulty. My tiny brain also couldn’t manage the time limit on Atom Smasher, so I could never beat it - didn’t care though, I just replayed the shit out of the earlier missions. Each one is incredibly, perfectly campy and just such a vibe.
Two decades later, my brother and I have an apartment together, and he STILL has that same Xbox. This video made me suggest pulling out TS2, and we’ve been doing Co-op again, this time on max difficulty for that extra content. It’s preposterously hard, but we’ve been making headway. It’s been a blast.
Thanks for stirring up some core memories, man ✌️
This is such an awesome story! Also screw Atom Smasher haha I’m honored to have rekindled this for you
Found this game used for like $15 back in the GameCube days & thought it looked kinda cool. That was probably the best single investment in my games library I made my whole childhood, hidden gem for sure. Doubly so with any future rereleases being questionable :(
Thank you for this deep dive! I love the analysis of each mission and the characters and their motivations
And thank you for watching!
Loved the Harry Tipper punchline at the end 😂
15:17 - that photo looks like Al Capone.
This is sick bro! Gonna watch the whole 2 hours when I get time 😅
I hope you enjoy it!
A 2 hour video on one of the greatest video games ever made?! YES please!
I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for checking it out. I love Timesplitters!
anyone thinking "this would not fly today" has never truly faced evil or struggled in this world. GROW A PAIR
Props on shouting out "industrial" and "alien" They really made the robust mapmaker a pleasure to enjoy
@@h2ojr1 aren’t they amazing songs? I listen to them very often.
@@OnyxLeviathan it seems like everyone who has interacted with the TS series extensively, has come away from it with lasting nostalgia and fondness. Many of the popular games nowadays just don't/won't have that impression on their players.
@@h2ojr1 absolutely. I think the push for heavy monetization and yearly releases has cause modern games to feel empty and cheap.
,,Hey Kid, wanna listen to some nostalgic tunes'' *Throws Timesplitters 2 Disc into ps2*
*Return to Planet X starts playing*
@@palpatine4780 such a good soundtrack!!
I loved timesplitters 2 and its music. The better fact was it being made by people from rare. This game reminded me of goldeneye and perfect dark so much!
Thank you for making such a long and detailed video about an amazing game! This was such a fun and impactful game from my childhood and I always have it with me to this day as I’ve moved around. It’s so unique and they really did a good job at making it a special and re-playable experience all around. It’s fun to go back to and is so interesting. Great story, good characters, goofy moments and so much customization. Countless hours have been spent between this and the third game. I know myself and many others have hoped for a resurgence or even a 4th installment over the years, someday!
I appreciate you watching! I felt like the game didn’t have enough recognition. Since making the video, I’ve heard so many awesome stories from people about their time with the game!
I really, really enjoyed this. Talking about how good TS2 was/is - it's like sharing a fine wine. Ages beautifully, and tastes even better for it. Plus, the amount of work put into this vid shows through - I greatly appreciated it. Thank you and keep them coming!
The coolest thing about this game when I was younger was realizing more story mode unlocked plying higher difficulty, was such a cool feature cause you felt like you were opening so much more of the game
I agree! Some people felt it was limiting to those of lesser skill, but I found it as a reward for practice.
"The best game you've never played"
Literally been installed on my Series X via my OG XBox disc since 2021.
I'm pretty sure chasm is an homage to the multiplayer level G5 building from Perfect Dark which had a large chasm in the middle and bridges connecting them. Since it was made by the same team
I think that's right! I had never played that game but someone else commented here a while back. So now I know!
@@OnyxLeviathan I must've missed that, sorry mate. Good video
This game blew me away as a kid. Got it on GameCube and man I played it non stop!
timesplitters 2 and future perfect were such fun games back in my childhood playing on the ps2
Aren't they such good games? I still play them all the time. I also have a video on Future Perfect if you'd like to check it out!