ELEVEN years have passed since the last TimeSplitters release.
So we asked one of the games creators if it still has a place on consoles today.
Unveiled footage of the cancelled TimeSplitters game emerges after Free Radical's closure, igniting fans' nostalgia and hopes for a revival.
From looking at the gameplay, it just looks like Fortnite, this would have been very poorly received by timesplitters fans.
Another legendary series that ends brutally.. glad this never came out, it’s an insult to the original one
I'm glad this got cancelled, what's with the Fornite knockoff? TimeSplitters was an FPS, not a 3rd person battle royale.
What were they thinking?
I got into a minor disagreement with their staff shortly after the closure, after i commented about a Timesplitters HD remaster to gauge public reception before such a big project here:
https://www.linkedin.com/fe...
Looking at the gameplay footage, it's clear that the staff (no matter what level) we're out of their depth, putting lots of hours into a game that would of been DOA if Embracer didn't shut it down.
They removed the footage. Here it is if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/BesmfPD8fj...
It's basically a Fortnite clone. Seems like a good decision to cancel this game.
Somehow a PlayStation prototype of TimeSplitters 4 has been unearthed on eBay, and many are waiting for the package to meet its new owner.
Excited to see these prototypes out there and I hope the internet can play them.
From the leaked screenshots, it looks better than the recent cancelled Timesplitters game imo.
TimeSplitters got cancelled for a second time recently, but for what reason? And is there any hope for another comeback?
To be honest the odds of this ever being good or recapturing the original trilogy were always going to be slim to none. The franchise was a product of its time. Look at how misplaced nostalgia met reality with Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. If you have to use old IP then most of the time you have to completely reinvent it from the ground up.
Hoping we eventually see a Timesplitters 4
A timesplitter dev sold me a ps2 several months ago.My friend was selling something at Cex, and i saw someone sell a ps2 and cex was offering 18pounds for it.ANd then i said fuck it and told him id give me 20pounds now.It was the ps2 ,2 memory sticks, 2 controllers,timesplitters and second sight in mint condition.I thanked him and he said i worked on those games.Weird how things happen like that.I think he really was a dev.
Even just a HD collection would do me justice, .. where is TimeSplitters Rewind?
Timesplitters 4 is by far the unannounced sequel I want most. I desperately hope they can bring the series back, and keep it as the goofy, zombie and monkey infested craziness intact. Oh, and bricks. Lots of bricks.
Man, I hope so. Like he's talking about here, there was some originally bad blood with the Goldeneye franchise, shooters went full-military after Black and COD4 after that, but now is the time! Doom is back and it's beloved due to its fast, twitchy mechanics and a single-player-first design philosophy. Overwatch finally brought shooters back to having interesting, off-kilter characters, and there's another quick, twitchy shooter. TimeSplitters totally has a place now, investors should be thrilled.
Heck, they should be thrilled if the company says "We'll never make another Homefront!"