TimeSplitters
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| Developer(s) | Free Radical Design |
| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Distributor(s) | Square Enix |
| Designer(s) | David Doak |
| Programmer(s) | Steve Ellis Hasit Zala Joe Moulding |
| Artist(s) | Karl Hilton Rob Steptoe |
| Composer(s) | Graeme Norgate |
| Series | TimeSplitters |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
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| Edge | 8/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| GameFan | 88% |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GamePro | |
| Game Revolution | C |
| GameSpot | 8.4/10 |
| GameSpy | 90% |
| IGN | 8.6/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
TimeSplitters is a first-person shooter video game developed by Free Radical Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the first game in the TimeSplitters series. It was released on 23 October 2000 in North America and 24 November 2000 in Europe as a PlayStation 2 launch title. The game revolves around the concept of travelling through time in a story mode spanning 100 years. The game features a story mode, arcade mode, unlockable challenge mode, and map maker.
It was met with positive reception and was followed by a second game, TimeSplitters 2. A follow-up, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, released in 2005. In June 2007, a fourth game was announced to be in development, titled TimeSplitters 4 but was indefinitely postponed.
As a first-person shooter game, TimeSplitters bears several gameplay and presentational similarities to GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark, including a similar aiming system and unlockable options through quick level completions. The game's story mode can be played alone or co-operatively with one additional player. Every level in story mode can be played on three difficulty settings; several aspects, such as the enemies aggressiveness and the addition of new areas, can vary in function of the chosen difficulty. Taking place at nine fictional locations between 1935 and 2035, the story follows 18 characters' individual attempts at defeating their own foes and the "TimeSplitters" with whom they have sided. In each level, the player can choose from one of two characters specific to each mission, and must kill enemies as they move through the level to retrieve an object and then carry that object to the exit portal. After a player picks up the object, TimeSplitters, evil mutant creatures, spawn endlessly throughout the level and attack the player.
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