TimeSplitters (Sony PlayStation 2, 2000)

A first person shooter in it's purist form. The first thing I noticed about this game was how fast you can get into the action. No extravagant menus or long load times just to see the splash page.

There's lots of things that TimeSplitters does well. The design team came up with a concept to combine different themes of play into one game. This way you can play in the old days, modern days, or sci-fi-futuristic days. This varies the environments, enemies, and weapons. This also gives you some variety in the characters you play, and there are lots of models to pick from.
Lots of game-play modes are also available to select from. Story mode, arcade, death match, and other standard modes that FPS games generally have.

The controls are smooth, responsive, and easy to handle. The maps are also easy to manage and find your way around. A great feature with this game is that if you don't like the included maps, or play them to death, you can make your own with the built in map editor!

It will take some getting used to using, as I did not find the map editor very intuitive, and instructions scarce. The other down side to the game is the weak story. You know that you're in search of artifacts, but i never found out why, or who's trying to stop me, or if the time-lines are suppose to merge somehow. Of course, this wasn't much of a concern for me, as I was here for the action!

I started the review saying that this game did a lot of things well, which it does. It didn't create that compulsive addictive feeling like some other FPS games, but it's still a fun experience.

its a good exciting game with lots of action. my kids play the game all the time.i bought the game because the neighbor kid told us about it and we were playing his so i decided to get our own.

Another fun first-person-shooter...with a twist. You travel through time to do your fragging. Guns are different depending on what time period you're in...good multiplayer action...make your own maps. Overall a great game.

but still a great fps for anyone who likes a shoot um up style game :) the graphics arnt great but the weapon selection and action are pretty good theres not much story but other then that a fun game to kill a few hrs

I havn't had this game for long so I have not worked my way through too many of the levels yet, but so far I love it. Difficult enough to make it fun and addicting and the graphics and game flow are awesome. The game theme is a bit advanced (if not scary) for my 6 and 9 y/o's but then again it is rated "teen"