TimeSplitters 2

aka: TimeSplitter: Jikuu no Shinryakusha
Moby ID: 7574
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TimeSplitters 2, the sequel to Free Radical Design's PlayStation 2 launch title, once again sends players hurtling through time, as they battle the malevolent TimeSplitters in ten unique time periods, from the Wild West to a futuristic space station, and everything in between.

The game's story finds Cortez, the series' hero, on a quest to discover the origins of the TimeSplitters, an enigmatic group that travels through time causing trouble for the good people of Earth. Using the paradoxes of time travel to his advantage, the hero can regularly join up with past and future versions of himself, to fight the enemy as a team. A wide selection of historical, modern, and futuristic weapons is available, and environments feature destructible elements.

Depending on the difficulty level chosen, players will find themselves with rudimentary objectives to complete or, on the harder settings, new areas and substantially more involved objectives to fulfill. Two players can also play the Story mode cooperatively and simultaneously.

Like its predecessor, TimeSplitters 2 features a Challenge mode, which presents the player with a selection of time- and skill-based events. Completing these within the predetermined constraints awards the player with bronze, silver, or gold medals, which in turn aid in unlocking additional game options, levels, and playable characters (of which there are more than 120).

The Arcade mode offers League, Custom, and Network sub-modes. League events feature pre-configured maps, game types, and objectives for the player to compete in, while the other Arcade modes make up the bulk of the multiplayer portion of the title. In the Custom mode, up to four players and numerous AI "bots" can compete in 16 different customizable disciplines including Deathmatch, Regeneration, Virus, Thief, Shrink, Monkey Assistant, and Flame Tag -- each offering an altered form of gameplay. Thief, for example, tasks players with collecting tokens left behind by fallen combatants. Here, the tokens determine the winner, not the number of kills.

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  • タイムスプリッター ~時空の侵略者~ - Japanese spelling
  • 时空分裂者2 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Average score: 89% (based on 52 ratings)

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Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 90 ratings with 9 reviews)

_The_ Best Console FPS I`ve ever played.

The Good
TimeSplitters 2 has lots of game modes so you won`t get tired of it like you get of other FPS games. You can make your own maps and pick bots/weapons your self. The game also gives you a lot of totally different maps to play on. The story mode can be played solo/co-op.

Another thing that made me like TimeSplitters 2 is the fact that its actually easy to use the PS2 hand controller with it, myself I havent played to many console games, and it often takes some time for me to get used to controls on any console. But with TimeSplitters 2 i got used to the controls in a matter of hours.

The Bad
I can`t find anything really bad about this game, its just really good.

The Bottom Line
TimeSplitters 2 is a usual "fire at everything you see" FPS, a little bit like Quake 3. The story continues from the original TimeSplitters, but the best bit of the game is the Multiplayer part, here you can find hours and hours of fun. With its many game modes it will take some time before you put this game on the shelf to collect dust.

PlayStation 2 · by somaen (11) · 2003

My favourite PS2 game by far!

The Good
- Levels, farely large great designs - Cool Characters, The Gingerbread Man Rocks!
- Level Editor, very simple
- Guns, great guns, dual shotguns :)
- Fast Paced Shooting without Jerking
- The well hidden 3 Mini Games, snake, astro Lander and the car game, of which I have only found 2

The Bad
- The boring music
- One boring, slow level, NeoTokyo

The Bottom Line
Very fast paced first person shooter, with good decent sized levels, easy to use level editor, plenty of characters, also great humor found in the game. It almost brings a tear to my eye ;)

Overall it did deserve its 10/10

PlayStation 2 · by Mister_BoB (1) · 2004

My favorite game for PS2!!!

The Good
Just when I thought the 1st Timesplitters was my favorite game, along comes Timesplitters 2. More heavy guns and a lot of awesome arenas. The story mode in this game was awesome. I loved the plot it was awesome. There was a lot of intense moments and even a couple of brain scrambling puzzles. The multi-player was just as good as the last Timesplitters game in fact better.

The Bad
This game was so much fun the only thing I didn't like was the fact that once you dominate the story and deathmatch it can be be boring without some good competition. So make sure you get your friends involved and really crank up the competition.

The Bottom Line
The best FPS on PS2 guaranteed to delivery much fun.

PlayStation 2 · by DudeOfMonson (97) · 2007

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

TimeSplitters 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

References to the game

TimeSplitters 2 is the game being played by Ed, Shaun's best mate, in the "romzomcom" movie Shaun of the Dead.

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  • 4Players
    • 2002 – #10 Best GameCube Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)

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Game added by Jason Walker.

Xbox One, Xbox Series added by Eufemiano Bullanga.

Additional contributors: Unicorn Lynx, j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】, Mark Ennis, Patrick Bregger, FatherJack.

Game added October 24, 2002. Last modified March 15, 2024.