Timesplitters 2 Playstation 2 Game Review 

This is a game that really deserves a Pc HD remake with some minor fixes here and there. I don't know about you guys but I would buy it.

Kinda sad that a 15 year old game has more content then most modern FPS

Maaaaaaaan this game brings me back, playing this with my cousin and putting like 18 bots in a death match with us and just destroying them. We'd do that for hours on end. sad to see bots don't seem to be in to many games now a days at least none I've played

This was probably the most fun multiplayer shooter I ever played.

Me and my older brother spent countless nights playing story cooperation mode, trying to finish the story mode on hard. It took us many months, but eventually we succedded. I miss those days.

THQ *MUST* release an HD Remastered Trilogy of this series. While one TS game can provide many hours of content, having all three will TRIPLE those hours. The days of couch multiplayer will truly return. And most importantly: If this is marketed right, this could teach a lesson to the modern gaming industry that there were days when games were jam-packed full of content with zero DLC and ESPECIALLY zero microtransactions. I can easily picture a selling point/slogan for the Remastered Trilogy that takes the piss out of the modern gaming industry with something like "Remember when games had so much content and charm? No DLC, no Microtransactions, everything is yours right out of the package." Seriously, the gaming industry is in dire need of a hard slap in the face and remastering this Trilogy will provide that very slap. Games so full of content that *CAME* with the game itself and not locked behind a paywall. That is mind-blowing to modern gamers and they'll want to get all in on that.

Timesplitters trilogy deserves a remaster, I loved its wealth of content and challenges.

I miss playing these games. It's strange to think how much the world has changed in such a small amount of time

Me, my bro, and my cousin used to make our own custom zombie matches before nazi zombies was a thing.

Oh man the soundtrack takes me back. To just letting the game chill in the main menu for background music to infuriatingly trying to connect an adapter so I could play 3 player on the Ps2.

Still stands as one of my favorite games of all time.

Are you ever going to cover Future Perfect?

I remember playing this New Years Eve 2004 with my brothers, we spent the whole night from 7 pm all the way til 12:00 am new years day. Alot of good times playing it

So needs a reboot. This on modern consoles would be EPIC

Been waiting for this video since the last Timesplitters one! Love the classic reviews man

One of the great things about Emulators for these old checkpoint games is State saving. I don't think I could bring myself to play these without that feature (I was raised on PC gaming, not console gaming, and always had quick saving available for my shooting adventures).

hope to see a review of the next game, Future Perfect. :)

This is how you do extra content and unlockables in conjunction with single and multiplayer gameplay. There isn't one new game that even tries to implement the same idea

Great review, you're really good at these. I remember playing this game to death when I was younger, I liked the mechanic of creating your own levels.

Atom Smasher is one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.

The main menu track for this and future perfect are certified slappers

excellent review love this game remember playing it with friends for years upon years.

The TimeSplitters games were not only incredibly fun but they were technically superb. They looked amazing and the performance was silky smooth. I went back and played the series a few years ago and was seriously impressed by how well they hold up. My one gripe is the manual aiming system in the first two games, however at that time the control schemes for console games were much less standardised than they are today. If I remember correctly, when I initially played the first TimeSplitters I wasn't even using the now standard control scheme (Left stick: Move. Right stick: Look). I believe I was still using something similar to the controls in GoldenEye/Perfect Dark because that's what I was accustomed to (Something like left stick: Move forward/back and look left/right. Right stick: Strafe and look up/down). I remember the first time the now standard method clicked with me. It was a complete revelation. I became 10 times better at FPS games pretty much instantly. I remember thinking "Why has it taken me so long to discover this and why doesn't every game use/allow this layout?". It's kind of interesting looking back at control schemes of PS1/PS2 games because they were so different from game to game and learning the controls was a bigger part of the learning curve of each game back then. It does make it a challenge going back to some games though.

I remember looking forward to this constantly reading the TS2 preview showing the hybrid mutant or something, cracking game, great multiplayer too. Virus and Flame Tag were the shit

I'm pretty sure some of the missions give you more than one checkpoint. I liked how the system worked. It made the missions really tense. You complain about difficulty in games quite a lot. Some games are just supposed to be difficult. There's nothing wrong with it if it's by design. I do agree that the first level of the campaign is the best though. It's one of the best game levels ever.

Playing split screen was amazing!!! Guns? Amazing! Story? Amazing! Soundtrack? Amazing? Nostalgia? Amazing but not needed!

Virus on Ice Stations brings back so many memories :) One of the most fun multiplayer games from my childhood! Great review, but you should have mentioned the level editor (or maybe you did, but not in detail)!

The zombie roar and slap scene is my fav😅

One of my all time favourites on PS2. When you pkayed this there is only a little point on playing the first instalment. I think there is hundreds hours of game play with my friends. Wild West and Chicago were my favourite maps.

story mode co-op on splitscreen was awesome

I definitely remember this game. He should review the game vigilante 8. I don't know if it would be fun anymore but damn that game was amazing when I was a kid.

One of my fav games ever. Have a ridiculous amount of hours put into it. Still holds up and there really is nothing like it nowdays.

Fun Fact: This is made from the same people who made Goldeneye on the N64.

Love that you can find random game cartridges for really old games n the u can play them

I would love for them to remaster this or something had so much fun playing this as a kid especially split screen with friends!

I absolutely love your videos, usually you can watch someone old videos and see that its overflowing with cringe. Awesomely enough though, I enjoy watching your older reviews as much as the newer ones

Wish timesplitters would come back, imagine timesplitters with online play? I played the first 1 along time ago but timesplitters 2 is my favourite in the series and i remember playing it on the original xbox when it came out. The soundtrack for this game is damn amazing as well. This is one my fav fps games on console. Would love to see you do a future perfect review as i sadly never got to try that one but to have fond memories reading previews about the game in ps2 magazines

Welp, just found a favorite reviewer.

Solid review. I'm glad you addressed how frustratingly difficult some of the challenges are. Yeah, the level quality is inconsistent, but the only stage I really didn't enjoy was the one set on the alien planet. To me, the biggest obstacle to enjoying this game was getting accustomed to its strange aiming system. Aiming is VERY different depending on which weapon you're wielding, and makes it difficult to play well until you train yourself adjust to the system (which is completely different from every PC-based FPS I've ever played). TimeSplitters (3): Future Perfect adopted a more conventional aiming system and is thus easier to enjoy the first time you start playing it. TS:FP also features better graphics, online play, and a better (and funnier) plot, so I enjoy it more than TS2.

Spent maaaany maaaany hours on this game... In solo, to get all achievements and in multiplayer with friends also. Hands up, THE BEST Shooter in the PS2 in my book.

oh man so many awesome memories playinh this all the time with friends actually my uncle showed me this at the time childhood was great

I'm with you on being biased about this game, it is my childhood on PS2 and I like comparing it to other games I enjoy like Team Fortress 2, where the game doesn't care about logic. Hopefully TS Rewind releases despite the hardships the dev team has gone through.

This game had soooo much similarities to golden eye it was fantastic ( i mean even the heath bar was similar)

Its a shame Free Radical never got a chance to fully realize Battlefront 3.

This game really got my blood boiling in a good way for unlocking stuff.

Incredible game. Spent many hours trying to nail all the challenges on the Gamecube version with my friend.

Bought a copie of it recently, can't wait for it to arrive (mail order) and to test it out^^

This in CryEngine would be gorgeous

Just played this Saturday and pretty much got a 100% completion in under 8 hours. Hardest elite league challenge we faced was 'Hangar Hats Off' taking us an hour and a half to complete. The worst part about this game is the story on hard and the site level being locked until it's completed. We only had the patience to make it through 3 of the levels. Good review, love this game.

I swear man, good proffesional reviews like this are almost a lost art. You guys are a hidden gem among the bastards that saturated RU-vid with child like humor and lazy fucking videos like Game Grumps, Pewdiepie, Markiplier. God damn man, I swear to god these fuckers target audiences are 6 years old.

The game is awesome, but I agree with your complaint on unlocks/arcade mode. I ended up using a cheat code disc to unlock everything and saved it to that file for whenever I just wanted to enjoy the full bot mode. I kept open a legit profile to, but still for a game with unlocks this insane I don't regret using a work around for when I just want some fun.

I remember playing this on the original xbox as a kid but I forgot about it! this game was so cool!

you rant about enemies having too much health, while showing a serie of 3 arcade league matches where the point is actually to fight a single enemy with a shitload of health.

I loved making my own maps on this game

Future perfect is amazing especially that zombie level though

still have my old save with every character unlocked😃

Played the heck out of the MP on Xbox with a buddy. Good memories. Never did bother with SP.

Great review! Love the Timesplitters series :) Shame you still haven't reviewed Future Perfect. That's like talking about Star Wars IV and V but ignoring Return of the Jedi :P Maybe some day...

the used to be my most favourite game ever!!!!! and i still love it

6:45 Fitting, since I'm about to get a copy of the game as an early birthday present. Yes, I've never played ANY of the TimeSplitters games, and I should be ashamed of myself for not playing them sooner.

Played this on a friend's original Xbox last year. Other than getting used to that particular controller, the game itself was still awesome! I still wish we'd get another Timesplitters game! XD

One of the best FPS-games with one of the best soundtracks to date

A console-exclusive FPS that does not suck. Funnily enough, the "GoldenEye style" control scheme works far better in console FPS than the adopted "Halo style" one, yet it seems many console FPS players dislike the GoldenEye style one.

Old Gold.

timesplitters online would be great

Personally I prefer a game to be hard so that I can choose to win more

The best part of Homefront Revolution was playing Timesplitter 2 in the prison as easter egg !

Nice review and game, the graphics looks quite good actually for a game of its age, do you capture the footage from a emulator or from the actual console? If I remember it right, last time I tried to play it with a PS2 (with a component cable) in a HD TV, the game looks dull and full of jaggies.

Just bought this game today and played it all night with friends

You did not mention the level editor ;)

The only real quibble I have with it is the wonky aiming system, which kind of "resets" you as you move to aim. Not as smooth as I'm normally used to, and it throws you off when you're trying to get that perfect shot.

Excellent review, great memories, are you reviewing Future Perfect next?

Best.FPS.EVER.

Just bought this for Gamecube to play again and record. Brilliant game and those mini games on the handle held console kept me busy for hours

Never played it but I picked this up a few days ago. Looks like a lot like Goldeneye with a way better coat of paint

I wish this footage was in 60fps not in 30 cause the game maintains 60 fps lock like all the time on all consoles even with two player coop/deathmatch with bots(never had the chance to check it out with more than two players but I assume its still runs really well) I implore you to check out other footage (or possibly the game itself) cause its real charm to look at with all of its wacky animations.

The should make a remake of this game. Or a sequel to future perfect

I need to pick up this one & the first for my original Xbox. A solid profile on the game mate.

The only TS game I've played so far is TS2. I didn't know about this game until a few years ago. With a name like Timesplitters, little did I know this would be a FPS game. Great review, Gggmanlives. :)

Surely one of the best game sequels and shooters of that era. It totally overshadows the first game and feels like what Timesplitters should have been like from the first time.

One of the most polished console shooters i ever played

Although the original Deus Ex and Blade Runner (the Westwood's movie-based action adventure video game Blade Runner) come very close, the first part of the Blade Runner-esque level in this game is the most Blade Runner thing ever seen in a video game. You feel like a Blade Runner agent while you follow that guy as the awesome ambiental Vangelis-like music plays and wonderful rain and neon effects add to the overall immersive feeling. Any BR fans out there owe it to themselves to experience this level of TimeSplitters 2 for themselves. It's a very memorable experience. Too bad the rest of the level is mindless action, but what you gonna do... The Old West level would've nailed the Eastwood and Leone's Spaghetti Western look IF it had the gameplay of Lucas Arts' Outlaws. The Ennio Morricone-style music is there, the old western-y looks are there, the atmosphere is there, but the level's goals and gameplay just don't match the excellent presentation. Anyway, if the whole game had levels like these two standouts, beautiful tributes to excellent movies and other pop culture stuff, I'd love this game. However, at least half of the levels in Time Splitters 2 fall flat and become a drag. Still better than Time Splitters 1 levels, though. Oh, and that introductory level in Siberia (or wherever) has an excellent James Bond GoldenEye (the Nintendo game) feel to it. Great review, btw.

Still my most beloved FPS ever.

I used to go rent that game every now and then just to build maps and mess with the AI

How did they change in third one? They look thin as and blue whereas they look like mutants in timespliters 3

I hated this game way back when. I thought the art style was ugly and the controls were shitty. I gave it to friend and let him keep it. Hopefully he enjoyed more than I did.

actually you dont have to follow the npc you can just hop down where you begin and wait for her at the destination where she is going. (wich now that i think about it you need to fail a few times to know where she is going first but whatever)

So many memories of me, my brother and my cousin yelling at each other whilst trying to get cheap madcatz multitap to work so we could play 3 players on the Ps2. Best time ever with a Ps2 game.

I had some of the greatest times playing with my older brothers on this game as the youngest of three. So many options to play and co op too which was always my favorite since my brothers were always better than me

Future Perfect next please :))

Quick question: is it possible for you to review Future Perfect?

ever get around to Timesplitters 3?

hay um have you heard of the game Captain Claw? or Claw depending on where you live? its a monolith game i found a long time ago as a Demo on one of the Blood 2 disks hardly anyone on youtube has made a review on it so might be worth a look if you have the time.

U can play snake on the handheld thing in Japan too

Is there any game similar to this on PS4? I stopped playing FPS like this after PS2 but wanna get back into it and this was my favorite game

The Challenges mode wasnt to difficult to me and was very varied and fun. The campaign was the real challenge. With levels that practically hadn't got any armor or health packs. But even with all that, it was one of the best console FPS of all time. Let the creators of Goldeneye 007 make one masterpiece after other. Great review as always.

So glad I bought timesplitters 2 from amazon awesome game

Timesplitters 2 and 3 were fantastic games. A remake would be amazing on current gen

I just played it for the first time and I must say, it's pretty hard

I hope you get to the third one Timesplitters Future Perfect.