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Will it be crowned the Best Shooter Ever?
It's a tough call considering that I'm no expert in the shoot 'em up genre, although I've played Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike, a little bit of Halo, Agent Under Fire, and a few other titles.
Time Splitters 2 has a great background. Developed by Free Radical Design (who formerly worked on GoldenEye), incorporating a 'homage level' to that particular game (the first level is based on the Dam Level from GoldenEye), and the original Time Splitters got rave reviews at launch (it was one of the first games out on the PS2).
The gaming press have been raving about TS2 for a few months, and now that most of the reviews have been done, TS2 appears to score highly in all of them bar Edge, I haven't read Edge this month. Knowing them they probably gave it a 3/10 just to be different.
I personally don't feel that the TS2 storyline could live up to that of Half Life's, but then on a console Half Life is pretty much a single player game anyway, so the story is more important. What seems to be catching everyone's attention is the TS2 multiplayer options, level editing features, game modes and sheer speed of running.
And possibly the one thing that makes one shooter better than the other is how much fun it involves when you frag your mates instead of a bot.
The one outstanding shooter on XBox so far has been Halo
The one outstanding shooter on PS2 is yet to arrive, MGS2 perhaps been the closest, or maybe even Medal of Honour, I can't think of better ones at the moment.
So the question to think on today is: Will Time Splitters 2 be better than Halo, MGS2 and Medal of Honour.
Tomorrow I'd like to see some answers.
Then in 2 weeks time when it comes out on the Gamecube I'd like to see some more opinions, even if they are written in crayon.
It's a tough call considering that I'm no expert in the shoot 'em up genre, although I've played Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike, a little bit of Halo, Agent Under Fire, and a few other titles.
Time Splitters 2 has a great background. Developed by Free Radical Design (who formerly worked on GoldenEye), incorporating a 'homage level' to that particular game (the first level is based on the Dam Level from GoldenEye), and the original Time Splitters got rave reviews at launch (it was one of the first games out on the PS2).
The gaming press have been raving about TS2 for a few months, and now that most of the reviews have been done, TS2 appears to score highly in all of them bar Edge, I haven't read Edge this month. Knowing them they probably gave it a 3/10 just to be different.
I personally don't feel that the TS2 storyline could live up to that of Half Life's, but then on a console Half Life is pretty much a single player game anyway, so the story is more important. What seems to be catching everyone's attention is the TS2 multiplayer options, level editing features, game modes and sheer speed of running.
And possibly the one thing that makes one shooter better than the other is how much fun it involves when you frag your mates instead of a bot.
The one outstanding shooter on XBox so far has been Halo
The one outstanding shooter on PS2 is yet to arrive, MGS2 perhaps been the closest, or maybe even Medal of Honour, I can't think of better ones at the moment.
So the question to think on today is: Will Time Splitters 2 be better than Halo, MGS2 and Medal of Honour.
Tomorrow I'd like to see some answers.
Then in 2 weeks time when it comes out on the Gamecube I'd like to see some more opinions, even if they are written in crayon.
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El blokey wrote:
> ...you can use GoldenEye controls for TS2. It's one of the presets.
*A tear forms in the corner of my eye*
> ...you can use GoldenEye controls for TS2. It's one of the presets.
*A tear forms in the corner of my eye*
...you can use GoldenEye controls for TS2. It's one of the presets.
Sjigga wrote:
> Out of curiosioty, would you prefer to use the N64 pad for todays FPS
> games?
Absolutely, to be honest the gamecube pad is tosh for FPS games, but ive only really tried it on agent under fire, and that really shouldnt have progressed beyond the drawing board.
> Out of curiosioty, would you prefer to use the N64 pad for todays FPS
> games?
Absolutely, to be honest the gamecube pad is tosh for FPS games, but ive only really tried it on agent under fire, and that really shouldnt have progressed beyond the drawing board.
Sjigga wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, is anyone here going to give this game a miss
> and wait until next month for the likes of James Bond: Nightfire,
> Medal of Honour & Unreal Championship (Xbox)?
Nope. Not interested in James Bond games or Unreal, and I completed Medal of Honour on PC months ago.
> Just out of curiosity, is anyone here going to give this game a miss
> and wait until next month for the likes of James Bond: Nightfire,
> Medal of Honour & Unreal Championship (Xbox)?
Nope. Not interested in James Bond games or Unreal, and I completed Medal of Honour on PC months ago.
Sjigga wrote:
> Out of curiosioty, would you prefer to use the N64 pad for todays FPS
> games?
Well, I would prefer to use a mouse and keyboard, but yes.
> Out of curiosioty, would you prefer to use the N64 pad for todays FPS
> games?
Well, I would prefer to use a mouse and keyboard, but yes.
cookie monster wrote:
> Sjigga wrote:
> So I had to hold the left side
> (as you would when using the D-pad) and stretch my thumb across to
> the
> centre where the analogue stick was. My cousin (who loved it)
> thought
> I was a freak
>
> I would have to agree with him, saying that you couldnt hold the
> controller in the proper way is like saying you couldnt hold a gun.
I figured someone would agree with him. As I said, I got used to it and was able to play games successfully, but was never completely satisfied with the placement of the analogue stick. It's probably because it feels more natural to have it on the left side as that is how I have been playing games since the days of the NES. This is why I prefer the positioning of the PS2, Gamecube and Xbox analogue sticks to the one on the N64. Incidentally, everything else about the N64 controller was perfect though.
Out of curiosioty, would you prefer to use the N64 pad for todays FPS games?
> Sjigga wrote:
> So I had to hold the left side
> (as you would when using the D-pad) and stretch my thumb across to
> the
> centre where the analogue stick was. My cousin (who loved it)
> thought
> I was a freak
>
> I would have to agree with him, saying that you couldnt hold the
> controller in the proper way is like saying you couldnt hold a gun.
I figured someone would agree with him. As I said, I got used to it and was able to play games successfully, but was never completely satisfied with the placement of the analogue stick. It's probably because it feels more natural to have it on the left side as that is how I have been playing games since the days of the NES. This is why I prefer the positioning of the PS2, Gamecube and Xbox analogue sticks to the one on the N64. Incidentally, everything else about the N64 controller was perfect though.
Out of curiosioty, would you prefer to use the N64 pad for todays FPS games?
Sjigga wrote:
> So I had to hold the left side
> (as you would when using the D-pad) and stretch my thumb across to the
> centre where the analogue stick was. My cousin (who loved it) thought
> I was a freak
I would have to agree with him, saying that you couldnt hold the controller in the proper way is like saying you couldnt hold a gun.
> So I had to hold the left side
> (as you would when using the D-pad) and stretch my thumb across to the
> centre where the analogue stick was. My cousin (who loved it) thought
> I was a freak
I would have to agree with him, saying that you couldnt hold the controller in the proper way is like saying you couldnt hold a gun.
Should be getting it tommorrow.
But I hardly ever get anything on time : (
Did you hear about all the mini-games you get me picking up game-cartriges? There a version of snake on one of them.
Then I get Metal Slug X the week after that.
Then GTA3 two weeks after that.
Soootteeeedd etc.
Lardy-da.
But I hardly ever get anything on time : (
Did you hear about all the mini-games you get me picking up game-cartriges? There a version of snake on one of them.
Then I get Metal Slug X the week after that.
Then GTA3 two weeks after that.
Soootteeeedd etc.
Lardy-da.
Does that have multiplayer?
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