/vr/ - Retro Games

>favorite game
i dont even know what to pick, i love them all. TS1 is the fastest and has some of the best characters and maps, TS2 is the most polished and has the best singleplayer levels, TSFP has the best co-op and mapmaker... hard choice. gun to my head, probably TS1 just because i like how zippy it is -- and Docks is one of the best levels both SP and MP.
>favorite weapon
probably TS1 scifi autorifle
>favorite character
private grass from TS2
>favorite story level
Siberia from TS2
>favorite multiplayer map
Ice Station or Docks
>favorite song
Neo Tokyo

i love these games. so many hours spent on mapmaker and story mode with friends. legendary shit.

>TimeSplitters 2
>double barrel shotgun x 2
>Gretel Mk II
>Chicago
>Training ground
>Scrapyard

You didn't mention it, but the best game mode is virus, the best cheat code is infinite ammo (which removes the need to reload), the best challenge is Day of the Damned, and the best minigame is the Lunar Lander clone. Kinda boring taste, but that's what I like.

>>9234289
>Timesplitters is one of the coolest shooter series ever made.
Not really. They're good, but all of the games have a real lack of polish to them and the series' kind of bumbles around to find an identity. Third game also lacks passion.

>>9234368
okay
anyway

>>9234345
Training Ground is a contender for GOAT. curious why you like Chicago so much though. it's one of the more boring missioms IMO. pretty diverse objectives but the weapons and aesthetics are the least interesting of any level and everything after blowing the safe and taking out the snipers is run and gun and the boss is ez mode

TS1 doesne get enough love. Seems most people started with TS2 and never played the first one. Has some of the best maps and the mapmaker is definitely the most simplistic of the 3 but the tile sets and extra features missing from later installments make it a lot of fun. doesnt support singleplayer missions but i managed to fenagle my own by using team bag tag starts in weird ways.

>favorite game
TS2
>favorite weapon
flaregun, autorifle, sbp90
>favorite character
idk
>favorite story level
siberia
>favorite multiplayer map
mall, bank, streets, hospital, chinese
>favorite song
nightclub,siberia, ice station

Anya Taylor-Joy looking bitch, literally ayy lmao.

Now about weapons, if the level got a shotgun on it i'm pretty happy, so Notre Dame i guess.

>>9234289
Chinese...
Home...

>>9234289
I am so sad that I never played this game as a kid. I loved n64 Goldeneye so I'm certain that I would have liked it. I remember people suggesting it to me but I didn't like the look of the front cover so never bothered. I don't play vidya now (I only like reading about it) so the boat is gone but I know I would have loved the game.

the alien designs were best in ts1

>>9234562
you're dumb

>>9234289
>TS2
>SBP90
>Accountant
>Siberia
>Circus
>Spaceways

>>9235014
i want to no clip out of the circus map and see the city in the background

>get gold on Can't Handle This as a child
>unable to even get bronze now

>>9234597
>bit tits on a furrygirl
>"Fun-Bunny"
Uh-huh.

Where my Planet X Chads at?

Zamn

Really need to finish my modded PS2 and fire up 2 and FP

>tfw to much of a brainlet to be able to use TS1 & TS2's aiming schemes
Is it over for me? Feels like it's not worth the effort to try to rewire my brain when barely any games use this aiming scheme. I got by alright for a while in TS1 just by "noscoping", is this doable for the entire campaigns of 1 & 2?

>>9235480
one of the best maps. also the overall biggest mp level in the series. love playing bagtag or snipers on this

>>9235565
you suck at video games, yes.

>>9234289
>favorite game
2 by a mile.
>>favorite weapon
Probably the shotgun, but I've spent enough time on fucking Can't Handle This to develop a health appreciation for dual-wielded tommyguns.
>>favorite character
Too many to even choose, but if pressed I might go Sergio the Strongman.
>>favorite story level
Notre Dame and Wild West are easy but fun to just blast through, but Aztec is probably my favorite overall. Shame about the columns puzzle fucking it up though.
>>favorite multiplayer map
Construction site
>>favorite song
Neotokyo or Wild West

>>9234345
>Lunar Lander
Sublime taste all around, but especially there.

>>9235241
I always loved the tiny glimpse you could get the lights of Paris by looking over the edge at the very end of Notre Dame.

Now that superheroes are mainstream is when no one does comic book looking games anymore.

>>9236706
unfortunately, they're making a TS4 but it's probably going to be pozzed to shit

>>9235241
I always had this same thought. this was never one of my favorite maps but something about the horizon piqued my desire to explore it.

>>9234289
Has anyone tried the full remake of TS2 hidden behind a code in Homefront: Revolution? I picked it up just to try it, but idk when im going to be up to slogging through to the point where you can unlock it.

>>9236868
why bother? it's backwards compatible on X1/Series X and if you're on PC you can just emulate PS2/GCN version and it'll be better in every way.

Love Timesplitters

>>9234387
You are right about Chicago. I like the atmosphere I guess. The only other Timesplitters 2 story level that is interesting to me is Siberia, but I think that is such an obvious choice.

>>9238068
how the fuck do you like the generic 1920s gangster shit for "atmosphere" and then say the only other level that interests you is Sibera when levels like Neo Tokyo, Robot Factory, Atom Smasher and Notre Dame exist? I'm smelling a classic case of "filtered on Hard" here.

>>9238068
>Chicago. I like the atmosphere I guess.
As someone who grew up in Chicago, it doesn't feel like Chicago at all. The architecture and street layout is all wrong. Feels like they were just "OK, Chicago is basically a mini New York with Al Capone, so let's do that!"
As a video game level, it's fine, I guess, although Prohibition-era gangster aesthetic is not my thing.

So is there a new one coming out or not?
Firsr i read abiut Crytek, then DeepSilver iirc took over, then i read Martin Hollis came on board
It's been more than 15 fucking years brks

>>9238081
I don't think Chicago is a masterpiece of level design or anything. There are definitely problems in that level. TimeSplitters 2 doesn't have very strong story levels more or less. Perhaps that is partly because of limitations of the budget, but I accept that because there's a mapmaker, game modes, cool characters, etc.
I like Siberia because of the way it unfolds. It also feels much bigger than it really is, and the introduction of zombies is neat. Neo Tokyo should have been great. Unfortunately tracking somebody in TimeSplitters 2 feels silly. It's like there's a missing element or not enough people in the city, and I totally understand why that is. Notre Dame has a lame boss fight. Cool level but rather lame at the end. The other two are fine I guess. Atom Smasher is a fun idea. I don't like the way Robot Factory looks and many of the scifi weapons blow except for the auto rifle.

>>9238154
>TimeSplitters 2 doesn't have very strong story levels more or less
>many of the scifi weapons blow except for the auto rifle
yeah, you were filtered. 100% guarantee you couldn't beat these games on Hard.

>>9234289
I love the shotguns double barrel and tactical.

>>9234368
Hey thanks for jumping into this thread real quick to let everyone know you're gay. Damn decent of ya

>>9234562
I got cucked out of a few great games because of dumb looking cover art. Glad this series wasn't among them

>>9238159
I don't think I was filtered. TimeSplitters 2 has flaws. Giving the player crappy weapons and a crowd of bullet sponges to shoot in a dull environment is not good game design. Still a fun game.

>>9236868
It's not a remake and you get it late in the game just emulate it or can get if for like 3 bucks on xbox

>>9234289
My favorite character is R-One-Oh-Seven. My favorite TS is 2, but I love them all. There's a TS Revival project that's been going on for a looooong time now. Scrapyard is my favorite song. Love these games!

>>9238185
>I don't think I was filtered
you didn't beat the game on hard. you were filtered.
>Giving the player crappy weapons
only someone who was filtered would say this.
>a crowd of bullet sponges
lmao what, even on Hard the enemies die in one headshot or from a few body shots. fucking filtered.
>dull environment
this is just retarded. dull, you mean like gangster era Chicago, your favorite level? meanwhile you apparently don't like the other "dull" levels like Planet X or Neo Tokyo. because if there's one thing TS is known for, it's "dull" levels like a circus, medieval castle, UFO docking station or a military base on a frozen asteroid. honestly how can anyone be this much of a faggot? did you even play these games?

>>9238185
>the game is flawed, the weapons are crappy, the enemies are bullet sponges, and the environments are dull...
>b-but still a good game
t. 19 year old newfaggot who sucks at video games identified. you're trying too hard to fit in. leave.

>>9238212
>>9238203
I never knew people liked Timesplitters this much on /vr/ lol. Robot Factory is really dull. Planet X is fine.

I think it's cool in GE, PD, and TS games you could see more of the levels as the difficulty went up. It's an added bonus for accepting a greater challenge to see new parts of a level.

>>9238187
Its one level you can play normally, but apparently you can use a cheat code to unlock the full game.

>>9238256
filtered

>>9236868
>but idk when im going to be up to slogging through to the point where you can unlock it.
Just install this https://github.com/HFTSRedux/TS2Redux You can even delete most files from Homefront and reduce the filesize from 46GB to 2.5GB.

>favorite game
TS2
>favorite weapon
Luger Pistol, Tactical 12-Gauge, Brick, ElectroTool
>favorite character
Viola, no contest. Gretel Mk2 is cool too though.
>favorite story level
Siberia, Robot Factory, Aztec
>favorite multiplayer map
Mexican Mission, Hospital, Nightclub
>favorite song
It's impossible to decide. The TimeSplitters 2 OST is probably the VGM I listen to the most. There's not a single bad song. I'm not even exaggerating. Graeme Norgate is musical genius.

>>9234395
I've unfortunately still not played TS2 to this day. Probably because it's a PS2 exclusive and I played the Xbox a lot more as a kid. By the time I got my first console that generation TS2 was already out.

I also don't know how anyone could prefer TSFP over TS2. It's not a bad game by any means, but it might as well be an entirely new franchise. I don't know why they added some faggot announcer either. This is why you don't copy what other games are doing.

>>9235565
the pc port of 2 via homefront has normal aiming

>>9238847
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cykxQLTDf4s

For me it's this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SF1yMNJ38k

Acceptable fps to like: Doom, Quake, Unreal, Duke, Blood, Shadow Warrior, Dark Forces, Marathon, Cybermage, Strife, Hexen, Heretic, Sin, Shogo
Unacceptable: Half Life, COD, Halo, Nu Doom, Nu Wolfenstein, Serious Sam, Goldeneye, Timesplitters, FEAR, Perfect Dark, Overwatch, Counter Strike, Battlefield, MOH

>>9238847
you should really go back and play it. TS1 is my personal favorite. it has the fastest weapons and movement speed and the levels are hardcore, no bullshit run and gun goodness. the story mode is very simple compared to the later games but the levels are more replyable because you unlock stuff for beating them under par times on top of beating them on certain difficulties. also the maps are the absolute best by far. a castle, a bank, a mall (with a real working clock), a creepy village, a graveyard, a space ship, a war torn WW2-esque city, and the best versions of Streets, Chinese and more. 2 and FP are fantastic but there's a certain feel to the first one that can't be beat.

When I first heard of these games, I thought "Timesplitters" in the game referred to a ragtag group of people who are from different time periods teaming up and going through different eras to get rid of those ugly alien things (which I later of course found out where what the "Timesplitters" actually were.)
The actual story (and lack thereof) of these games disappointed the fuck out of me.

>>9239368
do brits really call foodstores malls?

TS2 was GOAT for me.

any one know anything about the new free radical TS4? any word on a TS2 remaster?

>>9239916
no and you don't want to hear about it. it's gonna be pozzed. believe me. best thing can happen is for it to continue its journey as vaporware and leave one of the few decent, untouched game series alone.

>>9234562
This actually happened to me. I didn’t get into these games until this year, I rented TS2 in the past and played through the campaign on Easy but never even played the arcade league. I just didn’t like the cartooninees and my expectations were too high after playing GE and PD. But I gave it another chance this year and really dove into all the content and now I can’t put the damn thing down. I literally just got two more medals last night

fuck fixed reticle aiming

>>9239916
they already censored cyberfairy

>>9239871
I kinda like the way the story works.
1= you play as people from these eras who inevitably come in contact with these aliens.
2= you are trying to preserve history and fight back against this invasion across time with minimal alterations to history by blending into the eras.
3=full on time travel, jumping across time, learning the origin of the thought alien invaders and ending it.

Bad series

>>9240431
Games gonna be more titless than ellen page

>>9240652
Yeah, no. That's gay.

>>9240658
kek

Doom is better

>>9241612
Okay?

>>9241612
Okay?

>>9240431
>>9240294
def more covered up. still, this art is higher fidelity and the original cyberfairy would be way more pornographic with all these extra polygons. she's still got a short skirt, at least, and the women shown appear to still be hot, so ts4 is still ahead of the industry based on this image alone.

i hope the game isn't pozzed, but if this is the trend i'll be disappointed. still, look at gretel from ts1 to ts2. if you judged the game by that character design alone, you'd think ts2 was pozzed. so hopefully cyberfairy isn't the rule.

Love this series

>>9234368
>lacks passion

What does that mean?

EAT MY LASERRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>9242836
You're being disingenuous and that's gay as fuck.

>>9243161
What do you mean?

I actually copy protected my 100% game save on my PS2 to prevent my friends from stealing my save - it is a lesser known feature of the PS2. I was also convinced for years some of the challenges were impossible to platinum until I saw players doing it which made me salty given the hours (and swearing) it took to get gold on some - like the banana chomp where you are a burning wood golem.

>>9236868
it is fucking crazy that the entire game is hidden on there, but i heard (according to an anon) it runs like shit and is clearly an unfinished port

Epic thread. Spent so much of my teenage years playing TS2. Definitely up there as a contender for best game of the era (if you had friends).

>favorite game
TS2
>favorite weapon
Remote Mines (good times 'making bases' with friends against max number/difficulty AI on virus)
>favorite character
Robofish was my goto.
>favorite story level
S-Tier = Siberia kino
A-Tier= Chicago, Wild West, Notre Dame
Shit-tier = Space Station
Can't remember Tier = Aztec,
I guess my nostalgia pulls out levels with heavier theming and aesthetic.
>favorite multiplayer map
Ice Station, Chinese & training ground first came to mind without checing. Kino design.
>favorite song
Siberia first comes to mind.

>>9245454
cheater

>>9234289
>favorite game
TS2
>favorite weapon
Future Perfect, Plasma rifle
>favorite character
Badass Cyborg. In every game.
>favorite story level
TS2 Space Station. It's such a great finale. I also love Notre Dame, because Viola.
>favorite multiplayer map
TS2, the frozen Space Station or Docks from TS1
>favorite song
Mexican Mission

I platinum'd TS2 a while ago. Never again. The one platinum trophy on that one elimination match in the amateur league is hell.

>>9245464
Why? :(

>>9245624
robofish. hes worse than playing as oddjob

>>9245678
small characters in TS2 aren't really overpowered because character abilities make them weaker and make it harder to see over obstacles.

>>9245685
Pretty sure I used to get headshotted more often, too.

>>9245687
monkey, robofish and stumpy have pretty big heads and if youre playing a taller character you're basically gonna be looking down at them most of the time so yeah, headshots are more likely no doubt

I got platinum in the handyman level of TS2 once and it is probably my greatest achievement in gaming

>>9243772
Nostalgia overload watching that webm

>>9243772
>I actually copy protected my 100% game save
You didn't do shit. The Timeplitters games all automatically copy-protect their save data.

>>9247316
They don't.

>>9247339
Nah, they do. I'm not having this back-and-forth with you. Either you can shut the fuck up and accept you're wrong or continue being retarded. Your choice.

>>9247358
But they don't

>>9234289
lol what did they mean by this?

>>9247476
BIG HONKING MELONS

>>9247476
>monkeys
>melon'n (melanin)

>>9249516
obsessed

>>9249610
>obsessed
... with watermelon

>>9240431
what's her shirt going to say now?

>>9250067
BLM

>>9250067
Down With Cis

>>9250067
i busted the fattest nut to this shit back in the day

>>9234331
>favorite game
3
>favorite weapon
Tommy Gun
>favorite character
Kypriss, Undead Priest, Mr Underwood
>favorite story level
Scotland the Brave TS3
>favorite multiplayer map
Chinese
>favorite song
Wild West

>>9250272
when i was a kid i would load up a match without any weapons and only female bots so they'd just stand there and do nothing, and then go around looking at their fannies and hitting them to hear the pain moans. pretty sure ilsa nadir was one of my first wanks

>>9234289
>favorite game
TS2
>favorite weapon
Plasma AutoRifle, Tommy Gun, Shotgun
>favorite character
Duckman Drake, Jungle Queen, Scourge Splitter
>favorite story level
Planet X, Wild West, Mansion of Madness
>favorite multiplayer map
Mexican Mission, Compound
>favorite song
Compound, Goteki TS2 Remix, Disco A Go Go

>>9247229
BullshitBullshit.

>>9247484
Melons?

>>9252523
Melons.

>>9252523
>>9253456
Awoooga

I know that Siberia is a nod to Goldeneye 64, are there any other maps that are either related to Goldeneye or another video game?

>>9254372
Atom Smasher is definitely Goldeneye-inspired but i'd say the most obvious homage aside from Siberia is Breaking and Entering in TSFP -- the whole level is laid out and plays very much like Perfect Dark and there's a datadyne logo on one of the buildings in the background.

>>9254393
>>9254372