You like shooters? Then you like this game.

User Rating: 9.4 | TimeSplitters 2 GC
Simply put, this game puts you in the role of Sgt. Cortez in a race through time to stop the TimeSplitters. Wait, I lied. While travelling, you assume forms of a person from that era, and you try to stop the TimeSplitters. But essentially you are still Sgt. Cortez. Huh?
In my opinion, the story was not told well enough. When playing through the different story mode levels, you learn a bit about what happened then (i.e. secret Soviet projects, a villian on the loose in the Wild West, etc.), but not so much about why you're playing the story mode. Pretty much, you go around, kill any TimeSplitters crawling around, set right what they did wrong, collect a Time Crystal, and move on. Aha, that's the story! The TimeSplitters screwed up events in time, and you need to fix them!
Confused yet? Yeah, so am I.
If you haven't guessed yet, this game is a first-person shooter. It was made by a number of developers who worked on GoldenEye for the N64, and it shows in this game. Particularly some of the rip-offs they create, such as the silenced pistol and the health/armor bars. There's a slightly meaty story mode behind it, but the real fun of this game is in the Arcade, Challenge and Multiplayer modes. In the Arcade and Challenge modes, you get a lot (and I mean a LOT) of different mini-challenges, and you can unlock many goodies from them, such as new characters, weapons, multiplayer modes, maps, etc. For example, one mission has you locked in a room alone with a shotgun. Your job is to fend off zombies for as long as you can. Heck yes!! Others vary from scoring a number of kills in a time limit, avoiding people who are on fire, et cetera et cetera. Also in Arcade, you can set up your own quick matches against a number of bots.
Ahh, the multiplayer. Hopefully you have a bunch of friends who can party. TimeSplitters 2's multiplayer is shooting fun in its purest form. A nice variety of maps, including Mexico, the streets of Tokyo, an ice colony, a robot factory, the list goes on. There's an incredible amount of diversity between the maps, you just won't get bored of them any time soon. Each map can have up to five weapons, either a fixed amount or your own custom settings. You can have all fire extinguishers if you want. Go ahead. You'll have to use your fists more often, but go ahead. Oh, that's right, an added bonus I forgot to mention: if you ever run out of ammo, you can always just use punches! Works like a charm.
Back to multiplayer. You have your standard Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag (called Capture the Bag) modes, blah blah blah, but there's an interesting amount of different modes intended for pure hilarity and insanity. Examples are the Flame Tag mode, which speaks for itself...someone is on fire, and the only way to live is to pass it on by touching someone else. There's Vampire mode, where you can regain health by killing others. Probably the silliest is Monkey Assistant. If you're in last place, you get a bunch of monkeys to come and help you out. MONKEYS. First zombies are in this game, and now monkeys too?!! YES.
Did I mention you can also have a lot of bots playing too?
Hmm...what else...oh, the music? I'm not hearing much, probably because I hear the blasts from machine guns and rocket launchers above anything. I did look through the different music tracks you can use for multiplayer...JEEZ, there's a lot! Every MP map music, every SP level music, even a number of tracks from the first TimeSplitters game! Wow.
There's a number of different weapons to give off a number of different sound effects, and none at are all bad. Explosions sound quite pleasant, actually. Except if you're caught in it.
The graphics make everything look fairly basic, but this was released back in 2002, after all. Even from long ago, everything still looks nice. Especially the varieties in weapons!
I don't think I forgot anything...wait, yes I did. The MapMaker mode!
You can create your own maps! (Duh).
Whatever you use, everything seems fairly basic, from corridors to semi-large rooms, but you can also have other things such as windows and doors, and even another floor. You can also set up enemies and objectives for Story-mode like fun. Even if you get bored of the existing Multiplayer maps, you'll have a blast with making your own. Making your map is also very simple. You select a piece, and place it on the grid. Easy enough, right? Right.

If you can find a copy of this game, especially since it's about $7 at GameStop and EB Games, do yourself a favor and pick it up.