Comments on: Requiem For Timesplitters: The Death Of The Playful Shooter? http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/ More Than Just Gaming News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: splitters 3 god http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/comment-page-1/#comment-24481 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:13:20 +0000 http://oxcgn.com/?p=9033#comment-24481 i wish 4 would be made…i loved three and everything about it. i collected everything by my own skill and became amazing at the game and was wishing for another splitters game to do the same to. all i can say is, pumpkin beach is making a bad mistake if they dont continue the splitters series.

]]> By: snipa9111 http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/comment-page-1/#comment-8137 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:20:49 +0000 http://oxcgn.com/?p=9033#comment-8137 i think it would have been an awesome game… timesplitters was the greatest game or games ever and i cant believe that the associates at pumpkin beach want to distant themselves to create something new especially when those who formed pumpkinbeach was mostly formed by the people who created timesplitters i think that seperating them from it is wrong, that game helped them get where they are today and they’re just gonna let it die…. its a bloody shame indeed…

]]> By: dkpatriarch http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/comment-page-1/#comment-6506 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:24:11 +0000 http://oxcgn.com/?p=9033#comment-6506 Zen, always great to see you here.

Actually I agree Nintendo does need something like Free Radical to make some games for gamers (not just Horse Trainer 5 or whatever…although I’m looking forward to playing a bit of mini-golf with the kids after Christmas (shhhh)).

It seems unfortunate that Pumpkin Beach seems to want to distance itself from Timesplitters, when it really is a brand that has a good name and is separate from the masses of FPS games out there. There really is a lot of material out now in gaming for them to spoof in a Timesplitters game.

I really hope that a good Timesplitters game is in our future, but it doesn’t look good right now.

I think MS and Sony and other biggies like EA (who cancelled Need For Speed) are shedding rather than buying right now.

With studios like Free Radical and now Factor 5 going bust, and with others like Rockstar still struggling, I really worry for independent studios not protected by a big publisher’s banner. Actually even that doesn’t seem to protect you, as MS shed Ensemble (who has a great history).

What about creative ideas that are interesting and new like Velvet Assassin, The Crossing, Theseis, etc….

I sure hope they get published and not die, because you cannot always play games like Gears, Resistance, Fallout, Far Cry etc. Something different keeps gaming fresh.

]]> By: azentium http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/comment-page-1/#comment-6456 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:51:58 +0000 http://oxcgn.com/?p=9033#comment-6456 To be honest I’m surprised that FR hasn’t been acquired considering their current state. Activision, Microsoft, and Nintendo could have potentially afforded to pick up these guys. Not only that, but I would also think that Nintendo would benefit the most from such acquisition. Nintendo could potentially label FR as their “core” gaming division. Meaning, that while Nintendo continues to develop mass market games, like Wii Music and Wii Fit, Free Radical would work on games like TimeSplitters would appease hardcore gamers.

I’m guessing there are two reasons as to why an acquisition like this hasn’t happened:

-The founders of the company have refused to become a part of a large corporation.
-The critical and commercial failure of Haze may have scared potential buyers off.

Regardless, it’s sad to see a company like Free Radical close its doors. The core group has a large amount of talent and have proven time over time again that they can build excellent first person shooters (except Haze :P ) . I hope that the core group at FR join Pumpkin Beach and continue the excellence that is the TimeSplitters series.

By the way, sorry if this comment seems to be really choppy. I’m going to be heading out right now but I wanted to make sure to comment on this before I left. Sorry if there are any glaring grammatical or spelling errors. :)

Cheers,
Zen

]]> By: dkpatriarch http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/comment-page-1/#comment-6449 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:05:25 +0000 http://oxcgn.com/?p=9033#comment-6449 Agreed. I was really looking forward to the fourth.

]]> By: foss http://oxcgn.com/2008/12/20/requiem-for-timesplitters-the-death-of-the-playful-shooter/comment-page-1/#comment-6443 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://oxcgn.com/?p=9033#comment-6443 such a shame. tmesplitters was amazing!

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