Nobody cares unless it's Call of Duty, says Timesplitters man.
Unveiled footage of the cancelled TimeSplitters game emerges after Free Radical's closure, igniting fans' nostalgia and hopes for a revival.
From looking at the gameplay, it just looks like Fortnite, this would have been very poorly received by timesplitters fans.
I'm glad this got cancelled, what's with the Fornite knockoff? TimeSplitters was an FPS, not a 3rd person battle royale.
What were they thinking?
I got into a minor disagreement with their staff shortly after the closure, after i commented about a Timesplitters HD remaster to gauge public reception before such a big project here:
https://www.linkedin.com/fe...
Looking at the gameplay footage, it's clear that the staff (no matter what level) we're out of their depth, putting lots of hours into a game that would of been DOA if Embracer didn't shut it down.
They removed the footage. Here it is if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/BesmfPD8fj...
It's basically a Fortnite clone. Seems like a good decision to cancel this game.
Free Radical has officially closed its doors for good today following the announcement of its shutdown by Embracer.
Embracer totally unceremoniously shutting down their just reformed Free Radical Design around two years after buying them and before they were even able to show off their new Time Splitters game is SO Embracer Group. Meh.
Good luck to all devs finding a place elsewhere.
Embracer should liquidate all their IPs and shut down. They are a skid mark on the industry.
From PlayStation Universe: "When the PlayStation 2 launched in the year 2000, it possessed a launch title that, despite some flaws, stood out as a wonderfully quirky, competent shooter that would go on to spawn a sequel that remains fondly remembered to this day, even if it’s legacy beyond that is one of longing, failure, and disappointment. TimeSplitters is a name that still warms as many hearts as it breaks."
Crytek should re-evaluate their opinions of the Timesplitters franchise. There is games want more for Timesplitters, the demand for the series may not be huge but it’s still there. A remastered Timesplitters trilogy for PC and consoles would be a low risk investment, unless Crytek is still heavily struggling financially.
You could say that Timesplitters still lays dormant even today. It has been quite a while since the big petition opened online for it as i remember it happening there was a lot of interest then, Crytek weren't sure how many would want this game to continue so they gave a certain community of freelance devs a chance. Now...
If only those guys working on TS Rewind would hurry the fuck up.
You know why??Cuz they try copying COD and screwing us Hardcore player's out there we want a game that's a challenge not our f*cking babysitter /End rant.
I find it hard to believe that Crysis 2 wasn't a profitable game. It sold well over 6 million units and I doubt it had a $200 million budget...
Every dev want to be cod. But yes cod has a hypnotic power over the casuals.
They should be trying stuff like this!
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or this!
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or this!
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or this!
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or this!
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Every game trying to be like cod is only a problem on console as far as I can tell.
No point in doing it on pc since they are not such huge cod fans.
Forget the money. Pretty much all FPS will died out and become stale as time goes by.
Free Radical founder: "Pretty much every FPS loses money"
what really matters is turning into a yearly casual game and losing your original fanbase.