TimeSplitters: Future Perfect Challenge Mode Spotlight
We race high-performance cats and decapitate monkeys as we check out TimeSplitters: Future Perfect's challenge mode.
We had so much fun with TimeSplitters: Future Perfect's story mode last week that we've not been able to put our PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game down yet. We've spent the past couple of days playing through Future Perfect's challenge mode, which, like those in previous TimeSplitters entries, comprises several different types of minigames. The game types on offer, which are invariably even more bizarre than their names suggest, include behead the undead, cut-out shoot-out, cat driving, super smashing great, TimeSplitters story classic, and monkeying around. You'll recognize a number of those names from previous TimeSplitters games, if you're a fan of the series, but we're pleased to report that the challenge mode in this year's iteration looks to be the most varied and enjoyable yet.
If there's one thing TimeSplitters games have always been good at, it's rewarding you with unlockable content whenever you complete something successfully. We unlocked plenty of Future Perfect's 150 playable characters during our time with the story mode, and the roster of available characters has grown considerably since we started playing through challenge mode. Before you start a challenge, you'll be told what score or time you need to beat to earn yourself a bronze, silver, or gold trophy. It's also possible to earn platinum trophies, by the way, but you'll have to work out the requirements for those yourself. Earning a bronze trophy will always be good enough to unlock the next challenge (there are three challenges in each category) and will often add another playable character to your roster. Additional weapons (monkey gun, anyone?) and humorous "cheat" options, on the other hand, will be harder to unlock. So, what kind of challenges are we talking about? Here's a quick rundown:
Behead the Undead
Armed with only a single weapon, you'll find yourself in a small room in which increasingly large waves of enemies appear and attempt to kill you. Your goal will simply be to stay alive for as long as possible, which roughly translates to shooting anything that moves. In previous TimeSplitters games, these challenges actually involved beheading the undead, but in Future Perfect, you'll actually be beheading monkeys with a shotgun. And in one of the levels set in a kitchen, you'll be firing tranquilizer darts into anthropomorphic cow carcasses that moo loudly as they attempt to pummel you.
Cut-Out Shoot-Out
Another returning favorite, the cut-out shoot-out challenges play a lot like story mode levels, except all the bad guys (and the good ones) are replaced by firing range-style cardboard stand-ins. Your goal, predictably, will be to play through each level as quickly as possible, scoring points for every enemy target you hit and losing points for every friendly one you hit. The demons and aliens you'll be required to shoot are pretty easy to tell apart from human colleagues, little kids with balloons, and such, but you'll often have only a few seconds to take aim and fire, since many of the targets pop in and out of view or move on rollers.
Cat Driving
Already established as an office favorite, this introduction to the world of high-performance cat racing was pretty much the last thing we ever expected to find in a first-person shooter. You'll basically be driving a stuffed cat on wheels (a character who also has a cameo in the story mode) while attempting to get the best times possible over three laps of increasingly difficult circuits. The cat's engine really purrs, but the handling of said auto-feline can best be described as shopping cart-like, which ensures there's never a dull moment...especially once you beat the first two tracks and qualify for the ice circuit.
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- EA Games
- Free Radical
- Sci-Fi First-Person...
- Release: Mar 21, 2005
- ESRB: Mature
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