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Nov 20, 2022 · Not only is TimeSplitters one of the best PS2 Co-Op games, it’s also one of the best FPS games. While PC gaming embraced intense action shooters such as Quake and Unreal Tournament, consoles had their own counterpart in TimeSplitters: Future Perfect.
This game was pretty good but with flaws. A sequel could've made a great racing game but alas, not sure it'll ever happen at this point...
- Kart racing grows up.
- Verdict
By Arthur Gies
Updated: Jan 10, 2022 10:06 pm
Posted: May 25, 2010 11:45 pm
As much a Kart racer as an arcade racing title, Split/Second is as predicated on screwing over other competitors as finding a perfect driving line. The premise is simple: as a contestant on the television show Split/Second, you'll race against other drivers on a track designed to be destroyed.
Split/Second has the most impressive destruction and explosions yet seen in a racing game. From passenger jets exploding across a tarmac as you race under a wing, to detonating power plant cooling towers, to collapsing train tracks, Split/Second assaults your eyes as soon as you're off the starting line. There's so much going on during races that it's often difficult to navigate the game's courses, though the designers usually do a pretty good job of marking turns and plastering visual cues around the track.
While it's occasionally clear that the the environments and vehicles have some fairly simple geometry, Black Rock has done well to heavily stylize the game through lighting and color filters. Each course has a specific palette and theme without feeling monotonous, and the lighting is particularly strong. Split/Second is the closest a racing game has come to approximating the look of popular car films of the last decade or so, and that goes a long way to selling the premise. The visual design and UI are also very slick, though occasionally a little obtuse.
In the end though, Split/Second has so much going for it that it's easy to recommend for kart and arcade racing fans alike. The visuals are great, the sound impresses, and there's enough game between the singleplayer season mode and fun multiplayer to last you quite a while. While there are flaws, these are more than made up for with strong design,...
- Arthur Gies
May 18, 2010 · Split/Second, an intense action racing game set within the world of a hyper-competitive reality television show. Competitors vie to be the first across the finish line in a made-for-TV city built for destruction, with the ultimate goal of becoming the season champion.
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Split/Second (Split/Second: Velocity in Europe) is an action-packed arcade racing game developed by Black Rock Studio and published by Disney Interactive Studios. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows and IOS on May 18th, 2010.
Split Second (known as Split Second: Velocity in Europe) is an arcade combat racing game developed by Black Rock Studio and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was released on 18 th of May 2010 in North America and 21 st 2010 in Europe.
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May 18, 2010 · Spit/Second is a racing game based on a fictional reality show for stunt drivers inspired by the explosive styling of Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. The player must qualify to appear in the next 'episode', and finally to become the 'season' champion. The game is also known as Split/Second Velocity in other regions of the world (like Europe).
