TimeSplitters 2 filled the Goldeneye void for the PS2/XBOX era, took the iconic game's style of play, and perfected it. What gives it more staying power over the wave of more popular first person shooters at the time, was the sheer variety on store. It sacrificed the smallest amount of polish for quantity in every other department. The locations, in which every single level in the campaign is set in a different time, ranging all the way back to the 1800s in the Wild West to way into the future aboard a UFO base. The weaponary at your disposal, which set the benchmark of just how much and how varied your arsenal can be for future FPSs. The insane amount of wacky characters you meet on your travels, and how 126 of them are playable in multiplayer. The tone in which every level in the campaign has its own unique feel, ranging from all out warfare, stealth, and even horror. And the all the modes in multiplayer, while within the norm in this day and age, was mouth watering at the time. Whenever I put TimeSplitters 2 into my tray it felt like I never once played the same thing. It was always something new. And I don't mean this in a "RPG with unlimited missions" kind of way. It was the mixture of all these characters, weapons, locations and multi player modes that gave it endless exciting combinations. The best thing about TimeSplitters 2 to me is how it approaches the first person genre that you just don't get with them today. Gone were the days of Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein and Goldeneye. With the arrival of military shooters it became a genre that thrived in taking itself seriously. And while controlling a gun when the main objective is to shoot things, it got to a point were it was laughable and cringe worthy. TimeSplitters 2 arrived at the perfect time to save the genre from becoming stale and wooden, because beyond Valve's games, nobody wants to have to play ridiculously fun shooting galleries coated with forced characters with gruff, dull voice acting that we are supposed to like. It just doesn't blend in this genre. We want them to embrace their ridiculous concept of taking on 10000s of enemies by yourself, healing quicker than a superhero and more ammunition than a fighter plane. TimeSplitters 2 does just that, it knows what it is and is completely unashamed. The over the top, anything goes manner gives it the necessary blank canvas in which you paint, and is where so many of the unbeatable humour and memories have come from. After a certain amount of time, games that had attained a certain accolade on its release, such as "Best story in such-a-genre", are often overthrown in the following year. TimeSplitters has stood the test of time because almost ten years after the lastest entry, two generations of consoles gone, and it is still the most bonkers and unrestricted first person shooter since it's release.