FRD Extras > Briefe > 2008 > Oktober

Dear Free Rad

i have just recently borrowed second sight from a friend ( borrowed cuz im not supposed 2 play games with blood but i do anyway )and i thought that you guys could make a sequl for the wii, the control sceme seems to blend in perfectly and all great games deserve seqils.
r107 pwn all!!!!!!!!!111one

-Daniel B

Dear Free Rad,

First off let me say I'm a big fan of the TS games! I love the concept(time travel, enough said)! I love the huge list of playable characters(cardboard robot vs zombie doctor vs cyber chimp vs future ninja vs killer clown = great stuff)! I love the multiplayer (weapons from all time periods, maps from all over, and fun game types keep bringing me back!)!

Basically I loved what you guys did with the games! I hope you keep the majority of it and just build TS4 up bigger and better than before! Here are some random things I'd like to list:

More weapons from more time periods! New cool zany weapons! (just nothing too out there! (sheep guns might be pushing it))

500 characters might be considered too many, but only by those who don\'t know any better. (i would dare ask for customizable characters but I know that would only end in tears....) Just bring them all back and add on as you see fit! (just an idea but I think that a knight in shining armor brandishing a tommy gun makes for cool imagery)

More new unique game types! Flame tag still has a special place in my heart. Bring it back and come up with some crazy cool new ways to play, basic game types should not be enough! (custom rules? Maybe this would also end in tears…)

Also, I've heard you guys are focusing on multiplayer, but don't forget about story elements! Please keep up the funny zany and random stories behind the arcade mini games, but also make sure you have a solid story mode! Any way you want to tell it time travel makes for awesome plot twists and story development, so please push for a strong story, hopefully one that involves all manner of aliens, ninjas, zombies, warrior babes, robots and monkeys. And of course Cortez. And bring back Corporal Hart!

Uh, yeah, that's about all I got.

-EJS

p.s. i love you games!

Dear Free Radical

Let me start off by saying I am a huge Timesplitters fan and I cant wait for Timesplitters 4. Anyway there is something I must point.

Can you make the story for co-op make sence. The story only makes sence in TS2 and TSFP in single player because in all the levels their is only one character. An example near the end when Corp Hart dies if you play in co-op mode the second player plays as corp hart but that is immposible since she died during the cut scene.

In TSFP the story makes a little more sence in co-op mode exccept for some factors. An example is in the mission Scotland the brave, Captain Ashes purpose was to find junggle queen and in Single player mode we save her but if you play in co-op we never save her or see her for that matter so that dosent make sence with the story.

Another thing is that in Breaking and Entering we see Amy Chen entering th building. In single player mode we dont meet her until a few events but in co-op mode the second player starts of playing as her wich dose not make sence because in the cut scene we see her entering in another part of U-Genix so therfore it does not make sence when you play that level in co-op mode
Another one is in the Hooded Man level. In single player mode it makes sence because Cortez is defending him self. In co-op mode Player number 2 plays as a Soldier. That is immpossible because Cortez was dressed as a Time assassin and he soliders were fighting the Time assassins so that means that the solider would have open fire on cortez because he thought cortez was the enemy

So that is all.If I can make a suggestion it is to please make co-op mode make sence with the story mode and the cut scences.By the way can you Put all the levels(like sites) and all the weapons(like rocket launcher,injector,baseball bat)and put all the songs (Goteki Remix,TS2,TSFP main menue theme) and all the characters(Robofish,Monkey,Cortez,Captain ash, harry tipper)into Timesplitters 4. So that is my suggestion make TS4 make sence with co-op mode and put all the characters,weapons,levels,and songs in TS4.

Also sence im talking about co-op mode can you make the split screen be horizontal like in TS1,TS2,AND TSFP (dont make the split screen like Haze were it is vertical).That is all
So please consider my ideas Your biggest fan
-Jack
PS answer my letter this is the 13th letter i have written seriously i counted.

Dear Free Rad

I just have a few questions to ask you.
1. What is your favourite game you have made?
2. If you make anymore games for the PS3 will they have trophies?
3. Is they're any chance that a handheld TimeSplitters will ever be made?(Whether it be TS advance or something new)
4. Will TimeSplitters 4 still contain a mapmaker?(Please)

Thanks you very much for your time.

-Daniel

Dear Free Radical

I'm really excited about Timsplitters 4, and i've got a few questions about it:
1. What does DE 07 on the Jo-Beth and the Cat Racing
Underground pics mean?
2. When will you guys release some new info on
Characters/Weapons/Levels?
3. What's up with Sir Chimpalot?
4. Is there going to be a medieval-esque level?
5. Why does the new logo only say "Timesplitters"
instead of "Timesplitters 4"?

Also, keep an eye on www.Timesplitters4.net ;)

-Steve

Dear Free Rad,

Any chance of TS4 on the Wii?? I will be eternally grateful!

-Ross

Dear Free Radical

i injoyed TS1 and TSFP
i'm hopping THE TIME SPLITERS 4 will be on playstation2 still because im too lazy to go out and by a knew systme and get adicted to it and if i did i wouldn't be able to play TS1 and TSFP...

-Adam

what up free rad!!!!!!

aight here we go, first off i want to say ive loved all your gauys games over the years. now lets get to the point. i just wanted to say that with all the bad reviews and bs about haze gets me worried that you guys wont stick with the ip. now ive read about the problems you had with developement, how long it took to make the engine and the story character design and so on but now that all that is in place developement on a sequel would be rather less stressful and all that. i hope you dont give up on haze because i can see it going in so many differant ways like a prequel or side story but nevertheless another should be made. also cant wait for ts4 its going to be awesome.

-Swift
ps if you need an idea for a game i got one that just might interest you guys.

Dear Guy In Cardboard Robot Costume

I've heard that TS4 will ONLY be on the Wii? Is there any truth to this? Because if it is then I'm going to have to start saving up for a Wii right now because all I have right now is a 360.

-Chaser

Dear Free Radical

Please keep all the original maps in arcade mode and make new ones, as I would really love to see them. Also, could you give me an idea of the story? I would love to know what happens after Cortez stopped the Timesplitters war. Thanks.

-Alex

Dear Free Rad,

will you finally be able to roll in TS4?

-Geoff

Dear Free Rad,

THIS IS MY 5th time writing in please post this
i think you should make TSP4 a ps3 exclusive i hate the xbox and all there owners and whats with everyone comparing halo with timesplitters halo is crap compared to timesplitters. keep up the good work free radical and make timesplitters 4 just as good and funny as the rest of the series.

-Keiran

Dear Free Rad,

are you going to make a haze 2 respond!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love haze its good but me and other people want a sequel.make a haze 2!!!!!!!and you should make the haze theme song by korn in the game so you can listen to it will shooting things up... recon_unleashed is my psn account name.

-Kratos

Dear Free Rad,

I need to know if there are gonna be more monkeys! I love being a monkey! The sheer thrill of kocking the heads of an army of Climp Clamps! So please bring on the monkeys! And keep R107! R1's good at virus. =P

-Josh

Dear Free Rad,

did you leave rare because somehow you found out that in the future you would be working on viva pinata?

-Dec

Dear Free Radical

Please put Timesplitters 4 on the PS3 only Please.Listen I have a family and my cosin is dieing. He is a big fan of Timespliters more biger a fan then me and please he is going through a Tough time and he likes PS3. Please Release TS4 on the PS3 only. I beg you please it would mean alot to him and me I promised him I would do what ever it takes to make him feel good.Please do me this one favor please.

-Randy

Dear Free Rad,

Stop ignoring me.

-Flamon

Dear Free Rad,

please respond this is the 4th time i have emailed you this will there be a haze 2? is there a chance?

-Mike

Dear Free Rad,

Where did you put my socks? i cant fine them anywhere.....

PS: If i don't mither you again can i have a free copy of TS4 when it comes out?

-Gertrude

Dear Free Rad

Would you please put some sheet music for all the TS games? Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Mario

Dear R107

I go to Graeme Norgate's website as often as I possibly can to listen to the music he did for Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, TimeSplitters and Second Sight. I hope he's doing well and that he'll be doing the soundtrack for TimeSplitters 4. He is the man!

Oh, and make some more video features about the company Free Radical, like you did for Haze. Please. They were awesome.

-Frank

Hey

have you guys ever considered making a multiplayer level out of your offices? Just a thought. It would be cool to kill things in teh workspace where the game was made.

Oh, and also, have you guys ever considered taking up the old school practice of having multiple heads for your guards, ala Goldeneye and Perfect Dark? Because that would be pretty sweet to see that again. Especially if you guys went back to using your own faces.

Although I am now realizing that perhaps my asking to be able to kill people who look like the developers in a level based on their offices may be just a bit disturbing...

-Russell

Hey!

i'm a gay gamer...
WHO'S IN LOVE W/ THE TIMESPLITTERS FRANCHISE!
i even own the first one, even though i don't own a PS2 or PS3!

my question is if the Timesplitters universe would also have some or even one character in a positive light toward the LGBT community?

there's a bunch of rumours going around that Khallos could just as easily give up on Kitten Celeste after watching Harry Tipper dressed up in drag. is this true?

on another note, my younger brother, he's a year younger than me, i'm reaching 20, he's on his way to be 19 and still in love w/ the monkeys and bananas in timesplitters land, but he told me to tell you, that you rock, R107!

have fun/be safe

-Trukon

Dear Free Rad,

I was just wondering if maybe you could include the "Diplomat" D6 pistol in TimeSplitters 4?
*Rallies together and demands you to make a HD remake on TS2*

-Jesper

Dear Free Radical

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it,
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it,
Snap it, work it, quick erase it,
Write it, get it, paste it, save it,
Load it, check it, quick rewrite it,
Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
Drag it, drop it, zip, unzip it,
Lock it, fill it, call it, find it,
View it, code it, jam, unlock it,
Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it,
Cross it, crack it, switch, update it,
Name it, read it, tune it, print it,
Scan it, send it, fax, rename it,
Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it,
Turn it, leave it, start, format it,
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it,
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it,
Snap it, work it, quick erase it,
Write it, get it, paste it, save it,
Load it, check it, quick rewrite it,
Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
Drag it, drop it, zip, unzip it,
Lock it, fill it, call it, find it,
View it, code it, jam, unlock it,
Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it,
Cross it, crack it, switch, update it,
Name it, read it, tune it, print it,
Scan it, send it, fax, rename it,
Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it,
Turn it, leave it, start, format it.

-Glen