10 Forgotten Playstation Classics That Would Sell Millions

2. TimeSplitters

If there's ever been a bigger mystery than what on Earth goes on in the Bermuda Triangle, it'd be what on Earth happened to the Timesplitters series. Although no longer an exclusive due to Future Perfect appearing on Xbox, the Timesplitters series, originally created by Crytek (those guys who make glitzy graphical powerhouse Crysis and then known as Free Radical Design), has been left to rot despite its maintained popularity. Just a couple of years back a petition to show interest in the series' revival was doing the rounds and has now led to an unofficial fan-made remake called Timesplitters Rewind that's currently in development. The saving grace here is that Rewind has the backing of Crytek; in fact, they've gone on record stating that the ultimate goal of the project is to actually make Timesplitters 4! The game is designed to be free on PC and is rumoured to also be in development for PS4. If you're unfamiliar with the series, Timesplitters is a uniquely-designed first-person shooter with a hefty focus on multiplayer antics and silliness. It features hundreds of characters to choose from and unlock, uniquely designed challenges such as throwing bricks through windows against the clock or surviving against waves of zombie monkeys and is one of the funnest franchises that you could play in the PS2 era. It always had quite the following back in the day, so the reasons why Timesplitters 4 is indefinitely on hold seem baffling. Perhaps it's time for Sony to step in and acquire the franchise for use with the PS4? By using all of the power of the new Playstation Sony could deliver a Timesplitters that channels the spirit of the originals but makes them new all over again. At it's core the game is a tad like Borderlands - it's a shooter that doesn't take itself too seriously, and that's what we need in today's society of constant gritty shooters and sci-fi double-jumping nonsense involving giant mechs and giant moon things.
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Dan Curtis is approximately one-half videogame knowledge, and the other half inexplicable Geordie accent. He's also one quarter of the Factory Sealed Retro Gaming podcast.