10 Terrifying Video Game Enemies You Couldn't See
4. The TimeSplitters - TimeSplitters
The cult classic TimeSplitters series is truly unique. The games are a far cry from po-faced, super serious FPS titles, offering tongue-in-cheek shooting action that flits between the past, present and future from stage to stage. Along the way, players meet a cast of absurd characters, including several different types of monkeys, a sentient snowman, dinosaurs and all sorts of silliness besides.
Fans will remember having a riot of fun with this absurd, hilarious series, but for all the humor, it boasts some truly horrifying antagonists: the titular TimeSplitters themselves.
As seen in TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, Jacob Crow both discovered time travel and created this malevolent race, which fight a devastating war against humankind throughout the series. Our hero Sergeant Cortez and other protagonists tangle with the TimeSplitters on several occasions, encountering varieties such as the Berserker Splitter and Reaper Splitter.
They’re more powerful than many of the human opponents in the game, have all kinds of energy-manipulation powers, and often chase the player in great numbers once the Time Crystal is located. To make matters worse, they often become invisible.