Proto:TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (PlayStation 2, GameCube)

This page details one or more prototype versions of TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (PlayStation 2, GameCube).

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Extract the game's files from PAKs for examination. CRC32s for filenames that didn't change can probably be bruteforced by slightly altering GameCube filepaths. Filenames that did change or aren't present in the final will stand out since they will have no equivalent.

A preview of TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, dated November 28, 2004. Being only three months before the game's release, the game is largely finished, but there's still quite a lot of differences from the final build, including lots of carryovers from TimeSplitters 2.

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Story Differences in the story in this build. Time to Split!

Arcade League Differences in this build's Arcade League. Go for it!

Challenges Changes to the challenges in this build. Get your melons out for the monkeys!

Main Menu

The opening splash graphic is an entirely different graphic from the final game.

Prototype	Final

PREVIEW-CODE ONLY
Does not represent final quality

This text is always printed in the top left corner of the menu.

The network menu has an option for playing via iLink; this was done in TimeSplitters 2, but dropped from Future Perfect.

Prototype	Final

All cheats are unlocked from the get-go, and Silly Hats appear on the list, but doesn't appear to do anything.

To do: See if there's any way to access/rip this trailer.

The Extras menu has a locked option for "View Trailer", an option lacking in the final.

Arcade

Escort

The Escort gamemode is present here, and is very playable, despite not tracking score in any way, raising the question as to why it was cut. Escort is limited to the same maps as Assault, and plays in the opposite direction of that mode (i.e. Rather than breaking into Mars Prison to assassinate a prisoner, you're a bunch of prisoners breaking out of Mars Prison). Escort is a two-team mode where Red Team must escort the VIP through the checkpoints on the way to the end of the map, while Blue Team's goal is to kill the VIP. At the start of the game, one player from Red Team is randomly assigned as the VIP. As VIP, you are unable to pick up weapons, and spawn with full armor. The VIP's armor regenerates after 5 seconds of safety, and they can hold the Fire button to run faster, at the expense of their armor.

Weapon Sets

All of the default weapon sets remain the same, however all maps' Recommended weapons were modified before release to have more variation between them, and the Mapmaker weapon set is available for use on non-Mapmaker maps. The Available Weapons list has also received two new entries that were removed before release: TNT, and the Temporal Uplink! Both seem fully functional in multiplayer maps, making it unclear why they were cut from release.

Vietnam Recommended

Proto	Final
Machine Gun	LX-18 (x2)
Machine Gun (x2)	Machine Gun
Tactical 12-Gauge	Tactical 12-Gauge
Soviet Rifle	Grenades
Flare Gun	Flare Gun
Grenades	Proximity Mines

Hotel Recommended

Proto	Final
Machine Gun	Kruger 9mm (x2)
Flare Gun	Injector
Shotgun	Grenades
Soviet Rifle	Proximity Mines
Timed Mine	Ghost Gun
Grenades	Shotgun

Venice Recommended

Proto	Final
Machine Gun	Revolver
Tactical 12-Gauge	Shotgun
Soviet Rifle	Harpoon Gun
Rocket Launcher	Grenades
Grenades	Timed Mines
Timed Mine	Soviet Rifle

Temple Recommended

Proto	Final
Flare Gun	Flare Gun (x2)
Flare Gun (x2)	Rocket Launcher
Soviet Rifle	Timed Mines
Tactical 12-Gauge	Grenades
Sniper Rifle	Heatseeker
Grenades	Ghost Gun

Disco Recommended

Proto	Final
Machine Gun	Machine Gun
Tactical 12-Gauge	Shotgun
Sniper Rifle	Baseball Bat
Rocket Launcher	Grenades
Grenades	Remote Mines
Timed Mine	Rocket Launcher

Subway Recommended

Proto	Final
Kruger 9mm	Kruger 9mm
Tactical 12-Gauge	Tactical 12-Gauge
Soviet Rifle	Flare Gun
Flare Gun	Machine Gun (x2)
Grenades	Grenades
Timed Mine	Proximity Mines

Zeppelin Recommended

Proto	Final
Pistol 9mm	Kruger 9mm (x2)
Shotgun	Shotgun
Vintage Rifle	Mag-Charger
Rocket Launcher	Grenades
Grenades	Remote Mines
Timed Mine	K-SMG

Mars Prison Recommended

Proto	Final
Scifi Handgun	Scifi Handgun
Plasma Autorifle	Plasma Autorifle
Rocket Launcher	Scifi Sniper
Scifi Sniper	Rocket Launcher
Plasma Grenades	Plasma Grenades
Timed Mine	Timed Mines

Siberia Recommended

Proto	Final
Flare Gun	Flare Gun
Soviet Rifle	Sniper Rifle
Rocket Launcher	Vintage Rifle
Sniper Rifle	Mag-Charger
Vintage Rifle	Heatseeker
Flare Gun (x2)	Scifi Sniper

Bunker Recommended

Proto	Final
Pistol 9mm	Pistol 9mm (x2)
Machine Gun	Mag-Charger
Tactical 12-Gauge	Soviet Rifle
Rocket Launcher	Grenades
Grenades	Proximity Mines
Timed Mine	Minigun

VR Recommended

Proto	Final
Scifi Handgun	Dispersion Gun
Future Shotgun	SBP500
Plasma Autorifle	Plasma Autorifle
Scifi Sniper	Scifi Sniper
Rocket Launcher	ElectroTool
Plasma Grenades	Plasma Grenades

Spaceport Recommended

Proto	Final
Scifi Handgun	Scifi Handgun (x2)
Future Shotgun	Dispersion Gun
Scifi Sniper	SBP500
Plasma Autorifle	Grenades
Grenades	Proximity Mines
Timed Mine	Minigun

Other

The save file for the preview reuses the model from TimeSplitters 2, and identifies itself as "TimeSplitters 3".

Prototype	Final

Changed Audio

Present exclusively in this build of the game is the Perfect Dark death theme, used whenever the player fails in Story and Challenge modes, likely used as a placeholder. The song in total plays for 2 minutes and 24 seconds. However, a lot of that time is silence.