TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

The good: great graphics; smooth gunplay; fantastic humor
The bad: short-lived single-player experience
If I rated this game based on its humor alone, I'd have to give it a 5, but as a game, well, the title fails just short of the mark.

Gone are the multiple characters that you play as in previous Splitters in the main campaign. This time, you get to play exclusively as Vin Diesel-lookalike Cortez for the 13 levels of the quest. The story, while nothing special, is filled to the brim with extremely engaging humor courtesy of some weird Scotsman and a robot with a 'tude. However, you'll stop laughing when you realize how pathetically short the game is. I finished the game in both the hard and normal modes, completed all the challenges and the arcade league matches and all it took me was a measly 12 hours.

Its too bad because the graphics are a sharp improvement over the previous Splitters and the gunplay is more fun than ever thanks to the myriad of guns ranging from six-shooters to high-tech plasma guns of the future. The main game also benefits from a new time-warping gimic where you'll experience a scene playing as 'past' Cortez and then later on as 'future' Cortez. Its a fun gimmick which should be done more often in other games.

As it is though, Splitters is still a fun game especially if you have friends to play with but the short but sweet single-player campaign lives a lot to be desired. (4/5)