with was able to provide it, proving the existence of the game. The original Xbox version of TimeSplitters 2 was made backwards compatible on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on November 15, 2021. Reception The PlayStation 2 version of TimeSplitters 2 received "universal acclaim", while the GameCube and Xbox versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. It won GameSpots annual "Best Shooter on GameCube" award, and was nominated for "Best Shooter on Xbox", which went to MechAssault. In comparison to the first game in the series, GamePro called "TimeSplitters 2 [...] everything the original game was and more" and "outdoes most other PS2 shooters in the process". GameSpot said that the game "may very well be the best split-screen multiplayer-focused first-person shooter ever created." The publication later named it the best GameCube game of October 2002. IGN concluded that the game was "clearly the best multiplayer first-person shooter on the PlayStation 2", but commented that it was not story-driven and little empathy was felt for the characters. GameSpy criticized the absence of online play, but complimented the game's "great deathmatching action" and the game's high frame rate. They also said the game is "everything you could possibly want in a sequel." Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine praised it as "easily one of the best first-person shooters out there—on any system", but called its lack of online play "criminal." The game has also been compared to GoldenEye 007 because of its many similar game elements, shared developers and references to that game, such as both games beginning on a Siberian dam. References External links 2002 video games Aztecs in fiction Cathedrals in fiction Cooperative video games Eidos Interactive games Experimental medical treatments in fiction Fiction set in 1853 Fiction set in 1895 Fiction set in 1920 First-person shooters Free Radical Design GameCube games Gargoyles in popular culture Jungles in fiction Monkeys in popular culture Multiplayer and single-player video games Notre-Dame de Paris Parody video games PlayStation 2 games Science fantasy video games Science fiction comedy Split-screen multiplayer games Surreal comedy Temporal war fiction TimeSplitters Video game sequels Video games about alien visitations Video games about size change Video games about terrorism Video games about viral outbreaks Video games about zombies Video games featuring female protagonists Video games scored by Graeme Norgate Video games set in 1932 Video games set in 1972 Video games set in 1990