Crytek Buys Free Radical :O

[Deleted member 56031]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57079

I did not see this coming :O

I thought EA would get them

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Har? That's strange.

 

[Warbie]

TimeSplitters on the PC please

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

TimeSplitters on the PC please

I came

Steam distro too, with a workable server browser (down with matchmaking) and a full SDK for mods/maps/gametypes/TCs. Imagine the co-op zombie head-popping opportunities.

 

[Absinthe]

I guess being slaughtered by pirates isn't hurting Crytek that much if they can bail out failures.

And Free Radical never made anything above average.

 

[giant384]

I guess being slaughtered by pirates isn't hurting Crytek that much if they can bail out failures.

And Free Radical never made anything above average.

timesplitters 2 and 3 were great.........

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I wonder if this means timeplsitters 4 will requre a monster PC to run? Or if they'll even make timesplitters 4.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

I guess being slaughtered by pirates isn't hurting Crytek that much if they can bail out failures.

And Free Radical never made anything above average.

Lets be honest, after the battering Free Radical just went through, they probably bought them out for a couple of quid (throwing in a free copy Warhead).

 

[smwScott]

I guess being slaughtered by pirates isn't hurting Crytek that much if they can bail out failures.

And Free Radical never made anything above average.

This is what wrong looks like.

TS 2/3 and Second Sight were great games. Timesplitters 2 in particular was the best console shooter of the last generation.

 

[Mellish]

Good memories comes from timesplitters 2. Me and my friend used to play it ALL the time.

 

[Gargantou]

You guys are aware that like almost no of the devs are left? They're just basically buying the IPs by buying the company AFAIK.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

That has still to be revealed if they will hire them back or not.

 

[Warbie]

I wonder if this means timeplsitters 4 will requre a monster PC to run? Or if they'll even make timesplitters 4.

I hope they'd bring the game out on a more forgiving engine that doesn't require monster hardware to run. The thought of TimeSplitters running on the Crysis engine is oh so very very wrong (and would completely miss the point).

'Oooh look at the no. of pixels on that shotgun weilding duck'!!

 

[Gargantou]

That has still to be revealed if they will hire them back or not.

And it doesn't just depend on Crytek, but also on whether the people want to work for Crytek or not.

 

[Pesmerga]

Who is Free Radical.

 

[Asuka]

Ya this came out of the blue.

 

[Asknoone]

Interesting.

 

[Barnz]

Too bad Crytek is full of morons.

 

[Asknoone]

Well, yeah, pretty much. Ironic that they're hiring game designers.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Who is Free Radical.

TimeSplitters and Second Sight. Look those up and you are set.

 

[swan_song1973]

I thought EA would get them

ya, good thing they didnt.

 

[Dynasty]

Never heard of them, only ever played TS2...I think. Didnt capture me at all if I remember right.

 

[Asknoone]

Well, at least it's not a homocidal maniac.

 

[Ennui]

This is excellent news, FR is one of my favorite console developers.

And Free Radical never made anything above average.

Are you kidding me? Timesplitters and Timesplitters 2 were far and away the best PS2 shooters, particularly where MP is concerned, and Free Radical was made up of the remnants of the Rare team that made Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, the two best console shooters ever created, which is why the TS series has so many throwbacks to those games.

I'm sure the team is quite different by now, especially after most of them were laid off, but if any of the dudes who were around in the Nintendo days are still there then by god I'll play whatever they put out.

Echoing the "holy shit TS4 for PC" wishes in this thread

 

[Warbie]

The PC has been crying out for something like TS for years. There is one area that console fps stand head and shoulders above PC shooters - customisable gametypes. 1 shot kill, pistols only, king of the hill in GE. Rocket race in Halo. Ducks vs. Snowmen ctf in TS. There is nothing on the PC that lets you get together with a bunch of mates, throw maps/weapons/gametypes together, and just slug it out for a few hours. If Free Radical are smart they'll cash in on this deficiency.

 

[Asknoone]

What breaks my heart is the complete lack of mention of Second Sight.

 

[swan_song1973]

Never heard of them, only ever played TS2...I think. Didnt capture me at all if I remember right.

well theyve been in the news recently since they went bankrupt.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

The PC has been crying out for something like TS for years. There is one area that console fps stand head and shoulders above PC shooters - customisable gametypes. 1 shot kill, pistols only, king of the hill in GE. Rocket race in Halo. Ducks vs. Snowmen ctf in TS. There is nothing on the PC that lets you get together with a bunch of mates, throw maps/weapons/gametypes together, and just slug it out for a few hours. If Free Radical are smart they'll cash in on this deficiency.

But unreal tournament does things like that.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

What breaks my heart is the complete lack of mention of Second Sight.

If they made another one that combined Second Sight's core gameplay with Psi-Op's use of TK and other powers I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

 

[nipples]

Oh shit. That's Second Sight? I recognized the name but couldn't picture it, great game.

 

[Laivasse]

Weren't Crytek saying they were sick of the PC because pirates crippled the sales of Crysis (down to a pathetic 1 million+)? First they say they're ditching exclusives, then they buy Free Radical... what if they're ditching the PC altogether and going the console route :O

...Oh wait, I wouldn't care. Pointless post, sorry.

/wild idle speculation off

 

[Deleted member 56031]

They said they would still support PC

 

[Warbie]

But unreal tournament does things like that.

Not nearly as well and with far less options/variety.

 

[Absinthe]

**** Timesplitters.

Yeah, I know they were made by the Rare development team. But what was good then doesn't always cut it now. It felt too much like those previous games. They were still fun, but I never felt they sufficiently evolved and grew past their predecessors' limitations. It was the same ol' shit, just with more cartoonish visuals.

Maybe I'd appreciate them more if I delved more deeply into the MP, but nothing really grabbed me. Besides I've never been a huge fan of FPS multiplayer on split-screen out of coop any way.

Second Sight... what was that.

 

[TwwIX]

Maybe we'll get to see Star Wars Battlefront 3 after all.

 

[Wanted Bob]

Now THAT I would look forward to...

 

[Ennui]

**** Timesplitters.

Yeah, I know they were made by the Rare development team. But what was good then doesn't always cut it now. It felt too much like those previous games. They were still fun, but I never felt they sufficiently evolved and grew past their predecessors' limitations. It was the same ol' shit, just with more cartoonish visuals.

Maybe I'd appreciate them more if I delved more deeply into the MP, but nothing really grabbed me. Besides I've never been a huge fan of FPS multiplayer on split-screen out of coop any way.

Second Sight... what was that.

At least 95% of my TS-playing happiness was derived from insane MP bouts with friends. There is coop but I didn't care too much for it.

I never played Second Sight either.