TimeSplitters 4/Executive Summary

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Project Statement	
Project Statement	
PLAY ME!
TimeSplitters 4 will be the ultimate pick-up-and-play experience. Whether you play online or offline, on your own or with friends - it's anarchic, fast-paced fun all the way!
WHEN HISTORY'S GREATEST WARRIORS MEET!
Ever wondered who would win if an army of Ninjas fought a band of Pirates? What about Vikings taking on the Nazis? Now you can find out. Play out epic battles, pitching the greatest warriors from time against each other. 
Catapulted between time periods, the player must confront a host of unusual characters and bizarre situations. From the wooden monkey of Troy to the trailer park of the future, TimeSplitters 4 will take you to places you never knew existed.
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT THING!
No other game can hope to match the diversity and sheer number of levels, challenges and game modes that will make up the single player campaign.
Each challenge will be a short sharp burst of pure entertainment, jam-packed with tightly choreographed set-pieces and innovative gameplay.
Add to this an explosion of multiplayer options and you have an FPS experience not to be missed.
JUST… ONE… MORE… GO!
Despite the trademark TimeSplitters humour, we take the gameplay very seriously indeed. Each and every challenge and game mode will be painstakingly designed and lovingly polished to offer an unprecedented level of replay value.
TIMESPLITTERS: DISTILLED
We’ve had three games worth of player feedback to learn from, and we’ve got three years worth of our own ideas too! TimeSplitters 4 will improve on everything that has made the series great, and add that all-important spark of originality so lacking in the FPS genre today.
Key Features	
Key Features	
60 Frames Per Second
The super-fast arcade gameplay the series is famed for.
All New Pick-Up-And-Play Single Player Format
Get your TimeSplitters fix delivered in convenient bite-sized chunks.
Huge Variety of Game Modes and Challenges
There will always be something new to try, along with plenty of updated favourites to revisit.
Diverse Character Types
Play as a zombie, robot, human, TimeSplitter, monkey, crate, barrel or stuffed cat – each with their own distinct strengths and weaknesses.
The ‘Six Elements’ Game Rules System
A set of universal rules allowing for unprecedented environmental interaction - and we don’t mean just knocking a few crates around!
Objects and characters can be frozen, electrified, steamed, gassed, magnetised, set on fire and dissolved. You’ll also be able to pick up and throw all small objects. In fact, the whole game world is there for you to mess about with.
Zombie Limb ‘Snatch `n` Stitch’ System
Like the look of your enemy’s leg or arm? Rip it off and swap it with yours! Or, alternatively, just beat them to death with it.
Mammoth Multiplayer
Up to 16 players across LAN or online with a vast array of new game modes and modifiers to choose from. The competitive multiplayer action is complemented by the ability to play the single player mode in online or split-screen co-op.
Tightly Integrated Online Rankings
The moment you finish a game you’ll know how you stack up against the competition - across the globe, across the country and amongst your friends and neighbours.
Photo-Surrealistic Style
The unique TimeSplitters art style will return, but with a more detailed finish to take full advantage of next-gen graphics hardware.
Classic TimeSplitters Humour
What other game lets you mod your racing cat with fibre-optic whiskers? Or play as Marie Antoinette, mercilessly firing cakes into the mouths of starving peasants?
Putting the Fun Back into the FPS!
The TimeSplitters series has always led the way when it comes to lightning-fast, super-tuned console FPS gameplay. TimeSplitters 4 will continue that tradition, but introduce a myriad of new and exciting twists to the formula that draw on influences as far-reaching as rhythm action games and 2d puzzlers.	
60 Frames Per Second
The super-fast arcade gameplay the series is famed for.
All New Pick-Up-And-Play Single Player Format
Get your TimeSplitters fix delivered in convenient bite-sized chunks.
Huge Variety of Game Modes and Challenges
There will always be something new to try, along with plenty of updated favourites to revisit.
Diverse Character Types
Play as a zombie, robot, human, TimeSplitter, monkey, crate, barrel or stuffed cat – each with their own distinct strengths and weaknesses.
The ‘Six Elements’ Game Rules System
A set of universal rules allowing for unprecedented environmental interaction - and we don’t mean just knocking a few crates around!
Objects and characters can be frozen, electrified, steamed, gassed, magnetised, set on fire and dissolved. You’ll also be able to pick up and throw all small objects. In fact, the whole game world is there for you to mess about with.
Zombie Limb ‘Snatch `n` Stitch’ System
Like the look of your enemy’s leg or arm? Rip it off and swap it with yours! Or, alternatively, just beat them to death with it.
Mammoth Multiplayer
Up to 16 players across LAN or online with a vast array of new game modes and modifiers to choose from. The competitive multiplayer action is complemented by the ability to play the single player mode in online or split-screen co-op.
Tightly Integrated Online Rankings
The moment you finish a game you’ll know how you stack up against the competition - across the globe, across the country and amongst your friends and neighbours.
Photo-Surrealistic Style
The unique TimeSplitters art style will return, but with a more detailed finish to take full advantage of next-gen graphics hardware.
Classic TimeSplitters Humour
What other game lets you mod your racing cat with fibre-optic whiskers? Or play as Marie Antoinette, mercilessly firing cakes into the mouths of starving peasants?
Putting the Fun Back into the FPS!
The TimeSplitters series has always led the way when it comes to lightning-fast, super-tuned console FPS gameplay. TimeSplitters 4 will continue that tradition, but introduce a myriad of new and exciting twists to the formula that draw on influences as far-reaching as rhythm action games and 2d puzzlers.
Target Platforms	
Target Platforms	
Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC and possibly Wii	
Target Rating	
Target Rating	
18+ [Zombie decapitation and character incineration.]	
Target Timeframe	
Target Timeframe	
2009	
==References==
*executive_summary.doc (13/06/2007)
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