Warning: This is one long post.
From this post, I wish to hear any experiences with the Timesplitters series that you've never been able to forget. I'll start:
I remember being stuck on NeoTokyo for about 8 years, and coming back to it, I got spotted quite a few times before I was able to nail the tailing and complete the mission...Then I got to Atom Smasher. I couldn't beat it on Normal my 1st time, so I beat it on Easy, and ran through again on Normal...I died about 3 times, thanks to Khallos and those bloody splitters...On my 4th attempt, I reached Khallos with about 1/4 of my health left and a full body armour. I get Khallos to come running at me and I kill him with headshots, getting up close with my S47 and manually aiming at his temple. Immediately, I snap to the Scourge Spitters, as I had memorsied their spawns. Spraying at their heads, I made a mad dash for the reactor switches, taking shot after shot. Now, I was only on a slither of health and the last lever was activated. Crystal in hand, I switch to Auto-Aim, shooting grenade after grenade at my attackers in a frantic bid to enter the portal.Eventually, I made it, the text reading 'Success' illuminated the screen with its holy light. I lept to my feet, thrusting my fists into the air. And I had only just noticed tears forming in my eyes... Tears of joy...
It's stories like that what make the TS series one of my faves: How the game doesn't hold your hand and forces you to improve I'm order to beat whatever challenge you face...Those tales of self-improvement and victory against all odds are way more memorable that anything the FPS genre has today in terms of storytelling.
Over to you....