Grimm, Dollface, and Preacher, each looking to win a deadly vehicular combat tournament and have a wish fulfilled by the demonic Calypso. It should be no surprise that his story pulls no punches, but it was a bit startling to step back into the mind and perspective of a relentless butcher, especially thanks to the more realistic (yet still stylized) story sequences. Sweet Tooth, the franchise’s serial-killer clown mascot, returns. Live-action cutscenes replace the crappy motion-comic cinematics of the older titles and the solid CG in Black, and while they are a worthwhile addition, I hardly see the justification in stripping out all the other characters. (Twister was always my go-to girl until Dollface, for example.)Ībove: All the characters you won’t be playing as in the new Twisted Metal.Īs mentioned in our interview, the reasoning behind the limited scope of the story is to ensure a unique, quality experience. Just watching the character selection in the video below reminds me of all the characters I would have liked to have seen featured. That means there’s a good chance you’re going to be pissed that your favorite character is not represented in the story. Eat Sleep Play has opted to drop all but four playable characters from the famed roster. Even before unwrapping the game, I was already disappointed. Since Black, however, Twisted Metal slumped into handheld-only status for several years, and I eventually lost most of my attachment to the series.Īnd so here we are, over half-a-decade into the PlayStation 3’s life cycle, and Sony’s longest running exclusive franchise finally sees a proper this-gen release. My fondest memories of Twisted Metal include knocking down the Eiffel Tower and driving up its toppled remains in Twisted Metal 2: World Tour rooftop battles in various iterations, where jumping between skyscrapers was a thrilling risk-versus-reward strategy and almost every part of Twisted Metal: Black, unarguably the pinnacle of the entire franchise. Similar to the closing of the studio behind Little Deviants, a PlayStation Vita launch title, the last-minute drama suggests a problematic development history, which almost always leads to a damaged end product. Jaffe himself, who co-founded the studio, also announced his departure.
It’s also important to point out that just before the release of Twisted Metal, Eat Sleep Play saw layoffs hit nearly 25 percent of the team. About two years ago, already after two years of development, Sony insisted that the game be given a story mode and get upgraded to a full-priced retail package. There’s some interesting history behind this Twisted Metal title, a lot of which was touched upon in our recent interview with various team members of Eat Sleep Play. Essentially, the 2012 edition began life as a downloadable, multiplayer-only car combat game - but not necessarily a Twisted Metal title.
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