You just made me realize it's totally obvious Twisted Metal would attract hordes of Juggalos, which is kind of heartbreaking for my 11 year old self.

I got a sinking feeling as I read more and more Jaffe interviews before this game came out. Everything coming out of his mouth sounded like the opposite of what made Twisted Metal fun combined with him carrying over all the wrong lessons from God of War (the very first gameplay video was a giant puzzle boss fight with scripted environment objects damaging it).

The point of no return was when he said they were concentrating on multiplayer and how it was a good thing to make players who die sit out the rest of the round like Counterstrike because "it forces players to be more conservative and strategic". Exactly the two words people want to hear when it comes to a Twisted Metal game.

No it wasn't.

Black's Dollface was way better too, as was their preacher, who was actually a playable character.

To be fair, most of Black's endings were WHAT A TWIST!

All style no substance you mean? That's kind of how I would describe Black. Yeah it was an awesome boost in graphics for the time (real time weapon change!) and there was crazy stuff like a dude impaled on your car and rampaging ferris wheels, but the actual gameplay was a huge step down from Twisted Metal 2 (which is still the highmark for car combat games).

I think the only reason it got any props was the style (the story presentations were cool) and the fact that ANYTHING would look good after the atrocious third and fourth games.


(Calypso was someone who sold his soul to Satan for power, not Satan himself. GAWD)

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