It has been a very long time since Twisted Metal graced a Sony console. Remembered for it's crazy characters and fun multi-player, the new Twisted Metal for the PS3 looks to have that it spades. The game focuses heavily on multi-player combat, but there will still be a story mode for those who like to pay their car combat game solo. There are four storylines, one for each faction in the game, that you can play through. Each storyline has three different endings depending on your actions throughout that storyline. As there is a big focus on the multi-player in Twisted Metal, that is where you will spend the majority of your time in the game. You can play with four people locally via splits screen or play with 16 people online. In multi-player, you will be able to select from many modes such as death match, hunted and last man standing. For the new game, Eat Sleep Play developed a new mode for Twisted Metal. This new mode is called Nuke. In Nuke, you play as a member of one of the factions in the game (the Clowns, the Dolls, the Skulls or the Holy Men). Each faction has giant metal statue of their leader and your sole purpose is to destroy the opposing factions giant metal statue by abducting their leader and sacrificing them to launch a rocket at the huge statue. Also as a bonus for those who pick up a copy of the first batch of Twisted Metal games to be released by Sony, you will receive Twisted Metal Black, originally released for the PS2.
I used to play the first three Twisted Metal a lot at my friend's house so I have fond memories of this series. After playing the demo, personally I am not as excited for Twisted Metal than I was before. When you are younger, you can overlook a lot of things while playing a game, but I remember it being much easier to figure out what is going on in the game. Trying to play Twisted Metal online was a mess. Bullets are flying left, right and center that it is too hard to keep track of what is actually going on. In the span of one online match, I went from last to first to third with only a few kills and a couple assists. I guess I was doing something right, but all I remember is getting pummelled with bullets nonstop. Do not get me wrong, Twisted Metal could turn out to be a great game. There are people that love absolute chaos to the point of being overwhelmingly distracting. This new Twisted Metal just does not feel like a game this gamer would enjoy. Maybe with four friends split-screen, but 16 people online might be too much.
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