Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- PS3 · PC · PS1 · PSP
- Mode
- Single player · Multiplayer
- Age rating
- ESRB T
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Moderate
The story
Twisted Metal consists of a series of arena-based battles against an increasing number of opponents in increasingly large arenas. These battles culminate in a face-off with the winner of the previous year's competition, Darkside, who drives a large armored car which fires multiple missiles at once. Players can choose one of 12 different vehicles with which to enter combat. Each vehicle has a distinct driver and special move. The controls consist of accelerator, brake, "tight turn" (essentially a handbrake) and turbo on the face buttons, with main weapons and machine gun selection and control on the shoulder buttons. Arenas are populated with weapon pickups to re-supply missile stocks, repair stations for repairing damage to your car, pedestrians, and course stewards armed with either machine guns or missile launchers.
- Action
- Thriller
- Survival
- vehicular combat
- death
- monster truck
- shooting
- artificial intelligence
- boss fight
- vehicle combat
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 75 / 100 · 70 players
- Critics
- 75 / 100 · 4 critics
- Developer
- Eat Sleep Play Inc., SingleTrac
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment
If this stayed with you
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