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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