Twisted Metal is one of those games up there for me like the Resident Evil series or Crash that just never gets old or unfun. And hell yeah, your analysis was pretty damn good
Yeah i loved TM1, 2, Black and Head On the most. 3 was ok ish, 4 looked really weird especially with a lot of characters we were use to being gone. They were definitely subpar. The new TM for PS3 looked really good and modern with the boss fights and online, but the factions ruined it hard so we never got all the characters and stories. If they could get us a TM2/Black kinda story and game play mixed with the modern TM for PS3 they could legit make the best in the series.
TM1 got so much right on the first try consider part 3 and 4 which failed in basic control standards. I love all the characters except Spectre you get better characters and not Leprechauns and shit
I work for a moving company and one of the clients we moved furniture for was getting rid of some junk. What our client didn't realize is that said junk was a modded, classic ps1 complete with 4 controllers, two memory cards, connection cords and two stacks of ps1 games including twisted metal. Needless to say, I acquired some treasures.
@@GavinAeilts why emulate when I can just burn games to CD roms that can be played on my modded ps1? I get any and all games for free, plus, I can play them in my hardware, on my tube tv. You're doing yourself a disservice using emulators. It's just not the same. And besides, I don't need every single game. Only the greats from both America and Japan. Quality over quantity.
Twisted Metal 1’s simple look just gives me an indie feel and I honestly love it for that. Can’t wait to get this one for my growing Twisted Metal collection! (I currently have 4 and 2012)
Definitely should get TM2. TM2 and TM1 feel roughly the same, but TM2 is a far superior product because there's more content, and the content that is there is more streamlined for fun. Better sound effects and power variation that really builds character around each vehicle, more recognizable, varied and interactive maps, and fewer poorly executed ideas. Graphics look almost the same, so it has the same feel, but is just a much funner game to play. TM4 is pretty fun. Imo the original TM is probably the least fun because it is the most prototypical.
I started with Twisted Metal 2 and was immediately hooked, I never played TM1 but decades later I found gameplay footage on RUclips and saw exactly why TM2 had the things they did (energy attacks, certain weapons never returning in the series, how the games evolved compared to the original)
Something unique that was sometimes annoying in this game was that if your health was low enough you could lose one life in a collision against a wall, something that in later games only slightly lowered your health, but NEVER made you reach zero. You HAD to watch out for collisions against walls. It kinda made the gameplay quite different from later games because even these simple mistakes could cost a lot. Overall it's my favorite in the series, but that's because I like the janky visuals, it's kinda nostalgic.
Not only it was more difficult, it was also more realistic, and also correction: in TM2 wall collisions also damaged your vehicle and you could even die by just scratching a wall if your vehicle was damaged enough, but from TM3 onwards, that wasn't an issue, hitting walls didn't do any damage to the vehicles
@@pablofernandez2335 As far as I remember in TW2 you couldn't reach health 0 by wall collisions. However, indeed you could lose hp colliding against walls.
@@aedes947 it's been ages since i last played TM2, but i have some blurry memories of getting killed by hitting a wall in the temple by jumping to the edges in Hong Kong, you either made the jump, but hit the wall, or you didn't make the jump
I find older games a ton more fun than a lot of modern ones, tbh. There's something much more passionate in them like Twisted Metal and countless others of the '90s era while the 2010s to 2020s feels often like many games are just chasing trends than trying to give you a memorable experience.
TM1 really excells at the Arcade-like fun game that doesnt require any long attention span but still delivers depth. Its not bogged down in heavy menus and options its really just a well made presentation
Controls are a little stiff even for 1995, TM2 was maybe more the case in how they use the D pad for button combos to launch freeze missiles, drop bombs and temporarily turn invincible which all become main staple for the series including having a 0 degree turning circle, (slightly unrealistic for anything not using tank treads) but aside from these things, I’d say it’s definitely more of an arcade game they just slapped on the Ps1 but it’s definitely my sorta experience for sure! Still own a copy of the first game to this day!
For me TM1 just has the most character the soundtrack in perfect and the suspenseful music is unique sound FX are weird and distinctive, the foot soldiers give it a dystopian DEATH RACE 2000 vibe really none of the sequels even are close
Replayed this just yesterday and from what I can tell, it does feel more like a tech demo of what was to come. It is pretty short, very simplistic and disappointed that they cut out the FMV endings but definitely much challenging than any other TM games I've played.
I grew up with TM2 being one of the games I played most as a kid, but I got back into the franchise last year and TM1 has become one of my favorite games. The simplicity of the gameplay, the grounded grindhouse aesthetic with a splash of the supernatural, even little details like how Calypso doesn't actually screw the winner over unless it can benefit him (i.e. Outlaw). I actually love how Calypso himself gets the short end of the stick in a lot of the endings.
Ahhh yes the good ole FMV phase gaming went through. Who else here remembers the scenes in road rash? P.S. I'd completely forgotten about the FPS mode in TM. I had a steering wheel with foot pedals controller I used to like using just to play game in FPS (I died alot everytime I used it as opposed to regular controller) lol I always was amazed at the bullet holes in the windshields not being a static texture type thing.
Twisted metal took everything I love in life and put it in a game. It took cars, motorcycles, explosions, guns, high jumps and danger and turned it into a competition in the form of a video game.
Oh this is gonna be fun. Been a bit of a resurgence in Twisted Metal content on RUclips recently, do you think it has anything to do with the series being properly announced?
I do. It's been dormant for a long time and Sony missed out not porting TM 2012 to PS4. The new game and show announcement have added a lot of talk. Just hoping we aren't let down. The tv show doesn't look too promising but I'm hoping they'll have more wiggle room with making a game. I'm nervously excited for the new game, so I'll definitely be waiting for a bunch of reviews to pour before buying it, if at all. Don't wanna belittle the studio working on the new TM but I'd definitely feel more comfy knowing someone like Scott Campbell or Mike Giam was involved. We'll have to see how it turns out.
@@dr.pepperphdindeliciousnes1396 I'm still kinda hopeful that Sony ports the other TM games to Playstation Plus Premium. In my opinion, Sony is missing out on big money by not giving us the bigger titles from Playstation's history; the biggest PS1 titles on the service right now, is Tekken 2 and Resident Evil Director's Cut.
For me I love the early 90's arcade feel it has to it, not even TM2 has that feel to it. The levels are pretty awesome do to the fact that the whole game takes place around LA and are sizable. Also Sweet Tooths design is the best in this game I think, no hair on fire or anything like that just a straight up psychotic person.
SAME. I spent every penny I'd saved up buying a playstation and Twisted Metal 2, after my neighbour had rented a ps and twisted metal 1 during a sleep over. I didn't buy another game for a year -- and all my friends and everyone in my family all played with me. Haha. It was my first game system, too. Haha.
Podrían sacar ya una recopilación (especialmente para PC) con tantas recopilaciones de sagas que se hacen y esta quedo en un limbo. Genial el video, TBP. Saludos desde Argentina.
Definitely appreciate this kind of video, thank you for giving it a shot! You're right about the vehicle balance being fine enough for single-player, but the veterans of online competitive play will tell you there are noticeable tiers. You were onto something shouting out Roadkill, as he & Warthog are generally considered the strongest overall - Warthog is sorta the Axel of TM1 with his ramming damage, and he also has the tightest turn radius of any "heavyweight" vehicle in both 1 & 2. Not to mention a much easier special to use than Axel's! And Darkside probably is the worst alongside Crimson Fury, they both have terrible specials to go with their obvious statistical holes. Speaking of competitive online play, here's a potential video topic: Twisted Metal Black Online & the balance changes made in that version! The main person from the dev team who worked on that has been posting in the comments for some TM:Black videos on here - i forget his handle, but you could look him up for more info on that. It's something not well-known outside of the netplay community and there's a lot to it - Minion got nerfed to the point that he became a poor man's Warthog, for instance!
A lot of people don't know that the first game had a combat system like a fighting game, like street fighter 2, where you could input button combinations and use different weapons like freeze. I was too young to understand it but found out years later.
Twisted Metal 1 always reminded me of T-Mek in Arcades and on the Sega 32X. I loved that game and it was probably the first vehicle combat game I could remember before Twisted Metal blew the lid off the joint. Oh and ESPN Extreme Games (the first one with that longbox) was also a fun combat racing style game that I LOVED on the PSX when I first got it. Pretty sure I was in middle school when the original Twisted Metal came out, I remember seeing the commercials and demo disc gameplay and being absolutely blown away by the graphics compared to the Snes, 32X and Sega CD my cousin and I had been playing constantly. The best system we had was the 32X, MK2, Doom, NBA Jam, all those games looked amazing on that system, but the PS1 was in a tier above everything else. The first game he showed me was Tekken 1, then WWF Wrestlemania Arcade, then Twisted Metal 1 and eventually GTA1 and 2. My mind was blown being able to play Tekken 1, WWF Wrestlemania at home and not just in the arcade. Then Twisted Metal was like a god tier original game with incredible graphics and super large open arenas like Cydonia Suburbs. Then TM2 came out a year later, but I had an entire year of playing TM1 nonstop, so much so that I forgot the rooftops stage in TM1 was not in TM2 lol. Twisted Metal and Warhawk were both incredible games when they came out, both launch titles for the PSX iirc. They are both favorites, but TM1 is just so original for it's time since it was the first car combat game. My dad and I had a gaming PC as well and grew up with all the major PC games (from Wolfenstein 3d to Quake 2 to Half life 1 and 2), so being able to get 3d games like Twisted Metal on a console was pretty insane for the time. I remember my dad having to pay insane prices for the graphics card (3dfx or Voodoo gpu?) that allowed us to switch from Software renderer in Quake 2, to 3d renderer just so we could run Quake 3 Arena. I never knew TM1 had full FMV cutscenes but I was surprised they weren't included in the final product considering games like Warhawk and other games basically included FMV's in the early PSX days, it was an experimental time from Sega CD to PS1 where FMV's were the name of the game before CGI cutscenes became the norm. They are kind of cheesy but some of those FMV's are nostalgic, and def stand the test of time more so than the very early CGI cutscenes. Though when TM1 was first released the game was just so mind blowing and game changing that none of us seemed to care there were just still images of real life people in the game. I never understood why they had real life people as stand ins for the characters and endings but no FMV's, but it made sense later once I discovered there were missing cutscenes. I still think the comic book art style of TM2 for the character bio's and endings works the absolute best for the franchise as a whole, and was surprised they never went back to that style considering how amazing it looked compared to the horrid 3d models and CGI they used for TM3 and 4. TM Black had good CGI but I didn't like how dark it was, which was ironic because at that time in high school when it came out I was in kind of a dark place mentally (if TM black had released just a few years earlier in middle school/8th grade it would've been perfect). What's ironic is TM1 took place in 2005, and I couldn't even fathom how far ahead that was when this game came out, but I graduated high school in 2004 and had the best years of my life in 2005 and 2006 and 2007, then worst years in 2008 and 2009 to 2012. Still alive in 2023 but not sure for how long lol and at 4:15 those suburbs looked the most realistic I had ever seen in a video game when TM1 was released. Still don't know a TM game that has done the suburbs better, though for deathmatch you could play that level in TM2, sucks though we couldn't play it in the missions, otherwise TM2 would've been a perfect game for me. I do think the inconsistency between TM1, 2, and 3 definitely pull me out of the games but I can get TM1 and 2 linked lore wise with the characters and art styles. I just kind of assume each game is in it's own little lore universe though nowadays. It used to bother me a lot as a kid though. That arcade game feel that you mention was present in A LOT of early Playstation 1 games I feel because they def tried to port as many arcade games as they could to that console since it was the first console where you could get almost a 1:1 experience at home. Probably why I still own my PSX since it was just such a groundbreaking console for me at the time, and I grew up with every console and PC back then living in a technology driven household (grandma and dad both built PC's). What's ironic about you saying to start as Roadkill is that I think I did start as him originally when playing this game because his car looked cool and his stats overall are pretty awesome for a beginners car. But once TM2 came out I think most people start out playing Axel or something because he is the mascot of that game, but Specter was always my favorite in the series, and of TM1 and TM2. I like Crimson Fury's car design but his special is total bleh. I also like the pedestrians and enemies that shoot at you on the street, but they never brought this back for future TM games for some reason. The people on the street always reminded me of Carmageddon but these guys could shoot back in the game! I always liked the little personality the first person mode had for each character in Twisted Metal 1, but sadly they removed it from TM2 though I understand why. They gave us the high up chopper view instead of the first person view, so at least they replaced it with something useful. I also liked that in TM1 the healing pads always recharged, and disliked in TM2 the healing pickups might recharge only once, but they were limited use. I do like TM Black as a whole but the game is a little too hard for me compared to TM,1 which it seems to be a remake of. I do love the levels of TM1 because it was the first time I saw real life locations and streets in a video game. and yeah the rooftop level is still my fav in TM1, and Minion still terrifies me as a boss, he was terrifying as a kid. But it was so freaking cool being able to play that exact character in TM2, I just wish you could've played him in TM1 as well with a password. Maybe you can with a Gameshark but I can't remember. I remember playing Dark Tooth with a gameshark in TM2 and it breaking the game lol I think so many people love Cyberbia as a level because back when TM1 came out that level was gargantuan and looked so good for its time, it felt like I was driving around LA fighting in the suburbs. It was a lot of fun to play in deathmatch mode too using a code in TM2. Ok I am done editing this forum post, sorry for the crazy long rant about nothing!
Im glad i found your channel 😁 i hope you'll do episode reviews when the show comes out on prime. Great videos. Thanks for keeping our love for Twisted Meatal alive. 🎉
I played plenty of games before the Twisted Metal series came out...But when I went over to my buddies house and he had just gotten a Playstation (which I honestly didn't even know existed) and a copy of Twisted Metal 2 I fell in love...we played all weekend... co-op/deathmatch/taking turns getting everyones ending. I've been chasing that high since 1996.
Always liked the aesthetic of this game, and it plays well enough for a very early PS1 game. I also like that all of the attacks are based on weapon pickups/ inventory, instead of the gimmicky (and abused by the computer AI) fighting game style button chain/ special meter attacks and moves in Twisted Metal 2. I get that some things were improved in part 2, but at the same time I think they got carried away a bit too much. It's too bad they axed the live action endings, they added to the 80's/90's genre movie feel.
The personalized Dash Boards are so cool I cant believe Ive never seen them in another game its kinda lame that the first-person option affects your projectiles and they can hit the floor sometimes but its also like a different game too
Really love all of your TM content. You see the series and each individual game almost the exact same way I do. I definitely agree with most of your points about this one. Can't wait for the other games.
If there’s one good thing I can say about calypso talking at 2:54 in the video is the music playing while he’s talking about the contestants getting their wishes granted because it adds to the dark atmosphere of this game and future games!
This was a good video (the format and discussion points were organized and flowed well. First game I played in ther series, a classic. Not the best controls, but it's got a REALLY good soundtrack and unique characters (altho some special attacks are underwhelming).
Mr. Grimm and Darkside were my go tos. I remember this game fondly, particularly the highway loop, running through there as Darkside at almost no health, scraping out a win. I miss and do not miss the annoying infantry around the place. Edit: hah! I loved assault on burbia! Forgot about it until you mentioned but i remember that resovoir now.
TM: Black still holds up as one of the best of the series. When characters and the setting took a bit of a darker turn, it got interesting VERY quickly. But that's just my personal pick. Now the classic still holds up because of how sophisticated the 3D engine was, especially in the mid-90s era. It launched a new kind of Death Race franchise that became wildly popular. It's just too bad after the 2012 game, it fell sharply.
I’ve written quite a bit about why I find 1 to be the best and most interesting game in the series, as someone who’s played all of them over the years-primarily beginning with 2, but I did play a bit of 1 even back then. The fantastic soundtrack, the more grounded environments reflecting the near-future setting (holographic stop signs, more spectators, soldiers attempting to put a stop to the combat mid-battle), the progression from 1v1 battle in a small warehouse to larger environments-including the juxtaposition of hard-core rock and roll music with ambient echos as you find yourself away from the action at times, and the orchestral chaos befitting the rooftop combat on the final level. All in all, it’s just a fantastic game with some details that I absolutely love. The first-person view, and Cyburbia still being my absolute favorite map in the entire series. I could go on and on.
TM 1 is still my favorite of the series. I was 14 when it came out in '95 and the gameplay while good but not mind-blowing, the atmosphere/music is extremely memorable for me.
Roadkill was pretty strong in the first game. Minion is definitely brutal. Armor that's more like a 6 rating since Mr Grimm's special seemed to do far less damage than on even Darkside, utterly monstrous special and it's decently fast. I remember beating him the first time with Warthog by ramming and pinning him into a wall and it just ripped its health away.
Man I miss the car combat genre! TW was always the king closely followed by V8...1 and 2! I played EVERY TW from jump and Black then 2 were the franchise flagships!
Darkside was always my favorite. If you save up those little white things you get a lot of them, 7 or 9 or something, and you can rapid fire them into a guy while you are ramming him + machine guns. You can get a fast execution out of darkside making him oddly a little like mr grimm where you avoid, target, execute. Sucks to fight warthog and hammerhead though.
curious how a twisted metal game made in current year would be, think of all the ways you could customize (ignoring the potential concern of monetization for sake of discussion)
@@coltonwilkie241 That's my biggest fear. Hopefully not. Hoping the new TM is similar to TMB, HO and 2012. A balance of online content and single player content.
Love the video, i would like to see some on rogue trip and the vigilante 8 games. Btw OG twisted metal was actually my fourth game in the series as well. 2, 3, B, 1. My favorite vehicle across all the games is Mr. slam. P.S. make whatever videos you want, I'll Stick around, I just like hearing your opinions on stuff.
This was one of a few games that introduced me to the PlayStation back in the late 90s along with Crash 2, Jet Moto 2, and the sequel. This game's graphics did not age I know but it's very fun to play as I am playing it right now after all these years and it's still fun....I also love the cheesy FMV cutscenes and didn't know until this video so thanks for that.
Never played any tm until head on, and I loved it back when I was a little kid, yet I still have nostalgia for this series and been binge watching your videos on tm. Thank you for the nostalgia trip my guy
I enjoy your analysis, interesting to see an interpretation of the TM series from a relatively recent fan and not someone like myself who grew up playing these games as a kid and are tainted by nostalgia. Thanks, looking forward to more videos.
What got me to subscribe (finally, I've seen a few videos but I rarely scroll up to do so when watching on Roku) is your critique on Assault on Suburbia. That was always my favorite level just because it was in a town with houses, a gas station and the aqueduct at a time when games didn't have open worlds like that. You explained your point in a way that made sense to me, and while it is still my favorite map in TM1, I can't knock on your reasoning for it being your least favorite and I have huge respect for that.
I vividly remember the Twisted Metal trailer on the demo disc that came with PSX's at launch in 1994. That game looked like the FUTURE: massive arenas, cities, and rooftops, filled with gunfire, explosions, and colorful lighting effects. Even today, the draw distance for this game is shockingly good, especially compared to its contemporaries. Ultimately, I didn't actually enjoy the game as much, but I still respect what it did and would love to give the franchise another try, many decades after my initial (and very young) experience.
My father and I used to play TW1 for hours. I have extremely fond memories of this game. In many ways it's much more enjoyable than a lot of newer games.
i think my first memories are Twisted Metal 2. i think it's cool that you got into this at an older age and were still able to enjoy it. im sure you probably are better at enjoying things for how they'd fit in their era than most people though.
I was a spectre main through and through. I'm just now realizing that car and driver have diff names. Kid brain didn't care just wanted carnage. Love these TM videos
To add to your theory of Black and this game taking place at the same time from different POVs. I noticed that some of the levels not only have a similar feel, but are almost 1 to 1 layouts.
Also now that I think about it, I have a theory that "Mr.Ash" from TM1 is the Literally-Satan Calypso from 2012. Mainly from the long-haired silhouette, red eye glow and matching backstories.
He's got you covered: ruclips.net/video/a_vBXfOpX24/видео.html In this video, he talks about games like Vigilante 8 and SingleTrac's own Rogue Trip 2012 and Critical Depth.
I recently decided to get into Twisted Metal, between your reviews of the series thus far, and the praise I've heard surrounding the Peacock series, needless to say it got me interested. And having bought the first game, it's a ton of fun. I typically prefer to play games on their normal difficulty these days. If it's a selectable option, it's a great middle ground between easy and hard mode. But I was a little wary about taking the normal or "medium" approach when I picked up TM for the first time. I don't play much in the way of racing or driving intensive games, let alone ones that accentuate combat. I think the last series of games I played that emphasized driving gameplay all that much was the Jak and Daxter trilogy and I last played those years ago. But much to my pleasant surprise Twisted Metal 1 feels surprisingly accessible on medium mode. It is a bit of a pain in the ass trying to muscle your way through all 6 rounds when you're as new at the game as I am, but even still, it's a fun time. Like with playing Devil May Cry, I imagine the more frustrating aspects of gameplay disappear with the more time you sink into it. Kind of opened my eyes to the fun possibilities of the vehicular combat game genre, not dissimilar to how Fire Emblem introduced me to the fun of the Strategy RPG genre.
8:44 no way!! Huge Twisted Metal fan and never even thought about it when I was a child, it's working in other game of the series too? We were true OG finishing to whole game with the 2 life in one sitting or start over if we were game over lol because I never took note of the code, I wasn't quick enough to write down the codes during the loading times!
Man, I want to like these games so bad. I always remember them so fondly, but I cannot get good at them no matter how much time I spend trying to practice. Been enjoying all the TM videos, but I definitely fell back on my old memories of the series after a day of binging. Re-snagged the first 2 games on PS4, and been getting my ass handed to me in the first game all day.
We need a remake...just new graphics...change nothing but add pvp and unlockable titles, emblems and backgrounds and paint skins staring vin diesel as the wheel guy and Jared Leto as calypso
God I love TWISTED METAL! My Gamer tag has this & It's always nice getting compliments from people who recognize the series. I have enjoyed the whole series, of course I'll recognize the flaws in some of the games but every game I feel brings something to the table and if anything else some of the flaws make for hilarious time's but some of the flaws can be cringe worthy, Still though I love the series
There is a vehicular racing combat game called Hi-Octane. It came out in 1995 on DOS PC, several months ahead of Twisted Metal, with ports to Saturn and PlayStation in the following couple months. It was developed by Bullfrog and backed and published by EA. The game was produced in a handful weeks to quickly fill a revenue hole. So it was a surprise release. I bet this is why the name of Twisted Metal has changed and cinematics were scrapped. They must have been so angry for being sniped like that.
Twisted Metal is one of those games up there for me like the Resident Evil series or Crash that just never gets old or unfun. And hell yeah, your analysis was pretty damn good
Yeah i loved TM1, 2, Black and Head On the most. 3 was ok ish, 4 looked really weird especially with a lot of characters we were use to being gone. They were definitely subpar. The new TM for PS3 looked really good and modern with the boss fights and online, but the factions ruined it hard so we never got all the characters and stories. If they could get us a TM2/Black kinda story and game play mixed with the modern TM for PS3 they could legit make the best in the series.
TM1 got so much right on the first try consider part 3 and 4 which failed in basic control standards. I love all the characters except Spectre you get
better characters and not Leprechauns and shit
I work for a moving company and one of the clients we moved furniture for was getting rid of some junk. What our client didn't realize is that said junk was a modded, classic ps1 complete with 4 controllers, two memory cards, connection cords and two stacks of ps1 games including twisted metal. Needless to say, I acquired some treasures.
A great example of another mans trash is anothers mans treasure
If you have even a moderately decent PC, you could emulate every PS1 tile ever.
@@GavinAeilts why emulate when I can just burn games to CD roms that can be played on my modded ps1? I get any and all games for free, plus, I can play them in my hardware, on my tube tv. You're doing yourself a disservice using emulators. It's just not the same. And besides, I don't need every single game. Only the greats from both America and Japan. Quality over quantity.
@@robeyhairston3298 its actually the exact same but with better pc controls
@@robeyhairston3298why burn CR-ROMs when you can download and play the games with any controller you can imagine on your iOS or Android phone? 😎
Twisted Metal 1’s simple look just gives me an indie feel and I honestly love it for that. Can’t wait to get this one for my growing Twisted Metal collection! (I currently have 4 and 2012)
TM4 is the best
@@michaelarojas No it isn't.
Definitely should get TM2. TM2 and TM1 feel roughly the same, but TM2 is a far superior product because there's more content, and the content that is there is more streamlined for fun. Better sound effects and power variation that really builds character around each vehicle, more recognizable, varied and interactive maps, and fewer poorly executed ideas. Graphics look almost the same, so it has the same feel, but is just a much funner game to play.
TM4 is pretty fun. Imo the original TM is probably the least fun because it is the most prototypical.
@@Explosive0DiahreaAgreed, TM2 is my favorite, TM3 is my 2nd favorite :)
Excellent review. You're pretty young, so I'm glad you were able to give this one a fair chance and appreciate it despite its age.
Seconded
I started with Twisted Metal 2 and was immediately hooked, I never played TM1 but decades later I found gameplay footage on RUclips and saw exactly why TM2 had the things they did (energy attacks, certain weapons never returning in the series, how the games evolved compared to the original)
Yeah, I started with TM2 and it was rough going backwards
Something unique that was sometimes annoying in this game was that if your health was low enough you could lose one life in a collision against a wall, something that in later games only slightly lowered your health, but NEVER made you reach zero. You HAD to watch out for collisions against walls. It kinda made the gameplay quite different from later games because even these simple mistakes could cost a lot.
Overall it's my favorite in the series, but that's because I like the janky visuals, it's kinda nostalgic.
Not only it was more difficult, it was also more realistic, and also correction: in TM2 wall collisions also damaged your vehicle and you could even die by just scratching a wall if your vehicle was damaged enough, but from TM3 onwards, that wasn't an issue, hitting walls didn't do any damage to the vehicles
@@pablofernandez2335 As far as I remember in TW2 you couldn't reach health 0 by wall collisions. However, indeed you could lose hp colliding against walls.
do you like 2? that one is my fav
@@aedes947 it's been ages since i last played TM2, but i have some blurry memories of getting killed by hitting a wall in the temple by jumping to the edges in Hong Kong, you either made the jump, but hit the wall, or you didn't make the jump
@@napalmkitty6686 After the first one, the second is my favorite!
when this game came out it was outstanding. great fun to battle a friend as well. huge worlds.
It's certainly not aged well, especially vs Wipeout and Destruction Derby (also released at the same time).
I still love the first twisted metal game to this day it's a lot of fun and challenging.
nice job being ahead of the curve, these 2 games were just rereleased on the ps digital store in july of 2023. Always loved these games as a teenager
I find older games a ton more fun than a lot of modern ones, tbh. There's something much more passionate in them like Twisted Metal and countless others of the '90s era while the 2010s to 2020s feels often like many games are just chasing trends than trying to give you a memorable experience.
TM1 really excells at the Arcade-like fun game that doesnt require any long attention span but still delivers depth. Its not bogged down in heavy
menus and options its really just a well made presentation
Controls are a little stiff even for 1995, TM2 was maybe more the case in how they use the D pad for button combos to launch freeze missiles, drop bombs and temporarily turn invincible which all become main staple for the series including having a 0 degree turning circle, (slightly unrealistic for anything not using tank treads) but aside from these things,
I’d say it’s definitely more of an arcade game they just slapped on the Ps1 but it’s definitely my sorta experience for sure! Still own a copy of the first game to this day!
For me TM1 just has the most character the soundtrack in perfect and the suspenseful music is unique sound FX are weird and distinctive, the foot soldiers give it a dystopian DEATH RACE 2000 vibe
really none of the sequels even are close
Replayed this just yesterday and from what I can tell, it does feel more like a tech demo of what was to come. It is pretty short, very simplistic and disappointed that they cut out the FMV endings but definitely much challenging than any other TM games I've played.
It was an experiment basically. Before TM it was mostly Combat Racers. Armor Attack for Arcade/Vectrex was like a pre Twisted Metal.
I grew up with TM2 being one of the games I played most as a kid, but I got back into the franchise last year and TM1 has become one of my favorite games. The simplicity of the gameplay, the grounded grindhouse aesthetic with a splash of the supernatural, even little details like how Calypso doesn't actually screw the winner over unless it can benefit him (i.e. Outlaw). I actually love how Calypso himself gets the short end of the stick in a lot of the endings.
We can't ignore the legacy that this game brought with himself
Himself?
@@chefboiardeeznutz9881 If twisted metal had a gender it'd probably be a male to be fair 😂
Stupid comment.
@sadanim8or58get out
@sadanim8or37No. I think it would look like a fat juggalo broad that chain-smokes and is always angry.
Ahhh yes the good ole FMV phase gaming went through. Who else here remembers the scenes in road rash?
P.S. I'd completely forgotten about the FPS mode in TM. I had a steering wheel with foot pedals controller I used to like using just to play game in FPS (I died alot everytime I used it as opposed to regular controller) lol I always was amazed at the bullet holes in the windshields not being a static texture type thing.
Twisted metal took everything I love in life and put it in a game. It took cars, motorcycles, explosions, guns, high jumps and danger and turned it into a competition in the form of a video game.
@22:25 that took me back. I remember minion falling and not dying, and homing missiles could rarely target him down there
Oh this is gonna be fun.
Been a bit of a resurgence in Twisted Metal content on RUclips recently, do you think it has anything to do with the series being properly announced?
Absolutely. It’s relevant.
I’m sooooo lit up for this series. It’s gonna be Fn epic! Can’t Fn wait!
The cock picked a winner with this one
I do. It's been dormant for a long time and Sony missed out not porting TM 2012 to PS4. The new game and show announcement have added a lot of talk. Just hoping we aren't let down. The tv show doesn't look too promising but I'm hoping they'll have more wiggle room with making a game. I'm nervously excited for the new game, so I'll definitely be waiting for a bunch of reviews to pour before buying it, if at all. Don't wanna belittle the studio working on the new TM but I'd definitely feel more comfy knowing someone like Scott Campbell or Mike Giam was involved. We'll have to see how it turns out.
@@dr.pepperphdindeliciousnes1396 I'm still kinda hopeful that Sony ports the other TM games to Playstation Plus Premium.
In my opinion, Sony is missing out on big money by not giving us the bigger titles from Playstation's history; the biggest PS1 titles on the service right now, is Tekken 2 and Resident Evil Director's Cut.
Really loved the video about the original FMV endings, so i watched all of them. It was like an awesome lofi horror film
For me I love the early 90's arcade feel it has to it, not even TM2 has that feel to it. The levels are pretty awesome do to the fact that the whole game takes place around LA and are sizable. Also Sweet Tooths design is the best in this game I think, no hair on fire or anything like that just a straight up psychotic person.
Another Twisted Metal video, wish you would've seen my comment on "Every Twisted Metal Level Ranked From Worst To Best".
"Twisted Metal 2: World Tour" is one of the greatest PS1 games of All-Time!! Certainly Top 10 on my list - No Questions Asked
THIS game MADE me buy a playstaion. Sure i had Mario Kart on my SNES but my playstation had TWISTED METAL.
SAME. I spent every penny I'd saved up buying a playstation and Twisted Metal 2, after my neighbour had rented a ps and twisted metal 1 during a sleep over. I didn't buy another game for a year -- and all my friends and everyone in my family all played with me. Haha. It was my first game system, too. Haha.
Podrían sacar ya una recopilación (especialmente para PC) con tantas recopilaciones de sagas que se hacen y esta quedo en un limbo. Genial el video, TBP. Saludos desde Argentina.
Definitely appreciate this kind of video, thank you for giving it a shot! You're right about the vehicle balance being fine enough for single-player, but the veterans of online competitive play will tell you there are noticeable tiers. You were onto something shouting out Roadkill, as he & Warthog are generally considered the strongest overall - Warthog is sorta the Axel of TM1 with his ramming damage, and he also has the tightest turn radius of any "heavyweight" vehicle in both 1 & 2. Not to mention a much easier special to use than Axel's! And Darkside probably is the worst alongside Crimson Fury, they both have terrible specials to go with their obvious statistical holes.
Speaking of competitive online play, here's a potential video topic: Twisted Metal Black Online & the balance changes made in that version! The main person from the dev team who worked on that has been posting in the comments for some TM:Black videos on here - i forget his handle, but you could look him up for more info on that. It's something not well-known outside of the netplay community and there's a lot to it - Minion got nerfed to the point that he became a poor man's Warthog, for instance!
A lot of people don't know that the first game had a combat system like a fighting game, like street fighter 2, where you could input button combinations and use different weapons like freeze. I was too young to understand it but found out years later.
"High Octane" sounds like a generic racing game, "Twisted Metal" sounds like what it is.
High Octane WAS a racing game. They changed the title because they learned it was in development.
Twisted Metal 1 always reminded me of T-Mek in Arcades and on the Sega 32X. I loved that game and it was probably the first vehicle combat game I could remember before Twisted Metal blew the lid off the joint. Oh and ESPN Extreme Games (the first one with that longbox) was also a fun combat racing style game that I LOVED on the PSX when I first got it.
Pretty sure I was in middle school when the original Twisted Metal came out, I remember seeing the commercials and demo disc gameplay and being absolutely blown away by the graphics compared to the Snes, 32X and Sega CD my cousin and I had been playing constantly. The best system we had was the 32X, MK2, Doom, NBA Jam, all those games looked amazing on that system, but the PS1 was in a tier above everything else. The first game he showed me was Tekken 1, then WWF Wrestlemania Arcade, then Twisted Metal 1 and eventually GTA1 and 2. My mind was blown being able to play Tekken 1, WWF Wrestlemania at home and not just in the arcade.
Then Twisted Metal was like a god tier original game with incredible graphics and super large open arenas like Cydonia Suburbs. Then TM2 came out a year later, but I had an entire year of playing TM1 nonstop, so much so that I forgot the rooftops stage in TM1 was not in TM2 lol.
Twisted Metal and Warhawk were both incredible games when they came out, both launch titles for the PSX iirc. They are both favorites, but TM1 is just so original for it's time since it was the first car combat game. My dad and I had a gaming PC as well and grew up with all the major PC games (from Wolfenstein 3d to Quake 2 to Half life 1 and 2), so being able to get 3d games like Twisted Metal on a console was pretty insane for the time. I remember my dad having to pay insane prices for the graphics card (3dfx or Voodoo gpu?) that allowed us to switch from Software renderer in Quake 2, to 3d renderer just so we could run Quake 3 Arena.
I never knew TM1 had full FMV cutscenes but I was surprised they weren't included in the final product considering games like Warhawk and other games basically included FMV's in the early PSX days, it was an experimental time from Sega CD to PS1 where FMV's were the name of the game before CGI cutscenes became the norm. They are kind of cheesy but some of those FMV's are nostalgic, and def stand the test of time more so than the very early CGI cutscenes. Though when TM1 was first released the game was just so mind blowing and game changing that none of us seemed to care there were just still images of real life people in the game. I never understood why they had real life people as stand ins for the characters and endings but no FMV's, but it made sense later once I discovered there were missing cutscenes.
I still think the comic book art style of TM2 for the character bio's and endings works the absolute best for the franchise as a whole, and was surprised they never went back to that style considering how amazing it looked compared to the horrid 3d models and CGI they used for TM3 and 4. TM Black had good CGI but I didn't like how dark it was, which was ironic because at that time in high school when it came out I was in kind of a dark place mentally (if TM black had released just a few years earlier in middle school/8th grade it would've been perfect).
What's ironic is TM1 took place in 2005, and I couldn't even fathom how far ahead that was when this game came out, but I graduated high school in 2004 and had the best years of my life in 2005 and 2006 and 2007, then worst years in 2008 and 2009 to 2012. Still alive in 2023 but not sure for how long lol and at 4:15 those suburbs looked the most realistic I had ever seen in a video game when TM1 was released. Still don't know a TM game that has done the suburbs better, though for deathmatch you could play that level in TM2, sucks though we couldn't play it in the missions, otherwise TM2 would've been a perfect game for me.
I do think the inconsistency between TM1, 2, and 3 definitely pull me out of the games but I can get TM1 and 2 linked lore wise with the characters and art styles. I just kind of assume each game is in it's own little lore universe though nowadays. It used to bother me a lot as a kid though. That arcade game feel that you mention was present in A LOT of early Playstation 1 games I feel because they def tried to port as many arcade games as they could to that console since it was the first console where you could get almost a 1:1 experience at home. Probably why I still own my PSX since it was just such a groundbreaking console for me at the time, and I grew up with every console and PC back then living in a technology driven household (grandma and dad both built PC's).
What's ironic about you saying to start as Roadkill is that I think I did start as him originally when playing this game because his car looked cool and his stats overall are pretty awesome for a beginners car. But once TM2 came out I think most people start out playing Axel or something because he is the mascot of that game, but Specter was always my favorite in the series, and of TM1 and TM2. I like Crimson Fury's car design but his special is total bleh. I also like the pedestrians and enemies that shoot at you on the street, but they never brought this back for future TM games for some reason. The people on the street always reminded me of Carmageddon but these guys could shoot back in the game!
I always liked the little personality the first person mode had for each character in Twisted Metal 1, but sadly they removed it from TM2 though I understand why. They gave us the high up chopper view instead of the first person view, so at least they replaced it with something useful. I also liked that in TM1 the healing pads always recharged, and disliked in TM2 the healing pickups might recharge only once, but they were limited use.
I do like TM Black as a whole but the game is a little too hard for me compared to TM,1 which it seems to be a remake of. I do love the levels of TM1 because it was the first time I saw real life locations and streets in a video game. and yeah the rooftop level is still my fav in TM1, and Minion still terrifies me as a boss, he was terrifying as a kid. But it was so freaking cool being able to play that exact character in TM2, I just wish you could've played him in TM1 as well with a password. Maybe you can with a Gameshark but I can't remember. I remember playing Dark Tooth with a gameshark in TM2 and it breaking the game lol
I think so many people love Cyberbia as a level because back when TM1 came out that level was gargantuan and looked so good for its time, it felt like I was driving around LA fighting in the suburbs. It was a lot of fun to play in deathmatch mode too using a code in TM2.
Ok I am done editing this forum post, sorry for the crazy long rant about nothing!
Im glad i found your channel 😁 i hope you'll do episode reviews when the show comes out on prime. Great videos. Thanks for keeping our love for Twisted Meatal alive. 🎉
Twisted Metal black is a perfect spot to start. I LOVED the game. Coming from the first 3. TM 1-2 and black are all hardcore fans need!
Love your Twisted Metal content, dude. Your videos have rekindled my interest in the series
I played plenty of games before the Twisted Metal series came out...But when I went over to my buddies house and he had just gotten a Playstation (which I honestly didn't even know existed) and a copy of Twisted Metal 2 I fell in love...we played all weekend... co-op/deathmatch/taking turns getting everyones ending.
I've been chasing that high since 1996.
Always liked the aesthetic of this game, and it plays well enough for a very early PS1 game. I also like that all of the attacks are based on weapon pickups/ inventory, instead of the gimmicky (and abused by the computer AI) fighting game style button chain/ special meter attacks and moves in Twisted Metal 2. I get that some things were improved in part 2, but at the same time I think they got carried away a bit too much.
It's too bad they axed the live action endings, they added to the 80's/90's genre movie feel.
I Liked The First Person Viewpoint In This Game, But Twisted Metal 2 Is Still My Favorite In The Series. Awesome Video!
The personalized Dash Boards are so cool I cant believe Ive never seen them in another game its kinda lame that the first-person option affects
your projectiles and they can hit the floor sometimes but its also like a different game too
Really love all of your TM content. You see the series and each individual game almost the exact same way I do. I definitely agree with most of your points about this one. Can't wait for the other games.
Roadkill was Sweet in this one!
@@wallaceshawn-zk8iw Performance wise, I'd say this is the best Roadkill in the series.
@@dr.pepperphdindeliciousnes1396 Probably have to agree, tho I like Roadkill in 2012 also
If there’s one good thing I can say about calypso talking at 2:54 in the video is the music playing while he’s talking about the contestants getting their wishes granted because it adds to the dark atmosphere of this game and future games!
I love that you showed the lives code
always a good game to bring to the site. and ppl are hoping for an analysis for the upcoming twisted metal series in july
This was a good video (the format and discussion points were organized and flowed well. First game I played in ther series, a classic. Not the best controls, but it's got a REALLY good soundtrack and unique characters (altho some special attacks are underwhelming).
Mr. Grimm and Darkside were my go tos.
I remember this game fondly, particularly the highway loop, running through there as Darkside at almost no health, scraping out a win.
I miss and do not miss the annoying infantry around the place.
Edit: hah! I loved assault on burbia! Forgot about it until you mentioned but i remember that resovoir now.
TM: Black still holds up as one of the best of the series. When characters and the setting took a bit of a darker turn, it got interesting VERY quickly.
But that's just my personal pick.
Now the classic still holds up because of how sophisticated the 3D engine was, especially in the mid-90s era.
It launched a new kind of Death Race franchise that became wildly popular. It's just too bad after the 2012 game, it fell sharply.
Well explained! Definitely a classic.
I’ve written quite a bit about why I find 1 to be the best and most interesting game in the series, as someone who’s played all of them over the years-primarily beginning with 2, but I did play a bit of 1 even back then. The fantastic soundtrack, the more grounded environments reflecting the near-future setting (holographic stop signs, more spectators, soldiers attempting to put a stop to the combat mid-battle), the progression from 1v1 battle in a small warehouse to larger environments-including the juxtaposition of hard-core rock and roll music with ambient echos as you find yourself away from the action at times, and the orchestral chaos befitting the rooftop combat on the final level.
All in all, it’s just a fantastic game with some details that I absolutely love. The first-person view, and Cyburbia still being my absolute favorite map in the entire series. I could go on and on.
Can’t wait for the upcoming tv series releasing at the end of July on Peacock. I’m ready for anything the show will throw at us!
First time I played Twisted Metal was on the PS classic
TM 1 is still my favorite of the series. I was 14 when it came out in '95 and the gameplay while good but not mind-blowing, the atmosphere/music is extremely memorable for me.
Played TW1 for the first time 2 days ago, had a rough time, it really wants you to hit and run.
Which is hard with the tank controls
And even harder if you play the larger characters
& Ram damage is high in this one compared to the other TM games...
make the type of videos you want to make. Nothing more, nothing less. You do you. we'll be here.
Agreed
I had no idea that Roadkills' Special semi-tracked! Played this game when i was a kid, and it was HARD. Minion is pretty unforgivable
Roadkill was pretty strong in the first game. Minion is definitely brutal. Armor that's more like a 6 rating since Mr Grimm's special seemed to do far less damage than on even Darkside, utterly monstrous special and it's decently fast. I remember beating him the first time with Warthog by ramming and pinning him into a wall and it just ripped its health away.
Man I miss the car combat genre! TW was always the king closely followed by V8...1 and 2! I played EVERY TW from jump and Black then 2 were the franchise flagships!
Would work so well with battle royale
Back in the day you would have thought that Grim Reaper line in the prologue was just some clever prose, and then boy would you be in for a suprise!
Darkside was always my favorite. If you save up those little white things you get a lot of them, 7 or 9 or something, and you can rapid fire them into a guy while you are ramming him + machine guns. You can get a fast execution out of darkside making him oddly a little like mr grimm where you avoid, target, execute. Sucks to fight warthog and hammerhead though.
curious how a twisted metal game made in current year would be, think of all the ways you could customize (ignoring the potential concern of monetization for sake of discussion)
You'll know soon enough. A new entry for PS5 is coming
Probably be a garbage live service, although Sony has mostly ignored live service games, there's still a chance.
@@coltonwilkie241 That's my biggest fear. Hopefully not. Hoping the new TM is similar to TMB, HO and 2012. A balance of online content and single player content.
Love the video, i would like to see some on rogue trip and the vigilante 8 games. Btw OG twisted metal was actually my fourth game in the series as well. 2, 3, B, 1. My favorite vehicle across all the games is Mr. slam.
P.S. make whatever videos you want, I'll Stick around, I just like hearing your opinions on stuff.
they actually making a twisted metal series after this long
I got the platinum trophy a bit ago and it is still so fun to play. It’s not aging great but it’s great to play and the soundtrack still works.
This was one of a few games that introduced me to the PlayStation back in the late 90s along with Crash 2, Jet Moto 2, and the sequel. This game's graphics did not age I know but it's very fun to play as I am playing it right now after all these years and it's still fun....I also love the cheesy FMV cutscenes and didn't know until this video so thanks for that.
Never played any tm until head on, and I loved it back when I was a little kid, yet I still have nostalgia for this series and been binge watching your videos on tm. Thank you for the nostalgia trip my guy
I enjoy your analysis, interesting to see an interpretation of the TM series from a relatively recent fan and not someone like myself who grew up playing these games as a kid and are tainted by nostalgia. Thanks, looking forward to more videos.
We already have 2 of the big 3 PS1 era games remade. Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, wheres the original TM series remake?
What got me to subscribe (finally, I've seen a few videos but I rarely scroll up to do so when watching on Roku) is your critique on Assault on Suburbia. That was always my favorite level just because it was in a town with houses, a gas station and the aqueduct at a time when games didn't have open worlds like that. You explained your point in a way that made sense to me, and while it is still my favorite map in TM1, I can't knock on your reasoning for it being your least favorite and I have huge respect for that.
If only they added every PS1-PS2 Twisted Metal especially (Head-On) but having 1 and 2 playable with trophies on the PS5 is a must play...
I vividly remember the Twisted Metal trailer on the demo disc that came with PSX's at launch in 1994. That game looked like the FUTURE: massive arenas, cities, and rooftops, filled with gunfire, explosions, and colorful lighting effects. Even today, the draw distance for this game is shockingly good, especially compared to its contemporaries. Ultimately, I didn't actually enjoy the game as much, but I still respect what it did and would love to give the franchise another try, many decades after my initial (and very young) experience.
My father and I used to play TW1 for hours. I have extremely fond memories of this game. In many ways it's much more enjoyable than a lot of newer games.
i think my first memories are Twisted Metal 2. i think it's cool that you got into this at an older age and were still able to enjoy it. im sure you probably are better at enjoying things for how they'd fit in their era than most people though.
Nice work on the combatant break down and hammerhead ending was on point lol
2:11 my soul being sent directly to hell after ignoring a "one like = one pray" post on social media.
I laughed at this
So did I
"While not putting yourself in the line of fire."
Outlaw being put in the line of fire: 19:16
I was a spectre main through and through. I'm just now realizing that car and driver have diff names. Kid brain didn't care just wanted carnage. Love these TM videos
Twisted metal 1995 is STILL my favorite in the series.
To add to your theory of Black and this game taking place at the same time from different POVs. I noticed that some of the levels not only have a similar feel, but are almost 1 to 1 layouts.
Also now that I think about it, I have a theory that "Mr.Ash" from TM1 is the Literally-Satan Calypso from 2012.
Mainly from the long-haired silhouette, red eye glow and matching backstories.
Keep doing what you're doing bro your videos are great 👍 i keep watching your endings ranked video its great!
Great review. A review of Vigilante 8 would be cool
He's got you covered: ruclips.net/video/a_vBXfOpX24/видео.html
In this video, he talks about games like Vigilante 8 and SingleTrac's own Rogue Trip 2012 and Critical Depth.
This game brought me so much joy as a recent fan. For some reason everytime i see a darkside meme, i cant help but crack up
I used to play this with my brother and my friends all the time. I spent countless hours playing this game. Still love twisted metal.
I recently decided to get into Twisted Metal, between your reviews of the series thus far, and the praise I've heard surrounding the Peacock series, needless to say it got me interested. And having bought the first game, it's a ton of fun. I typically prefer to play games on their normal difficulty these days. If it's a selectable option, it's a great middle ground between easy and hard mode. But I was a little wary about taking the normal or "medium" approach when I picked up TM for the first time. I don't play much in the way of racing or driving intensive games, let alone ones that accentuate combat. I think the last series of games I played that emphasized driving gameplay all that much was the Jak and Daxter trilogy and I last played those years ago. But much to my pleasant surprise Twisted Metal 1 feels surprisingly accessible on medium mode. It is a bit of a pain in the ass trying to muscle your way through all 6 rounds when you're as new at the game as I am, but even still, it's a fun time. Like with playing Devil May Cry, I imagine the more frustrating aspects of gameplay disappear with the more time you sink into it. Kind of opened my eyes to the fun possibilities of the vehicular combat game genre, not dissimilar to how Fire Emblem introduced me to the fun of the Strategy RPG genre.
I played the original 3 games as a kid (9yrs old in 93') when they all released but stopped after the ps1 era of twisted metal.
8:44 no way!! Huge Twisted Metal fan and never even thought about it when I was a child, it's working in other game of the series too? We were true OG finishing to whole game with the 2 life in one sitting or start over if we were game over lol because I never took note of the code, I wasn't quick enough to write down the codes during the loading times!
14:32 the rear missiles make more sense with the first-person mode now that I think of it 🤔
Cyburbia is and will always be my faborite level. The music amazing too.
Man, I want to like these games so bad. I always remember them so fondly, but I cannot get good at them no matter how much time I spend trying to practice.
Been enjoying all the TM videos, but I definitely fell back on my old memories of the series after a day of binging. Re-snagged the first 2 games on PS4, and been getting my ass handed to me in the first game all day.
We need a remake...just new graphics...change nothing but add pvp and unlockable titles, emblems and backgrounds and paint skins staring vin diesel as the wheel guy and Jared Leto as calypso
I love the fact that I find a channel dedicated to twisted metal content… something so interesting yet long forgotten by most gamers
Goddamnit I'm old, I remember playing this and warhawk at a demo kiosk in a Circuit City
God I love TWISTED METAL! My Gamer tag has this & It's always nice getting compliments from people who recognize the series. I have enjoyed the whole series, of course I'll recognize the flaws in some of the games but every game I feel brings something to the table and if anything else some of the flaws make for hilarious time's but some of the flaws can be cringe worthy, Still though I love the series
Wow, it has been a very long time since I played this game. Fond memories for an old boomer.
I've only ever played Twisted Metal 2 back when it was released, and then played the PS3 version when it came out.
Does anyone remember "Critical Depth"? It was like twisted metal with submarines.
I bought Twisted Metal 1-4 & Small Brawl for PS1 recently and it definitely holds up!
I remember getting this for my birthday. Damn I feel old
Id ahave to say that Darkside isnt the worst character. His armor and ram damage are what sells the character
Agree. But some people don't like that you take damage from ramming unlike HH. I don't mind tho😁
Yeah which is kinda dumb. It's worse when the other cars are spinning around too.
I might have to try this one sometime. TM2 was my introduction. And I like this kind of content.
This game is an absolute classic and it definitely needs a remaster
I wish there were sherbet bars made to look like the Sweet Tooth head from the first Twisted Metal.
Great job covering this classic
In the recent digital relase of tm 1 and tm 2 theres no frame drops. Its smooth as butter
This was one of my first 3 PS1 games I ever bought. Along with Resident Evil 1 and Megaman 8.
There is a vehicular racing combat game called Hi-Octane. It came out in 1995 on DOS PC, several months ahead of Twisted Metal, with ports to Saturn and PlayStation in the following couple months. It was developed by Bullfrog and backed and published by EA.
The game was produced in a handful weeks to quickly fill a revenue hole. So it was a surprise release.
I bet this is why the name of Twisted Metal has changed and cinematics were scrapped. They must have been so angry for being sniped like that.
You should make a video Ranking all of the series boss fights.