Twisted Metal series

[El Misfit]

Okay, who remembers Twisted Metal? My favorite is TM4, mainly because of level 2's music: Cirrus- Times Running Out.

[Ash]

The only one I played religiously was Twisted Metal 2.
It became a daily ritual to get off work, go over to my friend Jill's house with a buddy, smoke pot, and play TM2 for hours until she'd kick us out.

I wish they'd make a new one for the Xbox 360.
I'd buy it!   

[Psycho Circus]

I loved these games back in the early days of the Playstation. First played TS, as my brother had the first one, then I bought Twisted Metal 2. My favourite character was Sweet Tooth (surprise, surprise  ), but all the characters were really cool in their own way.

I thought TS Black, was a really great addition to the series and I don't get most of the negative reviews it got. 

I wish they'd put a new game out (especially compatable with PS2). 

[WingedSerpent]

I had Twisted Metal: Black.

If you had a Twisted Metal Black save on one memory card-and a War of the Monsters on the same card.  You could unlock a special outfit for the rock monster and play as the Sweet Tooth Mech.

There are rumors a new one is in pre-production for the PS3, but so far I haven't heard much about it.

[Jim H]

Twisted Metal 2 will forever be my favorite.  Awesome characters, great style, great endings, great multiplayer. 

Black is also good, but I like the cartoony style of 2 better, and there's one major mechanical change I don't like: they VASTLY reduced ramming damage in Black.

[Mr. DS]

Twisted Metal 2 is as close to a perfect game as you can get.  Great characters, awesome plot line, and unbelievable gameplay.   It also has the most b*tchin' ending I've ever seen to a game for one of it's characters...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhWm6fZ17aM
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 I briefly got into the following sequels but found they just couldn't capture that TM2 magic.  TM3 had an awesome soundtrack though...I used it frequently in my college radio show.   This one f'n rocks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EZP9GW7kVI
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[Psycho Circus]

I thought the first game had great endings too. I mean, they used to go to alot of effort in the early days of the PS. I don't think that you see anything like the following in games today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKWLq1OQ3tI
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[clockworkcanary]

I love Twisted Metal 2! It's all about Shadow for me, although I could tear it up with Mr. Slam and Axel too. I made it a point to beat the game with every character -Grasshopper was the hardest to win with. I remember there were only the two bosses but man, Minion was a bastard! Darktooth was no picnic either. Loved the levels on this one: Moscow bowl level, New York, and especially Antarctica.

I got Twisted 3 when it first came out and the change in design was readily apparent. The levels were weaker in design and the physics totally changed. If you got knocked over, be prepared to sit on your back for a few extra seconds (compared to Twisted 2). Never beat this one but my gf at the time did. The levels seemed lacking too.

Twisted 4 was a much needed improvement but still seemed lackluster in the gameplay department - I always liked Orbital though. I beat the tar out of this one with most of the characters too. The first four levels were pretty cool but the Amazon level and Minion's Maze were a bit boring.

Twisted Metal Black was pretty cool but I never owned it myself - played it a lot a friend's place and loved it.

I recently bought Twisted Metal Head On to play on the Sony 2 -it's got an option to play a few new Twisted Black levels but the core game itself is basically an upgrade of Twisted 2, keeping with the old physics and gameplay. i have yet to get very far into this one so I haven't seen all the bosses. So far I've only fought Cousin Eddy. I must say I like the levels on this one: Transylvania, Egypt, Paris (again but it's cooler), and Russia.

I look forward to more sequels.

[Jim H]

I thought the first game had great endings too. I mean, they used to go to alot of effort in the early days of the PS. I don't think that you see anything like the following in games today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKWLq1OQ3tI

Just an FYI, those aren't the endings you get on the actual game.  You just got a text scroll and a picture of the Calypso from these videos.  Kind of a shame, as the text scroll (which accurately described the filmed endings) was kind of dull.

[Psycho Circus]

I thought the first game had great endings too. I mean, they used to go to alot of effort in the early days of the PS. I don't think that you see anything like the following in games today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKWLq1OQ3tI

Just an FYI, those aren't the endings you get on the actual game.  You just got a text scroll and a picture of the Calypso from these videos.  Kind of a shame, as the text scroll (which accurately described the filmed endings) was kind of dull.

They are. They were omitted from some European versions, but you could access them with a cartridge code. 

[Jim H]

Not on the American version at all, as far as I know.  In fact, Twisted Metal: Head On refers to the endings as unreleased.

Anyway, I beat the game with several characters and just got the text scroll.   Do you mean Gameshark type codes?  Can you tell me what they are?  I googled and couldn't find them.  I'd like to try to see if they're on the US disc or not, but I don't think they're on it at all.

It wouldn't be the only time something like that happened - the European version of Twisted Metal Black has the FMV removed.  Which is ultra lame.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/366924/44933

That has the text (word for word) for the textual endings I got when beating the game.