Twisted Metal Video Review 

Vehicular Combat games need more attention. It's sad how few games are in this genre.

Every single twisted metal review we know a little more each time about your connection to this game lol

I don't like posting a comment before I watch, but this one is different. Nostalgia triggered. I submitted letter art (where you draw your art on an envelope) for Twisted Metal 3 and won 3rd place and got a gasoline jacket with the emblem embroidery on it.

I love how TM: Head-on included the original endings for TM1. I love the charm they have.

I would love two see this franchise come back. Such a fun game

For me, Twisted Metal Small Brawl was actually the game that started my TM fanboyism. Why did I chose that game? because I loved RC cars as a kid so my parents bought me that for my birthday. I know people say it's the worst but it's still nostalgic to me.

A good trick to make note of is that you can break out of being frozen by using turbo.

The first generation of PS1 games all felt and looked like they were ports of 3DO games, in fact a lot actually were, but Twisted Metal 1 wouldn't have looked out of place on a 3DO.

Man I remember playing this two player with my friends when it came out it was so great

I actually had a simliar thing happen in my childhood. First TM game I played Was 4, only it was a demo from a PlayStation underground disc I got. Rented the game too and I enjoyed it. I agree, this series needs to come back. We are getting remasters left and right so why can't we get remasters of both Twisted metal 1 and 2? That would be a sweet package.

I remember when Twisted Metal came out in 95. I would bug my mom to go to Target so I could stand there in the gaming section play Twisted Metal on the display Playstation. After renting PlayStations for months, she finally gave in and bought me one.

Oooo I like your Twisted Metal reviews, these were some of my favorite games on the original Playstation as I think Tekken and TM were my first two games I ever played on the PSX, which really got me hooked on the system.

There was actually a PC Version of Twisted Metal.... for Japan only.

Agreed we need more car combat games! I have been thinking of trying Crossout, where you build your own vehicle and then use it in combat. Its a looks pretty cool.

The art work for the vehicles you're about to face is stellar. I need high quality versions of them!

Assuming they ever do make another Twisted Metal it will reclaim its spot as the oldest running PlayStation franchise. It will always be my favorite alongside metal gear solid.

I was wondering where those videos came from! Great video brother. Love this.

Are you planning to review the Ace Combat series?

Mr. Ash had a badass actor. His voice nailed the lines in my opinion.

Sweet Tooth loves his paper bags.

This is my favorite TM actually. I just love the simplicity and how Sweet Tooth is a selectable character from the start.

I started with TM3 too. Review Cel Damage, an overlooked car combat game in a cartoon style. They ported it to current gen with Cel Damage HD (original Xbox/Gamecube release had insta-kills which I liked better than health bars in the port... still good).

First games in every series tends to be the weakest. Also agreed, stop putting racing in combat vehicle games.

As old as this game is still awesome and what brought vehicular car combat with TM 2 , TM:Black, others TM 1(1995) still a legendary treasure trove yet minion was never playable ( GameShark only) same goes for Prime Evil TM3

More PS1 game reviews, please!!

Oh man I've got some great memories with the split screen 2 player mode.

Iirc, in an interview, David Jaffe stated that the reason the FMV endings were cut was because of the ladies in the scenes. Apparently, some people on the team had moral issues with them, so if they wanted the team to continue working on the game, they had to cut the videos. Well, they could re-film them, but as the graphics would imply, Twisted Metal did not really have that much of a budget, so I'm guessing doing re-shoots would have been pretty much out of the question.

If I remember correctly, you can use turbo to break the Freeze and escape.

I always loved ramming the crap out of other vehicles with Darkside. Even though it’s pretty tough when vehicles are going all over the place.

Perhaps you can review Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012. It was Singketrac's answer to 989 studios taking over the TM franchise.

My favorite lost ending was the one for Mr. Ash, there’s just something about his mysterious nature that puts me on the edge of my seat. Plus we can never forget “Nooooo! Black! Where are you going??? Agghgghhhhhggggh… Noooo!!!!”

Great review as always. I wish the car combat genre would return. Happy holidays.

Looks like the only TM game to review is Twisted Metal 4 and Maybe head on but I think ya did talked about that one I'm not sure

I preferred 1 and 2. Actually the first time was on a demo disc that came with the Playstation with only the arena level. But going back and playing 2 holy hell that game is glitchy. Still had hours of fun.

Finally, you played the game. I was wondering why there wasn't a review of the first one in your channel despite mentioning it in the second game lol

Will you ever review the car combat games by Luxoflux games? they did both Vigilante 8 games and starwars Demolition, it would be a fun video XD

I miss Twisted Metal so much. It was special for Sony. TM 1 never played, TM 2 first and godsend of the series so many memories. TM 3 & 4 I struggled to love but still played. Loved the maps more from those titles than the cars. TM Black thanks to the ESRB I missed out on playing it until Ps3. I see why people love it, but I didn't spend much time on it. I regret this, and glad its on Ps4 for $10. TM Head on YES PLEASE, it felt like a remake of TM2 but again so much fun I had both Ps2 and Psp ports. So many hours. Moscow was my map. TM PS3...What happen? Single player was sad .to the others. Online tho, when it worked, was amazing I remember the E3 reveal of Nuke and boy that was crazy but new to the series. Still, want ps3 remade or another new game in the series. Ty gaming pastime for the review of the series. I'm about to start my own on the series. I'll give your channel a shout out when I start.

Hey man, a video on Interstate 76 would be pretty neat.

Please do a review for Twisted Metal 4!

I am hoping to god all mighty that the reason Twisted metal 2 wasn't on the ps 1 classic instead of the completely inferior TM1 that was included...is because they are remastering it for ps4 similar to Medievil

I recommend you yo watch the GhenryPerez's retrospective of the series with David Jaffe

Ever gonna do a video on Star wars Demolition?

If they make twisted metal they should talk about the Kane bloodline. The cab driver in TM1 is somehow related to Needles Kane aka Sweet tooth. But later on in TM Black, you learned that the cab drivers son is also related to Needles Kane aka Sweet Tooth. Roadkill, aka Marcus Kane, is known to be the real personality of sweet tooth. However, in TM Black, he’s taken under a different name. But, there is a reference when he said he had a family before being killed by Calypso. It’s a coincidence when they bring it up in 2012 Twisted Metal. Minion was 50/50 when it came to the relevance of his existence. In the original, minion was really a demon from hell according to TM2. In TM black, the biggest psychological twist is when you decode his messages as you continue to play as him. Although there is no ending of minion after TM2 (forget TM3), all we are left with is the fact this could be either an apocalyptic tournament or it’s all in someone’s head.

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this review lol

I like the older Twisted Metal games before Black. Don't get me wrong I enjoy it but it isn't the same to me.

Twisted Metal was also on the PC with better framerate and graphics, also Singletrac also did Jet Moto and Jet Moto 2. And Jet Moto was on the PC too. But I don't know if Jet Moto 2 was released on the PC, info about Jet Moto 2: Tournament Edition Sony wanted the original game for the Greatest Hits re-release but the problem was they did not have the original master of the game so the creator put the original on the backup disk , but there is another version which of course it was the TE one that was sent to them but they did not want that they wanted the original copy of Jet Moto 2 but instead of the original they put the TE one on the Greatest Hits version.

What's are the top 5 TM games in your opinion..

I wonder Twisted Metal would've been like if they kept the FMV's endings in the game.

How can I buy twisted metal black for the ps4? Do anyone know?

You did not mention Interstate '76, nor its sequel. Did you not like those? There's little to no "racing" in those.

When I was a kid, calypso face always scared me, it was worst when I tried to sleep

I love TM Black, but call me nostalgic, this is my favorite

I was born in 98 but grew up poor as hell so I was basically a 90s kid, I grew up on the N64 and PS1 and seeing the original twisted metal brings back so many good memories, most of my friends had never even heard of the game so when I’d invite them over to play they almost always wanted to come back every day to play some more,Black is the best in the series imo but I think 2 and the 2012 reboot are tied for a close 2nd

You should take a look at War of the Monsters. It's a giant monster game made by the same people who made the Twisted Metal games! An underrated cult classic, to be sure!

They simply scrapped the FMV video's because they changed the title of the game twice after filming and it was name dropped in half the scenes as the "High Octane" competition and they couldn't afford to do any re-shoots or dub over the lines to fix it since they were on a tight budget.

Jaffe said the endings were cut because the heads of singletrac were religious and didn't like the TNA

Gaming Pastime I have a good question. Would you say the Twisted Metal series holds up with my reasoning? Usually a full game of Story mode in Twisted Metal will always talk around an hour minimum and and hour and a half max. Given that there are a wide variety of characters who all play differently and have their own strategies make these games hold up in terms of gameplay? There are a lot of games in this era that can be pretty much speedrunned in no time flat due to archaic and dated design, however these Twisted Metal games are still as fun and challenging as they were back in the day. So in my opinion while the visuals may be dated I think in terms of gameplay, difficulty and skill they hold up very well. What do you think of my take in this Twisted Metal competition?

Twisted Metal is tight, so hell, yeah.

Hey, Gaming Pastime, did you know that there exists a PC port of the first Twisted Metal? It only came out for Japan though.

Do War of The Monsters For PS2! it's Got Sweet Tooth in it!

Thank you for reviewing twisted Metal

Been playing this on PS1 classic lately alot and the gameplay captured hereooks way way way better than the PS1 mini version. Looks way I remember it on here. Still don't understand choice of putting this instead of 2 on the mini either.

circuit breakers and mashed, best multiplayer battle racers going other than mario kart

Damn, so no Carmageddon review? Feels bad... I was expecting you to (at least) give the first game a chance :( Anyways, this was an excellent video! Both good and bad points of the game are very accurate (in my opinion). Looking foward for more reviews in the near future.

It's funny. The PS4 was the 90s revival era, countless fantastic remasters, remakes and sequels to games from the PS1/2 era. Add on top of that, the 8th gens incredible success with arena hero shooters that focused on characters and arena style action, throw in the relative success of vehicular combat games like Cross Out, and one has to wonder, just what the fuck the people in charge of the Twisted Metal IP were thinking NOT releasing ANYTHING on the PS4 8th generation. They're apparently coming up with a streaming series, and if they STILL don't release some kind of cross promotional material like a 2012 remaster then I just don't know what to say. Games like Medievil, Oddworld, and Destroy All Humans, even god damn Carmageddon, have all recieved quality revisits, far more obscure titles than Twisted Metal ever was. So who the fuck knows... just a casualty of modern games industry I guess. DONT take my money then LOL RIP

My favorite game of all time!

So, as a fan of the twisted metal series I understand why 3 and 4 are heavily criticized, but I like what david jaffe said about them, they are good games just not good twisted metal games, they really should have just been their own separate thing

This game was so hard at first! Love this series!

Have you done a review of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars?

Loved the review! Little sidenote tho: God of War 2 was directed by Cory Barlog, who also directed the recent God of War :)

I love the look and atmosphere of the very first game. It got too cartoony and comic book in the sequels and then too dark and serious with Black and the PS3 one even though they are awesome games. They lost that gritty cheesy mid 90s look

Great video!! Thank you!!

Hammerhead was always my favorite vehicle in the original Twisted Metal, but they really screwed up that vehicle in the later Twisted Metals.

As Arguably One of the Best, Long Time, Die Hard Player's in the World, since the very Beginning, i'm going to say this. I Absolutely Love the Vehicular Collision Detection in the First Two Twisted Metals. After that, the Collisions became Weak. They just don't have that Weight behind them when you Ram into an Opponent. I'll also Add that i'm too a Big Fan of Twisted Metal 4. Ironically, although i Favor Dark and Gritty, Twisted Metal Black just doesn't really do it for me. Something about it seems off. I Hate the Collision aspect, and it no longer feels Demolition Derby esque. I like 3 myself, used to hate it, but grew to appreciate and favor it more then black. Never did play head on or small brawl. But i do own TM for the ps3. Which, lets just say isn't exacly my cup of tea. They've seemed to take away the demolition derby collision feel out of twistd metal since 3 hit. Thats one thing i enjoyed about V8. Thats one major thing i keep going back to the original two. Now, as i said, i love 4, but it's a different love. The physics feel more goofy. There's no hit detection when it comes to ramming. It's just off. But i love how abstract and unusual it is for some reason. It keeps it's characteristic's and that i do enjoy. With 3, the vehicles would keep flipping, and ot annoyed the ever living hell out of me. But it's no longer such a huge issue as it once was, compared to black and how that game is. But if i had to choose, i rather tmb vs tmps3. They need to come out with a twisted metal that goes back to having that satisfying feel of colliding with vehicles, as well as a stronger create a vehicle customization selection. Just imagine how that will go. You can build an oversized manslaughter with axels giant wheels, if you really want to be OP. Possibly jump out and hijack an opponent? Optional. Interconnected levels maybe? Create a level. Choose different variants of vehicles. For example, twisted metal 3 sweet tooth versus twisted metal 4? Twisted metal 2 minion versus twisted metal blacks minion? (without the downsizing) Primevel versus Darktooth. And so on an so forth. Not sure how that will play out due to each game having different physics an such. But these are just some idea's. Maybe have characters fight one another. And level only bosses from the past able to be used to their full potential in any level of every twisted metal. Example, darktooth, stays as giant as he was, with all of his unique abilities like jumping, launching his giant head, and shooting huge richochet bombs, as well as his head being somehow playable also, and minion from the first twisted metal, both vehicles used in tm1 cyburbia level. You can even use tm1 limited 2 player levels. Or remix them, create something larger then life and unique or wild. Even tm3's special level weapon pick ups like the spaceship and egypts pyramid, and japans satellite dish weapons. You can choose which, or how many can be put in the level. The list goes on. Twisted Metal can make an enormous comeback. There's just so many idea's. And with the movie coming out soon, i feel a new game will debut too. Remember me, and takes some of these idea's into consideration. I am one of the series biggest fans, and hardcore players. Just waiting for a tournament to arise so i can join. Someday hopefully. I'm tired of seeing super smash brothers, and first person shooters in every event. It's time for a change for once. Bring out the original four twisted metal's. So we can really have some fun out here.

There is a black light at the end of the tunnel. Seeing lots of talk about twisted metal lately makes me think we might actually get one on ps4 or 5.

Twisted genie granting twisted wishes

Twisted Metal was fun, even better playing splitscreen. If you like derby-style games, you should play FlatOut 2. While it doesn't has any weapons, it's a great game on his own.

I have never heard anyone say vehicle the way this guy says vehicle lol vE-hikle

very good review have always loved the series i frist played 3 & 4 and small brawl as a kid but later on in my teens checked out the frist and second there not too bad i have alot of respect for the series saddly i do agree tho i do hope there will be a new one but definitely TM1 is the definiteive game for the ps1 and was over shadowed but to me as well the game is what the ps1 should be it is what kicked off the ps1 eara so i gotta pay respects to the game with its original counterpart 😎👍

In twisted metal 2 it kind of sucks because sweet tooth and minion were only unlockable characters that dont get an area password and that is not fair

Yes

We need a remake of the first three games!!

Twisted metal 2 remake please, or twisted metal trilogy, put all the cars in 1game, all the old boards to.

OMG Corey Barlog directed GOD OF WAR 2 not Jaffe

The graphics and gameplay are solid as hell, faster loading times due to simplified enviornments. The live-action Endings were terrible and it was wise to axe them though theyre funny to watch for fans

Twisted metal 3 and black are the best. 2 is ok but the music is just a loop and I prefer being able to knock opponents on their side and unload my ammo or ram the shit out of them and I like the bounciness of it all also. Not to mention the view disnatce and such.

Oy bruv, we need a reservoir dogs and warriors game review.

Jaffe didn't direct GOW 2

LOL I wish those cheesy endings was in the real game. I just hated that its just a wall of text for the endings of each character. I got this game late in 1997 and liked it better then Twisted Metal 2 which everyone loved. The music and the atmosphere looks more realistic and the details on the cars looked nice for a 1995 game.

Those cut scenes tho lol Honestly though it's pretty okay game for being one of the firsts on the PS1

Don’t listen to those yeah you start with this one because it’s the second best you will only be disappointed but if you look at it from a today’s standard yes you will be a little disappointed but still he is right nostalgia plays a little bit of the factor

I forgot about the cheesy live action video in this game. Haha. It's so great. This game is bare bones by comparison to later entries, but it is a good starting point. This game is a lot of fun, though. I played the crap out of it on the PSone

I was never a fan of the original one. I never play it more than a few levels and I get bored. In all fairness it's very old but the second one is so much more enjoyable.

lol Outlaw at 12:16

I agree with you. I can't believe the genre is unpopular. Vehicular combat have to make a comeback. Many gamers are missing out. Twisted Metal coming back, but better than TM Black would be awesome. TM 2012 was disappointing due to lack of drivers. I wonder if you ever reviewed that game?.

YES! THEY GOT THEIR BABES!!

If we get another Twisted Metal game Im gonna go ahead and say we dont need to hear about how you started with Twisted metal 3 and that people dont like that one again.

i though david jaffe dident make god of war 2 only prodused it

Sup man, hey you should really try out this game called critical depth. It's also made by single trac and the first game they made after the departure Twisted Metal. The AI is even worse and that game only because they're all over the place under water

Good games in general are hard to come by these days.