

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.
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, relentless and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- Eat Sleep Play Inc., SingleTrac
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Released
- October 1, 1995
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 1 h rushed · 3 h main story · 5 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.5/10 from 75 ratings.
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