Twisted Metal: Black
Twisted Metal: Black is a vehicle combat video game developed by Incognito Entertainment (formerly Incog Inc.) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It…
Twisted Metal: Black is a racing developed by Incognito Entertainment, released 18 June 2001 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
What Twisted Metal: Black is
Twisted Metal: Black is a racing game developed by Incognito Entertainment and released in 2001. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. It runs on Kinetica.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Black is on a mission for another person to locate and murder Calypso. However the person who sent him has never before been seen and it is never revealed why exactly he is carrying out this mission. According to the original Twisted Metal created in the year 1995, in TM:B the entire storyline is darker, and is referred to as an "alternate universe," in comparison to the other Twisted Metal games. As stated, it is because it is all in Needles Kane's head. But there is even more to TM:B. Black, the driver of Manslaughter, made an appearance in TM(1995), Darkside's driver Mr. Ash's "lost" ending. In that ending he wants his demon "black" back, which makes one believe Mr. Ash is Satan. When he…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, horror and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Twisted Metal series
Twisted Metal: Black is the fifth of 16 entries we hold in the Twisted Metal series. It arrived 2 years after Twisted Metal 4. The next entry was Twisted Metal: Small Brawl in 2001. Its critic score of 90 is 21 points above the series average of 69. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Twisted Metal: Black holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Twisted Metal: Black launched on 18 June 2001, within three weeks of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2 and Bejeweled. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2, Bejeweled.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Twisted Metal: Black yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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