Twisted Metal
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…
Twisted Metal is a fighting developed by Eat Sleep Play Inc., released 1 October 1995 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.
What Twisted Metal is
Twisted Metal is a fighting game developed by Eat Sleep Play Inc. and released in 1995. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Twisted Metal is a 1995 vehicular combat video game developed by SingleTrac and Sony Interactive Studios America, published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game's plot is centered on the titular competition in which various drivers in modified vehicles must destroy the other vehicles in an attempt to be the last one alive. The winner meets the organizer of the competition, a mysterious man named Calypso, who will grant the winner a single wish, regardless of price, size or even reality. A commercial success, it was followed up by a sequel, Twisted Metal 2 (1996), as part of the Twisted Metal series.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Twisted Metal series
Twisted Metal is the first of 16 entries we hold in the Twisted Metal series. The next entry was Twisted Metal 2 in 1996. Its critic score of 75 is 6 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Twisted Metal: Black at 90.
How it was received
Twisted Metal holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 75 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 5 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Twisted Metal launched on 1 October 1995, within three weeks of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Destruction Derby, Wipeout and FIFA Soccer 96. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Destruction Derby, Wipeout, FIFA Soccer 96.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Twisted Metal yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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