Even Talon, the chopper, which flies out of range of many weapons, can easily be brought down due to the lack of armour. The variety of powers and abilities make the game’s various vehicles all stand out, and powers like Sweet Tooth’s robot mode, Meat Wagon’s guided, gurney missiles and Road Boat’s magnetic grabber ensure no one vehicle is too unbalanced. This also leads to some tactical play, and you can tailor your load out, of sorts, to match the mission’s requirements.

In a match, should your current vehicle take too much damage, you can race to a garage and swap for your other, reserve choices. Each vehicle has varying stats, such as better armour or attack power, and they all have unique special abilities.īefore most matches you can choose three vehicles, including your main starting vehicle, and two support rides. You buy it because you want to race around blasting the ever-loving out of your foes with an array of powerful weapons and crazy abilities, and here the game doesn’t disappoint.Īlthough the actual characters of past iterations are gone, the range of vehicles remains for the most part, including the truck cab, Darkside (with a full trailer version called Juggernaut), Outlaw police truck, Mr Grimm’s motorcycle, tank-tracked Warthog and others. You hardly buy the game for a deep, rewarding story and campaign. I can’t really fault Twisted Metal too much on this though. On the plus side, there are some large scale boss battles that make a pleasant change, so that’s something. Stripped of their stories, these so-called campaigns are merely set matches played in a row, with a bit of waffle before each one. You have to play through them in order too, starting with Sweet Tooth, before moving on to Mr Grimm and Doll Face. The effect is cool enough, and the stories as dark as to be expected with the series, but it’s a shame there’s only three of these miniscule stories to go at.

The stories themselves are okay, presented in a grindhouse-style manner, mixing live action with CG.

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