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Reading the game’s instruction manual on the way home revealed to me that “Twisted Metal 2” was a “car combat” game where the player selects a car and attempts to kill the virtual fighters hoping to annihilate you. Outside of the game’s title, I had no idea what in the world “Twisted Metal 2” was … and I didn’t care I had to play this game.īack then you could get away with blood on your game covers Looking around at the various game covers, a chaotic, disturbing sight featuring a man attached to two giant wheels shooting rockets at a bulldozer in front of the Eiffel Tower quickly caught my eyes. Not long after attaining my Playstation, I had an opportunity to visit the local video store. By that point, Sony’s first try into the hardware video game world was already two years old and had a pretty extensive library. Now lets take a trip down this electronic memory lane.Ĭhristmas 1997 was a great time for me as my parents centered my presents around my first “Playstation” console.

That is what the Video Gamer’s Experience is all about. Photos are courtesy of GameSpot, a CBS Interactive site.Do you remember that day you received your first video game console? How about that time you discovered a secret stage that none of your friends knew about? Those days of being so excited for the latest iteration in a long-running series, only to be disappointed or have your expectations exceeded beyond your wildest dreams. The game has traditionally been a campaign game where you progress through the story as you defeat all of the other cars on each level, but Twisted Metal: Black (for PS2) evolved into an online game, with multiplayer free for all matches played over the Internet.Īll images are from the GameSpot feed of the Sony press conference at E3 2010. If you aren’t familiar with the game, Twisted Metal is a third person vehicular shooter built around a set of characters who broke out of an asylum where they were serving time as deranged murderers. In the opening video, Sweet Tooth picked up a cigar and used it to set his head on fire, as it should be. The announcement for Twisted Metal included a video sequence, a live ice cream truck with a man dressed as the character Sweet Tooth, and a gameplay video that showed off the traditional free-for-all mode, as well as the new cooperative multiplayer mode dubbed Nuke.

The game has had releases on PS1, PS2, PSP, and PS3 when the latest version comes out in 2011, it will only be available on PS3, which means I now have a reason to buy a PlayStation in 2011.

David Jaffe, who also created the God of War series, debuted the new game, delighting yours truly.

The Sony press conference at E3 2010 featured the latest in a line of games called Twisted Metal.