Just watch TV and you will see a perfect example of how well known this series is. This series has such a cult following that if the game does not satisfy, well, I just would not want to be answering the phones or email around 989 for awhile. The reason that this is such a bold move is because if they screw things up, 989 Studios will never live it down.

On one hand, they know that the name alone will sell games. Like I said above, the original development company that dreamed up the TM world has moved on and all of the development has been taken over by the in-house team at 989 Studios. That has to be worth something, doesn't it? It is, after all, the originator of this genre and rip-offs can come and go but I will always know that this is the series that started it all off.

Sony (now 989) retained all of the rights to the game because it was originally developed under their direction so instead of scrapping the whole project, the public cried for another TM and the team at 989 Studios was more than happy to oblige.Įven with all of the other similar games in this genre, I still hold a tiny little soft spot in my heart for the Twisted Metal series. The original developers of the series, Single Trac, have been bought out by GT Interactive and they have their own car combat game (see Rogue Trip above). Anyway, one of the biggest changes that you will find with this game is not in the game itself but in the team that has developed the game. If not, I don't know what to tell you other than you need to go to Blockbuster and rent one of them. I think that it is safe to say that just about everyone knows about the Twisted Metal series by now. Can they do it? I hate to say it but I don't think so.

With the new entrants into the car combat scene like Vigilante 8 and Rogue Trip, TM III has a tough battle ahead if they want to make it back to the top. You know, people vaguely remember the name but that is about all. Well, here we are today and Twisted Metal III is almost like the forgotten step-child. There was nothing that compared to the 'twisted' characters and awesome action. Just a few short years ago, Twisted Metal was the unchallenged car combat game.

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