And I played it! Boy... What a weird game!
First off, let me tell you, I have never played Twisted Metal before nor have I wanted to. Heavy metal, crazy destruction, truck turning into a robot, scary clowns, everything about it was not something that I could enjoy.
But the excitements around this got me interested and I played it and this is my impression.
Control
Took me some times to get used to but it was not the most intuitive control. I do not know if this is the same control as the PS2 Twisted Metal series but I had to take my times to get used to. They said every vehicle drives differently and they are somewhat right. They all have different speed and some of them can make turns faster than the others. Some cars have more weights than the others and heavy vehicles can, just as advertised, ram into other vehicles, which brings me to the next topic.
Who Would Anyone Use the Motorcycle?
Okay, maybe I am not really good at this game but after awhile I did manage to get into the top five. Even though that does not say anything, I am comfortable to say motorcycle is really hard to use. First of all, this thing cannot take damage at all. Yes, it is supposed to be like that but when a car(not even a big car) rams into a motorcycle, the chances are it will lose its control or just blow up. I understand that you are supposed to drive away super fast so that you will not get rammed by other vehicles. But that is really hard to do when the special weapon for motorcycle is a flame chainsaw that you need to throw without any aim assistance. It is a powerful weapon. I have killed two players with it. But it is really handful when you are running away from a car super fast car, trying to aim someone in front of you, wheeling your motorcycle to "charge" your chainsaw, and trying to throw the damn thing without any aim assistance all at the same time. Even missiles that are not homing missiles do a little bit of aiming for you. Why not the chainsaw? I found the motorcycle very difficult to handle.
Graphic
It looks good. Solid frame rate, which is really important in this type game, and it is crazy. A lot of fires, a lot of blood, just a lot of things going on. Surprisingly detail character model, too. It is also 1080p, which is hard to see these days. I do not know if it is a native 1080p or not but it is what it is and it looked pretty good. Really love the detail on the vehicles and man, everything does look really good chaotically. Your car will take damage and it will show. You will see you car bumper dangling and what not. I definitely see the appeal of it.
Two Online Modes
This is also great! They provided Nuke mode(objective base multiplayer) and Death Match Mode. While both of them are really crazy and chaotic, I would say Death Match is a way to go. It is just really fun to have everybody just driving around and throwing something that is on fire. But that does not mean Nuke mode is bad. It is still good. I just personally like the chaotic nature of Death Match better.
Did It Convince Me?
As I said before, I have never played any Twisted Metals before. Considering that this was my first Twisted Metal game, I can see why people are excited about it. With that said, I do not think this demo has convinced me. But this is only a demo. They will probably balance things out, add more modes, and maybe more vehicles. With all that, I have a good feeling that the final product is going to be great. It is just that, for me, I want to see and wait for the reviews to come out before I make up my mind. But if you are a fan, it has heavy metal music, burning clown head, flame chainsaw and chaos. I strongly recommend downloading it. We need more players online!!
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