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Twisted Metal 4

List Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Sony Computer Entertainment

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0711719456025
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Feature: The final installment in an already successful franchise
Label: Sony Computer Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Studio: Sony Computer Entertainment

Features
The final installment in an already successful franchise New cars, new characters, and a new plot Up to 4 players can hit the road with a multi-tap (sold separately)

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Editorial Reviews:

Suffering from road rage? Prefer offensive driving? Check out Twisted Metal 4, the latest edition in PlayStation's bestselling demolition derby franchise. The game opens with news of the return of Sweet Tooth, this title's maniacal clown who is up to his not-so-funny antics again. Along with a horde of mini-sized clowns, he presents eight interactive battlegrounds on which to do combat, including his bedroom, the carnival, and eight hidden levels.

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: FREAKIN AWESOME!!
Comment: The game is one of the funnest games for the PS. Its not expensive and totally worth buying.The controls are easy to understand and this game can become addicting.

Customer Rating:

Summary: a RIP-OFF, but still worth a few dollars
Comment: I am a DIE-HARD fan of 2 and also liked 1. When 3 came out I was with alot of fans in saying WTF is THIS!? It was weird jerky, shaky controls, horrible, and obviously rushed graphics, and they messed up all the stories. I feel so bad for Dave Jaffe to have to see his creation ground up, cheeze added and packaged with a brand name and sweettooth's face. 4 doesn't do much better, and yet has a few neat ideas added that make it not as awful and actually worth a bargain bin price.
The story is not one of those ideas, although sweettooth in charge was a nice idea, his being a circus mastermind with evil clown minions was retarded and Totally throws him in a different direction then he was meant to be.
The "Create-a-Car" was a single step in the right direction, although far too shallow, and MAKING you choose one of a handful of STUPID voices [warcries] to hear EVERY TIME you shoot your special will "MAKE YOU SHIVER WHEN I DELIVER" <
Bringing back older characters as bosses [and later playable] was nice. SUPER Axel, Super Thumper, Super Slamm, and Super Auger[from TM3]. Axel was the most fun of the super characters for me.
Another bad idea here, Captain Grimm? why is the grim reaper of motorcycles a pirate now? and not even a cool pirate, a cheezy amusement park pirate. well he wasn't MY favorite anyhow but I'm certain that was a deal breaker for all Mr.Grimm fans. Any fans of Rob Zombie would appreciate that he's brought his Dragula along and is actually a pretty good character.
Another interesting twist is that With Sweettooth in charge, Calypso's pretty pissed, and therefore competing, in a Scud missile truck. his special is to fire a scud into the air and then you bring it back down in a reticle, and it looks a LOT more powerful then it is.
I also want to mention the levels here in this one were better then 3. Of course nothing IN this game was better then the first 2, but in all Twisted Metal 4 proves to be a worthwhile car combat bargain bin game, but NOT a true Twisted metal Sequel. I gave it 4 fun stars becuase I was amazed how much I actually played it, it does have replay value to it, though $20 is still far too much for this.

Customer Rating:

Summary: what happened to my beloved TM series?
Comment: Wow! thats all i can say. This game should not have the twisted metal name on it. Im not saying that its a totally bad game, its just not a good twisted metal game. There are some features that are its saving grace, like creating your own car, but theres not much depth to it. I liked the ability to play as calypso, but what the hell did they do to sweet tooth! Its just a pathetic attempt to put a fresh new spin on a series staple. I cant recommend this game to anyone but the true TM hardcore fans. I must admit i own this game just for the sole fact that it has the TM name. P.S. i cant wait for TM for PS3.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Horrible
Comment: Twisted Metal 1: good
Twisted Metal 2: great
Twisted Metal 3: good
Twisted Metal 4: bad

As a fan of the series I couldn't stand this game for more than 10 minutes.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Twisted Metal 4.........
Comment: After recently getting Twisted Metal Head-On Extra Twisted Edition, I decided to go back and check out the older Twisted Metal games. In this case, Twisted Metal 4. While I agree with the majority that 989 Studios brought down the Twisted Metal series to some degree, it's saving grace was Twisted Metal 4. 989 Studios did try to rectify what they did wrong in Twsted Metal III by making more hidden areas than in the previous games, sharpening up the look of the game, bringing new characters to the fold(although some are downright forgettable), and improving the control of the game. It is, however, still too easy to flip over in the game--which was downright annoying in TM III or to miss a landing and whatnot. The soundtrack in the game is awesome with appearances by Rob Zombie, Cypress Hill, Cirrus and Skold. The create-a-car option is a good start but I agree with most that more variety in this area would've made a huge difference. In some respects, this game was refreshing due to its' new take on the series. It is a solid & fun game...alot more so than Twisted Metal III. Yet, still is an easily forgettable game in the series. I can only recommend this as a rental, at best.

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