PlayStation

Twisted Metal III

Twisted Metal 3 isn't a bad game, but it's not very good either - certainly not as good as Rogue Trip or Vigilante 8 (although both of those games had their own unique problems). First, the control in TM3 is too real for my liking. 989 is using this "true physics" thing that ends up causing the game to lose some of it's fast, arcade fell. Also, the levels could've been much more interesting and larger as well. I wouldn't buy TM3.

This third Twisted Metal game was a bit of a disappointment. It seems to take two steps forward and three steps back. The vehicle selection is about the same, but the new set of battlegrounds tend to be small. The good news is that your opponents are easy to find. The bad news is that these areas look sloppy and uninspired.

There are a few good ideas at work within Twisted Metal III (such as the multiple perspectives), but they're not nearly enough to counter the fact that improvements to the gameplay are pretty slight and the level design is a big step backwards, making the game a real lemon overall.

If you ever lose your mind and feel the need to pick it up, please try it out first, I am begging you. Sony should seriously take steps to improve the quality of the majority of their first-party software (989 is a division of Sony) although you know they likely never will because they have hot exclusive games from third-parties such as Square and Konami to bail them out of any console war. After all, why rock the boat? As I previously said, I never tried out any other Twisted Metal game but I don’t intend to after seeing this one. The only way a person could get me to play another game in this series would be to get me seriously drunk. One hour of playing Twisted Metal 3 is more frustrating than being married but going twelve months without sex.