No you can’t get out and walk in Twisted Metal. It ”made more sense” to focus on levels and gameplay. The studio is going to ”bust ass” for all of us.
”We originally wanted drivers and gunners to make the car combat feel more realistic,” twittered David Jaffe of Eat, Sleep, Play, reports Eurogamer. ”It became clear very early that since Team MP is key AND since we had so many other things to do, that building 32 characters was probably not the best way to spend resources,” he said.
”To us, the vehicles ARE the characters, especially in multiplayer. Made more sense for us to focus on the game and levels and such versus modelling and animating 16 different in game characters plus gunners (32 total), most of which would look like normal peeps from behind camera.” It supports up to 16-player battles online, with 2-4 split-screen co-op.
”Local multiplayer will be a very strong aspect of the new Twisted Metal,” Jaffe said. ”We would never abandon it. It’s a KEY aspect of any Twisted Metal game.” There’s nothing quite like being able to punch that boastful douche of a friend in the face is there?
”No, you can not get out of the vehicles in TM,” he said. ”Cycles, copters, cars, trucks and more BUT no on foot.” This isn’t Grand Theft Auto - it’s all about the car combat.
”We may disappoint you. But I hope not! But no one sets out to make a shit game and everyone wants to make a classic. Who knows where we will end up - but we’re going to all bust ass to entertain the f*ck outta ya’lls!”
Twisted Metal releases exclusively on PS3 next year. It will have a full singleplayer campaign as well as the delicious online carnage. Sweet Tooth has just been unveiled as a VIP guest in ModNation Racers by Sony, and he arrives this week.
