Twisted Metal: Black (PlayStation 2, 2001)

The Twisted Metal series debuted on the PS2 after a long absence with this title. Twisted Metal: Black is by far the best title in the series. The levels alone make this game worth picking up. Battle in the suburbs, on a boat, in a junk yard, and on sky scrapper rooftops to name only a few. The music, graphics, style of art, and pure black hearted and morbid nature of this game make all others in the series easily forgettable. Twisted Metal: Black also features some of the highest frame rates in the car combat genre. With around 60 frames per second the game runs silky smooth no matter how much action is on the screen at once! The ONLY downside to this title would be the complicated controll scheme. It takes awhile to get the hang of it, but once you do you're good to murder and maim!

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Enjoy the game it's great. Controls take some getting used to but you'll get it! Great Game.

From the creators of Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 2 comes one of the most bad ass games of all time. This game is alterted as Sweettooth is turned into a hostile serial killer and Mr. Grimm as a Vietnam Veteran. Every character has their own twisted tale of how they ended up in the aslyum. The levels are more expansive. Smarter computer characters and more sadistic weapons. Some of these weapons require skill to execute their high damage. 5 out of 5 for it is the most kick ass Twisted Metal/

If you like car racing and shooting games, and have a bent towards the macabre, this game is for you. In terms of how the game is played, after choosing a character, you drive around and fight in several large arena areas (an inner city, a suburban neighborhood, linked skyscraper rooftops, etc). Your objective is to destroy the competing vehicles using items that you pick up while driving, or special attacks that depend on the character you choose. There are also two bosses (large vehicles) that you have to defeat throughout the game. In addition to being a fun action game, TM:B has a very dark setting. Each character has a personal story that unfolds as you play, and some of them are quite twisted indeed. In addition to the story, the design of the vehicles and locations, and the fact that you can end up demolishing towns through the course of your battles lends to the dark atmosphere. Only downside is it's a little tough to do multiplayer unless you have a big TV, as the splitscreen image is smaller (true with any splitscreen multiplayer).

my son likes blowing things up,he just loves the game, because he has rented it so many times I just decided to buy it for him, thanks again !

Fun but hard game. Didn't have much point and it was pretty short (only 8 levels). Good cheats though. Poor ending to the storyline.

Well, my 12 year old son was the one who wanted to buy this and we sent for it on good faith. We got the jacket of the game we sent for but the game inside was a different game, it is actually a game that was for the original play station, not PS2, and it is named something else, not twisted metal 2. I have tried to contact the seller repeatedly and have had no response. So we have a game that my son didn't want and being 12 he is very disappointed. I would like to get my money back but apparently that isn't going to happen. Talk about a ripoff.

Game was excellent. Graphics were great. Challenging game. The only thing I did not like was the weapons each character had. Some characters had awesome specials but some were not so good. Minion rocks.

This is truly the best racing-shooter game ever! Once i picked it up i could not put it down until i beat the game! If you dont think its scary right at first....just watch the videos..... If you like racing games, and love shooter games with lots of violence, get this game!

It's exactly what I thought it was. Glad I could go back yo my childhood. I was a champion now I can be a champion again. lol.

good graphics and the theme is very appealing the game play is very creative and entertaining. bottom line I recommend it

i think its great. cars shooting at other cars, chaos, destruction. Great game if you just want to blow things up.

i decided to buy from this seller because they had exactly what i needed at a fair price. the video game was old and i thought i would'nt be able to find one but it was easy to find with these guys.all good, responded in good time, met all expectations. in the end was a pleasure to do buisness with. honest buisness person.

the game is in brand new condition. it has the book with it. i love it and my son and i are having a blast playing it.

I'm going to keep this short and sweet but this game was nothing I thought it was going to be. The intro was great and graphics were appealing, but then you get to the gameplay. First of all the cars are going like 100 mph making the levels seem very small so it is easy to get bored with most stages; that also makes it hard to zero in on your opponent without flying by them every time and running into the wall. The most annoying thing about this game are the weapons. While playing the first 3 or 4 minutes of the game I was looking for the awesome explosions and destruction, much like the previous Twisted Metal games delivered, and got nothing. I kid you not when I say this game is the most weak-sauce version of the series, basically lacking that exciting experience of feeling like your in the game by leaving out pretty much all the fun of it's previous accomplishments. 8 fingers and 2 thumbs down.

Longtime fans of the Twisted Metal series almost universally cite the second game in the series as their favorite. It picked up where the first game left off and really brought a lot to the series, as well as the genre. After the second game, development of the series was turned over to a different development team, and as a result, TM3 and TM4 were extremely weak games. Twisted Metal: Black gets the series back on track, as development has been given to a team partially composed of the group that worked on the first two games. The resulting game is not only the best in the series, but it also manages to be the best car combat game ever created and one of the best PlayStation 2 games currently available.

Black sticks to the basic premise that has driven the entire series. A mysterious man of the underworld by the name of Calypso has sought out the craziest inmates from a local mental hospital to compete in a car combat tournament called Twisted Metal. Calypso attracts everyone by promising to deliver each individual what he wants the most. For some it's revenge, for others redemption--but each has a desire that Calypso says he can deliver. In all, TMB contains 15 characters, ten playable from the start and five that you have to find to unlock. The roster includes favorites from the series such as Sweet Tooth, Axel, Shadow, Spectre, and Mr. Grimm.

The gameplay and setup are fairly straightforward. Each level consists of a certain number of enemies, usually seven or eight, whom you must defeat to advance to the next stage. Once you do, you're sometimes given a choice between two levels. Successfully clearing all the enemies out of a level requires a lot of skill and, in the later stages, a little luck. You're given only two lives in each level, but you can refill your energy twice, which, if done correctly, amounts to having four lives. Locating key weapons, health, and weapon power-ups, all of which are scattered through out the levels, is essential to winning.

The controls in TMB are set up extremely well. You have several control configurations to choose from, and the default is well thought out. The left analog stick steers your vehicle, while the right controls its speed. The shoulder buttons on top of the controller handle firing and cycling through your weapons. This setup lets you control every aspect of the game without ever lifting a finger to press another button, which is helpful since the game moves at an incredibly fast pace. The controls are incredibly responsive and take a bit of time to get used to, but once you get used to them, they control just as well, if not better, as those in the first Twisted Metal games.

The difficulty balance and the AI of the normal setting in TMB are almost perfect for someone who is looking for a real challenge. The game is neither easy nor impossible, but it does have that perfect blend of having to overcome the failure of completing a level a few times and having to learn from your mistakes. If you've ever played the first two games, you'll have a slight advantage. It takes time to get a feel for the speed and, subsequently, the controls of the game. But once you do, you'll be good until about the fifth or sixth level, which is when the AI gets a bit steeper and a little frustrating. You'll have an easier time getting through the game with certain characters, so the level of difficulty will vary for all depending on which character and style of play you use. Every character

I had this game and I loved it now it's lost so I'm buying a new one. It will come in a fast rate and I am looking forward to having it. The price was reasonable for a old game and so was the shipping for first class. When I had the game I played a lot and I will with this one and I will not loose it again or I'll need to buy it a third time ): I hope it shippes in 4 days because I want it soon.

Awesome seller! Quick shipping! Wanted the game that I used to play like 6 years ago, and I found a good price for a game that doesn't freeze, is fun to play, doesn't skip, or anything bad! ALL POSITIVE REVIEW!

Great game, classic twisted metal the best one yet, car smash 'em up, so much fun for all!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GOT GAME FOR KIDS AND NOT A SCRATCH ON IT IT WAS GREAT I SUGGEST TO ALL TO TRUST IN THIS SELLER THAMKS KEVIN ................................................................................................

This is by far the hardest twisted metal game of its series, from one to head on. i have been a big fan of the series ever since i was a kid growing up, and i, along with other friends, can say that this is defiantly the most difficult individual game in general. Other than the need of advanced skills to survive (If you're a new player, i recommend buying "Head On" for PS2), it has a pretty extensive storyline for each character, as well as the most characters/unlockables than any other game in the series, i believe. all in all, i'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.

by far one of my most favorite games for the playstation 2, this games is all around sick starting with the graphics, game play, and the soundtrack, just all around awesome.

i love this game i had it when it first came out but i dont even remember what happend to it now but im just glad i got it back its perfect best twisted metal ive played and i can keep playin it over and over again and it cant ever get old with the story line for each character so perfect and twisted makes it even so much more interesting for any one playing it for the first time as soon as you find out one story no matter if you have a least favorite character in the game you want to keep playin with them all just to find out their full story 11 out of 10 great game and a classic!