Twisted Metal Leaves the T Rating in a Cinder and Embraces the Hardcore! David Jaffe Speaks!
Steve Barton
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Every now and again horror fans are given an unexpected gift. This is one of those times. For several months David Jaffe’s highly anticipated PlayStation 3 game Twisted Metal was being groomed for a T rating. If anyone could have found a way to make that work, it was Jaffe and company. However …
Less sane heads have prevailed, and the game has been slapped with an M for Mature rating, which means even more carnage for us gamers. “We tried. We really, really tried,” Jaffe tells DC exclusively. “We tried to make a T (aka PG-13) rated version of Twisted Metal because, to be honest, we wanted more players to experience the game“.
“Lots of young teens dig cars with guns strapped to them, and we wanted them to get in on the action. End of the day, though, the violent voice and creepy spirit of Twisted Metal could not be denied. So Sony decided that rather than neuter the title, we’d let the freak ass flag of Sweet Tooth and the gang fly high and let the chips fall where they may.”
Jaffe continues, “Much as I would love to sell 20 millions copies of the game – and as much as I hope Twisted Metal does well regardless of the rating – end of the day it’s about being true to the game and true to the world and characters and spirit of that game. And I think – with this decision – we have done just that. My inner slasher is smiling tonight!”
Amen, sir. Amen.
Check out the entire Twisted Metal Comic-Con panel below courtesy of GameSpot.
Twisted Metal, available exclusively from Sony and director David Jaffe, will be released onto the world on October 4th, 2011. Mark your calendars. Warm up your fingers. Let the games begin.
OVERVIEW
Twisted Metal®, the longest running franchise in PlayStation® history and the multi-million selling series, is now back, exclusively on the PS3™ system. David Jaffe and Scott Campbell, co-founders of Eat Sleep Play and the original creative team behind Twisted Metal, bring back the dark humor, fast-action gameplay and a world of cars, guns and destruction.
With four factions battling for control, players step into the combat boots of a twisted disciple in a high octane, highly destructible world. Players fight for the prize of one wish fulfilled by the stylishly evil Calypso, the mastermind behind the Twisted Metal tournament. Disciples strategically dismantle opponents in vehicles loaded with weapons of Twisted destruction.
With a robust online system, players unleash destruction with up to 16 players through PlayStation®Network (“PSN”) and battle through a variety of favorite and new game modes.
Twisted Metal carved out its own unique gaming genre. No other title has Twisted Metal’s perfect mix of dark humor and personality along with massive destruction in a distinctive atmosphere and vehicles and weapons that act as extensions of each character.
STORYLINE
High atop his penthouse office, a mysterious ringleader named Calypso lords over the contest of vehicle combat known as Twisted Metal. He returns again to host the ultimate contest of skill and destruction. Contestants have been chosen to compete and, should they emerge victorious, win whatever prize their heart desires.
GO ONLINE AS A DISCIPLE
MASSIVE DESTRUCTION
NEW VEHICLES, NEW WEAPONS, NEW ENVIRONMENTS
UNIQUE SINGLE-PLAYER CAMPAIGN
Enough talk! On to the trailer.
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