Calypso isn’t known to be the kindest of souls - in fact, it’s questionable if he’s even human at all - and his granting of wishes often comes with a twisted catch. Successfully navigating the twisted metal (no, I will not apologize for that pun) of up to eight other vehicles across eight levels offers insight on your chosen driver’s dark history, including a fully animated and voiced intro scene, mid-game scene, and ending video. Series staples like the homing missile, ricochet shots, and energy attacks make a return, in addition to each vehicle’s special attack, such as Sweet Tooth’s ice cream truck transforming into a psychotic mecha-clownbot that you probably want to stay away from if you have “living” on your to-do list for the day. Weapons are scattered around the map to be picked up and used against your competition. While previous games traveled the world and were bright and colorful, Twisted Metal: Black takes place entirely in the city of Midtown amid a wash of grays and browns, like it’s the city that color forgot. Most of the characters have distinctly twisted stories, vehicles, and personalities themselves, and Black ups the ante on the dark subplots of each car’s driver. Combat is held in various levels, from a drive-in movie parking lot, to a sprawling suburbia complete with neighborhoods and a carnival on a hill (try shooting the Ferris wheel!).
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