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Twisted Metal 2012

Release Date	^NA February 14, 2012
Developer	Eat Sleep Play
Publisher	Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform	PlayStation 3
Rating	Mature

Twisted Metal (sometimes referred to as "Twisted Metal PS3") is a vehicular combat video game developed by Eat Sleep Play and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3 game console. It is the eighth installment in the series. The game was released on February 14th, 2012 (Valentine's Day) in North America and March 16th, 2012 in Europe. It was originally set for release on October 4th, 2011, but was pushed back in order to fine tune and polish the game. The game is rated M for Mature by the ESRB due to the graphic nature of the cut scenes and harsh language. David Jaffe, the head designer of this game targeted the T rating for the game, but decided to embrace the M rating.

Story

Players compete in Calypso's tournament in order to earn their prize. There are only three playable characters in the campaign - Sweet Tooth, Mr. Grimm, and Dollface - but each can use any vehicle. It was once stated that each character would have 3 different endings depending on the difficulty, but it has been revealed that it will not be included in the final version.

Gameplay

The game focuses heavily on multiplayer combat, including various multiplayer modes with up to 4 player split-screen, and 16-players online. There are four factions in the game: the Clowns, the Skulls, the Dolls, and the Holy Men, which have been inspired by Sweet Tooth, Mr. Grimm, Dollface, and Preacher respectively.

Game Modes:

Deathmatch - Players must fight each other in the level and score points with enemy kills.
Team Deathmatch - Players must destroy as many players on the opposing team as possible before time runs out.
Endurance - Players must destroy the enemies which respawn upon the death of one until he/she is dead. There are two variants: One vs. One and Max Cars. This mode is only available in Single Player mode.
Race - Players must get to checkpoints. This mode is only available in Story Mode.
Hunted - One player is the "Hunted" which means that he/she will be targeted by everyone. If a player kills the "Hunted", he/she gets a point but will become the "Hunted". Killing another player while being the "Hunted" is also awarded a point.
Team Hunted - One player on each team is the "Hunted" which means that he/she will be targeted by everyone on the opposing team.
Last Man Standing - Each player has a specific number of lives and the player will not respawn if he/she runs out of lives and is killed.
Team Last Man Standing - Each team has a specific number of lives. The team lives are shared to everyone in the team. If a team runs out of lives, a player of that team will not respawn if he/she is killed.
Nuke Mode - A new online or LAN game mode where you choose a faction to play against an opposing faction. In this mode, each faction has a giant metal statue, which the opposing team must try to destroy. In order to destroy these statues, the player or team member must abduct the opposing team's leader, then sacrifice the leader to a missile launcher that will, in turn, launch a nuclear missile. The player who sacrifices the leader and launches the missile has control of the missile. To score a point, the missile has to hit the opposing team's statue.
Story Mode - Each character will have their own different storylines. For the instance, Sweet Tooth has a Deathmatch in level 1, Mr. Grimm has a Juggernaut Deathmatch in level 1, and Dollface has an Endurance challenge in level 1. Everyone will have different things to do in their story, unlike the other games in which everyone has to go in the same order doing the same thing. Each character will have a beginning, a middle, and an end movie. Each level will have 3 collectable medals (not to be confused with trophies); bronze, silver, and gold.

Weapons

Fire Missile - Slight homing ability and the most common weapon - 16 pts damage
Homing Missile - Strong homing ability - 12 pts damage
Stalker Missile - Homing + Power combo missile; able to be charged for more homing capabilities, similar to how you charge the Swarmer missiles to launch more missiles - 45 pts damage
Power Missile - No homing ability but very powerful - 75 pts damage
Swarmer Missile - Multi rocket can be charged for more rockets - 4 pts dmg per rocket, 81 pts dmg if fully charged.
Napalm - Fire once to launch, fire again to drop; land a direct hit to inflict extra damage and ignite an enemy on fire - 35 pts Bullseye damage, 20 Medium , 10 Far
Remote Bomb
- Bonus damage longer you allow to sit.(Stage 1: 35 pts- Stage 2: 50 Cooked Bomb pts)
- Able to be dropped or launched onto an enemy or the environment.
- Inflict bonus damage if dropped into the environment.
Shotgun
- Far - 5 dmg, Medium - 20 dmg, Close - 40 dmg
- Able to do "Point-Blank" damage if shot into the windshield of an enemy - 60 pts Point-Blank damage
Sniper Reticle Missile - A targeted shot with 4 phases. Advanced phases require longer target locks.
- Phase 1 - Body Shot (16 dmg), Phase 2 - Blowout (36 dmg), Phase 3 - Gas Tank (60 dmg), and Phase 4 - Head shot (Instant Kill, with 6.5 seconds non-moving lock required, and 15 seconds lock while moving required)
Ricochet R/C Car
- Able to be charged up, launched, and detonated much like Napalm.( 25 pts dmg)
- Bonus damage inflicted when richoched off a wall.(35 pts Bounce Bonus)
- The only chargeable weapon that can be fired from behind.
Mega Guns - Increased damage and fire rate to mounted guns. One pickup loads 150 shots.

Sidearms

These weapons are similar to the machine guns from the previous Twisted Metal games. They never run out of ammo, and are fired by using L2 (default). In the new installment of Twisted Metal, each sidearm can be chosen from a short list of other side arms which have pros and cons to them.

Mounted Guns - 1 pt dmg per shot; infinite ammo (default sidearm)
Submachine Gun - 4 pts dmg full burst; shortest reload time (unlocked by completing Sweet Tooth's first event)
Magnum Revolver - 11 pts dmg per shot; six shots per load (unlocked by completing Sweet Tooth's fourth event)
Sawn-off Shotgun - 10 pts dmg per shot; two shots per load (unlocked by completing Mr. Grimm's fourth event)
Swarmer Rockets - 30 pts dmg full burst; longest reload time (unlocked by completing Dollface's third event)
Laser Pistol-1 pts if fired without charging-25 pts if fully charged (unlocked by completing Story Mode on Twisted difficulty)

Vehicles

Nearly each vehicle now has two Specials, as opposed to only one in the previous games.

NOTE: The Max Speed stats is shown in this format - [max]/[w/turbo] mph

Returning Vehicles

Axel: a big, two-wheeled machine
- HP: 170
- Max Speed: 80/130 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Spiked War Wheel (60-80 dmg)
  - Alternate: Crowd Control Shockwave (20 dmg + AoE and Knock back)
- Turbo Length: 60 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 60 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 40 secs
- Available by pre-ordering the game
11. Crimson Fury: a red sports car (Ferarri "Enzo")
- HP: 110
- Max Speed: 120/155 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Flamethrower (24.2 dmg per second, 121 total)
  - Alternate: Incendiary Shockwave (20 dmg)
- Turbo Length: 30 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 40 secs
- Unlocked by completing Dollface's first event
10. Darkside: a semi-truck
- HP: 280
- Max Speed: 60/120 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Ram (low speed ram-45, max speed ram - 66 dmg, max speed ram w/turbo - 78 dmg)
  - Regular (rear-fired): Drop Mine (15 dmg per mine X 4 mines)
  - Alternate: 50. Caliber Tri-Gun (12 dmg per second, 60 dmg total)
- Turbo Length: 50 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 32 secs
- Unlocked by completing Iron Maiden boss battle
14. Junkyard Dog: a tow truck
- HP: 260
- Max Speed: 60/125 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Taxi Slam (35 dmg)
  - Alternate: Taxi Detonation (Stage 1 - 20 dmg, Stage 2 - 60 dmg)
  - Alternate (multiplayer team games only): Health Taxi (replaces normal alternate special)
- Turbo Length: 100 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 35 secs
- Already available at the beginning
2. Outlaw: a beat-up Police SUV
- HP: 240
- Max Speed: 65/130 mph (using turbo)
- Specials:
  - Regular: SUV Turret and Grenade Launcher (13 dmg per second, 65 total)
  - Alternate: SUV Turret and Blood Missiles (15.4 dmg per second, 77 total)
- Turbo Length: 60 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 30 secs
- Already available at the beginning
4. Roadkill: a junk muscle car (Mash-up of 1965-67 Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro)
- HP: 160
- Max Speed: 90/135 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Chain Gun Burst (11 dmg per second, 55 total)
  - Regular (rear-fired): Mines
  - Alternate: Stage 1 - Chain Gun Burst (11 dmg per sec, 55 dmg total); Stage 2 - Chain Gun and Zoomy Rockets (12.8 dmg per second, 64 dmg total); Stage 3 - Chain Gun and Blood Missiles (18.2 dmg per second, 91 dmg total)
- Turbo Length: 35 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 40 secs
- Unlocked by completing Sweet Tooth's fifth event
8. Shadow: a hearse
- HP: 230
- Max Speed: 80/130 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Death Coffin (Direct Hit Far - 90 dmg, Direct Hit Medium - 60 dmg, Direct Hit Close - 30 dmg, Direct Hit Point Blank - 10 or 20 dmg, Indirect Far - 30 dmg, Indirect Medium - 20 dmg)
  - Alternate: Reticle Coffin (Direct Hit - 70 dmg, Stage 1 - 60, Stage 2 - 120)
- Turbo Length: 60 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 35 secs
- Unlocked by completing Dollface's fifth event
13. Sweet Tooth: the series' iconic ice cream truck
- HP: 250
- Max Speed: 60/125 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Laughing Ghost (40 dmg)
  - Alternate: Sweet Bot mode (Sweet Bot Head - 20 dmg, Sweet Bot Dash - 60 dmg, Sweet Slam - 20 dmg+Shockwave)
- Turbo Length: 90 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 32 secs
- Already available at the beginning
Warthog: a tank with the body of a station wagon strapped on the top, as seen in Twisted Metal: Black
- HP: 300
- Max Speed: 60/120 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Super Crush (60 - 70 dmg)
  - Alternate: Front-Fire Crowd Controller (30 dmg)
- Turbo Length: 100 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 32 seconds
- Unlocked by getting all Gold medals in Story Mode on Twisted difficulty

New Vehicles

1. Death Warrant: a 5th Generation Ford Mustang
- HP: 180
- Max Speed: 90/135 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Chain Gun Burst (6.6 dmg per second, 33 total)
  - Alternate: Stage 1 - Longer Chain Gun Burst (6.6 dmg per second, 33 total); Stage 2 - Chain Gun and Zoomy Rockets (12.8 dmg per second, 64 total)
- Turbo Length: 35 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 20 secs
- Already available at the beginning
15. Juggernaut: a semi-truck, complete with a full trailer
- HP: 400
- Max Speed: 50/100 mph
- Special: Drop Mines (25 dmg per mine X 8 mines)
- Special Ability: Up to two allies can enter the trailer and control Juggernaut's two turrets: one on the cab, one on the trailer^[1]
- Turbo Length: 140 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 30 secs
- Unlocked by completing Dollface's fourth event
5. Kamikaze: an Audi R8-TS Custom (Oddly Japanese themed)
- HP: 150
- Max Speed: 110/150 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Flamethrower (22 dmg per second, 110 total)
  - Alternate: EMP (freeze) Shockwave (20 dmg + freeze)
- Turbo Length: 30 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 40 secs
- Already available at the beginning
6. Meat Wagon: a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance
- HP: 210
- Max Speed: 65/130 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Gurney Bomber (40 dmg)
  - Alternate: Piloted Gurney Bomber (Direct Hit - 90 dmg, Close - 20 dmg, Far - 10 dmg; only has enough fuel for 12 seconds without impact, regardless of speed)
- Turbo Length: 60 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 30 secs
- Unlocked by completing Mr. Grimm's first event
12. Reaper: a custom 1978 Harley-Davidson Shadow chopper
- HP: 90
- Max Speed: 90/135 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Chainsaw (40 dmg) / Flaming Chainsaw (150 dmg)
  - Alternate: RPG (Stage 1 close - 45 dmg, Stage 1 far - 22.5 dmg, Stage 2 Cooked Bomb Bonus - 120, Stage 2 close - 80, Stage 2 far - 40 dmg)
- Turbo Length: 30 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 45 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 20 secs
- Unlocked by completing Sweet Tooth's second event
3. Road Boat: an armored 60's Cadillac sedan
- HP: 210
- Max Speed: 60/125 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Magnet Projectiles (Single shot - 11 dmg, Concentrated shot - 33 dmg)
  - Alternate: Mega-Magnet (Magnetic Toss - 23 dmg, Constrained Ram - 25 dmg, Constrained Ram w/ Turbo - 75 dmg)
- Turbo Length: 60 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 30 secs
- Already available at the beginning
9. Talon: a helicopter (Robinson R-22)
- HP: 120
- Max Speed: 90/130 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Tri-Gunner (15 dmg per second, 300 total)
  - Alternate: Drop Magnet (Short Fall - 15 dmg, Death Drop - 60 dmg)
- Turbo Length: 32 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 32 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 40 secs
- Unlocked by completing The Brothers Grimm boss battle
7. Vermin: a rodent catcher van
- HP: 205
- Max Speed: 70/130 mph
- Specials:
  - Regular: Rat Rocket (30 dmg)
  - Alternate: Piloted Rat Rocket (Direct Hit - 100 dmg, Rat Attack - 50 dmg, Close Hit - 20 dmg; only has enough fuel for 14 seconds of flight without impact, regardless of speed)
- Turbo Length: 60 secs
- Energy Recharge Rate: 90 secs
- Special Recharge Rate: 25 secs
- Unlocked by completing Mr. Grimm's second event

Boss Vehicles

Promotions

Several promotions were available at launch. They include:

Pre-ordered copies have a code for early access to Axel as a vehicle.
The Limited Edition of Twisted Metal has a free download code for Twisted Metal: Black over PSN.
New copies include a code for an Online Pass, which is required for mulitplayer.
Sweet Tooth Outcast Multiplayer skin for Starhawk.
You can obtain 5 different unlockable skins by typing in codes found on NOS energy drinks.
Pre-ordered copies at Gamestop has a code that will grant you $10 off $40 or higher orders from 1800Flowers.com.

Car Abilities

Like previous Twisted Metal games, the d-pad has served as a means to perform energy attacks. Since they began in Twisted Metal 2, they have grown in number but generally included freeze missile, shield, mine, and rear fire. In the newest installment the d-pad can no longer be used to steer your vehicle (under default controls) and it is used instead to fire a few quick advanced attacks. The D-pad attacks that require you to hold Triangle button must be unlocked in story mode. The default attacks are as followed:

EMP (1 dmg + freeze, high energy cost) - [Up]
- Reverse EMP (1 dmg + rear fired freeze, high energy cost) - [Tringle + Up] (unlocked by completing Sweet Tooth's third event)
Shield (temporary invulnerability, moderate energy cost) - [Right]
- Absorption Shield (absorb incoming enemy fire, if timed correctly, and gain it for ammo; also fires a fully charged stalker missile back at the attacker; the effect lasts shorter then the primary shield, ultra high energy cost) - [Triangle + Right] (unlocked by completing Mr. Grimm's third event)
Mine (10 dmg, low energy cost) - [Left]
- Mega Mine (30 dmg, moderate energy cost) - [Triangle + Left] (unlocked by completing Mr. Grimm's fifth event)
Rear Fire (activates a weapon's rear fire capability if avaliable, no energy cost) - [Down]
- NOTE: Most chargable weapons do not have rear fire capability (except Ricochet)
Jump (Jump height differs from vehicle to vehicle, no energy cost)
- NOTE: Axel can "jump" the highest out of all the in the vehicles game.
SIXAXIS "Turbo Slam" - If you're using a SIXAXIS enabled PlayStation 3 controller, you can flick the controller down for a short boost of speed and inflict some extra ram damage. Consumes turbo to activate.
Ram - Based on "vehicle classification," which is relative to (light) - (light+medium) - (medium) - (heavy+medium) - (heavy). For instance, if a "light" car tries to ram a heavy car, then the damage will not be as great as if the opposite were to occur. Each class has a "ram damage multiplier" that kicks in when certain class conditions are met.
Innate abilities also concern how fast vehicle energy recharges, how quickly the car can feed an enemy Faction Leader into the grinding missile launcher (during Nuke mode), and how much their turbo is depleted during use. Of course, each car also has differences based on their health capacity, energy capacity, energy usage, and several other things as well.

Battlegrounds

Blackrock Stadium - An arena (based on Suicide Slide from Twisted Metal 2) with lava pits, a center floor level that changes configuration, and an overhead track.^[1]
Metro Square - A metropolitan city square based on New York City. Contains Times Square and the Museum of Natural History in a Christmas-themed town square.
Los Angeles Skyline - Combines Twisted Metal rooftop levels from Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 2 and Twisted Metal: Black.
Sunsprings, California - A suburban town containing a school, a movie theater, and a downtown area. Satellite dishes can be shot to open another path. Water tower by mansion can be destroyed as well.
Diesel City - A city with rolling hills, grey sky, slums, and junkyards. This level was seen in the Nuke Mode demo.
Diablo Pass - A level that is held inside the winding roads of the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas. Mostly canyon terrain.
Thrills n' Spills Adventure Park - One of David Jaffe's favorite level designs, this arena is filled with interactive environments and plenty of game play choices.
Watkyn's Harbor - A grimy oil field east of Los Angeles. Based off the Harbor City concept.

There are more than 30 maps, which all take place on these 8 battlegrounds.

Multiplayer

Split Screen: Two players may play the campaign mode co-operatively. The game can support up to four players in deathmatch.

Online Multiplayer: Like Twisted Metal: Black and Twisted Metal: Head On (PSP), this installment has online play available. Complete with a reward and ranking system (which is included if connected to the Server during playing the story mode), and a easy-to-start interface, this installment easily holds the best Online Multiplayer feature to date. A companion may join via split screen, allowing you to both play online. A recent software upadate was released to improve the initial online errors. The update targeted online playing and connectivity issues. The fix allows most people to join a game easier, and less people get disconnected from a match.

LAN Multiplayer: Twisted Metal also includes an extensive LAN feature, which allows players to connect up to 16 PlayStation 3 consoles over a local area network. In addition, a second player may connect to a single unit, allowing two players per unit, although the maximum amount of players allowed is still 16 (for example, 8 PS3 units may support 16 players).

An Internet connection is not necessary to set up a LAN game, although other hardware will be required (ethernet cables, a switch, and a router), and the games and PlayStation 3 consoles will need to have the same versions and updates, respectively.

Trivia

This was originally going to be a PSN (PlayStation Network) downloadable game but eventually became a full length game as it is now.
This game started out as Twisted Metal: Apocalypse. The game eventually left this stage after one of the developers said that he wasn't "down with the apocalypse vibe".
This is the second Twisted Metal game to have an M rating from ESRB, the first one being Twisted Metal: Black.
This is the first game in the series that features unique voices, sayings, and quotes for each of the characters in-game. In previous games, male and female characters shared separate death cries, but nothing else. In this game, however, each of the characters has their own voices, especially notable is the exceptional voice acting done by the voice actors.
Models for more vehicles, such as Twister, Spectre, Mr. Slam, Crazy 8, Yellow Jacket and Pit Viper have been created, but not implemented due to Sony's choice to forgo DLC for this game. These vehicles are not playable and cannot be accessed by any means.