The internet has been all a titter over David Jaffe’s part-brilliant/part-psychotic advertising campaign for Twisted Metal. On the off chance you have been living under a rock that doesn’t have a good internet connection, it was announced that people can sign up for an opportunity to shoot a real gun full of real bullet juice at a real replica of Sweet Tooth’s iconic ice cream truck from the comfort of their own home. David Jaffe might have a pretty crappy opinion on the importance of narrative in video games, but the man sure knows how to promote something.
Everyone knows Twisted Metal... I mean literally everyone! Whether it is simply a childhood classic for you, or one of the worst, mind-corrupting disgraces to entertainment you can think of, you've at least heard of this iconic title.
Terri writes: "In a recent video released by the creator of the God of War series, David Jaffe, we can see that Jaffe is not fond of the direction PlayStation took regarding the franchise, and in particular, Kratos himself."
Well, I personally think that Santa Monica did an absolutely phenomenal job with Kratos, showcasing insane character development in all the right ways.
Wasn't Jaffe the one who got stuck on something easy in Metroid Dread and started bashing the game because of it? From what I played of GoW 2018, they actually gave Kratos some much-needed depth. I definitely plan to finally go through the newer entries once my PS5 comes in.
This whole video was essentially him finding comments to back up his own opinion. "It looks like a lot of people think..."
Yeah, well what do the review scores, sales, user scores, and completion rates on the last two say? Anything on that?
People won’t like it I know but he’s entitled to his opinion being the games creator
I totally disagree but it’s not going to ruin the game for us who do like it
The WellPlayed crew gathers to pitch an appropriately deranged set of options for the future of Twisted Metal.
All I ask for is a new Twisted Metal that allows flat screen & PSVR2 cross play that also supports a wheel.
Would be heaven.
They need to get the enemy AI balance right. Thats what made 2 the best in the series. Black was abysmal in that dept.
You don't. Do sequels. If you've gotta reboot, might as well do a new IP. God of War is the only game I can say that did a successful reboot
I dont get TM at all but i am interested.
This is pretty awesome.
I think the idea of shooting something from a computer is cool, the only thing is it has the potential to be taken too far. I mean, shooting dear? Really? From a computer? How is that anything like hunting...
David Jaffe is a lot like Peter Molyneux. They both are very prominent people in the Gaming industry... who have produced very little of merit.
Yea jaffe made Twisted Metal and God Of War. One being the longest running franchise in Sonys history, and GOW being a huge hit from 1-3 in the Series. He's done more over the history of playstation than most developers dream. And he's a awesome. And he's ideas on narrative are correct. Too much ruins the experience and too little isn't enough. Uncharted 3= pretty close to perfect.