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Latest Update: FINALE: 12-Pak at The Death Port Twisted Metal: Black revives a beloved series by taking it in a horrific new direction. The first two Twisted Metal games, developed by SingleTrac, were massively successful and popularized the vehicular combat genre, just in time for 989 Studios to take over and crank out two sub-par installments that were crushed by other upstart series in the genre. After four years of the series being dragged through the mud, Incognito Entertainment, a new studio founded by former members of SingleTrac, decided it was time to restore the good name of their classic franchise, but they weren't satisfied with simply returning to the formula everyone had loved back in the day. By removing all the colors and the sardonic sense of humor as essential elements of the design, Twisted Metal's love of pointless destruction and tales of wishes gone awry suddenly went from delightfully whimsical to crushingly bleak. In Black, the most colorful thing we're likely to see is spilled blood, and our goal in every video will be to provide a vile human being with their greatest desire. This is a grim and disturbing journey that is nonetheless a fan favorite of the series, like a car crash you can't look away from.  NO SPOILERSPlease do not post any of the details of the characters' stories until after we've seen them in the videos, not even in spoiler tags. Same goes for story and character elements from ensuing games in the series, although spoilers from any of the Playstation 1 Twisted Metal games may be discussed in spoiler tags. Stories  Sweet Tooth at The Junkyard  Junkyard Dog at The Suburbs  Shadow at The Freeway  Roadkill at Downtown  Brimstone at The Highway Loop  Crazy 8 at Minion's Stadium  Outlaw at The Prison Passage  Darkside at The Snowy Roads  Spectre at The Drive-In Movie  Mr. Grimm at The Skyscrapers  Axel at Warhawk's Rooftop  Warthog at Suburban Terror  Manslaughter at The Stadium Slaughter  Yellow Jacket at The Carnival of Darkness  12-Pak at The Death Port Fiendly fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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Arcade Rabbit posted:How are you going to handle the unlockable characters? it'd be a shame not getting to see them in action too. No need to worry about that, it so happens that the way I plan to do this LP provides exactly as many unique levels as there are playable characters, so everyone will have their moment in the sun.
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Mar 30, 2016 15:14
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Update: Junkyard Dog at The Suburbs KillingPablo posted:I was a Nintendo kid, so the closest thing I had to this was Vigilante 8 (which was still a pretty awesome game). Same here, Black was my first Twisted Metal and to date I've still only played the PS2 games in the series. Vigilante 8 was a killer game, too, I rented it to death and just used the code to unlock the UFO because flying that thing around was mindblowing at the time. Arcade Rabbit posted:Did anybody ever do an LP on the newest of the Twisted Metal game? I've always been a bit interested in seeing just how far the rabbit hole goes, but really can't be bothered to play it myself. For once, the things the angry fans are saying lines up entirely with the few small things I've seen of the game itself. According to the master list, no one on the forums has ever attempted a Twisted Metal LP before. I'm interested in doing the remake myself if all goes well, but it's definitely a long term plan.
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Apr 6, 2016 10:08
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Update: Shadow at The Freeway Content warning for self injury, if that sort of imagery would be an unpleasant shock to you, skip the first minute or so of this video. Fiendly fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Apr 14, 2016 13:13
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matureaudiencesonly posted:I didn't notice you doing this in the videos yet, but I think I remember a neat little health boost that you can get during a round. Once you kill a NPC there's a little dude on fire that runs away from the burning car; if you run that guy over, it gives you a slight bit of health (I'm pretty sure, but it's been a decade since I last played this). I'm definitely going to have to talk about this on the next video, but I checked one of the times this happened accidentally in the LP already and you're correct. I either forgot about this or never knew, but either way, thanks a ton, this will make a world of difference on the later, harder levels.
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Apr 16, 2016 02:47
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Sel Nar posted:Needless to say, It can be both fun, and a bit frustrating, going through a dozen or so characters with 8 levels each for their stories. It's a bummer when the story turns out to be a dud like Raven's, but that's only an issue a few times. Mr.Flibble posted:Are you going to cover Twisted Metal "Lost" in this LP? Yep.
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Apr 16, 2016 15:16
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Vicissitude posted:Spoilers Gotta request this be removed as per the spoiler policy, it's a very long time before I plan to touch on this and I'd prefer it not be discussed until then. rotinaj posted:Also, y'all are being awfully harsh on Raven's story. I've actually come around on it since I originally unlocked it, I just remember being disappointed then and every time I've rewatched the endings with other people (which is quite a few times, actually) they've disliked it as well. I really like that she's murderous, but not psychotic, and there's a warm place in my heart for familicidal characters. The tone of the ending is even kinda happy, which is rare indeed in this game. EDIT: Boardroom Jimmy posted:Are you gonna post the instruction manual for this when it becomes relevant? Oh, yes, it's an essential part of the Twisted Metal: Black experience. It'll come up in a few episodes and I'll post it with that update. Fiendly fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Apr 17, 2016 |
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Apr 17, 2016 02:17
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It's not the most extreme or brutal, but it's satisfying, and she's one of the few people to not flat-out become a psycho who murders for fun. She at least has standards. It's a nice contrast from some of the other stories.
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Apr 20, 2016 04:18
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Derek Barona posted:I don't suppose you'd be able to show off the little stage loading blurbs for everyone, would you Fiendly? Some of them have been pretty interesting so far, especially John's. I've been trying to think of a good way to archive all the loading screen blurbs for the thread that wouldn't drive me insane like the effort of recording every single one of them myself would. Until I get that sorted out, though, I could very easily post transcripts of each one we would have seen if we'd taken each character so far through the first half of the game (later screens include spoilers). They are as follows: Sweet Tooth loading screens:
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EDIT: Quotes are now numbered for clarity. Fiendly fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Apr 21, 2016 |
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Apr 20, 2016 12:36
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Zain posted:I like that Calypso is number 2. Makes you wonder is it sweet tooth as number 1 or someone worse? I'd bet anything they were slyly hinting that Sweet Tooth is the #1 most wanted, but it doesn't make a ton of sense because he's been captured, executed, then institutionalized at Blackfield for at least three months, which is plenty of time for the FBI to either bump up Calypso or deem someone else more dangerous. I like the idea that it'd be Minion, though, never considered that myself. Derek Barona posted:Neat. Are these Stages 1-4, or does going to the two alternate Stage 2s give you different lines? These quotes are actually from stages 1-3 and then 5, which is the first level after their middle cutscene in which they react to whatever bombshell was just dropped in their flashback. When there's a choice of levels, both choices give the same quote in the loading screen, so there's 8 different quotes per character. I'll continue posting them with each update from here on out.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:25
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Update: Brimstone at The Highway Loop Preacher loading screens:
CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I hope we get the redacted quotes when you're done. They'll all be posted with the next update.
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Apr 30, 2016 14:09
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:Is it just me, or does Calypso almost seem sorry for Preacher? He's almost gleeful in all the other endings, but in this one, he almost looks regretful. Jeb certainly paints him that way in his narration, describing him as "hesitant" to break the news, but it's open to interpretation. Maybe he's just disappointed that granting this wish won't necessarily result in any death, although safe money would be on Preacher practicing what he preaches and killing himself like all his followers do. Derek Barona posted:Also, was that supposed to be Billy Ray? I was just gonna give it a pass as generic character reuse until Fiendly said something about it. Well, it's definitely Billy's model, and there's a brief moment in the middle cutscene where you can tell that he and Annie are the parents of the "possessed" child, so it's no accident. Could be just a little reference for keen-eyed players, or maybe they're saying Billy and his wife survived the massacre and the trauma of the ordeal led her to seek comfort in the arms of another man, who decided to take Billy out of the picture himself, but the goddamn guy's nearly unkillable and he survived that too. That's all pretty ridiculous, but hey, it's a matter of interpretation.
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Apr 30, 2016 17:18
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Hey, before we move on to the next story, I'd like to point out that YouTube commenter Some Random Gamer has been sharing fun facts for some of the stories we've already seen. Here's what they've left me thus far:Some Random Gamer posted:Fun fact: Raven's original name was Sad Sally. Some Random Gamer posted:Fun fact after checking out the beta cut scenes: The tattoo on John's shoulder was going to have the phrase "One race, One Country" accompanying the swastika/RHCP logo hybrid. The editors forgot to take it out in the later cut scenes as you can see part of it if you look close in the middle cut scene and see the whole thing clear as day at 11:58. Some Random Gamer posted:Fun fact: They were gonna show Jeb drowning the baby, but took it out of the final release. You can see it in his beta ending. 1. The beta features temp dialogue, not the voice actors who appear in the finished game. 2. All the game's cutscenes are in this video, and it therefore contains spoilers if you watch anything beyond the part I'm linking here. I'll be scanning through it for more interesting variations on the final cutscenes and posting them in the thread when they become relevant, so don't feel the need to watch or comment on the rest of this video just yet (beta versions of cutscenes we're already seen in the LP are fine to discuss). 3. What else... Oh yeah, CONTENT WARNING for loving baby drowning. Click here only if you have read and are comfortable with the above.
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May 3, 2016 04:02
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Update: Crazy 8 at Minion's Stadium No-Face loading screens:
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I mention the game's manual in this video, so if anyone wants to check that out for themselves, it's available right here. Also, there's a little cutscene that plays when you first unlock Minion as a playable character, but I can't record it myself because it only ever plays once per save file, so you can find it in this YouTube video.
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May 4, 2016 13:04
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Update: Outlaw at The Prison Passage Agent Stone lading screens:
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May 19, 2016 03:04
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Update: Darkside at The Snowy Roads Dollface loading screens:
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Choco1980 posted:(Sidebar, all this talk of the previous games in the series makes me want to see them all at the hands of someone who's much better than I am at them) I started this thread with the intention of following it up with three more threads that would ultimately cover every Twisted Metal game, showing every ending as I have with Black. I'd still like to do those threads, but there's a shitload of factors working against my being able to continue with the series so I can't commit to anything.
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Jun 8, 2016 07:33
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PSWII60 posted:From back when I played this I thought the max damage came from hitting the side of the opponent's car, like T-boning them. That's what I always think when I'm playing as Darkside because it makes the most sense, but Vic's right, you get a damage boost for hitting enemies with the broad side of the truck with the special, which the game confusingly calls "T-sliding." I honestly don't even know how to do this on command, much less how to aim the attack in this manner, but you can also get a damage boost by pinning an enemy to a wall with the special, and it can hit multiple times if they bounce off your bumper and stay in front of you, so it's still plenty useful even without T-sliding. Sel Nar posted:And that's why Darkside is arguably the sneakiest sonofabitch when you're first playing the game, because you never expect something that big to go that fast. Not only is the attack surprisingly fast, often too fast to do anything about it once you're in her sights, but it can even be rear-fired, which the AI uses to great effect when you've got Darkside on the run and you're moving in to make the killing blow. Definitely an unexpected way for the hunted to become the hunter until you learn to never stand directly in front of or behind Darkside.
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Jun 9, 2016 03:40
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Update: Spectre at The Drive-In Movie Bloody Mary loading screens:
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Jun 16, 2016 16:06
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Update: Mr. Grimm at The Skyscrapers Mr. Grimm loading screens:
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Jul 1, 2016 09:55
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Wamdoodle posted:Also I remember earlier when you mentioned how alot of the characters were holding guns in the selection screen. In the reboot, some of the weapon selects were gang members hanging out of the car windows firing. The sniper rifle being one of them. I wonder if that mechanic had been thought up as early as TM: Black but dropped for whatever reason? That's really interesting, since I know a big part of the reboot's design came from an idea they tried to implement in a sequel to Black but it proved to be too much for the hardware of the day. It's starting to seem like TM 2012 might just be a patchwork of scraps from the Black cutting room floor.
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Jul 2, 2016 03:25
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Welp, there's probably not gonna be any better time to post this video: Twisted Metal honest game trailer
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Jul 3, 2016 02:17
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Yep, next video is mostly recorded and should be posted relatively soon compared to how long it's been since the last one.
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Aug 9, 2016 11:05
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Update: Axel at Warhawk's Rooftop Axel loading screens:
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Aug 22, 2016 13:27
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counterfeitsaint posted:What music was that you used during the translations? That was excellent. Ribbons by Black Light Burns (a.k.a. Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit) EDIT: Skippy Granola posted:Gee, I don't think I'm ready for Twisted Metal to have an interesting and interconnected story. Then you'll love Twisted Metal 2012! Fiendly fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Aug 23, 2016 |
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Aug 23, 2016 03:41
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I still haven't played any PS1 TM games, but the one I'm most interested in checking out is honestly Twisted Metal 4. Black's style of pulp horror stories is by far my favorite direction the series has taken, but I've always loved when a game can embrace ridiculousness and just get silly as hell as TM4 seems to do. It's also one of two games directed by the founder of BottleRocket Entertainment, the inept geniuses who got the ball rolling on the Splatterhouse remake, and I adore everything that guy does right and everything he does wrong even more so.
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Aug 25, 2016 01:24
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Update: Warthog at Suburban Terror Cage loading screens:
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Sep 21, 2016 05:35
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Update: Manslaughter at The Stadium Slaughter Black loading screens:
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Oct 11, 2016 05:35
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FlamingLiberal posted:That's the laziest ending I've seen for anything in awhile. It's worth noting that the original ending they made was vastly different, although still lazy and unsatisfying. It was almost identical visually, but the voice-over was from the perspective of Black's creator and ran though the duration of the cutscene. Dunno why they settled on making an even worse ending for the final game, but the original clashes slightly with the multiple universe concept and Black's epilogue in Lost. You can see it for yourself here. rotinaj posted:Well, he got his wish. Calypso ran. More fun for him. I never knew anything about Twisted Metal: Lost, this is pretty cool. Are you gonna legit get the hardest ending note thing, or are you gonna use cheats? Getting the Lost hard mode unlockables is pretty easy compared to everything I did in Black, so we'll see what they're about in the next video and finish off the LP with one more video after that. I've got plans for what I might do beyond that, but they're not nearly concrete yet so really anything could happen. Grapplejack posted:Excited for the next character btw, his story and its resolution is pretty neat. Saved them for last and for good reason, I think they're easily the best of the hidden characters.
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Oct 12, 2016 02:45
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Captain Foo posted:always glad to see a new episode! Always glad to hear it, feedback having been pretty scarce for this LP. Anyway, penultimate episode. Update: Yellow Jacket at The Carnival of Darkness Charlie Kane and Son loading screens:
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Oct 16, 2016 12:29
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I'm not convinced that the format of the LP really works. Nearly five minutes of cutscenes per video to show off about five minutes of repetitive gameplay with play-by-play commentary is something I still can't justify even after all these videos. It demonstrates to me why Twisted Metal's developers try to come up with total re-imaginings of the series with every installment* even though they struck oil with the first one, because it just feels lacking and stagnant even at the earliest stages of the creative process. It's clear that plenty of people enjoy this LP despite its inherent flaws though, and that alone makes it worth having done it. (Well, almost done it; one video remaining) *See the documentary that I forgot to post in the thread to hear about all the times the developers lacked confidence in their product and the countless ideas they pitched to "fix" it over the years: Twisted Metal: The Dark Past Mr.Flibble posted:I may be late here, but did you know that you can backfire Black's special and he'll drop the rocks behind him and they'll act as a landmine for a few seconds, with his slow speed it may be more useful to use them that way. Yeah, I see the AI do that all the time. I always have no problem dodging it and I know other AI vehicles cheat so bad with landmine effects that they're practically immune to them, so I never had any confidence in using it that way myself. I see the potential, but I count myself as being free from Manslaughter so there's no risk of me buying another ticket to that shitshow.
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Oct 18, 2016 20:26
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Almost makes you appreciate the original endings David Jaffe shot for TM1.
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Update: 12-Pak at The Death Port With this, we come to the end of the LP. We're all finally free from Twisted Metal's dark world. I'm not sure what or when my next thread will be, but I would appreciate it if people were to check out my other ongoing thread for Body Harvest. I've been very happy with the way that LP is going but it's a real dead scene over there lately and it could use a few more eyes on it if anyone's interested in old-school Rockstar goodness. Thanks for watching Twisted Metal: Black and have a happy Halloween!
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