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Twisted Metal online broken after patch for PAL regions

According many frustrating messages from official site, players from European region cannot log into game's servers and get never-ending connection screen.
Some players have tried to contact with David Jaffe via Twitter, but he is still silent.

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Persistantthug4388d ago

I still stand by that.

TWISTED METAL launched with a half made single player mode AND launched with a broken online.

As an old school TWISTED METAL fan from the PS1, I truly wanted this game DAY 1 for my PS3 ( I only own a PS3 this generation btw ), and that I didn't, it looks like I made the precise and right call.

I'll use that $60 for STARHAWK instead.......but I'm very sad that one of my favorite franchises was so mistreated though.

cr33ping_death4388d ago

i traded my copy in and got the metal gear hd collection. it really is an awesome game but man did they ever f'up the game not having worked out the online issues before release. :(

jimbobwahey4388d ago

That's what happens when you don't do a beta test. Look at all the PS3 games that had extensive beta tests and launched without any problems online, there's loads of them. Then when they decide a game doesn't need a beta test, it's just constant problems.

It's a real shame, but hopefully whoever decided to not ensure the online component for this game works correctly before launch will have learnt a valuable lesson. The multiplayer demo was a foolish idea too. Launch it right before launch and make it only playable for a week, the entire duration of which matchmaking was broken? Absolutely stupid.

ThatEnglishDude4388d ago

Motorstorm Apocalypse and Twisted Metal are both great games that have suffered by the hands of Sony's incompetence for managing online servers. What a shame too, because these are both really good games.

TLG19914388d ago

ive not even played my copy in ages as it kept shutting my 60gb model down, what a joke if this was ps2 days with no updates heads would be flying.

Edward754388d ago

This game didn't live up to my expectations. Wasn't a horrible game, just ..... I can't put my finger on it...not as good as it could/should have been.

jimbobwahey4388d ago

I found it lived up to expectations (I was a huge TM2 fan back in the day) but also had some foolish decisions made. I think the most glaring problem is the introduction of an airborn character (Talon) which just completely breaks the games balance. If they removed that character from online play (and fixed the connection issues) it would be an absolutely spectacular game. Unfortunately though the release has suffered because of some stupid decisions which would have been fixed had they done a beta test.

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Twisted Metal Retro Review – Nothing Short Of Iconic

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.

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Seven Ways To Reboot The Twisted Metal Games

The WellPlayed crew gathers to pitch an appropriately deranged set of options for the future of Twisted Metal.

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crazyCoconuts278d ago

All I ask for is a new Twisted Metal that allows flat screen & PSVR2 cross play that also supports a wheel.
Would be heaven.

Babadook7277d ago

Wow. I like the idea of VR twisted metal with a wheel.

Rebel_Scum277d ago

They need to get the enemy AI balance right. Thats what made 2 the best in the series. Black was abysmal in that dept.

neomahi277d ago

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

TiredGamer277d ago (Edited 277d ago )

Isn’t the new GoW just a sequel technically?

I personally think they can leverage the roots of the series. The original TM in 1995 took place on Christmas Eve 2005, and it was the 10th contest in history. Why not “reboot” the franchise by making a prequel of sorts showing the origin story of the series and maybe linking all the future games in a brilliant way. Seems like such an obvious idea to leverage old with the new (kind of look how Doom 2016 did with its lore).

Knightofelemia276d ago

Just make it a good game Twisted Metal has it's fan base.

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PlayStation confirm they are working on Twisted Metal series

The rumours were legit. The Twisted Metal franchise is coming back, Sony
officially announced at CES 2022.

NecrumOddBoy840d ago

I hope this is camp as all hell.

bouzebbal839d ago

They should have made Destruction All star with a Twisted Metal skin as launch title.. With some more content of course.

NecrumOddBoy838d ago (Edited 838d ago )

Rumor mill is that the team used All Stars as a test bed game to make a PS5 Twisted Metal in the future. No idea why they made this though. Total miss and it could hurt them in the end. Twisted Metal is really awesome. I honestly hope they take this series the Forza Horizon route. Maybe a big open world like a destroyed city in an apocalyptic setting. Still can have arenas and races, battles etc, but also add RPG elements and quests, challenges etc.

Dirtnapstor838d ago

Agreed. I am mildly surprised they did not do a Twisted Metal iteration vs DAS. Could have easily reskinned everything, no?

sourOG839d ago

Agreed. I’m playing serious Sam now and I think it’s awful in a great way. I’m enjoying it.

Majin-vegeta840d ago

Looks like the new game is pretty much confirmed now.

Bobertt839d ago

Idk David Jaffe had said he has seen stuff about the TV show but Sony has never told him anything about a new game. I find it hard to believe they would not tell the creator of the franchise they were going to make a new game.

Army_of_Darkness838d ago

Sony owns the franchise and Jaffe is no longer associated with them anymore, so Sony doesn't have to inform him on anything really...

NapalmSanctuary837d ago

...says f2p with Lucid developing. Might wanna keep them expectations low.

isarai840d ago

I hope it follows the gameplay style of hardware rivals, seriously that game was awesome to play

Godmars290839d ago

How about having to race through a destructible city with tons of people to mow down.

burnout with rocket launchers and ability to drive on skyscraper roofs or through office floors.

DarXyde839d ago

That sounds like Carmageddon meets Warhawk.

I'm iffy on reviving Twisted Metal personally. I replayed it on PS3 via PSOne classics because I loved the originals and I must say, these titles haven't aged well. We're now two generations removed from then, which was already 1-2 generations removed from the originals.

There needs to be some serious modernization efforts for these games to do well.

Godmars290838d ago

@DarXyde:
And what would be wrong with a "Carmageddon meets Warhawk" game? Pretty much what you'd want of a PS5 version of a PS1 title.

NapalmSanctuary837d ago

@Godmars Thats not Twisted Metal. Its one thing to do something like that with an alt game mode but Twisted Metal already has an identity. The gameplay needs to stay true to it.

--Onilink--839d ago

The only thing confirmed by Sony so far was a TV series, not a game

Neonridr839d ago

that's great, looking forward to some next gen destruction!

TheDoomedGuy839d ago

Imagine how it'll feel with the dual sense.

--Onilink--839d ago

I get the feeling that most people arent really reading the article. The only thing confirmed by Sony is the TV series.

Anything about a new game is just rumors and speculation at this point

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