David Jaffe responds to G4TV’s Twisted Metal review

[theprof00]

happydolphin said:

theprof00 said:

Have you even read the review? It boils down to "the game is great, but it's an old game and doesn't fit in this market anymore"

How would you treat a review that basically says New super mario bros is a really good game but the 2D style is just so old with mario it feels like a de-evolution and the addition of small features like co-op fall flat. The controls are difficult. Bumping into other characters and player is nothing short of excruciating. Fans of mario will enjoy this nostalgic throwback, but current gamers should stick to something a little more modern and refined.

Or howabout the same with kirby, or metroid, or mario party?

One thing it DOES fit with, is Duke Nukem Forever. However, it's not that the style didn't fit, it's that the game was Literally made 20 years ago.

This reviewer gave Twisted Metal ps3 and Duke Nukem Forever....the same score.

Now, on one hand Duke Nukem is a pile of shit, with lots of glitches, tacky 90's humor, and really shows its age. On the other hand, TM is really well made, and his only real beef, is that the last version came out in the early ps2 days. Believe it or not, Twisted Metal Black is still considered one of the very ebst games ever made on ps2. Suddenly, just because it's the same game (really, it's improved), then it deserves 30 points lower than TM:B.

Makes not a lick of sense.

What he's saying makes sense when you look at it from a gameplay and driving physics perspective. It looks like it plays like an N64 game, really.

Alot of the technological advancements for driving games weren't incorporated in it it seems, from the review and from the clip attached.

He didn't say the game didn't evolve. He simply said it didn't evolve enough. And since driving is an important part of the game, he was probably expecting advanced car physics to marry the combat aspect of the game, so as to get the ultimate next gen experience.

The way I understand it, he was dissappointed. Not many people can say that about NSMB. I owned it on DS and I can tell you it met all expectations. He was looking for more, and to him, the game did not deliver.

I understand why, after a reasonable review, he got frustrated with people going batshit over his work. After a while, enough is enough.

Please, do me a favor, and give me a theory on how one should handle driving in an area with ledges pitfalls and traps, surrounded by 15 other players shooting missiles at you.

Also, he says, "press the handbrake button and steer, the car spins in a circle"

First of all, the button is nowhere labeled as "handbrake", it's labeled as "quickturn", because it's both handbrake AND gas at the same time. Sorry, man, you don't even do the research, and then expect to be taken seriously. He ACTUALLY listed this as a downside t the game's realism, yet can't even get his facts straight.

EDIT: I just watched the video, and wow, seriously? You're just talking out of our ass. H8rs gunna h8.