Borkachev on 08 February 2008
Except Smash Brothers has been a consistant thriving franchise, its never fallen, never declined. Twisted Metal made a big splash and after peaking with a couple sequels droped off, unable towards the end of the 5th generation and the beginning of the 6th to compete as a worthwhile game. Its biggest problem of course as with many non-Nintendo franchises is lack of innovation or change.
No, its biggest problem was that it started to suck. And that was because the franchise was moved away from Jaffe's team to 989 Studios, Sony's shovelware factory. The series recovered immediately once Jaffe became involved again.
There's ridiculous amounts of potential for Twisted Metal now. Imagine 16-player (or more) online battles. That alone would be enough to revive the series.
