Twisted Metal: Small Brawl

« Except for the cut-scenes, the graphics weren’t too exciting and the sound is just blah. The sloppy control and light gravity also don’t help too much. Despite all this, I still found this to be a fun game once I got the hang of it and I also found myself becoming strangely addicted to it. »

« "Twisted Metal 2" is light years beyond Small Brawl. Small Brawl is more akin to a Gameboy Advance game than a full fledged PSX SKU. »

« Some will immediately be turned away by the graphics and others by the more childish design, but if your PlayStation is still kicking, you might want to check it out. »

« Doesn't add anything to the venerable Twisted Metal series - it just subtracts, and subtracts, and subtracts, until the only thing small is the fun. »

« This must be where Martha Stewart’s evil siblings reside. [Feb 2002, p.62] »

« While we were practically salivating to get started on this title, we spent an hour trying to get past the very unfinished feeling graphics and lack of any real depth to the changes included in Small Brawl. »

« It’s the execution that lacks. Laboriously slow gameplay leaves little to get excited about—there’s no real sense of speed. »

« Isn't a bad game by any means, but it feels like a definite step in the wrong direction. [Jan 2002, p.147] »

« This game has everything going for it but the gameplay. The level design, music, aesthetic, character roster and everything are great. If they fixed the weapons in this game it could have been really fun but as it stands the weapons are very slow and hard to hit moving opponents with. The game speed is also slower than other games made by the original devs. If the gun play was as good as the rest of the game it would get at least an 85 but as it stands i can't give this game any higher of a ranking. »

« Most underrated Twisted Metal. 10 for Concept. 10 for Music. Sure, it's not the most attractive game, but neither was the original Twisted Metal. Gameplay is a 10 as well, feeling like a much slower version of TM: Black's style, rather than the gameplay of the earlier PS1 titles. Some of the sound effects could have been better I suppose but the concept of RC cars shooting fireworks didn't translate well from a sound perspective due to PS1's limitations. And RC cars in real life are faster than they appear to be in the game, so it's not realistic; however, a realistic RC speed approach would likely not have been possible on PS1, nor practical given the arena sizes. What makes up for that is the challenge of the game, as cheating is not really allowed if you seek to unlock the boss characters and hidden maps of the game (without a cheating device). It's nice to see cheating discouraged in Twisted Metal when many offline players would cheat or take password shortcuts in classic Twisted Metal games, at least back before the days of watching cutscenes on YouTube for any game. TMSB understands the importance of fun with a good variety of maps to battle in, especially the hidden maps which were gimmick heavy like the bowling alley. Likewise the story maps have some gimmicks such the trampoline on the Tree House map that bounces the player back to the map's surface when RC cars fell off the edge. Some maps have the traditional secret area too, like in the kitchen map that has a hidden room full of good pickups. Outside of being unlucky enough to be released around the same time as its big brother TM: Black, and being released in the last generation of PS1 games when most gamers jumped to PS2, this game really has no major flaws outside of not looking or running like a PS2 game. Also, the intro scene is great, I feel like this spinoff Twisted Metal universe had potential to be a funny all-ages cartoon show. It has a loose tie-ins to the first couple of Twisted Metal games, with Specter/Ken Masters appearing in Specter's ending, and Jimmy Ash possibly being Mr. Ash (Darkside) in a different form, and Billy Calypso perhaps getting the idea of his contest from Twisted Metal, but it otherwise is it's own kind of universe that is Twisted Metal in spirit, but without the vehicular homicides and running over pedestrians. The endings remain faithfully twisted though despite looking like cartoon shorts. »

« Очень необычная игра, которая хорошо разбавляла застоявшуюся формулу, играли наверное столько же сколько в 4-ую часть. »

« Hace falta tener valor moral para sacar esta porquería después de Twisted Metal 4 »

« Honestly this game isn’t that bad at all, it is indeed aimed at a younger crowd, and that is obvious from the story revolving around pre-teens and or teenagers. A lot of people are bashing the game for its graphics, but honestly, most Ps1 games these days look like Dog **** when I had this game when the Ps1 was still the Hot Console during my childhood, this game looked fine for Ps1 standards. The physics in the game take a little time to get use to, but I thing it captures decently what it feels like to control a RC car, if you have every played with one before you will know exactly what I’m talking about; unresponsive, clunky but still lots of fun! I remember spending hours playing with my younger siblings playing this game. It’s charming being in places kids hang out only to turn it into a death trap battle zone! Using homemade and some fantasy like weapons take out your opponents, replaying it again, I can confirm this game is lots of fun and if you are interested, check it out for yourself, don’t be turned away by people who are judging a game based on its graphics alone! This game was a childhood favorite of mine and still holds up a bit today, and if you have nostalgia for this game, it will be even better! »

« Aguante twisted metal la.puta madre V: sgsgdgdg un vio »

« A very underrated entry in the franchise. Appart from graphics it's a great game with an awesome game design and good ol' cynical endings. Yes, some people can be quite confused by unexpected change of the setting, but again, it's a spinogg entrt and I don't think that it's a bad thing. The best part about this game is the level design. »

« one of good game of ps1 . in Iran we call it 'mashin jangi' it means war machine . »