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Twisted Metal Demo Impressions
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ElRenoRaven
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David telling an asshole off who came late and got shitty about wanting an answer to a question already answered. Goddamn David I love how you aren't afraid to lay into stupid people.
Boogalogist
Member
Question...how do you use: -
1. Remote bomb
2. Ricochet
3. Sniper missile
And how do i change my lock-on to another target? I hate those Talons flying above. Can I shoot upwards with the machine gun (L2)?
1. Remote bomb
2. Ricochet
3. Sniper missile
And how do i change my lock-on to another target? I hate those Talons flying above. Can I shoot upwards with the machine gun (L2)?
was the reason behind the "Matchmaking Error" thing ever announced?
This is worse than the KZ3 beta
and that's hard to do. Really want to play other people.
They're working on a fix. Might be in the next few days.
Also it's just heard about the delay in Europe. Fuck man this blows. March 1st now is it?
Not hard at all if you can earn it in a custom match with friends. Can you? This is the only way I platinumed Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Cjdamon042
Member
First impression?
AHH! So many controls!
But after a while you get used to it. I haven't had the chance to play much of it yet, nor online, but I guess it's pretty cool. Though I was getting my ass kicked severely by the AI for the 8 or so goes I had it at.
The graphics aren't amazing, but they're good for what's needed, plus it runs pretty much silky smooth which is always great for these sort of games.
AHH! So many controls!
But after a while you get used to it. I haven't had the chance to play much of it yet, nor online, but I guess it's pretty cool. Though I was getting my ass kicked severely by the AI for the 8 or so goes I had it at.
The graphics aren't amazing, but they're good for what's needed, plus it runs pretty much silky smooth which is always great for these sort of games.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I loved cracking David up though with my last blast question of TMA or Neogaf. Just his answer to that was hilarious.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Man, these online problems is really going to dampen the impressions of some of people who especially don't know that the online is a PSN issue.
Mr Grimm. Which makes sense but he's always been my favorite vehicle and in TM Black and I can handle AI with ease. The issues with me are two fold, the Mr Grimm controls in TM Black are more like Crimson Viper in NuTM. So partly control issue and just needing to figure out the intricacies of each vehicle. Other issue is that his special doesn't fire instantly. Take a bit of getting used, especially since I've played Black for a billion hours.
That would kill the entire spirit of that trophy
Well the trophy itself will kill the entire spirit of the game. Nothing worse than shitty multiplayer trophies that only encourage assholes to do anything but play to accomplish the team objective.
1. David Jaffe is a bit hot headed at times but he is really passionate about what he does, which is more than you can say for most devs.
2. Sony owns the IP.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Man I hope that's sarcasm.
Acrylic7
Member
Riposte
Member
Hi2u has a history of making super bad posts.
In any case, Jaffe isn't behind the game - a whole developer team is.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
I'm still not digging the controls. Race Controls are more to my speed, but they're still cumbersome. It feels to me like they just mapped buttons because they were there and not because it's elegant design.
Ideally I'd prefer:
L2 brake.
Hold L2 to reverse.
L2x2 Reverse Turbo.
R2 to accelerate.
R2x2 Turbo (as it is now)
I am trying to think of how to handle the E Brake. I was thinking the War/Starhawk control method handles it perfectly by pressing gas and brake at the same time and cutting your wheel. Although with what I proposed above, I'm not sure if that would further complicate matters. Or just put E Brake on R3, not exactly elegant.
This would then free up L1/R1 for main and secondary weapons.
Move weapon cycling to the D-Pad L/R.
Put the ram move on D-Pad Up while boosting.
Press D-Pad down to fire backward.
Face symbol buttons could then be mapped to handle the special moves (freeze/mine/shield/I forget the fourth).
I want to like this game, but the controls are really pissing me off. :\
Ideally I'd prefer:
L2 brake.
Hold L2 to reverse.
L2x2 Reverse Turbo.
R2 to accelerate.
R2x2 Turbo (as it is now)
I am trying to think of how to handle the E Brake. I was thinking the War/Starhawk control method handles it perfectly by pressing gas and brake at the same time and cutting your wheel. Although with what I proposed above, I'm not sure if that would further complicate matters. Or just put E Brake on R3, not exactly elegant.
This would then free up L1/R1 for main and secondary weapons.
Move weapon cycling to the D-Pad L/R.
Put the ram move on D-Pad Up while boosting.
Press D-Pad down to fire backward.
Face symbol buttons could then be mapped to handle the special moves (freeze/mine/shield/I forget the fourth).
I want to like this game, but the controls are really pissing me off. :\
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
The irony here is that TM was basically the original dudebro game. And I mean that in the best possible way.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
people should just answer to your post with another post of yours:
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Yeah I'm rusty as fuck >_<
I was like why am I not moving... pressing R2 over and over, then realize it's []
Wasted all my ammo lol
I'm pedigreed into the R2 = Accelerate, L2 = Reverse, [] = Handbrake, X = Turbo, /\ = View, O = Look Back, for the racing genre
This is like Uncharted all over again, usually [] = Reload, but R2 is reload in that one, most shooter [] = Reload, R3 Melee, takes me a few minutes/hours for my brain to convert to Uncharted Style, then back to say a COD style lol
Also gonna harp on the goddamn to many buttons, good lord, this will take an investment of time to get all the cobwebs/kinks out, practice will be necessary
Only got into 2 deathmatches, had a blast, LOL'ed hard when a semi rammed the ever living shit out of a heli going for a health pick up, I was like good god, Massacred
I was like why am I not moving... pressing R2 over and over, then realize it's []
Wasted all my ammo lol
I'm pedigreed into the R2 = Accelerate, L2 = Reverse, [] = Handbrake, X = Turbo, /\ = View, O = Look Back, for the racing genre
This is like Uncharted all over again, usually [] = Reload, but R2 is reload in that one, most shooter [] = Reload, R3 Melee, takes me a few minutes/hours for my brain to convert to Uncharted Style, then back to say a COD style lol
Also gonna harp on the goddamn to many buttons, good lord, this will take an investment of time to get all the cobwebs/kinks out, practice will be necessary
Only got into 2 deathmatches, had a blast, LOL'ed hard when a semi rammed the ever living shit out of a heli going for a health pick up, I was like good god, Massacred
Man-is-Obsolete
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I hear you man. The controls are just brutal for me too. I can't get into the game because of it. Why there aren't customizable controls in this game is retarded.
I liked TMB it looked great too at 60fps. I used to play split screen. I just don't know if there's a market for car combat now though, mostly because of CoD. I don't see it making npd's for example. Most ps3 only titles never seem to sell as well as they hoped, which is why I was saying it should be multi (but in this case it can't).
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god damn 14/0 nice
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Damn should have checked =/
I was trying to re-learn it, but the f'n genre has brainwashed me into it
Once the servers stabilize, hopefully I can try out the different options
Can't believe as earlier post pointed out no custom option for the button situation... come on!
I was trying to re-learn it, but the f'n genre has brainwashed me into it
Once the servers stabilize, hopefully I can try out the different options
Can't believe as earlier post pointed out no custom option for the button situation... come on!
BlueScrote
Member
This is exactly what I thought when I first saw the mapping and played a couple games. It just doesn't seem natural. I'll switch over to racing and see if that seems any better.
do it in single player practice. I prefer default, though
Thought that was Contra
ElRenoRaven
Member
You will eventually. Hell I was for about 3 or so hours this morning then after that the rest of the day I've been screwed. Course I'm not worried. I may just lay off till release anyway so I can be fresh again.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Perhaps it's because I played the older games but I really enjoy the Square to accelerate and Cross for E brake, and it's easy since your thumb goes over both buttons. It may not conform to modern game designs but it feels soooooo right.
Mikey Jr.
Member
I can connect to about 0 of 100 matches.
No joke, I must have tried 100 times since the release. I have not once got into a match.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Racing is the best of the lot IMO, but still not optimal.
Oh well.
Win some, lose some.
Any tips? Or was it just a case of bad players?
Probably bad players. I was using Talon and got a lot of sniper kills.
ps. so glad you are digging it! THANKS FROM ALL OF US!
Hey Jaffe, I'm really loving the demo - congrats! Can't wait to pick it up on the 14th.
Have to admit that early on I was disappointed to hear about so many characters being removed from single player. I'm one of those guys that does enjoy story in games, and honestly Twisted Metal was one of the only games that offer that type of character selection where I wanted to play through and see how things worked out for all of them. That being said, I'm really interested to see how things turned out with the increased focus on less characters and the new intertwined stories.
I'm also thought it was curious how you described the vehicles as characters. When I was playing MP last night, it dawned on me that the one thing that felt off was the lack of those really unique audio queues that each vehicle had when firing their special weapon. If the vehicles are thought of as characters on their own, it'd be great to get some of those back. I can still remember pretty much all of them from TM1 and 2, and it was helpful in combat as well when you'd hear them go off and immediately know who was nearby.
Quick question: Is "Droptest - I'll Start a War" in the full soundtrack? It was badass in one of the early trailers!
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
That's a valid concern, but TM is an important historic franchise for Sony. LTD sales are in the 6+ million range. Big names can still sell in declining genres. Civilization, Starcraft and Final Fantasy are good examples.
So I think TM can still top 1 mil, but I wouldn't say that about just any car combat title.