I feel the same way. Maybe I just haven't had any good matches but it always seems too long to hold my interest until the end.
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Twisted Metal |OT| Don't Eat. Don't Sleep. Play
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I feel the same way. Maybe I just haven't had any good matches but it always seems too long to hold my interest until the end.
I loved playing as Reaper in Nuke in the demo... haven't tried it yet in the full game, but I expect I'll still find him quite useful in that mode. No doubt it's a difficult vehicle to master.
KuroNeeko brings up a great point about the vehicles though. Something that's really impressed me with the new TM is how you can't just get good at one vehicle and expect to do well in any map/mode. There's a lot of situational use with each vehicle, and the ability to change vehicles during the match can be a great help to a skilled player as they respond to the flow of the match. It's awesome that the game has that level of depth, and very rewarding to the player who takes the time to learn each vehicle.
You're playing on 7 year old hardware, is that your definition of dated? Because you might as well leverage that complaint at any console game that comes out these days.
If the large interactive and destructible levels filled with 16 vehicles and characters moving at blazing speeds with constantly flying projectiles at a steady frame rate doesn't impress you then you need to set more realistic expectations. It's silly to say it looks like a budget game. I'm sure with a budget like whatever Uncharted gets they could do more, but you're never going to get Uncharted level visuals with the type of game Twisted Metal is trying to be.
Best vehicles for nuke:
Offense: Crimson Fury
Defense: Talon, Axel
During the first Jaffe game I was rocking Axel when we were on Defense, then killing myself before the round ended to switch to Crimson Fury in time for the Offense round. I got 3 or 4 nuke hits and killed a lot of enemies trying to sacrifice.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Well said. Game is such a blast when it works. One of the more refreshing online games this gen.
On another note...LA Skyline is my favorite level so far, especially when you have 2 Sniper rifles ready to go. ^_^
TimeEffect
Member
Haha, oops.
What if I just created a new term, hm? Walk in the cake combines the joy of walking with the good taste of cake.
TimeEffect
Member
Why does the Hunted have to kill other players? I'd imagine they'd get points for simply outlasting the other players' constant barrage of attacks...
Scoring should also consist of those who kill the Hunted, but the Hunted should get x points for y amount of time alive
I hope Collector from Black/Halo comes back, will there ever be more modes?
Scoring should also consist of those who kill the Hunted, but the Hunted should get x points for y amount of time alive
I hope Collector from Black/Halo comes back, will there ever be more modes?
BurningNad
Member
But did you get the trophy?! :lol
I get the impression that Sony was backing this game then at some point along the line just quit giving a crap at all and quit putting money and resources into it. I also get the feel that two different teams made the game, because some parts look fancier/different artistically for lack of a better description than others.
Really looking forward to unlocking tier 2 vehicles. It's been fun so far, but I'm tired of playing the meat wagon game.
Really looking forward to unlocking tier 2 vehicles. It's been fun so far, but I'm tired of playing the meat wagon game.
Same here. I only had about 30 minutes to play last night and I only got one game in.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
New meme time?
I think the VITA took priority in advertisement.
Just as bad as games releasing the same week as MW.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yea. I myself just decided to take a break till it's fixed. I'm just going to be patient and wait. Till then when I get the urge I just do a game or two of challenge mode and get my fill that way.
Revolutionary
Member
Wow lol I just finished a ranked game where everyone lost connection but me, resulting in a win for me. GG lol
BattleMonkey
Member
How exactly are all these connection issues SONY's fault and not the fault of the actual developers?
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Yeah ESP is getting a free pass here and it's funny to me. The demo was broken, there is no excuse for a broken game to be released afterwards. To constantly deflect blame to Sony is funny. I can play other Sony published games online just fine.
I could be wrong, but haven't the issues been 100% confirmed to be on Sony's end?
BattleMonkey
Member
So SONY reps themselves have said it's their own hardware fault? All I've seen is people taking David's word for it. Yet no other SONY hosted game is having any issues, yet even the demo for the game had ton of problems. It really seems like it's all the games fault itself and until it's patched I doubt we will see improvements.
Sony reps wouldn't say anything either way.
It could very well be ESP's fault, but I have no reason to disbelieve David at this point in time. Sony has had serious launch-week issues with their servers in the past.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
I think ESP deserves the benefit of the doubt but I am a little confused. This game had a long dev cycle. It was delayed once. There is no way this didnt happen in testing. As much as I dont want to admit this, it should have been delayed again. Even if it was missed in QA, they knew about it in the demo. They also had to know it wasnt fixed when they launched. I tried to play last night and couldnt get in.
What really makes this nuts is the people who can play have leveled up and unlocked all kinds of shit. I'm am getting killed online when I get in because I can never get in so there is a huge skill gap going on now. I didnt like unlocking cars to begin with. The lobby needs more communication without the filtering. (Since filtering ensure you wont get in a game)
What really makes this nuts is the people who can play have leveled up and unlocked all kinds of shit. I'm am getting killed online when I get in because I can never get in so there is a huge skill gap going on now. I didnt like unlocking cars to begin with. The lobby needs more communication without the filtering. (Since filtering ensure you wont get in a game)
Last night I couldn't even log on to the TM servers when I turned the game on. Was only able to choose LAN in multiplayer. I ended up just playing a round of Challenge then spent the rest of my night watching some Game of Thrones. Hoping to play tonight online, though. FIX YO SHIT SONY
Spectral Glider
Member
The demo, with how messed up it was, actually worked better for me than the final game. I probably played about 30 games online with the demo, I haven't been able to play 1 full match online with the final game. Also, with all these problems, I bet it kills any hope of DLC for the game. That's partly due to the problems and partly because it seems like Sony doesn't give a fuck. Which is sad, because the game is awesome.
BattleMonkey
Member
Again how do we know it's Sony that doesn't get a fuck and not ESP who should be fixing their game?
Any other first party game that released and had issues was the game itself that the devs had to take care of with updates. Ever since the demo had issues it's been all blamed on Sony? Sony just hates this game for some reason? ESP has no control over the game now somehow?
Problems have been going on for some time now, as said a beta should have caught this stuff.
Spectral Glider
Member
Oh, I have no idea on who's fault it is. I don't know nearly enough about the technical aspects of this stuff to speculate. I only suggest that it seems like Sony doesn't give a fuck because they didn't extend the demo a bit longer and because their ad campaign is pretty weak for the game. Though I realize they're in full Vita mode. Also, although there may have been one I haven't seen, wouldn't it be good policy for Sony, as publisher, to make an announcement that they will fix the problem soon, regardless of who gets the real blame? The game is their brand after all.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I'll tell you how we know. During the shoot my truck live stream there was a Sony rep there with David and he admitted that the problem is on Sony's end. That's how we know. Speaking of the problems David tweeted that at 3 Pacific time today he has another meeting with Sony and will have a new update after that.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Demo worked better for me too. Rarely had issues joining games, though the games I was able to join, probably half ended early as people were booted out. Retail game started out well, last couple days I haven't been able to join anything. Going to be a pain in the ass to platinum this game when there's a trophy for winning a game online 30 days straight but the online play is broken.
I love Twisted Metal so I can look past the issues for now. I've played a ton of the Starhawk beta and it DOES NOT have these issues.
So you're probably right. I'll take those donuts.
Don't worry, "it's gahbage."
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
Don't count out Road Boat either. Can't tell you how many times on defense the opposing team was about to get a time extension by having the leader in the ring only to get pull back by my magnet.
that's defiantly a boston accent.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I got network errors on Starhawk too. The thing that really hurts TM is the lack of drop-in / drop-out games. No one wants to sit in a lobby, especially when it takes like 10 tries to even get in one.
Twisted Metal |OT| Not a walk in the cake
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
Go to your filter options and limit it only to servers currently in "Game Room" which is the lobby.
TimeEffect
Member
Hey, it's not any less non sensical than some other common phrases I hear, leave me alone
Hey, it's not any less non sensical than some other common phrases I hear, leave me alone
Haha not making fun of you man, just a joke about how difficult the game can be. Colloquialisms are odd things.
Spectral Glider
Member
Hey, it's not any less non sensical than some other common phrases I hear, leave me alone
That's true....but yours takes the pie!!
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
Whoever thought these races in campaign were a good idea needs to be shot. I could see one too break things up but they are so frustrating I cant imagine anyone playing them for fun. Its like you are just trying to get through them.
TimeEffect
Member
That's true....but yours takes the pie!!
Lulz.
Hey question: what's the difference between "Suggested Games" and "All games"?
I want to use the all games filter because my suggested list is about half the servers of the full list
There may be other differences that I haven't noticed, but the big one is that "Suggested Games" won't display games that are currently in progress, so it won't try and throw you into a lobby that you'll be forced to sit in until the current game ends. I almost always leave it on Suggested Games for that reason alone, unless I'm looking for a very specific game to join.
Add Helscream. But theres not much going on with the servers being the way they are.. We can't play shit.
quinntendopower
Banned
is there any reason the TWO people on my friends list whom I want to invite to an in-game party don't show up in the game list and I have to manually type in their names?