Finally, metal being twisted
Sony hasdropped a new trailerfor their upcomingTwisted Metalshow coming to Peacock on July 27th. It’s, uh,certainly a direction they’ve decided to go with it, but at the very least, it’s an improvement ontheir last trailer, if only in the fact that it includes cars.
The trailer establishes that the world has been apocalypse’d somehow, and the major cities have erected walls to protect themselves from everything else. John Doe is a courier who braves the outlaw-infested wasteland between cities to deliver things. He’s hired by a lady, who I’m guessing is Calypso, to deliver a package with the promise of his biggest wish coming true.
So, that’s, like, in the same neighborhood as a typicalTwisted Metalplot. I’m pretty well-versed in the series, having played it since it was taking the PlayStation by storm and kicking the vehicular combat sub-genre into its short-lived high gear. However, this trailer doesn’t look much likeTwisted Metalat all.
I’m not seeing Axel anywhere
Oh, sure, I can identify some elements. Thomas Haden Church is obviously playing Outlaw, and you can see Shadow’s purple hearse getting blown up. There’s Sweet Tooth looking like hisTwisted Metal Blackiteration. And… that’s about it. Someone flips down the visor on a racing helmet, so that’s probably Twister. I mean, at least there are cars shooting guns at each other in various places. That’s pretty key to the games.
However, theTwisted Metalgames (at leastthe ones that count) have always been so grimdark that it’s goofy, whereas this show just looks goofy. Look, it could be good. It’s just not looking that way to me. On the other hand, I’d love for it to succeed so we couldmaybe get a newTwisted Metalgame. On the other other hand, if this is the tone that a new game would aim for, then maybe not.
If this looks like your bag,Twisted Metalis coming to Peacock on July 27th.
