Twisted Metal sold 'fine', was 'not a dud', says Jaffe

[Joe Zombie]

Long-time TM fan here, I bought and thoroughly enjoyed TM PS3. Sure, there were connectivity issues, but any game I could get into was a blast. IMO.

I think the game is just fine and is a worthy installment to the series. I would like to see DLC/more vehicles however, but that's doubtful I suppose.

[hedcase]

I Bought it, couldn't be bothered finishing it. For me, that's a dud, I spend 100s of hours on the PS1 & PS2 games.

[F34R]

I Bought it, couldn't be bothered finishing it. For me, that's a dud, I spend 100s of hours on the PS1 & PS2 games.

I'd be doing an online petition for a refund had a bought it lol.

[DeviousOne]

Jaffe is hilarious LOL

[davin_g]

Online pass killed the game, Multiplayer was their biggest seller here and Sony ruined it. I'm sorry but it's true.

Originally the game was going to be a downloadable title(Maybe $15-20), but Sony decided to turn it into a full retail $59.99 game - That's where they started screwing up. Jaffe had limited time to get a campaign together and while the gameplay and story felt like your good ol' Twisted Metal game, it wasn't as diverse as previews installments as you only saw the story of a few characters.

Now back to multiplayer, I haven't even touched it because I don't want to pay to access Online(My brother was the first to play it and ended with disappointment due to multiplayer issues which were resolved like over a month or so later). That's where the game takes the piss, those waiting for the game to drop prices(Because it shouldn't have been a full retail price) will eventually get it used but won't experience half of what Jaffe and his team worked on unless of course you pay the fee.

This is why I'm so against Online Passes because it prevents a potential fan base for your games. They're literally going to kill off their franchises that way. While it might be working for EA with most of their games, Sony is in zero position to do this.

You know Sony started out with a great online only game with Warhawk. Then came Socom which I think was only a flop because it was poorly implemented not because it didn't have single player. MAG was again a good online only game but the FPS market is hard to get into and it had some issues I think going for that whole 256 player games. I will be honest this game and Starhawk would have benefited greatly from being a simple online only game for like $19.99-$24.99. I think they would have had a bigger install base and if they brought out solid DLC quickly and efficiently in the first month and on it would have been great. Heck some people even would probably even buy a GOTY edition or deluxe edition that would have DLC all packed in. Heck even those pre-order bonuses that give you all future DLC. I think these are the type of games and values that gamers like and these games would have been ideal for it. I think Sony wanted that big $60 value game and really overstretched.