MoshTMA wrote on 08/30/16 at 00:48:34:
Absolutely.
The old school lore seems so lost in time.
Remember when Minion was a tank driven by a demon? and Mr. Grimm was the actual grim reaper? And Calypso had a burnt face? Those were the days.
Modern Twisted Metal lore is bullcrap. SweetTooth is now Marcus Kane... Mr. Grimm is some scumbag gangbanger... Krista Sparks isn't Calypso's daughter... Calypso is the devil... the contest is a bogus war between a few factions of gangs blindly following their unstable leaders. It's all just so meh in comparison to the classic universe. So you can see my concern for a horror digital comic based off that lol.
I dunno, I liked some of the ideas that the 2012 game brought. Sweet Tooth having a gang is a cool idea to me, it's just about doing it right (if a psycho like Joker can have a gang, why can't Needles?). I even thought that the Carnival of Carnage was cool since I felt it was a callback to the over-the-top bosses from the older games (Dark Tooth and Tower Tooth in particular).
And honestly, at least the 2012 has the reason of being a reboot as an excuse, but, despite that teaser about Sweet Tooth's return in the credits, it didn't go anywhere. But overall yes, the lore and universe in the old games is the best. Well, Black is great too, but the old ones had more charm to them on top of being dark and crazy. Everything feels more fleshed out and expansive. I actually really liked Head-On simply because it was still a continuation of the old series, on top of still having good gameplay (in my opinion), like a modernized TM2, but with its own identity.
And yes, I miss demon Minion and burnt-faced Calypso (although his look in 2012 looked good to me, too). I understand your concerns, but if it plays out more like Black did, a horror-oriented story could still work. It's all in the execution.