-Kilrahi- wrote on 03/09/20 at 13:07:42:
As has already been pointed out many times, the problem is the fan base is totally split on what it would look like. You have:
1. Hard core single player nuts who want that to be the emphasis and break new ground.
2. Multiplayer nuts like myself who want deep combat and feel that was left out of the last two major releases (TMHO and TM:PS3).
3. Black universe nuts. These people can fall in any of the above categories but want a dark and freaky game.
4. TM2 universe nuts. Again, they can fall in any of the first two categories but they want it to feel like the tone of TM2.
Trying to make all of these groups happy would require a very skilled group of people.
Yeah, this is all true. That is pretty much the TM fan base in a nutshell excluding the minority groups that want a TMX sequel, those who want a game developed by one of Sony's in house developers (like how tm3/4 were made), or those who will settle with some sort of Remaster collection or Remake of the past games.
But then there's what the media wants. At times some website will opine on Twisted Metal and act like an expert on how to save the series.
Recent example from PS Universe's website;
https://www.psu.com/news/ten-playstation-franchises-we-would-love-to-see-revived...Which says;
"All right, whoever has the rights to Twisted Metal: listen up. This one is for free: stop trying to reinvent Twisted Metal as a AAA $60 prestige title. In the modern gaming environment, the square peg that is Twisted Metal just doesn’t fit into that top-shelf round hole.
Twisted Metal is dirty, gritty and kind of disturbing. It is therefore a perfect fit for the free-to-play market."
I completely disagree with this.
And it's also the logic Jaffe/Bartlet studios originally had with DRAWN TO DEATH before that was changed from free-to-play to a 20 dollar title that did not sell well.
The idea that Twisted Metal free-to-play will just steal away players from Overwatch, etc. is a bit too hopeful and unrealistic, and all the fans that wanted a new TM game to have depth with its story would just dismiss the title completely.
& It's not like there aren't vehicular action games in the free-to-play market already, and those titles are forgettable. Sure, the brand "Twisted Metal" may get a F2P title some attention, but not that much. TM has a cult following, but there hasn't been a game since 2012 so its also a shrinking cult following.
And I was very proud to pay full price for Twisted Metal: Black on the day it was released in 2001. And if Playstation 5 had an AAA full priced Twisted Metal game that took full advantage of PS5's technology I would gladly buy it too.
My advice to whoever takes on the next TM project is simple
GO ALL IN OR FUCK OFF