The Edgy Glory of Twisted Metal: Black

Back when renting a game meant going to a specific physical store to pay $5 and borrow a game for a week (rather than buying a game at full price these days then having your ownership revoked because the publisher said so), there were a few diamonds in the rough that I eventually forgot about. However, while Mute and I were decorating her new bedroom in the upstairs portion of the Cartomancy Cafe, we'd dug up an old memory of playing Twisted Metal: Black. After a little bit of ruminating, we decided to revisit the game via PCSX2 emulator and see if it was as fun as we recalled. We recall playing as Dollface, and only ever getting to the second level of the game before losing. Back then, we hadn't realized that you could just select the "LOAD GAME" option in the main menu to retry. These days, however, I'm much smarter, and a much better driver to boot. So, how did Hoot_OS fare in what many consider the best game in the Twisted Metal franchise? One word: poorly! Twisted Metal: Black is…

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