Twisted Metal: Small Brawl

A kinder, gentler, younger Twisted Metal just hit the PlayStation. You might not have noticed.

If you thought either Twisted Metal III or 4 was the most disappointing entry in the TM franchise, think again. Small Brawl reduces vehicles like Sweet Tooth and Outlaw to remote-control cars, enabling them to duke it out on mini-golf courses and kitchens as part of neighborhood bully Billy Calypso?s tournament. The ?TM Jr.? approach works well enough: Levels are cleverly designed, fireworks sub in for missiles and bombs, and you?ll find no other game where cars get mangled by a can opener. However, it?s the execution that lacks. Laboriously slow gameplay leaves little to get excited about?there?s no real sense of speed. Graphics are merely okay for a late-era PS game, the controls work fine (classic TM or TM: Black, your choice), and the music?s the same peppy shred-rock that fans of the series have come to expect. But if this is Twisted Metal?s swan song on the original PlayStation, it?s something of a shame. Small Brawl is for series completists only?or gamers too young to care.

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