Twisted Metal Delayed in Europe
It saddens me to report that Eat Sleep Play’s PS3 exclusive car combat game Twisted Metal has been delayed in Europe due to localization issues.
Twisted Metal was due to launch on February 14. It hasn’t been given a new release date yet, but Eat Sleep Play head and Twisted Metal co-creator David Jaffe said that he expects the title to come out sometime in March in a post on NeoGaf.
Jaffe also revealed that some of the game’s content has been removed from the European version. The outspoken developer gave several examples of the differences between the North American and European version of the game:
For example, in the scene we’ve released on the net from the intro- where the girl stabs Tooth in the eye- the SCEE version has this but we cut away right before the scissors make contact with Tooth’s face. It’s CLEAR what she’s doing and I think we even keep the sound effects in and such- but the last few frames are gone. The story itself tho totally works and- for some folks even who tend to think this kinda stuff plays better left to your imagination anyway- perhaps it even works better.
Only a few content cuts for the game- for example, I think the guy on the gurney from Meat Wagon is dead so you are exploding a corpse covered with TNT vs. a screaming man trapped to the gurney. Sucks on my end but at the same time, I get it and the game play isn’t different and the intent is still there, as is the humor. In some ways, it’s actually much more macabre when you think about.
Hopefully a new release date for Twisted Metal will be announced soon. The game’s demo is now available to download on the PS Store if you fancy taking it for a spin.
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