Twisted Metal 3 (2002)

Twisted Metal III is a vehicular combat video game developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, XBOX, GameCube & PC. The game was released in North America on October 31, 2002 and was re-released for the Sony Greatest Hits line-up in 2003. It is the first installment not to be released in the PAL regions.

Twisted Metal III is third in the Twisted Metal series and the first to be fully developed by Red Storm Entertainment. The game's plot is centered on the titular competition in which various drivers in modified vehicles must destroy the other vehicles in an attempt to be the last one alive. The winner meets the organizer of the competition, a mysterious man named Calypso, who will grant the winner a single wish, regardless of price, size or even reality.

Twisted Metal III received generally mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the game's level design and physics engine but commented positively on the multiplayer gameplay and soundtrack by Rob Zombie and Pitchshifter. However, the game was commercially successful, selling 1.14 million copies in the United States alone.

Plot
Twisted Metal 3 takes place in the year 2012, two years after Twisted Metal 2. The interactive environments of Twisted Metal III allow the player to roam the battlefields with few restrictions. The first level takes place in San Francisco, which was devastated by the "Great Earthquake of 2011". The second level, along with the Hammerhead boss fight, takes place in Chicago in front of the Willis Tower. The third level takes place in Joint Base Andrews, which houses Air Force One, which the player can access. The fourth level takes place in the Gobi Desert of China. The fifth level, along with the Manheim boss fight, takes place in the Matterhorn, in which the mountain can be destroyed, revealing it to be a missile silo. The sixth level takes place on the ancient ruins in an city on Greece, while the seventh level takes place in Hong Kong near the Tian Tan Buddha. The eighth and final level, along with the Dark Tooth boss fight, takes place in Hawaii, in which defeated opponents continuously regenerate until the player destroys a regenerating device hidden in a volcano.

Single Player

 * Tournament
 * Deathmatch

Multi-Player

 * Deathmatch
 * Co-Op Tournament

Battlegrounds

 * San Francisco
 * Chicago (Boss: Hammerhead)
 * Joint Base Andrews
 * Gobi Desert
 * Annecy (Boss: Manheim)
 * Greece
 * Hong Kong
 * Hawaii (Boss: Dark Tooth)