on Snowy Roads, colliding with Yellow Jacket, while Crazy 8 (on the right) launches a fire missile towards Axel In concept,
Twisted Metal: Black is a
demolition derby that permits the usage of
ballistic projectiles. Players choose a vehicle and an arena—or a series of arenas in the story mode—to engage in battle with opposing drivers. A variety of weapons and upgrades are obtainable by pick-ups scattered throughout the stage. The objective of the game is to be the last one standing. The basis of the plot follows the same structure as in all the previous games: Calypso runs a car-based contest called
Twisted Metal (though in the game the contest is never called that), in which the various characters compete risking their lives to win the prize: a single
wish granted. There are different endings for each drivers, with characters who have malicious wishes generally seeing their wishes straightforwardly granted, while those with beneficent wishes (such as Outlaw's driver Agent Stone) typically seeing their wishes manipulated and misinterpreted. Each of the game's characters has their own story, which they narrate from their own point of view. Each of them starts with them being visited by Calypso, who knows what they desire and offers them the chance to receive their wish via winning his contest. Each member of the main cast also has a mid-story cutscene presenting more of their backstory through a dream sequence and an epilogue cutscene showing the consequences of their wish. The game instead takes place within a single city known as "Midtown", with most competitors coming from the city's mental asylum, "Blackfield".
Twisted Metal: Black has a cast made up from both new and returning characters, some of which have changed drastically from their previous appearances. There are a total of fifteen selectable characters, in which ten of them are selectable from the very beginning and the other five must be found and unlocked. ==Release==