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The ever-entertaining David Jaffe has expressed his feelings about cuts to the European version Twisted Metal, also suggesting that the game may now be released on March 1.
In a typically colourful post on NeoGaf, Jaffe insisted that while cuts have been made, the new game won’t be a repeat of Twisted Metal Black – which was heavily censored in Europe.
“It’s not a TM:BLACK style change,” Jaffe wrote. “99% of the cuts were in the movies and the movies are still intact and I sat with the editor- who was the same editor of the American movies- and we went thru and addressed the notes from Europe and made sure the stories still worked. And to be fair, there have not been that many cuts.
“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.”
Jaffe added where gameplay edits that have been made, they similarly keep the same tone as the original design:
“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 humour.”
And given the choice, he’d rather not have made any cuts at all:
“And come on, you think I wanted to change content? F**K no- for a bunch of reasons ‘f**k no’. But it ain’t my game (Sony owns the IP and funded it) and I certain countries have- obviously- much stricter guidelines. AND since TM has never been a big seller outside of America, I guess it didn’t make sense to have a whole bunch of different discs for each country.”
Of course, we’re still none the wiser about when Twisted Metal will actually be out over here. On this front, Jaffe doesn’t seem to know any more than the rest of us. In fact, he seems a little unsure about how many days there are in March:
“As for delay- yeah, it sucks too. Localisation just taking a touch longer. Altho I heard March 1 and someone on this board- I think- is saying March 31?!? Does March even have 31 days?!?! It might…s***, I’m dumb. 🙂 I honestly sit here and can’t recall…lessee…no I think March goes to 30, right?
“ANYWAY point being: I heard March 1 (and I KNOW there’s a March 1, dammit!)….are you guys hearing something different?”
Well David, the last we heard it was due out on February 17.
You can at least try out the game by downloading the multiplayer beta.
