TWISTED METAL
Various developers/Sony Computer Entertainment, 1995–2012
Twisted Metal survived three time of its 2012 remake, the generations of PlayStation thanks franchise had amassed a cast of to nothing more complicated than recurring characters (chiefly the vehicular mayhem and a brash beefy clown Sweet Tooth), while metal soundtrack. The elevator the music was so vital that Larry pitch for the original entry was LaLonde of Primus and Buckethead basically ‘Mortal Kombat in cars’, of Guns N’ Roses fame composed with players choosing from a gallery some songs. There’s been no game of vehicles that would assault each since, but Twisted Metal lives on as other until a victor emerged. By the a kickass TV show.
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QUAKE/QUAKE II
GT Interactive/Activision, 1996/1997
Building on their massive success with Wolfenstein 3D and especially Doom, iconoclastic US developers id Software’s Quake series perfected the gameplay mechanics they had laid out previously while adopting an industrial-goth aesthetic that lent their new series its own unique flavour. It didn’t hurt that they had Trent Reznor working behind the scenes on amoody instrumental industrial soundtrack that lent the whole thing a hostile, otherworldly feel, even including vocalisations for protagonist Ranger. With a vastly expanded multiplayer mode, Quake quickly became the perfect game for nights in with your mates, while its Lovecraftian atmosphere provided plenty of chills in solo play.
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