Twisted Metal: Small Brawl

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Twisted Metal: Small Brawl is a vehicular combat game in which the player takes control of one of twelve unique remote control vehicles. While in control of a vehicle, the player can accelerate, steer, brake, reverse, activate the turbo, turn tightly, toggle between and activate weapons using the game controller's d-pad, analog sticks and buttons.Instruction Booklet, p. 3.

Tentatively titled Twisted Metal Kids during production,{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/driving/twistedmetalsmallbrawl/news.html?sid=2692787&mode=all |title=Twisted Metal Kids announced - PlayStation News at GameSpot |author=Ben Stahl |date=March 5, 2001 |website=GameSpot |access-date=March 24, 2010}} the game was announced under the title at a press event for Twisted Metal: Black in Santa Monica, California on March 2, 2001.{{cite web |url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/092/092058p1.html |title=New Twisted Metal Coming to PlayStation - PSX News at IGN |author=IGN Staff |date=March 2, 2001 |website=IGN |access-date=March 24, 2010 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210083159/http://psx.ign.com/articles/092/092058p1.html |url-status=live }} The official title of Twisted Metal: Small Brawl was revealed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo on May 16.{{cite web |url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/094/094497p1.html |title=E³ 2001: First Screens of Twisted Metal: Small Brawl - PSX News at IGN |author=IGN Staff |date=May 16, 2001 |website=IGN |access-date=March 24, 2010 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606100644/http://psx.ign.com/articles/094/094497p1.html |url-status=live }} The game utilizes a physics engine based on what was used in Twisted Metal 2.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/driving/twistedmetalsmallbrawl/news.html?sid=2820578&mode=previews |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl Preview - PlayStation Previews at GameSpot |author=Trevor Rivers |date=October 26, 2001 |website=GameSpot |access-date=March 24, 2010}}

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| MC = 51/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/twisted-metal-small-brawl/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl Critic Reviews for PlayStation |website=Metacritic |access-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-date=February 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250214141224/https://www.metacritic.com/game/twisted-metal-small-brawl/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation |url-status=live }}

| EGM = 3.5/10

| GI = 3/10

| GamePro = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/18501.shtml |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com |author=Dan Elektro |date=November 28, 2001 |magazine=GamePro |access-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204225512/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/18501.shtml |archive-date=February 4, 2005 |url-status=dead}}

| GSpot = 6.5/10

| GameZone = 5.5/10

| IGN = 4.5/10

| OPM = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

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Twisted Metal: Small Brawl received mixed reviews from critics. Trevor Rivers of GameSpot concluded that "some will immediately be turned away by the graphics and others by the more childish design, but if your PlayStation is still kicking, you might want to check it out".{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/twisted-metal-small-brawl-review/1900-2830679/ |title=Twisted Metal Small Brawl Review |author=Trevor Rivers |date=December 6, 2001 |website=GameSpot |access-date=March 16, 2014 |quote=Some will immediately be turned away by the graphics and others by the more childish design, but if your PlayStation is still kicking, you might want to check it out. |archive-date=June 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607005810/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/twisted-metal-small-brawl-review/1900-2830679/ |url-status=live }} Play Magazine speculated that "this must be where Martha Stewart's evil siblings reside".{{cite journal |date=February 2002 |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl |journal=Play |page=62 |quote=This must be where Martha Stewart’s evil siblings reside.}} The Badger of GameZone noted that the graphics felt "very unfinished" and the changes included in the game "[lacked] any real depth".{{cite web |url=http://psx.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18755.htm |title=Twisted Metal Small Brawl Review - PlayStation |author=The Badger |date=December 5, 2001 |publisher=GameZone |access-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417022932/http://psx.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18755.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |quote=While we were practically salivating to get started on this title, we spent an hour trying to get past the very unfinished feeling graphics and lack of any real depth to the changes included in Small Brawl.}} Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine said that the game "isn't a bad game by any means, but it feels like a definite step in the wrong direction".{{cite magazine |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |page=147 |date=January 2002 |quote=Isn't a bad game by any means, but it feels like a definite step in the wrong direction.}} GamePro said that the gameplay was "laboriously slow" and that "there's no real sense of speed". Mark Fujita of IGN remarked that the game's graphics, sound, gameplay and level design were all worse than previous Twisted Metal titles, criticizing the graphics as "appalling" and the menus as "horrendous".{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/29/twisted-metal-small-brawl |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl |author=Mark Fujita |date=November 28, 2001 |website=IGN |access-date=March 16, 2014 |quote=The menus are horrendous, and the graphics are appalling. Come on, when you see a series of games, you expect them to improve, in graphics, sound, gameplay, and level design. In TMSB they're all worse |archive-date=November 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124093724/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/29/twisted-metal-small-brawl |url-status=live }} Kraig Kujawa of Electronic Gaming Monthly cited the "plumber's ass that sticks out from underneath the sink in the kitchen level" as the best feature in the game, while Shane Bettenhausen warned that "series veterans won't be impressed", and Christian Nutt dismissed the game as "a slapdash, sloppy and unimaginative retrofit".{{cite magazine |last1=Kujawa |first1=Kraig |last2=Bettenhausen |first2=Shane |last3=Nutt |first3=Christian |date=January 2002 |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl - Too Many Games! |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=150 |page=232 |quote=Kraig: Thank God for the plumber's ass that sticks out from underneath the sink in the kitchen level. If it weren't for that, this would be a total loss. / Shane: Sony's sanitized take on the classic TM series should please tykes looking for some car combat, but series veterans won't be impressed. / Christian: Small Brawl is a slapdash, sloppy and unimaginative retrofit.}} Andy McNamara of Game Informer remarked that the game "doesn't even live up to the first four PSX titles in the series".{{cite magazine |last=McNamara |first=Andy |date=January 2002 |title=Twisted Metal: Small Brawl |url=http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200201/R03.0801.1201.56171.htm |magazine=Game Informer |issue=105 |page=88 |access-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121074256/http://gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200201/R03.0801.1201.56171.htm |archive-date=January 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |quote=This game doesn't even live up to the first four PSX titles in the series. It's that bad. I just feel dirty playing it, and Sony should feel worse for publishing it.}}

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