Retro Reviews round-up: Spyro & Twisted Metal

Wipeout - Ultimately, the game's true shortcoming is well ... how short it is. With so few tracks and ships to choose from, one can't help but think that $6 is the absolute most you should pay for this trip down memory lane. A solid game -- but there's far better options. 6.5
Spyro the Dragon - With frequent save points, fast load times, and generally solid gameplay, Insomniac's early platformer still manages to impress. The gameplay is admittedly on the simplistic side, but there is no doubt that nearly a decade ago, Insomniac was pushing some truly impressive tech. The graphics are silky smooth, and the Sypro character lives with animation akin to that of the Ratchet series. The game looks as good as an average PSP game (albeit running in 4:3). 7.5
Twisted Metal 2 - There's a reason why Twisted Metal was so beloved: it had a lot of personality, with its apocalyptic levels and crazed vehicle designs. The relentless difficulty of the game and simplistic presentation take a lot away from this re-release, but at $6, it's still a fairly solid retread to invest in, especially for portable gamers. 6.0








Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
T-P-M @ Nov 6th 2007 9:53AM
How do you play those PS1 games on the PSP? Are they remote playable or do you have to download them to it?
Kspraydad @ Nov 6th 2007 9:56AM
You can 'sync' up to 5 different PSPs to your PS3 and they are loaded to your Memory Stick and played from there.
T-P-M @ Nov 6th 2007 10:10AM
Ok, that's kinda what I thought. I'll just stick with popstation then :D
Popfrogs @ Nov 6th 2007 10:33AM
I was playing R&C: Future when my wife came home last night. She was watching and she said "that's a cartoon right?". I handed her the controller and the look of disbelief in her eyes was priceless.
Evan Brown @ Nov 6th 2007 11:08AM
i thought twisted metal 2 was universally thought of as the best TM game
coplice @ Nov 6th 2007 11:14AM
@Evan
it is, no doubt about it, i went countless time to the game store and play agains others peoples, i even had my bicycle stolen once after leaving it outside the shop lol, it didnt stop me from coming back to play!
what was it yet... up, up, down to jump?
JR @ Nov 6th 2007 1:05PM
i was looking at wikipedia's list of ps3 games and it looked as though there is a new twisted metal game in the works, and it doesnt look like an old game like this. anyone know anything about this?
Dru @ Nov 6th 2007 7:36PM
@7 Jaffe is working on this along with 3 other new IPs for Sony. No news on when it's due out from what I've seen.
prawnboy @ Nov 20th 2007 3:51PM
Is TM2 the one where you could blow up the Eiffel Tower? Because I have some fond memories of that game...