Twisted Metal: Black 2001

Is it still worth playing?

Incog's 2001 vehicular combat game for the PlayStation 2, in which a mysterious figure named Calypso runs a tournament that forces disturbed patients from an asylum to fight each other. You destroy opponents with armed vehicles in arenas, and most modes require eliminating a set number of enemy drivers, usually six to eight, per level. You start each level with two lives, and health can be restored at stations with limited uses. Every vehicle has a machine gun with unlimited ammo that overheats, plus pickups such as homing missiles, ricochet shots and incendiary gas cans, and each character and vehicle pair has a special weapon that recharges. The modes are Story, Challenge, Endurance and split screen for two to four players. Another run is still worth it for the different special weapon each driver gives, which gives each character its own way to fight.