ESRB Spoils Twisted Metal's Scissor Face-Stabbing
Killing hospital patients. Severed heads. Stabbing people in the face with scissors? Yup, it's a Twisted Metal game.
The new <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Metal-sony-playstation3/dp/B003O6KWZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325797606&sr=8-1>Twisted Metal is due to be released next month, which means that the ESRB has finally announced the game's rating. Spoiler alert: The rating starts with "M" and ends with "ature" because it includes crazy violence and swearing.
The Twisted Metal titles have always been known for ultra-violence that's so intense it teeters on the edge of becoming satire, but the new game sounds like it'll be <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI>turning things all the way up to eleven. Here's the ESRB's ratings summary:
This is a combat racing game in which players assume the role of contestants battling for supremacy in a competition called Twisted Metal. As players drive through urban landscapes, they can use chainsaws, machine guns, flame throwers, and missiles to destroy other vehicles; races are highlighted by realistic gunfire and over-the-top explosions. Players can also choose to run over fleeing pedestrians, resulting in large blood-splatter effects. One mode's objective is to capture enemy leaders; a large blood trail is depicted as screaming characters are dragged behind players' vehicle. A variety of live-action sequences depict more intense acts of violence: a serial killer getting stabbed in the face with scissors; a woman holding a bloodied saw and severed head; a character stabbing hospital patients with a machete; a woman bleeding from the neck and lying on the street. The word "motherf**ker," "sh*t," and "a*shole" can be heard in the dialogue.
That sounds like it's in keeping with the rest of the series, but I'm kind of surprised that <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Tooth_(Twisted_Metal)#Sweet_Tooth>Sweet Tooth isn't mentioned at all.
Twisted Metal is scheduled to hit stores on February 14th. Remember, nothing says "I love you" like flamethrowers and scissors to the face.
Source: ESRB via <a href=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-05-esrb-twisted-metal-has-scissor-face-stabbing>Eurogamer
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Killing hospital patients. Severed heads. Stabbing people in the face with scissors? Yup, it's a Twisted Metal game.
The new <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Metal-sony-playstation3/dp/B003O6KWZK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325797606&sr=8-1>Twisted Metal is due to be released next month, which means that the ESRB has finally announced the game's rating. Spoiler alert: The rating starts with "M" and ends with "ature" because it includes crazy violence and swearing.
The Twisted Metal titles have always been known for ultra-violence that's so intense it teeters on the edge of becoming satire, but the new game sounds like it'll be <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7rWiY5obI>turning things all the way up to eleven. Here's the ESRB's ratings summary:
This is a combat racing game in which players assume the role of contestants battling for supremacy in a competition called Twisted Metal. As players drive through urban landscapes, they can use chainsaws, machine guns, flame throwers, and missiles to destroy other vehicles; races are highlighted by realistic gunfire and over-the-top explosions. Players can also choose to run over fleeing pedestrians, resulting in large blood-splatter effects. One mode's objective is to capture enemy leaders; a large blood trail is depicted as screaming characters are dragged behind players' vehicle. A variety of live-action sequences depict more intense acts of violence: a serial killer getting stabbed in the face with scissors; a woman holding a bloodied saw and severed head; a character stabbing hospital patients with a machete; a woman bleeding from the neck and lying on the street. The word "motherf**ker," "sh*t," and "a*shole" can be heard in the dialogue.
That sounds like it's in keeping with the rest of the series, but I'm kind of surprised that <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Tooth_(Twisted_Metal)#Sweet_Tooth>Sweet Tooth isn't mentioned at all.
Twisted Metal is scheduled to hit stores on February 14th. Remember, nothing says "I love you" like flamethrowers and scissors to the face.
Source: ESRB via <a href=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-05-esrb-twisted-metal-has-scissor-face-stabbing>Eurogamer
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