11:14 PM on 10.16.2007
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Fronz
Last week's debate was a simple showdown that took us back a digital decade to a pair of old games that helped get us all addicted to computer gaming. It was an uphill battle for the Rodent's Renvge cat and mouse strategy game, which sadly only led straight to the Abominable Snowman. In the end, SkiFree's landslide verdict resulted in an avalanche sized Windows win. Here are the results:
- SkiFree: 18 votes -- winner!
- Rodent's Revenge: 7 votes
This week we remain in the past, and debate over two series whose genre is the same, but gameplay style is similar at best. Do you prefer the fast and focused racing that the Gran Turismo series had to offer in the past? Or were you busy studying for your driver's license by bombing and bashing other demolition drivers in the Twisted Metal series?
Which do you think is the better series, and why? Give us a reason for your decision, get some friends to give their opinions as well, and check back next week for the winner.
[Thanks to MrJunko for the awesome art you see above.]
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Contest:
GT -> some shitty ps exclusive stuff..
'nuff said.
Twisted Metal gets my vote.
"Let's face it, boys and girls: A man has to have his priorities"
For me it's simple: screw nascar and screw gran turismo. every twisted metal 2 multiplayer match was unique and exciting, whereas the gran turismo's greatest change from game to game are graphics and more car accessory options i don't care about. gran turismo is like The Sims for cars, except it's not fun at all. I'd rather play a gangsta racing game at the risk of listening to music I don't like, just because I know the levels will be way more exciting than stupid ol' Gran Turismo. 1080p will be that series' saving grace.
if it weren't for the steady supply of GTA and Mario Kart games, i'd be aching for another twisted metal game, although twisted metal 2 was honestly the only one i really really enjoyed. don't take candy from strangers!
Vote: Twisted Metal.
*cough* bringitback *cough*
Twisted Metal.
psycho clowns in deadly ice cream trucks > car sim. Simple math ;)
My answer is simple in that Gran Turismo will last me longer. It's harder to get better at. You keep doing those turns until you hit that apex perfect. You try with every car and you can feel the difference (racing sims do that) and it's fun tweaking cars. Noticing the differences every time.
I'm a car nut, so my pick is GT.
The characters are all so unique and fun, while Gran Turismo's characters are...nonexistent. Meh.
Fine, twisted metal.
I would have to vote for TM, only because I find this competition odd and I like TM more.
fun times
interesting
car damage being the entire point of one game
not being able to damage your car the reason people dont play the other... ironic.
twisted metal ftw.
TM WOO!!
Anyway, while TM3 wasn't great, I think I had a lot of fun with it still. Me and a friend played co-op on TM4 and the end fight with Sweet Tooth was funny as hell. We camped on top of this one place you had to transport to and my friend made a perfectly timed shot at the moment the clown came out of the transport. BOOM! After using heat sinking missile he shot the bastard so high up sweet tooth actually flew out of bounds upwards and died.
There is also another thing Twisted Metal had GT didn't and that was an awesome soundtrack. In fact you could actually use TM3 as a normal CD in a CD player and play all the songs on it. That was brutal.
PS. take a look at the sale charts of the 2 games
http://www.answers.com/best%20selling%20video%20games
gran turismo is the only other game that sells over 10 million besides grand theft auto games... twisted metal games? a little over 1 million each
so Gran Turismo of course