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Twisted Metal III is the third installment in the Twisted Metal series, and the first made by 989 Studios. It was released in 1998, and later re-released as a part of the PlayStation's Greatest Hits program. The game features several new characters as well as some returning favorites from Twisted Metal 2.
Calypso: "I am Calypso. Each year, I gather the twelve worthiest drivers to face off in the Twisted Metal competition. They must face each other -- and some of my friends (Mr. Ash, Minion and Primeval) -- to claim the ultimate prize. I grant a single wish; whatever the winner asks for. To the losers? DEATH! Welcome to Twisted Metal!"
TMIII was met with a lukewarm reception from critics, many of whom felt it was an "old hat" and did "little to innovate" or build upon the franchise. It has received the aggregate score of 48.97% from GameRankings and 4.7/10 from GameSpot. The fan site Twisted Metal Alliance protested against 989 studios.
Many Twisted Metal fans consider this game to be the worst in the franchise, primarily because of disapproving character redesigns and a clunky unrefined gameplay engine which many saw as inferior to TM2's engine, due to the fact 989 Studios did not have access to the game engines used to make the previous titles.
Interestingly, although this is considered to be the worst in the franchise, TMIII had still sold enough copies to gain the "Greatest Hits" distinction.
Unlike the first two titles, Twisted Metal III was not released outside of North America, nor was it digitally ported to Sony's Playstation Network due to licensing issues with the game's music.
This game marks Darkside's first, and (so far), last, appearance as a boss character.
This was the first game in the series to introduce a 4-player Deathmatch mode.
Unlike Twisted Metal 2 which presented Outlaw as the uncontested winner of the previous title, Twisted Metal III strangely presents several returning participants as having won the previous tournament.
Outlaw is driven by both Jamie and Buzz (formally Carl) Roberts, implying Jaimie's wish to rescue her
brother from space succeeded.
Warthog is once again driven by Capt. Rogers, who wants to wish for a younger head to match the youthful body he received from winning the previous Twisted Metal tournament due to Calypso taking his wish literally.
Axel is said to have returned after freeing himself from his vehicle, which he only succeeded in after winning the previous tournament and wishing for the courage to confront his father.
Several continuity errors within the Twisted Metal storyline exist because of the events in this game. A good example of this is character ages. TMIII only takes place two years after the events of TM2, but some characters aged more than just two years, including Jamie Roberts, the driver of Outlaw, as an example.
These errors were most likely just developer oversights by 989 Studios. However, since the game is considered non-canon with the rest of the series, these errors should be considered null.
Here are some examples of continuity errors this game brings about:

Captain Rogers, the driver of Warthog, only aged two years after TM2. Jamie Roberts, the driver of Outlaw, on the other hand, aged five years.
Axel appears in this game, despite tearing his arms free from his vehicle and becoming disfigured. It is possible that he managed to acquire prosthetics, but the game simply states that he climbed back into his machine. In his ending, his arms and feet are shown to be in perfect condition, as if the events of his TM2 ending never occured.
Needles Kane is not a serial killer; he is instead a psychotic clown who is obsessed with candy and ice cream.
Minion is no longer interested in getting revenge on Calypso for stealing his powers.
Marcus Kane's storyline, although not yet fully developed, displays him as simply a crazy homeless man and not as someone who wishes to end his nightmares of the Twisted Metal tournaments.
Darkside's driver is Mr. Ash, as shown in the TMIII manual. The picture doesn't show him as, "Mr. Ash does not reflect light so he can't be photographed."
This makes little sense as Mr. Ash never had an alliance with Calypso, in fact the last time they saw each other was when Mr. Ash took Black back from Calypso and even then that was non canonical.
This was the second game in the series to offer a first-person view, the first being Twisted Metal (1995). However, the first-person view in this game does not display the interior of the vehicle and instead only has the camera placed directly in front of the vehicle.
This game introduced many new weapons, such as the Mortar and the Speed Missiles, which only appeared again in TM4.
This is one of the only two games in the series in which Calypso is not outsmarted by any of the winning contestants.
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