Twisted Metal now due in March in Europe
Censor cuts force back the European return of Sweet Tooth
A new release date has been announced for Twisted Metal after it got held up by some European ratings boards.
David Jaffe revealed that the bulk of the cuts were required in the game's cinematics and while he didn't want to make them it was Sony's decision to make them in order to get the game released.
He said quite honestly, "You think I wanted to change content? F*** no. But, it ain't my game (Sony owns the IP and funded it) and certain countries have - obviously - much stricter guidelines. And since Twisted Metal has never been a big seller outside of America, I guess it didn't make sense to have a whole bunch of different discs for each country."
Jaffe also outlined the actual changes they made saying, "99 per cent of the cuts were in the movies and the movies are still intact and I sat with the editor who was the same editor of the American movies and we went thru and addressed the notes from Europe and made sure the stories still worked. There have not been that many cuts. For example, in the scene we've released on the net from the intro where the girl stabs Tooth in the eye the SCEE version has this but we cut away right before the scissors make contact with Tooth's face."
Despite his opposition to the cuts he remains very positive about the finished article adding, "It's clear what she's doing and I think we even keep the sound effects in and such, but the last few frames are gone. The story itself though totally works and for some folks even who tend to think this kinda stuff plays better left to your imagination anyway perhaps it even works better."
Twisted Metal will now crash into European stores on March the 7th.
