Is Twisted Metal Head-On BETTER On PSP? Nope... Sort Of

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  • @ChaseMC215
    @ChaseMC215 2 місяці тому +47

    If I recall correctly, Transylvania for TM:HO wasn't DLC for the PSP release, but rather it was scrapped and then brought back for the PS2 release. Proof of this was that the theme itself was found in an early build of the PSP release when the game was under Twisted Metal: Rage

    • @bleachedtiedye
      @bleachedtiedye 2 місяці тому +1

      I heard it was an unlock able for Multi-player from one of the minigames , and was not in Tournament mode

  • @JeyVGaming
    @JeyVGaming 2 місяці тому +20

    Changing the final boss theme is the only thing that I hated in the PS2 version. Why did they pick like a hillbilly theme for Dark Tooth and Tower Tooth? lol

  • @antonioarredondo9680
    @antonioarredondo9680 22 дні тому +1

    I don't understand how people had the butchered cutscenes or even worse that it's a known issue
    My copy of Head on for the PS2 ran so smooth, it never had any issues beyond me breaking the controller at times

  • @Striderserge
    @Striderserge 2 місяці тому +11

    You're not alone in thinking that you were somehow playing against IRL opponents when you were a kid. I thought that might have been the case when playing Bloody Roar on the PS1

  • @viddyd3342
    @viddyd3342 2 місяці тому +2

    Dude I was Photoshopping a PS1 collage and literally had my cursor on Crash Team Racing when you mentioned it.
    Update: When I unpaused the video after leaving this comment, the exact next words you said were "conspiracy in my mind."
    Got me.

  • @INTJMatt
    @INTJMatt 2 місяці тому +13

    I didn’t know that mr. Plinket liked twisted metal😂

  • @utopua4all
    @utopua4all 2 місяці тому +7

    I actually did buy the PSP version of head on. but I haven't play it yet. That said, I'm sure it doesn't have all the extras of the PS2 version.

  • @GhostieToasterStrudel
    @GhostieToasterStrudel 2 місяці тому +4

    Personally I prefer the Ps2 version for controls and the extra levels. But I played more of the PSP one since that’s the one I had first and cause I’d play it in the car or at family’s houses since portability

  • @tubster105
    @tubster105 2 місяці тому +3

    Lowkey wanna see you review high rated ports now
    Maybe a series of whether the port deserves praise or not

  • @Wallace007-q1x
    @Wallace007-q1x 2 місяці тому +6

    I haven't played the PSP version since 2005 but i have the PS2 version & i enjoy it. PSP version may be better but im fine with the PS2 version. Besides this game was built to be "pick up & play for a little bit then stop" not meant for longer play sessions like the other TM games.

  • @DarkOverlord96
    @DarkOverlord96 2 місяці тому +2

    Speaking of PSP games that got different reception on home consoles, something kinda similar happened with Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
    When it was released on PSP it was praised for being basically Kingdom Hearts on the go, bringing the same kind of Disney JRPG goodness from the PS2 on the go, with the same kind of story, characters, graphics, gameplay elements, Disney worlds, Square Enix cameos, etc.
    However, when it was given an HD remaster and released on the PS3 and later on the PS4, a lot of people noticed that it was obviously made with handheld consoles in and it didn't help that it was re-released on the same disk as Kingdom Hearts 2, which is basically day and night when it comes to gameplay, content and structure.
    Although I said "kinda" because unlike games like Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters even when it was first released it was obviously a different kind of game made within the limitations of the PSP so it was still judged on its own merits and even today it's still considered a very good game and a fan favorite for a lot of KH fans.
    Hell, it's my personal favorite game of all-time (and I 100% it on my PSP) and yet even I have to admit it felt a bit awkward at first when I replayed it on PS3... still 100% that one too though.

  • @MaslinMonty
    @MaslinMonty 2 місяці тому +5

    I've been working on making a game that is a spiritual successor to TM2 and I've found your videos on the series to be a goldmine.

    • @Virghilian
      @Virghilian 2 місяці тому

      Could you please share with us the name of the project and where it is possible to follow it? Vehicular combat games are so scarce nowadays, and every new one is welcome

    • @MaslinMonty
      @MaslinMonty 2 місяці тому

      @@Virghilian Too early to talk about it. I'm still working out the driving mechanics!

  • @MitchGleco
    @MitchGleco 2 місяці тому +8

    Great video, I was wondering if those rumors were true or not. Thanks for settling that. Just to let you know though, the cutscene completely stopping thing is an emulation bug. I play the ps2 version on a physical ps2 and that issue doesn't happen to me.

  • @ZaksBeez
    @ZaksBeez 2 місяці тому +2

    I got so used to Left Right Down for rear attacks in black that I never saw it as an issue during combat.

    • @TBP
      @TBP  2 місяці тому +6

      It's having to also hit the fire button that makes it an issue. Having four inputs instead of three adds an extra split second that you need.

    • @ZaksBeez
      @ZaksBeez 2 місяці тому

      @TBP Yeah, i get you. I just never had the Ps2 version of head-on

  • @MoshTMA
    @MoshTMA 2 місяці тому +2

    It's a meaningless debate, honestly. The port is acceptable; Head-On was not really even the main feature of the port ironically, it's more the extras that gives the port any real value. Of course the original having an online mode is going to appeal to the fans more, but the small differences are not that big a deal. Sure, putting disco for Dark/Tower Tooth's fights make absolutely no sense, and removing a song from the soundtrack (Russia's 3rd song) was sad, and Transylvania is far too big of a bonus map to make any good use of, but it's otherwise the same TMHO single player experience as the original to me, as in it's a pretty casual TM experience that is far easier than the other Twisted Metal games, making it a good gateway TM for newbies. Thus it's a meaningless debate, both TMHOs did what they intended to do, give everyone another inferior TM sequel to TM 1,2, & B

  • @Kenshiro3rd
    @Kenshiro3rd 2 місяці тому +1

    Lol... that Red Letter Media spoof... where you list your gripes in exactly the same way Mike does in his Plinkett reviews... down to the cadence and slur. XD

  • @Housesider
    @Housesider 2 місяці тому +1

    Just to give you some egoic/psychological reinforcement validation: That tangent you went on around 10:50 or so about being a kid, playing games like CTR (which I also enjoyed then, hah) and irrationally entertaining the thought that perhaps I actually _was_ connected somehow to others and that's why sometimes the AI would bizarrely scum me out or something. Not an anecdote you'd really get to share (or remember) often, but do know you aren't alone in having weird vidya thoughts in the past! 🍻

  • @mhstylesmugen
    @mhstylesmugen 2 місяці тому

    A few things to point at:
    1. The final stage's theme and the main menu theme were given to Transylvania and LA stages respectively as second themes in the PS2 version.
    2. Crimson fury and Specter designs were changed between versions.
    3. The PS2 could have more characters for each level, if you play Tower Tooth challenge or TM Lost, you could face 7 opponents, why they didn't make it for story mode is everyone's guess.

  • @SILVRXIII
    @SILVRXIII 2 місяці тому +2

    I used to think that the Ghost Battle’s in Tekken and Virtua Fighter were real players too as a kid.

    • @coffee0093
      @coffee0093 2 місяці тому

      yes tekken 5 and 6

  • @inviz835
    @inviz835 Місяць тому

    When I played Size Matters for the first time I just was shocked at how not Ratchet & Clank it is. Years later when I checked who made the game it wasn't insomniac. It was a studio that was made off of old Insomniacs that at the time hated the crunch culture at the company. Thats why some mechanics in the game are not the newer improved stuff from R&C3. Like the magnet boots puzzles. There so slow and janky just like R&C1 & R&C2. Like I said later on I realised that the reason these things were added instead of the improved version was not because of hardware or smth. Its because all those Insomniacs who left, left before R&C3 was in development. So there just stuck with the shitty past mechanics.
    If you did read all this hope you liked the fun facts 😊✌️

  • @KorotasGeckoGamingCorner
    @KorotasGeckoGamingCorner Місяць тому

    I think the only PSP to PS2 port that was actually worse for a much more fatal reason was the PS2 version of Wipeout Pulse, which apparently could cause a pretty bad save corruption bug that would wipe memory cards

  • @lordvlygar2963
    @lordvlygar2963 2 місяці тому +1

    Loving the Red Letter Media voice cameo. 😂

  • @thejedisonic67
    @thejedisonic67 2 місяці тому +1

    Side note: I know this is just emulator issues only, but I'm surprised that you didn't bring up a notable sound error on the psp version if you don't have the right settings. Like right after doing a single match the sound effects aside from special weapons all cuts out for some reason, and you need to do something about the disc loading options I think to solve it.

  • @Milty2001
    @Milty2001 2 місяці тому

    I remember playing this game on psp and i still get ptsd from cousin Eddy's boss fight his rv had so much health and he spammed napalms at me whenever i reached his second stage where his rv has two health bars left

  • @jxbplayer
    @jxbplayer 2 місяці тому

    Also ps2 version is missing some audio for cutscenes, psp when cousin eddy pops out to summon his crew inside the rv he talks, tower tooth's death you can hear him screaming and giving the last breath before death and on the ps2 version is just the sound effects.

  • @mutantlavalampderg412
    @mutantlavalampderg412 2 місяці тому

    Love the hell put of your videos btw bacon, theyre so well done and just, cover so much, very curious what twisted metal's 2nd season works out

  • @kipper9818
    @kipper9818 2 місяці тому

    10:39 I'm gonna add that to my "I didn't have an original childhood" I thought the same thing that's wild

  • @evanstore21
    @evanstore21 2 місяці тому

    Your previous video on head on hit the nail on the head TBP. It was the first twisted metal game I’ve played. I never realized how easy it was until I played black. I managed to put head on on my phone. I’ve played it for a good week. Then I got tired of it. I still play it for a level or two when I need to kill time. But in conclusion, your points where HEAD ON (dad joke) on the game.

  • @hatboi_xd
    @hatboi_xd 2 місяці тому

    in the end of the day its still head-on and the friends we made along the way

  • @cykouxis516
    @cykouxis516 2 місяці тому

    The mister Plinkett read is peak

  • @nameless13MUGEN_xiii
    @nameless13MUGEN_xiii 2 місяці тому

    I'm not sure if this is an issue exclusively for the ps2 version but I noticed assets disappearing during in-game cutscenes, such as the guitar disappearing off the guitarist hands at the beginning of the game, or parts of cousin Eddie's rv disappearing before fighting the ATVs

  • @UrFavoriteZombie
    @UrFavoriteZombie 2 місяці тому

    Nah I think Transylvania was actually a scrapped level for the PSP that made it into the PS2 version
    Other than that, nice video

  • @NEEDbacon
    @NEEDbacon 2 місяці тому

    Something I don't think you took into consideration is the fact the PS2 also has the "Lost" content. I think that goes a bit to explaining why the PS2 is a bit lighter in the game feel. Since it has to share the engine to do the Harbor City stuff, I think they tuned Head On so that extra content would feel right and not be a big deal to Head on. Along with also lowering Time to Kill to be more in line with Black.

  • @JohnnyFlame
    @JohnnyFlame 2 місяці тому +2

    How much higher would you rank the PSP version of Tower Tooth in your TM boss ranking?

  • @TheKillerDonuts
    @TheKillerDonuts 2 місяці тому

    Mr Slam’s special (and Dark Tooth) looks so much better in the PSP version. Probably cause of the lower frame rate making the animation slowed down, but yeah. Looks better.

    • @TaxiCab-ov1nl
      @TaxiCab-ov1nl Місяць тому

      Personally i like it better on the ps2 version, so much more chaotic and violent lol. But i do agree, it does look better

  • @kawaiiarchive357
    @kawaiiarchive357 2 місяці тому +4

    I love your thumbnail because it has a threatening aura that says "game with me or I'll break your legs."

  • @steelcurtain187
    @steelcurtain187 2 місяці тому

    The classic voice over is incredible 😝

  • @raccoon7217
    @raccoon7217 2 місяці тому

    I've always wanted a psp/vita to play Head on on the go, spent so much time as a kid playing it on the ps2

  • @wuebboltc
    @wuebboltc 2 місяці тому

    The PSP edition is the only version of this game that I own. It was my first PSP game, as well as my favourite PSP game.

  • @thejedisonic67
    @thejedisonic67 2 місяці тому

    While the idea of PS2 ports of PSP games often being worse sounds like an absurd idea, it happened more often than you think (and sitting down to think about it, it makes sense in most scenarios). GTA Liberty City Stories infamously has prominent performance issues on the PS2 that wasn't there in the PSP original as an example.
    The reason I think PS2 ports of PSP games are often lesser experiences is because they're all relatively in the late lifespan of the ps2 anyways, so the head studios had the productions rushed because the PS2 was already in the late stage of phasing out, even if it was a slow burn.

  • @StarWolf5298
    @StarWolf5298 2 місяці тому +1

    I can't say, I only played TM2 on my PSP.

  • @Your_Host_Cletus
    @Your_Host_Cletus 2 місяці тому

    I played the psp version back in middleschool, and only a few months ago played the ps2 version (through emulator though) I will say they both feel about the same I did enjoy the ps2 version simply for bigger resolution and it felt like playing a TM2 VERSION of TMBlack

  • @DahBananaCannon
    @DahBananaCannon 2 місяці тому

    using triangle to swap weapons been a thing since tm1 and tm2. and its called classic controls in tm 2012.

  • @CalebToroReviewsProductions
    @CalebToroReviewsProductions 2 місяці тому

    I remember playing this game as a kid alongside Midnight Club 3 and Iron Man the Movie game

  • @erickghoul174
    @erickghoul174 2 місяці тому

    I played this on PSP during a car ride once and got the worst motion sickness I’ve had in my life

  • @7dogguy
    @7dogguy 2 місяці тому

    i had tm head on the ps2 forever and i never had issues with cutscenes i dont know if anyone knows this but emulation makes games glitch out worse and is not representative of the final product. You can get higher framerates and all the other stuff but other things break in the process

  • @twinberwolves4231
    @twinberwolves4231 2 місяці тому

    Nice video, brother.

  • @elliotdinero612
    @elliotdinero612 2 місяці тому +1

    I too had that theory of cpu players being other players around the world (though it was Mario Kart 64 for me) lol

  • @heardofrvb
    @heardofrvb 2 місяці тому

    But how's the online between the two versions?

  • @phunnyphantom
    @phunnyphantom 2 місяці тому

    Since you brought it up, how about a video on Crash Team Racing and your experiences with it. Between that and Speed Punks (Speed Freaks outside of the US) were 2 of my favorite cart racers when I was in my teens. Would love to hear you talk about that

    • @TBP
      @TBP  2 місяці тому +1

      I have nothing interesting to say about it other than "I grew up with it" and I have a policy against making videos unless I have something interesting to say.

    • @phunnyphantom
      @phunnyphantom 2 місяці тому

      @@TBP a respectable reply and reason for it. I knew I liked you and your channel for a good reason

  • @tlspencer442
    @tlspencer442 2 місяці тому

    Damn, Mr plinkett gets around

  • @wolfgangbergstrom6224
    @wolfgangbergstrom6224 2 місяці тому

    Specter in the PSP is one of my favorite cars the Charger Daytona.

  • @pharmcat8484
    @pharmcat8484 2 місяці тому

    Those “number” voices have me cracking up

    • @simpssimp
      @simpssimp 2 місяці тому

      Mr.Plinkett reference

  • @dstriker7333
    @dstriker7333 2 місяці тому

    It was a fun game to hop on and off while traveling or hanging with friends. Twisted Metal psp was really good, in my opinion. It's not better than the rest. I never played the PS2 version.

  • @leonardopereira1704
    @leonardopereira1704 2 місяці тому +2

    Wait, you're not a talking bacon?

  • @redmage8719
    @redmage8719 2 місяці тому

    Nice haircut in the thumbnail, TBP. 😊

  • @sabatiniLinguini
    @sabatiniLinguini 2 місяці тому

    What emulator do you use for the ps2 version? I’ve been trying to use one for awhile but I get stuck trying to get a game to work

  • @Heattokun
    @Heattokun 2 місяці тому

    I'm curious - what did you use for controls? Because I think the opinions different if you're actually using a psp vs a DualShock.
    Using them both on, say, a PS3 emulating psp + ps2 is different...
    Also about the cutscene glitches - are you using original hardware?
    EDIT: I'm still curious about the controls but I've confirmed myself that the discs on the ps2 were an issue. I'm still curious about how you played these though.

  • @dr.wolfstar1765
    @dr.wolfstar1765 2 місяці тому +2

    I tell my friends this all time that the best Twisted Metal was on PSP and the best Mario Kart game is on the DS.
    They always say because these games are on a handheld they automatically can NOT be the best in their franchises. But they just are

  • @TheLittleNoobThatCould
    @TheLittleNoobThatCould 2 місяці тому

    I feel like TBP is trying to satirize something with the way he's saying the countdown numbers, but I can't figure out the reference.

    • @TBP
      @TBP  2 місяці тому +4

      Well, it's more of a reference than satire.

  • @cupheadsboyfriend615
    @cupheadsboyfriend615 2 місяці тому +1

    You look like old man kratos.
    That's a complement, btw.

  • @ElbowDropper
    @ElbowDropper 2 місяці тому

    Pursuit force for the psp was goated

  • @sodi_iv5628
    @sodi_iv5628 2 місяці тому

    Mr. Plinkett countdowns!!

  • @razorchance6976
    @razorchance6976 2 місяці тому

    Interesting about the games that started on psp ending up on ps2, I can’t speak for every one of them, but I can speak of motorstorm “well, in this case from the first 2 games being on ps3, whereas artic edge was on ps2 and psp, I own the psp version” it did feel more looser in terms controls, but I did get used to them, granted it may not be as tight as the ps3 controls, but i had a good time with artic edge on psp “even to the resort of driving in oppose to holding the L button, I honestly use the X button, as I felt it was much more comfortable for me, maybe I am in the minority here, but if some aspects work better on the psp or ps2, I guess it’s either a matter of preference? 😶

  • @Roge9
    @Roge9 2 місяці тому

    it's to be expected that a game ported to better hardware should look better indeed... Shame so many remasters make games look worse somehow lol.

  • @Empty-Quiver
    @Empty-Quiver 2 місяці тому

    Don't mind me just boosting interaction

  • @kadebachman8408
    @kadebachman8408 2 місяці тому

    TBP they should have kept the swarming napalm cones in the ps2 version and cuzin eddies missle machine guns dont track in the psp version i thought they should have fixed that in the psp version i like the slower slam and crunch in psp version for slam and dark tooth

  • @theadma184
    @theadma184 2 місяці тому +1

    Not even watching this one. Just came to say yeah, the psp version is superior.

  • @mutantlavalampderg412
    @mutantlavalampderg412 2 місяці тому

    I always wondered, were ratchet and clanks games names all meant to be innuendos?

  • @Roge9
    @Roge9 2 місяці тому

    10:43 LOL when I was younger I thought the same thing

  • @elchomper.1063
    @elchomper.1063 2 місяці тому

    I lost my PSP in a Costco when I was 13 and never got another one so the ps2 is all i know and it didnt feel like a bad port i didn't even realize it was a port. But I also still play TM 2-4/small brawl on my PS3 with no complaints ( haven't found a copy of TM 1 yet). Dropped frames poor textures visual glitches it's just a part of the charm of these older console games have that get removed the second when PC players get a hold of it. Then they have the audacity to complain about unforeseen bugs and glitches like dumbass IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE PLAYED AT 8K WITH 9,000 FPS.
    I just can't do PC games especially first person shooters. Y'all have the fov so zoomed out seeing your own arm just cease to exist and full weapon model is distracting and OMFG the sensitivity is just too much. I get motion sickness.
    I also really really enjoy Brink. It's in my PS3 RN I played it last night.
    It's like a offline TDM cod with parkour. I don't have any other systems so I have fun with what I got but even as a kid with a 360 I didn't have Live so I enjoyed it the same way even then. Like skate 2 and 3 I also really enjoy it's great shut your brain off after work and just play a game with absolutely zero frustration.

  • @i-Love-CarlyShay
    @i-Love-CarlyShay 2 місяці тому

    What if calypso charged for his crimes

  • @SPac316
    @SPac316 2 місяці тому

    It was good for the hardware it was on. But I prefer to play it on a bigger screen with a better controller, imo.

  • @Hi_Just_Fred
    @Hi_Just_Fred 2 місяці тому

    I agree
    About Size Matters

  • @УтерянныйВТумане
    @УтерянныйВТумане 2 місяці тому

    1:42 I guess you could say... Size matters! (I'm sorry.)

  • @Gokuvegeta47
    @Gokuvegeta47 2 місяці тому

    What the hell did youtube do to you tbp? I love your channel and I hate seeing youtube butchering this channel.

    • @Bennyac11
      @Bennyac11 2 місяці тому +3

      What are you talking about

  • @DevDoesDigimon
    @DevDoesDigimon 2 місяці тому

    TBP: "Size Matters was the drizzling shits... I can already hear you typing, no, it's the drizzling shits, sit down."
    Ratchet and Clank fanbase: "Dude, we AGREE with you."
    Seriously, Size Matters fucking blows, and SAC almost killed the franchise...
    For more details, check out J's Reviews vids on both.

    • @TBP
      @TBP  2 місяці тому

      You'd be surprised how many defenders that game has.

  • @TheGenMaster
    @TheGenMaster 2 місяці тому

    Aren't the tgx guy ?

  • @MrDudemansir-pr8xc
    @MrDudemansir-pr8xc 2 місяці тому

    I don't agree on the main menu song. I prefer the PS2 version

  • @XxSYNDROISxX
    @XxSYNDROISxX 2 місяці тому +1

    If you're
    Looking for some good video ideas, i would.
    Love to see a collection of character deep dives from twisted metal

  • @Poleskeris
    @Poleskeris 2 місяці тому

    tbh if you're playing twisted metal on PS2 just play tm black xdx xdx dx

  • @milkymoo3999
    @milkymoo3999 2 місяці тому

    Kurt staring down at you in the thumbnail like:
    Make
    America
    Gay
    Again

    • @TBP
      @TBP  2 місяці тому +1

      It's Kris

    • @milkymoo3999
      @milkymoo3999 2 місяці тому

      @@TBP Kris correcting his name like:
      It's Kris

  • @FlyByNate
    @FlyByNate Місяць тому

    PSP version is superior because Crimson Fury had a better model on the PSP.

  • @RTB-RAF
    @RTB-RAF 2 місяці тому

    Another W

  • @JVC1103
    @JVC1103 2 місяці тому

    Transavana was not DLC PS2 couldn't do DLC at all!

    • @TBP
      @TBP  2 місяці тому

      I thought it was PSP DLC

  • @liljuz1981
    @liljuz1981 2 місяці тому +1

    x button is the tight turn button

  • @cobraregala4571
    @cobraregala4571 2 місяці тому +1

    Where can i contact god of war developers?

  • @Nukem2Bits
    @Nukem2Bits 2 місяці тому

    Yea

  • @cloakeddemon3207
    @cloakeddemon3207 2 місяці тому

    W

  • @davidmuir405
    @davidmuir405 13 днів тому

    Don't lie. Nobody can get through entire playthroughs of this game on hard without dying. It's an easier game but not THAT easy. I die many times over on hard

  • @OntarioMual
    @OntarioMual 2 місяці тому

    Any game on the psp was awful , change my mind

  • @Zboi.youtube
    @Zboi.youtube 2 місяці тому

    W