Twisted Metal: Head-In is a video game developed by Incognito Entertainment and released by Sony on March 24, 2005. Head-In shares non exclusively a distinction of existence a sixth game freed in the Twisted Metal series, but likewise one of a games to accompany a launch of the PlayStation Portable. It besides is the foremost game in the series to ship fully on the internet-enabled.

Head-In is considered the confessedly sequel to Twisted Metal 2. This makes Twisted Metal: Head-In, for tons intents & purposes, the "real" Twisted Metal Three once below a Twisted Metal storyline.

Akin to more games in the series, Head-In revolves as much as the equivalent theme of the human known as Calypso holding a vehicular combat tournament known as "Twisted Metal" by having a promise of granting a winner whatever it ask for. There is a general "careful what you wish for" theme, when several of the contestants wind higher sustaining does'nt-and then-happy endings.

Amongst a utilize of regular ammunation, like bullets, missiles, and landmines, vehicles & their operators besides has their have favorite and unique weapon. For example, a vehicle Twister could produce twisters while Mr. Grimm could fling flaming, explosive skeleton heads at enemies.

Characters

Angel

Angel, 25, is the operator of Thumper. Since her childhood, she hwhen watched per sidelines as her brothers produce racing machines & bask inside attention. Becoming jealous, a Quintuplet foot Seven inside (Single.Lxx m), Long hundred pound (54 kilo) woman has built her have machine & competes within Twisted Metal.

Her aim is to build the machine that puts each machine built prior to it to shame.

Axel

Axel occurs as character originating from either Twisted Metal Two, whose vehicle is as well known as when him.

the story goes that Axel was imprisoned within a massive, both-two-wheel contrivance by his father. Fallowing the confrontation, his father extended his imprisoment to the decade. Nevertheless, Axel flushed himself from either a gizmo at a dollars and cents of his arms. Searching for that he was unable to survive while forgoing the vehicle which became his namesake, he met by having a doctor world health organization constructed cybernetic arms weighing 30 pounds (Xiv kilogram) by the arm.

For reasons unspecified, Axel besides got a doctor furnish cybernetic feet. the problem, a form of faustian deal, stipulated that Axel relinquish his wish in return for the cybernetic appendages.

Around Twisted-Metal: Head-In, he was 38. Height was Sixer foot Tierce inside (One.91 m) & he weighed within at 280 pounds (127 kilo).

Calypso

Calypso is the orchestrator of "Twisted Metal", a competition that pits characters against a single a second in the hope of winning the priviledge to wish for any price it want.

He is considered one of a FBI's most wanted criminals, who Agent Shepherd hoped to pursue.

At the instance of the game, Calypso was the resurrected spirit, world health organization escaped demise by stealing the powers of a demon. Calypso was flushed along by owning his personal, whom he was unable to resurrect upon getting a demonic powers.

He obtained that when he may summon a spirit of his personal, like his girl Krista Sparks, he may not resurrect the two.

Calypso is the merely non-playable character in the game.

Catfish

Catfish, age 47, wields a vehicle known as "Hammerhead." He believes himself to become a hunter extrodinare, hunting each form of life, including man; he hangs a heads of his hunts inside his trophy room.

He modified "Hammerhead" to compete around Twisted Metal, in which he wishes to hunt man, for he views Twisted Metal when a second hunting championship.

He is Sixer foot Single within (One.85 m) & 175 pounds.

Chuckie Floop

Floop, world health organization participates around Twisted Metal inside the vehicle Spectre, was basically suckered in to the tournament.

Floop come upon Twisted Metal after he known as the popular radio station, in which it were yielding away the "special vehicle" to paricipate inside the contest known as "Twisted Metal". A radio station didn't underst& what it were generating away, however went sustaining it, and Floop experienced been a Seventh caller.

A 19 month old Floop was lone happy to win. Upon meeting Calypso, he got found a terms of Twisted Metal, & became fixated on the wonder of what he would wish for. Naturally, by using his attention fully revolve about the wonder, more crucial details of Twisted Metal slipped from either his attention.

He is Sestet foot Deuce within (I.88 m), 195 pounds.

Mr. Grimm

Mr. Grimm, world health organization has the vehicle known as fallowing him, is the Grim Reaper himself. He apparently utilized to exist as huhuman being, world health organization was the 26 season old, 180 pound (82 kilogram) man, by having the V foot Tenner inside (Ace.78 m) stature.

the story goes that one time in a period of his career when existence the Reaper, he devoured a soul himself instead of redeeming it to its destination. This lead into an addiction, in which he devoured extra persons than he delivered.

He became the section of the Twisted Metal tournament in the hope that Calypso potty give his job to individual else. While he wins, yet, he diarrhethe ahead of a train. So, occasionally tool appears on the Just released Grim Reapers listings: "Mr. Grimm..."

Colonel Hall

Hall occurs as 36 month old officer world health organization excels at each form of conceivable combat. In all likelihood idolizing a ficticious, G.I. Joe, he has wanted to get rid of "evil-doers" since his childhood.

Using a Warthog, a Hexad foot Quartet within (I.93 m), 255 pound colonel aims for the ultimate doomsday weapon to eliminate all enemies of the globe. This sentiment, nevertheless, remains undefined.

Marcus Kane

Kane is the 3Phoebe season old, 5 foot Xi inside (Ace.Eighty m), 255 pound human haunted by recurring nightmares of participating in last Twisted Metal tournaments. In the vehicle known as Roadkill, he participates in the Head-In tournament, believing that it would prevent his nightmares. Whilst he wins, he discovers he wwhen correct, as Twisted Metal is 100% the dream.

Needles Kane

Kane, as well referred to as a "insane clown", is the Phoebe foot Ix inside (Unity.75 m), 185 pound operator of Sweet Tooth. He is likewise villainous for existence a agressive, blood-bloody-minded challenger Twisted Metal has ever seen inside its history.

He aims to overthrow Calypso when operator of the competiton.

Captain Jamie Roberts

At a instance of Head-In, Jamie Roberts, 27, already won the Twisted Metal tournament. As a reward, her older brother, Carl, was freed. Even so, each sib joined forces & compete in the newly Twisted Metal tournament in the limited police force vehicle, Outlaw Two.

A Fin'Vi", 135 pound Jamie merely competes in the hope of bringing down the tournament, while her brother, unbeknownst to her, hopes to kill Calypso.

Sergeant Carl Roberts

Carl Roberts, 31, competed in a previous Twisted Metal tournament and won, though was tricked by Calypso and imprisoned. Prior to his imprisonment, he was a police officer who was highly decorated and respected amongst his peers.

He was rescued by his younger sister, Jamie, after she had won a Twisted Metal tournament. With the modified police vehicle, Outlaw 2, Jamie and Carl compete in the current Twisted Metal tournament. Unbeknownst to Jamie, Carl aims to kill Calypso as an act of revenge.

He is 5'8 and 165 pounds.

Mortimer Schart

Schart is a deceased spirit, who had been a former caretaker of wayward souls

The 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 115 pound Schart is awoken by young, inebriated vandals, who dug up the coffin to find that he was indeed "never again but not forgotten".

He competes in Twisted Metal with his vehicle, Shadow, in the hope of returning to his restful, eternal sleep.

Agent Shepherd

Shepherd is a 34 year old FBI agent who participates in Twisted Metal in the hope of capturing Calypso. He is the driver of Crimson Fury.

He is described as a "elementary & straightforward" man.

Shepherd is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighs 200 pounds (91 kg).

Krista Sparks

Krista is the daughter of Calypso, killed along with her entire family in a "brtual" car accident at age 15. Her father attempted to resurrect her, along with her family, from the afterlife -- however, Calypso could only summon her spirit.

She participates in the Twisted Metal events in her Grasshopper vehicle, with Calypso's hope that she would wish for life.

Krista was 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) and 105 pounds when she was killed.

Miranda Watts

The 25 year old, 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m), 100 pound (45 kg) lithe Miranda used to be one of the two top female car racers in the world. The other being her twin sister, Amanda, who went missing when she competed in a previous Twisted Metal tournament. After following her twin sister's trail, which lead directly to Calypso

With the race car Twister, she aims to win the tournament -- and her sister alive and well.

Simon Whittlebone

Whittlebone is the operator of the construction vehicle known as Mr. Slam. When he was alive, he was a 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 200 pound (91 kg) construction worker and architect.

His greatest construction was a skyscraper called the Whittlebone Tower. It was hoped that the tower would superscede all skyscrapers to it.

He was killed at 33 when, in an act of self-graitifaction, climbed to the top of the tower and proclaimed himself to be a deity. Subsequent to this, he lost his balance and plunged to his death. Ever since, he became a vengeful spirit, keeping those who would tear down the tower at bay by causing paranormal events to scare off any who tried.

He competes in the hope of being reborn, so that he can complete the Whittlebone Tower.

Environments

The game has multiple environments for players to play in, including:

Big Blue Stadium: A baseball stadium. Los Angeles Paris Egypt Roman Ruins: Including the great colloseum. Russia: The surroundings include the Kremlin and infamous Red Square. Greece Monaco: The environment focuses on the famed race track in Monte Carlo. Tokyo Tokyo Streets Tokyo Rooftops

Head-On also includes minigames that players can access via teleporters, which range in location from the Eiffel Tower to the Great Pyramids. These are small games where users must collect power ups while circumventing obstacles that require a variety of tactics, including jumping over chasms and destroying helicopters using napalm bombs. The catch is that the games are timed, forcing the user to think on their feet, as it were, while maintaining a balance of caution and risk. Users reaching the end of the mini-game prior to the timer's ending keep all their powerups.