
Franchise Killer: The 2012 reboot was built heavily around its online multiplayer mode, but unfortunately, the servers were barely functional at launch, leaving only the game's rather bare-bones single-player campaigns and couch multiplayer modes, which many felt weren't worth $60 by themselves.
The omission was likely to avoid any possible controversy.
Axel in Small Brawl has no ending shown once the game is beaten, but the video can still be found within the code, showing Axel to be a kid in a wheelchair asking for robot legs. Although it made sense for Manslaughter to not have an intro, due to it's driver Black not being a patient. In TM: Black Axel, Warthog and Manslaughter had full [unused intros of their vehicles leaving Blackfield Asylum that didn't make it into the final product. Warhawk was meant to be playable at some point, he even has a full Choose Your Driver transition animation hidden within the game files, which can be accessed via data mining. Creator's Favorite Episode: The developers acknowledged that Twisted Metal 2 is their favorite game in the entire series, according to the "The Dark Past" documentary. Creator Backlash: While he still loves the end product, David Jaffe has commented that Twisted Metal Black's gameplay suffered in favour of the tone and setting.