• Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Nov 26, 2001
Metascore
51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Negative: 6 out of 14
  1. Except for the cut-scenes, the graphics weren’t too exciting and the sound is just blah. The sloppy control and light gravity also don’t help too much. Despite all this, I still found this to be a fun game once I got the hang of it and I also found myself becoming strangely addicted to it.
  2. "Twisted Metal 2" is light years beyond Small Brawl. Small Brawl is more akin to a Gameboy Advance game than a full fledged PSX SKU.
  3. Some will immediately be turned away by the graphics and others by the more childish design, but if your PlayStation is still kicking, you might want to check it out.
  4. Doesn't add anything to the venerable Twisted Metal series - it just subtracts, and subtracts, and subtracts, until the only thing small is the fun.
  5. This must be where Martha Stewart’s evil siblings reside. [Feb 2002, p.62]
  6. While we were practically salivating to get started on this title, we spent an hour trying to get past the very unfinished feeling graphics and lack of any real depth to the changes included in Small Brawl.
  7. 50
    It’s the execution that lacks. Laboriously slow gameplay leaves little to get excited about—there’s no real sense of speed.
  8. Isn't a bad game by any means, but it feels like a definite step in the wrong direction. [Jan 2002, p.147]
  9. 45
    The menus are horrendous, and the graphics are appalling. Come on, when you see a series of games, you expect them to improve, in graphics, sound, gameplay, and level design. In TMSB they're all worse.
  10. Small Brawl could function as a gateway for younger kids interested in the series, but are not quite ready to tackle the difficulty of "Twisted Metal: Black."
  11. Small Brawl would be a perfectly recommendable weekend rental for Twisted Metal fans if it weren't for its questionable and unfaithful gameplay.
  12. A slapdash, sloppy and unimaginative retrofit. [Jan 2002, p.232]
  13. The graphics, described in one word, would have to be muddy. The framerate seems to be unnecessarily depleted from previous versions.
  14. This game doesn't even live up to the first four PSX titles in the series. It's that bad. I just feel dirty playing it, and Sony should feel worse for publishing it. [Jan 2002, p.88]
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 35
  2. Negative: 7 out of 35
  1. LiamJ.
    10
    This game has weapons, better characters, and I like the fact that its not all blowing up actual people.I also like how you can unlock cars and new levels. Full Review »
  2. AndrewC.
    10
    The best Twisted Metal ever!! Better then the other ones. This game makes me speechless!
  3. DriteroJ.
    7
    I really liked all the other series of tm, this one even that it was produced in 2001 had sucky graphics and maps but I enjoyed it a lot, it was like a bonus after all other tm series. Full Review »