I think this is more of a 6 honestly, but I can tell they tried and that alone makes it deserve an extra point.
Im not a fan of when videogame adaptations choose to basically ignore the plot of the game (looking at you Netflix's Resident Evil) especially when at the end of the season there's a desperate teaser about a potential second season where stuff that's actually in the game is teased (looking at you Netflix's Resident Evil) and its even a bigger sin to create a new character from scratch when the source material has a lot of great characters to pick from (looking at you Netflix's Resident Evil), but at least here, unlike stuff like Netflix's The Witcher, I can tell the creators have at least a small amount of respect towards the IP.
The sense of humor is there. The car action scenes are good even if the cgi ranges from mediocre to laughable, but I kind of think that gives this some sort of B movie charm that the games definitely had.
The characters are mostly good enough and I especially liked what they did with Agent Stone. Some, like Sweet Tooth, aren't as good, I usually like Will Arnett but he was terrible in this and I hope they just let Samoa Joe do the voice if there's a second season.
I also recommend this because there aren't many of its kind. A 30mins action comedy show full of crass humor, violence and car chases deserves at least a chance in my opinion.
If there's a season 2 where the actual Twisted Metal tournament is the main plot point, I just hope they use characters from the game and I really, really hope they find a way to include Calypso's twisted sense of humor with his wish granting. Especially if Mackie ends up winning the tournament which I guess he will.
Im not a fan of when videogame adaptations choose to basically ignore the plot of the game (looking at you Netflix's Resident Evil) especially when at the end of the season there's a desperate teaser about a potential second season where stuff that's actually in the game is teased (looking at you Netflix's Resident Evil) and its even a bigger sin to create a new character from scratch when the source material has a lot of great characters to pick from (looking at you Netflix's Resident Evil), but at least here, unlike stuff like Netflix's The Witcher, I can tell the creators have at least a small amount of respect towards the IP.
The sense of humor is there. The car action scenes are good even if the cgi ranges from mediocre to laughable, but I kind of think that gives this some sort of B movie charm that the games definitely had.
The characters are mostly good enough and I especially liked what they did with Agent Stone. Some, like Sweet Tooth, aren't as good, I usually like Will Arnett but he was terrible in this and I hope they just let Samoa Joe do the voice if there's a second season.
I also recommend this because there aren't many of its kind. A 30mins action comedy show full of crass humor, violence and car chases deserves at least a chance in my opinion.
If there's a season 2 where the actual Twisted Metal tournament is the main plot point, I just hope they use characters from the game and I really, really hope they find a way to include Calypso's twisted sense of humor with his wish granting. Especially if Mackie ends up winning the tournament which I guess he will.