<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
989	O
Studios	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
10	O
,	O
1998	O
and	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
Greatest	I-Device
Hits	I-Device
line-up	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
is	O
third	O
in	O
the	O
Twisted	B-Application
Metal	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
fully	O
developed	O
by	O
989	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
received	O
generally	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
level	O
design	O
and	O
physics	O
engine	O
but	O
commented	O
positively	O
on	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
gameplay	O
and	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Rob	O
Zombie	O
and	O
Pitchshifter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
twelve	O
unique	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
open-environment	O
nature	O
of	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
,	O
there	O
are	O
numerous	O
possible	O
combos	O
and	O
strategies	O
to	O
invent	O
and	O
discover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
3	I-Device
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2008	O
,	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
Twisted	B-Application
Metal	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interactive	O
environments	O
of	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
roam	O
the	O
battlefields	O
with	O
few	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
developing	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Twisted	B-Application
Metal	I-Application
series	O
,	O
SingleTrac	O
were	O
bought	O
out	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
they	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
develop	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
since	O
they	O
were	O
limited	O
to	O
producing	O
games	O
published	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
and	O
Twisted	B-Application
Metal	I-Application
was	O
property	O
of	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
announced	O
that	O
despite	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
being	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
Sony	O
internal	O
team	O
instead	O
,	O
David	O
Jaffe	O
would	O
head	O
up	O
development	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
Jaffe	O
was	O
only	O
credited	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
under	O
"	O
special	O
thanks	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
runs	O
in	O
60	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
which	O
run	O
in	O
30	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
received	O
generally	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
48.97	O
%	O
on	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Fielder	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
while	O
admitting	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Rob	O
Zombie	O
and	O
Pitchshifter	O
was	O
"	O
fitting	O
"	O
,	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
"	O
lackluster	O
"	O
level	O
design	O
and	O
"	O
strange	O
"	O
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
advising	O
readers	O
to	O
investigate	O
Activision	O
's	O
Vigilante	B-Application
8	I-Application
or	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
's	O
Rogue	B-Device
Trip	I-Device
:	I-Device
Vacation	I-Device
2012	I-Device
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doug	O
Perry	O
of	O
IGN	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
four-player	O
combat	O
and	O
Rob	O
Zombie	O
's	O
hard-rock	O
soundtrack	O
--	O
the	O
two	O
great	O
things	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
--	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
3	I-Device
is	O
a	O
middle-of-the-road	O
game	O
that	O
unfortunately	O
does	O
n't	O
do	O
anything	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
positive	O
reviews	O
came	O
from	O
GameFan	O
,	O
which	O
gave	O
it	O
87%	O
;	O
from	O
GamePro	O
,	O
which	O
gave	O
it	O
four-and-a-half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
;	O
and	O
from	O
Game	O
Informer	O
,	O
which	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
8.25	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
certainly	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
3	I-Device
is	O
a	O
worthy	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
the	O
same	O
car	O
combat	O
game	O
you	O
've	O
grown	O
to	O
know	O
and	O
love	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
mixed	O
critical	O
reception	O
,	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
,	O
selling	O
1.14	O
million	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
rereleased	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
Greatest	I-Device
Hits	I-Device
line-up	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
assigning	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
one	O
star	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
opined	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
nothing	O
to	O
Twisted	B-Device
Metal	I-Device
III	I-Device
but	O
the	O
same	O
drive-and-shoot	O
action	O
from	O
level	O
to	O
level	O
with	O
no	O
payoff	O
to	O
keep	O
your	O
interest	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
