Twisted Metal Sweet Tooth Walkthrough Part 2: Killosseum

This second mission will be another simple deathmatch, although with the numerous traps and tricks in the Killosseum level, “simple” might not do this event justice. Spike traps and moving platforms are among the many obstacles standing in your way during this deathmatch. That’s not even taking into consideration the other opponents, who will all-too-readily gang up against you.

The grated orange and blue platforms will raise and lower periodically. This can easily catch you by surprise if you’re driving over the platform as it begins to raise, so be sure not to launch yourself off of the newly enlarged platform by accident. Some of them will have weapon drops on them, so time your pickups carefully to avoid any confusion. You can also use the raising and lowering of the platforms to your advantage, though. If a group of enemies is hot on your heels and you see the platform beginning to rise, jump on by hitting L1+R1 to lose your tail.

There are also a series of swinging spiked ball traps in the lower portion of the level. These spiked balls will swing back and forth, so time your driving carefully or you will be taken out by one of these terrible traps. Just one hit from the balls is almost enough to completely destroy some of the weaker vehicles.

Be sure to acquaint yourself with the location of the garage early on in this level, especially if you are playing on Twisted difficulty. If you’re using Sweet Tooth’s main vehicle, you can easily grab a sniper rifle by following the secondary path near the garage. Head over to the garage now and proceed to the west along the outer rim of the stage. Keep going to pass by the main road. You will reach a ramp heading downwards. Use Sweet Tooth’s secondary special ability to transform into Sweet Bot and fly up to the top of the tower in the center of the arena from here. On top of the metal cage tower, you will find a Sniper Rifle. This is a great sniping location. Try to get a bead on one of the tougher enemies, like Darkside, and train the rifle on them for as long as you can to pull off a headshot, leading to an instant kill. If for whatever reason you are going to miss your shot, you can hit R1 or L1 to switch to another special weapon and save your Sniper ammo for later.

You can easily camp out the rest of the match from here, firing Sniper Rifles and Homing Missiles as they spawn back in, but you won’t be winning any medals that way. After ideally killing off the most powerful enemies in the map with the Sniper Rifle, you will have several options. For one thing, you can drop down to the main arena onto one of the two ramps on either side, drive into the cage, and pick up some Power Missiles and Mega Gun Bullets in the middle of the arena. This will power up your secondary weapon and give you a powerful option if you can get a clear line of sight on an enemy.

The outer rim of the Killosseum also contains a lot of power-ups, including Remote Bombs and various types of Missiles. Remote Bombs can be very helpful because of the small and restrictive nature of this map’s layout. If you get lucky, you can actually take out two enemies with one bomb. Plant the bomb onto an enemy and lead them into a confined area, such as the cage. When multiple enemies are all grouped together, hit them with the freeze shot while simultaneously detonating the bomb. Frozen in place, the enemies will be defenseless when you trigger the explosive. Note that you can trigger the bomb without actually having it equipped. Placing the bomb will open a little screen that allows you to watch the action from the bomb’s perspective. Switch weapons to defend yourself. The longer you wait, the more powerful the explosion will be when it goes off. Hit L3 and R3 at the same time to detonate the bomb while still firing your other weapons.

You can also trap enemies using the previously mentioned spiked ball traps. If you find yourself with a lot of pursuers, head to the corridor where the traps swing from side to side. Make sure to time your run properly so that you don’t run into any of them yourself. A fast vehicle such as Kamikaze is great for this. Courageous pursuers may be taken out by the trap through sheer luck, but you can increase the odds by hitting X to use the E-brake once you reach the end of the corridor. Swing around and blast an enemy with a freeze shot as they sit in the path of one of the wrecking balls. They will take huge damage. A health pickup also rests in the middle of this path for those courageous or desperate enough to seek it out.

Another good tactic involving the Freeze Missile and Kamikaze is to lead an opponent into a chase before swinging around, hitting them with the Freeze Missile, and holding both triggers down to unleash Kamikaze’s special Flamethrower and your secondary weapon on the enemy. A full blast from the flamethrower should be enough to kill even heavily-armored enemies.

Overall, the Killosseum is a very small map packed to the gills with dangerous traps and choke points. The best way to win here is to avoid the enclosed areas for as long as possible by using Sweet Tooth’s Sweet Bot ability before heading into the fray yourself with Kamikaze’s Flamethrower, a weapon that benefits greatly from operating in enclosed spaces. On Twisted difficulty especially, be sure to keep an eye on Kamikaze’s health, as it is one of the weaker vehicles. Use Freeze Missiles and your Shield liberally and keep an eye out for health packs and you should be fine, though.

In order to receive a medal on this level, you will have to beat the following times:

9:00, 9:54, or 10:48 for a Bronze medal on Normal, Hard, and Twisted, respectively.

6:00, 6:36, or 7:12 for a Silver medal on Normal, Hard, and Twisted, respectively.

4:00, 4:24, or 4:48 for a Gold medal on Normal, Hard, and Twisted, respectively.

For beating this mission, you will unlock the Reaper vehicle.