Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Review (PlayStation 5)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Review, Re-experience the 2017 arcade classic with 3 additional stages and 6 additional boss battles! Take control of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, or Raphael in this classic beat-em-up inspired by the cult favorite Turtles in Time. Play with your friends through 4 player local co-op

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Review Pros:

  • Nice cartoon-like graphics.
  • 3.25GB download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
  • Action brawler gameplay.
  • 3 save slots.
  • Subtitles – on/off.
  • 3 save difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
  • Local leaderboards.
  • Five areas – NYC, T.C.R.I, Dimension X, Amusement Park, and Sewer. There is a sixth location but it’s just the Shredder fight.
  • You can play any level in any order.
  • Four-player local co-op.
  • 2.5D game world where you can freely walk all around on a 2D basis.
  • Pizza regains health.
  • Replay levels.
  • End of level breakdown.
  • Pick up items to throw at people like bins and power-ups like smoke bombs.
  • Turtle power is where you collect and fill the bar up to use a special attack that kills everyone on screen.
  • Call in help from other characters like Leatherhead who does a screen clear, activated by a pickup.
  • Big boss fights.
  • Comic book-style pop-ups of attacks like thwack, smack, etc.
  • Combo counter.
  • Voiced characters.
  • Fast loading times.
  • The game itself plays well.
  • Your best score of each level is shown on the level selection screen.
  • When you lose all your lives you can just continue and respawn as any turtle.
  • Story cutscene at the end of the game.
  • Much more fun in multiplayer as you can do tag team attacks.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Review Cons:

  • Cannot remap controls.
  • No accessibility options.
  • The leaderboards are local only.
  • Judging the jumps in boss fights is frustrating.
  • All the levels feel the same but with different set dressing.
  • The quips from the turtles are repetitive.
  • Only a handful of enemies and power-ups.
  • All you get story-wise is at the end and not at all during the game.
  • The bosses all play the same and are just bullet sponges.
  • Little replay value.
  • You can finish the game in just a few hours.
  • No dodge or block moves so you just have to eat everything.
  • Some enemies have cheap shots and can hit you off the screen.
  • No online multiplayer.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants:

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Developer: Cradle Games

Publisher: GameMill

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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