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:
Developer: Cradle Games
Publisher: GameMill
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Summary
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is an action brawler with a 2.5D game world where you can freely walk around on a 2D basis. It offers three save slots and three difficulty levels – easy, normal, and hard. The game allows you to play any level in any order and has a feature to replay levels. There are five main areas in the game – NYC, T.C.R.I, Dimension X, Amusement Park, and Sewer, with a sixth location being the Shredder fight. The game also offers a four-player local co-op mode, making it much more fun as you can do tag team attacks.
The game has nice cartoon-like graphics and fast loading times. It also features comic book-style pop-ups of attacks like thwack, smack, etc. The game itself plays well and your best score of each level is shown on the level selection screen.
In the game, pizza regains health. You can pick up items to throw at people like bins and power-ups like smoke bombs. There’s a feature called Turtle Power where you collect and fill the bar up to use a special attack that kills everyone on screen. You can also call in help from other characters like Leatherhead who does a screen clear, activated by a pickup.
The game does not allow the remapping of controls and lacks accessibility options. The leaderboards are local only. Some players might find judging the jumps in boss fights frustrating. The levels might feel the same but with different set dressing, and the quips from the turtles can be repetitive. The bosses all play the same and are just bullet sponges. There’s little replay value and the game can be finished in just a few hours. There are no dodge or block moves so you just have to eat everything. Some enemies have cheap shots and can hit you off the screen. The game does not offer online multiplayer.
Story and Characters: The game features voiced characters and a story cutscene at the end of the game. However, all you get story-wise is at the end and not at all during the game.
Overall, the game does offer a fun and engaging experience, especially in multiplayer mode, but it does have some areas that could be improved. The game is a 3.25GB download and comes with a platinum trophy. You get both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of the game. It’s not terrible and it’s not bad, It is perfect however for entertaining the kids when they have friends around. Oh, and the Platinum trophy is super easy.