Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Splintered Fate Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · July 30, 2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Splintered Fate Review, When Splinter is kidnapped by Shredder, mysterious portals simultaneously appear across NYC. With April and Metalhead analyzing recovered artifacts for clues, the Turtles battle to recover their father from the clutches of the Foot Clan. However, as the gang gets ever closer to Splinter’s otherworldly location, an even greater threat lingers in the shadows… In Splintered Fate, brace yourself for fast-paced, roguelike action where no two runs are the same. With randomized power-ups, room layouts, and boss modifiers, the excitement never ends. Take control of all four Turtles, each wielding unique powers, and team up with friends for bodacious co-op gameplay. Explore iconic NYC locations, upgrade your Turtle powers, and prepare to face off against formidable enemies.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Splintered Fate Review Pros:

Decent cel-shaded graphics.
1.5GB download size.
Cinematic mode option – sets the game to 30 fps to increase image quality.
Display controls option.
Three ways to play – single player, multiplayer, and online play.
Two difficulties – Easy and normal. All that changes is how the enemy fights.
Four-player Co-op support.
The optional opening tutorial, explains the controls, and mechanics of the game along with story elements.
Excellent voice work.
You can see enemy health bars and damage numbers.
Character interactions auto-play.
Roguelike action gameplay.
Dragon coins can be found and earned, these stay with you even after death and you spend them on permanent upgrades.
Play as any turtle and each has a unique tool, and abilities or buffs.
As you do a run you earn exp and when you level up you pick one of three upgrade choices.
A game over you lose everything except dragon coins.
The game is played on a 3D isometric view.
Your home in the sewers is the hub where you spend coins and choose a turtle, use practice dummies, etc.
A reward is doled out after encounters.
Handy slow mob last kill in an encounter so you know when it’s over.
Breakable objects everywhere.
Very fast-paced combat.
The game has mini-boss encounters.
In Single Player, you can pause the game.
A lot of elements are in play like dark, light, etc and as you level up you get the ability to build it up and enemies can be weak to them.
Your character has a circle around them with an arrow to help you navigate the world.
Run details in the menu show what you are currently running with your character.
Find scrap in breakables and enemy drops.
A shop can appear on a run and you spend scrap on items and health.
The dragon coin upgrades are split into training, technique, and specialty.
Artifacts can be found and equipped before a new run.
Takes a lot of mechanics and ideas from Hades.
The game is very fluid.
A full running stats screen.
You unlock new items and mechanics as you play the game.
Massive end of Area big boss encounters.
A wide variety of enemy types and features well-known characters.
For online play, you can select to start a new run or carry on with your single-player run.
Offline local multiplayer has full 4-player support.
It feels like you are always unlocking something new.
Online has created a run and join a run.
Dreamer upgrades is another set of upgrades and buffs using the Dreamer coins, this one focuses more on getting more scrap, better loot, and re-rolls.
What I do appreciate is future runs do have you feeling like you are doing better, boss fights may be repetitive but they do mix up attacks and you can see different forms and patterns.
Another way of getting currency is picking certain rewards as you get a bonus amount of currency added.
It’s really satisfying and looks so cool when you have elements attached to your weapon as you see it as you attack.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Splintered Fate Review Cons:

Cannot remap the controls.
Probably a personal thing but I don’t like how often they say father all the time in relation to Splinter.
No way to just bring up the controls.
Doesn’t offer touchscreen support.
The difficulties are in a menu called mode select for some reason.
You have to agree to share information in order to play multiplayer.
The game isn’t super clear on whether you can use your offline run online and offline indefinitely or if you wipe over progress.
You cannot make private rooms.
No customisation options.
Does have repetition and how this makes you feel will depend on how you level up and scale your character.
Loading times are just not quick enough.
A lot of the scenery cannot be broken like barrels and some boxes.