Just finished Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge today! I had started the game a year ago and played with my siblings, but we ultimately didn’t finish it, and I also didn’t have a Game Pass sub to play it as I would always keep canceling it. After I got my Game Pass Core sub for online play, I picked up the game again and played with @Banjo- alongside a few other random people online (had a really fun time playing with everyone and it was such fun after having not played online games in a while) though I finished the rest of the game by myself since I had to disconnect from the party for a while.
There was a lot of familiarity with Shredder’s Revenge, as I have played other similar and fun beat em’ up games like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game and Battletoads (which funnily enough, was heavily inspired by TMNT) and I enjoyed this one as well!
This game bursts with so much charm, personality, and humor with its characters and awesome pixel animations, which is something I absolutely love seeing in any kind of game. In fact, all the characters, including the minor enemies you fight against, show a lot of personality with how they are animated. The fighting mechanics are great, and the pizza power ups were my absolute favorite things to use when I was surrounded by enemies. I really just love the feeling of the game, and I am a bit sad I finished it.
I don’t have any criticisms of the game really besides the fact that it’s a bit too short, but I would say it’s a short but sweet experience. I would recommend giving it a try if you really like best em’ ups a lot. But, I’d strongly suggest getting one or more to play or playing with others online, because the game is really hard to play alone, especially the levels near the end since that’s when the difficulty and number of enemies ramps up. I really think this is one of the best beat em’ ups I’ve ever played. I kinda wanna watch more TMNT-related media now…
Beat 'em up is not one of my favourite genres, but I love Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. I beat it when it joined Game Pass on my own, but I had much more fun playing with @Pastellioli 🙌 and other random players. I also can't find any flaws because everything in this game is so nicely done, from gameplay to graphics and sound, but also the design and animation of every character and enemy. I liked it way more than Streets of Rage 4 and even more than the hilarious Battletoads (2020). Tribute Games has made the finest modern beat 'em up. A new classic.
@Banjo- Oh cool that you managed beat Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 . I think if I remember correctly that I manged to beat it like a year ago myself. While I have not played the latest COD entries I do feel like they are in general a very underappreciated singel player gaming *experiences . I mean almost everyone I know like the multiplayer but are not that much into the singel player part. I have not least found it cool to explore the higher difficulty settings because I like found that it can be a like a good way to challenge yourself and like force your self out of your comfort zone so to speak. Becuse if do not play on the higher difficulty settings it like does not feel like you are forced to much interesting stuff. It feels like it almost play itself then hehe which makes it less fun imo.
*Which I btw feel is true for many FPS these days hehe. People like have almost forgot them in some sense it feels like.
@oliverp It was Call of Duty Modern Warfare III and I enjoyed the campaign in spite of not being well received by many people. I'll play more as they join Game Pass. I agree, I think that many times exploring the higher difficulty levels makes the most of the gaming experience. Playing in the easiest modes and rushing the story leaves players underwhelmed, not experiencing games as they should, not being immersed and not really appreciating anything as they could.
A 3D Platformer where most levels have a "wide linear" approach, where there is generally a "beginning to end" flow, but generally with a greater emphasis on exploring for secrets & CAG-lite combat encounters rather than precise platforming challenges (though you'll get a bit more of that in the latter half of the game). The best comparison I could make would be Kirby & the Forgotten Land (Switch) if you've played that (though I'd say that Bakeru's levels can get wider than that).
There a few other level types though, such as the occasional auto scroller (these all have isometric perspectives & focus a bit more on platforming than usual), or vehicle level (these tend to go by much quicker, and are easier, than most other levels & usually take the form of a race or Star Fox esque 3D shmup level).
In terms of collectables, each level has 5 pieces of Trivia to find (most levels are based around one of Japan's many prefectures, and these factoids usually relate to their specific culture/history), and 3 Souvenirs which are a bit harder to collect (these again usually relate to the area the level is set in, although the first one is always just a region pennant). A few levels also have a hidden Tanuki (a Japanese type of Raccoon) to find and are generally the hardest to locate.
You collect Trivia by talking to this little dude dressed like yellow poo, and Souvenirs are located in Gachapon capsules.
Things start out pretty linear, as you go from one level to the next on a set path on the world map, however about 15 levels in you unlock a ship called the Bunbuku (which doubles as a little hub world where your Souvenirs are displayed... and triples as a transforming mecha that you pilot in certain boss fights) which lets you freely fly over Japan's landmass & levels unlock in regional groupings (usually 4-6 levels will become available at once, and you can complete them in any order before unlocking that region's boss level).
Your Souvenirs are displayed on a wall that wraps around nearly the entirety of the Bunbuku's interior! (There are over 120 of them to collect!) The Tanuki you find also hang out there (as well as a few other story characters), and depending on the number you've found, you can get a few basic stat upgrades for it's mech form.
It's not quite as snappy as something like a Mario or Astro Bot, but it generally controls well & is fun even if it's on the easier side (you do unlock a few transformations after beating the first few bosses that augment your combat style, but I honestly never felt the need to use them. Especially since you get an achievement for beating each boss without transforming, so I did without). The only transformation I used was one that makes you smaller at the expense of being able to fight, but only because it allows you to access areas you otherwise can't within levels (it's the only transformation required for exploration). It has about 60 levels (keep in mind at least 10 of those are probably boss fights) & I completed it in just over 20 hours with everything collected (I only had to replay levels 3 or so times throughout my entire run through in order to nab a missed collectable. I mostly got them all my first run through). It helps that, aside from a few later levels, not many levels have hard locks that prevent you from backtracking to collect anything you missed. There isn't any sort of post game content or new game +.
In spite of having so many levels, each one is thematically distinct or combines things in such a way that it never became boring, and I was looking forward to what the next one would bring.
In conclusion, I'm actually surprised that Nintendo skipped out on localizing this one themselves (it's developed by Good Feel, the studio behind Yoshi's Crafted World & this year's Princess Peach: Showtime, and honestly this "feels" like a larger game than either. You can really tell it was a passion project they poured their all into). Granted, at least this means it was able to be published on Steam, where I didn't experience any of the performance issues that apparently plague the Switch version (which may play into the Big N's decision to pass on it), but it's a shame that it's probably going to be overlooked (on Switch because it released the same month as Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and generally because it released the same month as the biggest platformer of the year, Astro Bot), because it's honestly a great time.
Currently Playing:
Switch - Blade Strangers
PS4 - Kingdom Hearts III, Tetris Effect (VR)
World of Warcraft: The War Within. Finally beat the campaign with my Zandalarian Paladin and I will say I really enjoyed it. The zones were beautiful, my favorite being Hallowfall and the story had a good flow to it. There was one part in it where I felt the story did hit a slog but I think that was more due to the mechanics of that particular quest line it was a sneaky stealth part where you couldnt get caught and quite frankly I am not a big fan of that type of game play in any game.
I will mention now that I havent played WoW since Mist of Pandaria but the storyline kept me enthralled from start to finish. I have read that alot of people were upset that it didnt matter if you played Horde or Alliance due the factions working together, so it pretty much the storyline is the same.
The main villain I enjoyed alot too and is probably my favorite since the Lich King. Shes the kind that you love to hate.
Overall an enjoyable game which if you enjoy the world of Warcraft you will enjoy it. Its one of the best piece of fantasy storytelling I have seen in awhile. I was quite pleased with it and looking foreward to the next chapter in this trilogy.
Like a Dragon The man who erased his name. Fishing the game and all achievements at the same time took a bit under 50 hours. I think the next game I will work on is either Persona 3 Reloaded or Flintlock, or both.
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim - Special Edition (Series X)
This game, the first The Elder Scrolls game that I have played, reinforced my opinion about how weak Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom is a jack-of-all-trades "masterpiece" wannabe -I am a huge The Legend of Zelda fan and three of them are among my favourite games ever-. I beat the main campaign of Skyrim and most of the side quests I found, but I still want to play it. The game feels real, like a combination of simulation and RPG and I guess that's why people love The Elder Scrolls games so much, although I have read that Skyrim made tasks slightly easier, which is not necessarily bad. My favourite things are the freedom I feel playing it and the quality of the side quests. If Bethesda learns from their mistakes, their next The Elder Scrolls game will be a modern classic and another must-play game.
My next playthrough is Trials of Mana. I bought the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster bundle, but I want to play more Game Pass titles.
@Banjo- I haven’t really been playing any new games recently or been super online, but I really like how you write reviews and express your opinions on the games you beat! I express my opinions on the games I play with huge walls of text haha. Hope you’ll have fun with the games on your backlog! whenever I finish a game, I always get clueless and don’t know what to play after that. Compared to most gamers, I don’t have a backlog, but some games do interest me, but I don’t play them after all.
And a random question, but do you plan on playing or replaying any other Rare games in the future? I find myself always replaying their games when I don’t know what game to play next.
@Pastellioli Thank you. I'm glad that you enjoy my writing! I have a backlog, indeed. There are some old games that are part of Rare Replay that I haven't played yet, like the NES games, but I have played most of the collection, including half of the Spectrum titles. There are games from the last and this generation that I also want to play. I am trying to clear them, but I'm also tempted to replay my favourite games. I have replayed some of them many times, but of all Rare games, I would gladly replay the Donkey Kong trilogy, Viva Piñata, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, anytime.
@Banjo- I really can’t wait until you get onto the NES games and talk about them, I found a lot of them so hard to play and kind of frustrating (especially Digger T. Rock) but I really want to hear your opinion on them once you move onto them! I do think we were talking about NES games once on a thread.
Regarding the games you do want to replay, I was actually supposed to replay Tooie last month because the game club voted on it for September, plus I was actually the one that requested it, but I only did a few minutes of the first level and stopped. I do kind of wanna replay the N64 Banjo games maybe later in the year or next year, but I kind of need to finish Nuts and Bolts at one point since I dropped that and it’s the only Banjo game on the Xbox I haven’t finished. I think I could put that on a gaming backlog and make a list of games I want to beat and new games I want to buy. I already plan on replaying a few 3DS games alongside some Xbox games.
Just finished Cocoon. It’s up there with some of the best in its genre. Beautiful art style, creative puzzles and excellent sound design. I loved how intuitive the whole process of arriving at a solution felt without the game explicitly signposting you. The whole experience was very polished and the transition between worlds were buttery smooth. Highly recommended 👍
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