Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a bodacious, beautifully realized side scrolling beat ’em up invoking the Turtles’ legendary 1987 design and paying homage to classic TMNT games like Turtles In Time.
HEROES IN A HALF SHELL
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge features groundbreaking gameplay rooted in timeless classic brawling mechanics, brought to you by the beat ’em up experts at Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4) and Tribute Games. Bash your way through gorgeous pixel art environments and slay tons of hellacious enemies with your favorite Turtle, each with his own skills and moves – making each run unique! Choose a fighter, use radical combos to defeat your opponents and experience intense combats loaded with breathtaking action and outrageous ninja abilities. Stay sharp as you face off against Shredder and his faithful Foot Clan alone, or grab your best buds and play with up to four players simultaneously!
TURTLE BOYS DON’T CUT KRANG NO SLACK
With Bebop and Rocksteady assaulting Channel 6 and stealing super gnarly devices to support Krang and Shredder’s latest twisted plan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge sees the Turtles battling across a righteous range of timeless TMNT locations. From Manhattan and Coney Island, to city rooftops and dank sewers, help the fearsome foursome trounce Foot Soldiers, Triceraton Warriors, and Rock Troops all the way to Dimension X!
TURTLE POWER!!
Enjoy stunning full-color pixel art graphics and a vintage TMNT vibe that will rock you straight back to the awesome 80s. Every character, vehicle, weapon, item, and background is directly inspired by the 1987 TV show, making you feel like you hopped into the television — with a dope mix of killer humor and action-packed adventures!
FEATURES:
● Gnarly game design takes you back to the ’80s
● Beautiful full-color pixel art graphics
● Old-school gameplay enhanced with super-fresh mechanics
● Up to four players simultaneously
● Play with iconic TMNT characters and vehicles in diverse gameplay options
● Radical new story mode
Cowabunga!
Game Discussion
Steam User 21
Basically the best TMNT game ever made. It's a better Turtles in Time, there's new tech (dodging, aerials, etc.), it runs great, it sounds great, the multiplayer works well, and it's just the right overall length.
Steam User 18
Amazing Beat'em Up; Best TMNT Game Ever?
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This is probably one of the best beat'em ups I've played, taking all the good and ditching most of the bad to the point where I only have a handful of complaints which are utterly crushed by all the great stuff.
The Good
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- Excellent combat engine; it's fast, furious, easy to pick up and it just feels good to play yet deep enough that a hard-mode run requires really learning the game's nuances.
- Lots of team-up options that encourages cooperative tactics from built-in moves like the double-slam, character launcher, batter-up and high-fives to tactically redistribute health to more subtle elements like staggering supers to reduce a boss to batter in no time.
- The core voice team from the 80's returns! Rejoice to hearing the original Leo, Don, Raph and Mikey as well as the villains they voiced!
- The DLC is... ACTUALLY WORTHWHILE!! Holy crap! Adding a surprisingly deep and beautifully done rogue-lite Survival mode with great new animated set pieces and surprises with fun new playable characters!
- Fantastic sound track
- Stunning old-school spritework!
- Tactical taunts!
- Heart and love you can feel!
- Easter eggs and references galore!
- A lovely set of options for Arcade mode!
- Character Levels. I enjoy it, not everyone will, but arcade mode takes care of that.
- Side quests and challenges
- Huge variety of colours!
The Bad
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- Arcade/Story Super Shredder fight is a tedious waiting game (not so for the Survival version thankfully)
- A few bosses have irritating "wait this out" mechanics that slows everything down.
- Lag issues during online play means sometimes players will watch each other battle phantoms and occasionally there will be teleporting. It's infrequent enough to not be a serious issue and can be rather entertaining at times. There's a repeatable bug that causes Karai to leave for her home planet for awhile during a super-slam but she eventually returns.
The Ugly
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- The rag-doll slams aren't fatal and do pitiful damage considering what the players are doing to them.
- Splinter still needs balancing as the latest tweaks hurt him - while the standing super in theory should do the same damage, the knock-back prevents those extra hits from landing and the slower taunt speed means he's overall weaker.
- Usagi's unique playstyle really screws with the AI, giving him a serious advantage. His generally less damaging supers keep him from being OP but you'll definitely have an easier time once you get the hang of him. Personally I don't think it's a bad thing but it might mean people fight to use him.
- One person I've played with complains it's easy to lose your character in a 4+ multiplayer brawl and wishes the indicator could be toggled to be on permanently. It is easy to lose yourself in 4+ player mode but that's just the nature of a shared-screen multiplayer where there's a lot of characters on screen at once.
Overall
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It's tied for #1 beat'em up alongside Capcom's "Shadows Over Mystara". Nowhere near as deep as SoM but that's an advantage if you want to just pick-up-and-play with a group of friends with mixed skills.
Steam User 25
If throwing opponents into your screen is not entertaining enough, invest a few extra hours in TMNT Shredder's Revenge and you will discover a true gem within the beat em up Hall of Fame.
Tribute Games Inc. delivered quite an effort here since you have a really rich game in many ways, and I can confidently claim this title is up there with the best today.
You have a main campaign combined with some side quests that overall mix very well and don't feel grindy
Pros
-» Gameplay: Over 20 different attacks, some solo and others requiring co op play. Just wonderful skill ceiling which goes toe to toe with any AAA beat em up. Six players team too ... in short, impressive!
-» Soundtrack and sound effects: Faithful to the series and truly upbeat
-» Graphics: Cartoon style with plenty cute animations
-» Bosses: Decent array of mechanics later on
-» Replayability: Amazing if you take your time with some friends to master all its tricks and characters
-» Difficulty: Decent with scaling opportunities for the hardcore fans
Cons
-» Scarce water to make eating more pizza manageable
SUMMARY:
9.4/10 gaming scale
Disclosure: As I comeback for new sessions or new updates arise by developers, I intend to keep revising this review
Steam User 9
This is one of the best arcade games I've ever experienced. The gameplay is incredibly enjoyable and fun, whether you're playing solo, with a local friend (next to you) or through the "remote play together" feature on Steam, or engaging in online multiplayer (the fact that you can play like this is truly amazing).
Each character offers a distinct playstyle, with unique approaches that add depth to the gaming experience. The story mode provides a light experience, but for those seeking genuine fun and challenge, the arcade mode is a must-try.
A notable gamemode is the one that let you customize modifiers for an arcade match, introducing an extra layer of excitement and replay value. I appreciate how every enemy presents different challenges and can be conquered using diverse tactics.
For fans of Ninja Turtles and arcade games in general, this is unquestionably a must-play.
Steam User 10
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge is a gorgeous beat-em-up with a good amount of complexity in its gameplay, a ton of variety in its characters, and lots of content. While a fitting tribute to the Konami arcade game and TMNT console beat-em-ups of the '90s, the game's sleeker presentation and increased number of commands made it feel more like the next step in evolution rather than a nostalgia-inducing recreation of how it felt to play those older games. That isn't a criticism -- Shredder's Revenge is a lot of fun, especially if you can grab some friends to play with.
Steam User 7
Tribute Games does it again with another great title. Awesome coop game, real fun, runs smooth, looks amazing, sounds great. Man, I can't get enough of this one.
One of the better TMNT games around, worth picking up and having friends play with you.
Steam User 7
I rarely post reviews on games. This game has bee a blast. Quick and short but SUPER re-playable! If you like classic arcade beat-em-ups, or love TMNT, or both, this is 100% the game for you.