Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Reviews
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Continue the story of blockbuster hit film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" with this all-new, action-packed 3D brawler/platformer.
If you’re a 1990's Nickelodeon kid with fond memories of the arcade version of this title, you’re potentially in for a treat. Updated graphics, new bosses,
As a fan of the Turtle’s arcade roots, I’d happily recommend TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants for a run or two, but despite the new levels the lack of online support and barebones presentation spoils this pizza party.
TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants has its moments of fun but needs to have more variety to be truly great. It is worth the price of entry if you just want to mindlessly kill some TMNT-themed enemies, but don’t expect anything revolutionary.
The more hardcore scrolling beat ’em up fans probably won’t find much substance in Wrath of the Mutants. There’s no real depth or nuance to the combat and it doesn’t seem like the developers have tweaked the gameplay to avoid the difficulty and cheap nature of the arcade original. Arcade games are specifically designed to be difficult and generally cheap in order to take as much money off you as possible. These same traits have seemingly made their way into the console version. Even on easy, I found myself dying fairly frequently. The cardinal sin this game commits is keeping the Game Over state from the arcade version which is an absolutely baffling decision. Game Over screens are a relic of the arcades and died off in console games years ago. Why they decided to keep not only the cheap difficulty as well as the two continue limit is something I personally can’t understand. It leads to a lot of frustration on the Hardest difficulty when you get to the very end, lose all your continues and have to start the entire level over.Admittedly, being a short arcade port, the game is somewhat appropriately priced, but it’s still more expensive than it’s superior counterparts in the genre. Which I guess is what all that authenticity costs these days. I didn’t get a chance to play in co-op during my time with it, but did play co-op on the arcade original so as you’d expect, games like this are always more fun and generally a bit easier with team mates.There’s nothing actually inherently wrong or bad with Wrath of the Mutants in terms of mechanics and combat. It’s a serviceable scrolling beat ’em up that brilliantly pays homage to the TV show it’s based on. I guess the “issue” is, that it’s not great either. It’s just ok. It’s just that “being ok” really stands out at a time when scrolling beat ’em ups are experiencing a renaissance with games releasing in the genre that stand toe to toe with classics of the past. Wrath of the Mutants does not. But I guess that’s ok.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Wrath of the Mutants is exactly as it’s described, a console and PC port of a 2017 arcade title of the same name (perhaps minus Arcade). Priced at $50 AUD, it’s decidedly for fans of the 2012 iteration of our heroes in a half shell.
Shell game.Life for a Turtles fan is good right now. Within the last 24 months, we've seen Shredder's Revenge, [...]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is a decent addition to the collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. It succeeds by playing it safe. The two original arcade games are regarded as great arcade brawlers in addition to being some of the better Turtles games, and the gameplay of Wrath of the Mutants is heavily patterned after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. Fans of the franchise and genre will undoubtedly enjoy playing through the game once or twice, but outside of collecting all the trophies, there isn't much incentive for repeated playthroughs. There are no different game modes, no collectibles and the only difference in difficulty levels is the number of lives. Even with the additional content, it takes only slightly more than an hour to put an end to Shredder's plans and rescue April. It's fun enough to kill some time on a boring afternoon, but even the most hardcore Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan would hesitate to say this game kicks some serious shell.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were synonymous with gaming in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, largely thanks to their influence over arcade brawlers. Games like 1989’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (also known as ’89 Arcade) and 1991’s Turtles in Time are time-honored classics that shaped the side-scrolling beat-‘em-up genre, and 2022’s Shredder’s Revenge demonstrated that the style is still viable in the modern landscape. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants clearly takes inspiration from those beloved games, but it falls spectacularly short of those acclaimed titles.
The simple gameplay of Wrath of the Mutants can be enjoyable in the right mood, but don’t expect anything more than a bland and repetitive button masher.
At a basic level, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is a perfectly serviceable brawler and a decent enough port of the 2017 arcade game, with a couple of additional levels to play through. However, one-note gameplay and a lack of unlockable extras make this a throwaway, short-lived affair.
Is going the retro-inspired route always the best idea?
Inspired by Turtles in Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants certainly plays like a blast from the past. After Shredder's Revenge, you'll likely find its gameplay too basic, however, and it fails to impress in other ways, too.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants expands on the 2017 arcade game but it’s simple and safe style and lack of replayability leave this brawler best left in the past.
As for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants, there is no need to get it unless you really like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or you are one of the very small batch of people who enjoyed this game.
What a time for a TMNT fan to be alive! The franchise is as popular as ever thanks to some new shows, the Seth Rogen-produced movie ended up being surprisingly good, and we have plenty of options when it comes to TMNT video games. We can either relive our childhoods with the magnificent Cowabunga Collection, or we can play a brand new outing thanks to Shredder’s Revenge, one of the best arcade beat ’em ups of all time. Things have been so good, we basically don’t even need anything else...
Maybe there's some superficial, fleeting fun to be had here, but TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is far too simplistic, straightforward, and shallow to ultimately be anything more than an utterly forgettable disappointment.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wrath of the Mutants is lacking in both content and quality - a cynical console port of an ageing arcade game, which does right by neither the source material nor the fanbase.
Wrath of the Mutants has some simple arcade enjoyment and represents one of the best TMNT shows, but it's far too short to be worthwhile.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is almost an insult to side-scrolling beat ‘em ups. Worst of all, despite this being a budget release, it costs more than the fantastic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge from last year. One to avoid like some green ooze on the sidewalk.