Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown

I love Turn Based Strategy and I love TMNT so what isn't to like? It's fun for what it is and while it isn't overly complex, it's only good to very good. I really hope they implement expansion packs, characters, maps, etc. because this feels like it's the beginning of something rather than a one and done finish. They've stumbled onto something that could be great because honestly, have you ever played a TMNT game like this? I haven't. They're all side scrolling beat em ups or 3D beat em up. I love the strategy aspect. Calculating my next move. Figuring out movement patterns. There just needs to be more game. It's plays almost like a tabletop board game. I'd give it a solid 3.5/5 and hold out hope the developers have more up their sleeve, cause the building blocks are there. I just hope they turn it into an all-time TMNT game.

Fun little treat. Not hugely challenging but there are far worse ways to spend your time.

The shifting diorama levels and the knock-off-the-edge mechanic is so satisfying. It stopped me from caring about strategy and I basically just became a bouncer at the world’s tiniest rooftop club.

My main hobby is board games so Im going to be more lenient than most on this game, but i thought it was a lot of fun. Because I play a lot of board games where you have set actions and abilties, I was happy the game rules are defined in the opening level and stay the same throughout. Unlike most critically acclaimed tactics games, your not going to do a lot of gear swapping, leveling up, engaging in dialogue trees to up your bond with the party. Your going to play this like a board game. Youll clear map, reset, and go to another with little down time. There are things to increase replayability and I finished the core game in roughly 6 hours. The biggest complaint I see are about the stiff animations which is fair compared to other tactics games. As a board gamer I didnt notice. I felt that this game was closer to playin Demeo and Armello than a FF Tactics or Shadowrun.