This could have been the TMNT title for which all of the fans have been waiting, but sadly it is another missed opportunity and a dip in form for the usually brilliant Platinum Games. The level design and watered down combat leaving the game feeling more like a button mashing grind than the deep combat intensive hack and slash that it could have been....
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
2016 Activision46Bad
Playtime
ShortTypically 6 hours
Playable on
Game modes
- 2–4 players
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- May 24, 2016
- Developer
- PlatinumGames
- Publisher
- Activision
Overview
Battle alongside your brothers through the sewers, subways, and streets of NYC to take down Shredder and Krang's evil organization, Foot by Foot. Unleash custom combat skills and powerful team combos to save Manhattan from the overwhelming dark forces growing in the shadows.
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Reception
Press45
Bad- Metacritic44from 49 reviews
- OpenCritic46from 46 reviews
Mutants in Manhattan is so aggressively dull and sub-par there’s little to no joy to be taken from playing it. Like a coloring book, it’s nothing more than a shallow collection of non-stimulating activities and disconnected clichéd references created with the purpose of alleviating mild boredom.
Does a good job of showcasing the spirit of the turtles, but never reaches its potential and will let you down with repetitive combat, lack of local co-op and bland environments.
Platinum Games and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles might be a dream pairing, but a co-op focus makes for a game that's strangely compromised.
It’s not going to blow anyone’s socks off, but for a TMNT fan, this beat ‘em up is still a decent time when partnering up.