Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

 PlayStation 4
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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 118 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 118
  3. Negative: 11 out of 118
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  1. TitaniumDragon
    Jun 18, 2022
    5
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is a call back to a bygone era of games. This is very much a sequel to TMNT: Turtles in Time, but it also is leaning very, very heavily on nostalgia, pretty much running every single popular character and toy from the original series in the game as a boss or someone you have to rescue. Giving you the long-awaited ability to play as MasterTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is a call back to a bygone era of games. This is very much a sequel to TMNT: Turtles in Time, but it also is leaning very, very heavily on nostalgia, pretty much running every single popular character and toy from the original series in the game as a boss or someone you have to rescue. Giving you the long-awaited ability to play as Master Splinter, April O’Neill, and Casey Jones, this game has seven characters instead of four, and while it is a side-scrolling beat ’em up, there are some differences between the characters.

    Unfortunately, this game also shows why they don’t make these games anymore – this game took a lot of effort to make, and is nicely animated pixel art, but it’s only two and a half hours long. If you try and collect everything, it might take you another hour… but after that, it’s just grinding for some tedious achievements, which isn’t fun.

    The other problem is that beat ’em up gameplay remains very simplistic, and this game is no exception. The characters aren’t especially mobile, and while it reflects the design of the era, modern games are more fun to play and less awkward and stiff. This isn’t bad as far as beat ’em ups go – in fact, it’s a reasonably good example, though Turtles in Time felt like it had better variety – but the game is still very simple, and not really super fun to play. Being short is a saving grace as much as it is a drawback; if it was any longer, you’d get bored.

    Which is the biggest problem, really – it isn’t 1994 anymore. Back in the day, I remember enjoying these games, but today, they’re just too simple compared to modern game design. The game is quite easy even on the middle difficulty setting, but cranking the difficulty didn’t really make me any more enamored with it. The high difficulty older beat ’em ups were designed as quarter eaters; modern games don’t benefit from that, but it reveals just how little content there actually is.

    While it was kind of nostalgic seeing all these characters again, the voice acting wasn’t great and the only thing that made me laugh was the “twist” at the end.

    All in all, I can’t recommend this trip down memory lane unless you get it for free, like playing it on Game Pass or something. There, it is a reasonable thing, as you can taste it and see if you want to see it through, and even if you do, it won’t feel like it took a bite out of your wallet for such a short and mediocre experience.    … Expand
  2. wesker2012
    Jun 29, 2022
    6
    They nailed the nostalgic aesthetic with this game in the visuals and music. Something about the gameplay still feels off even though there's similar moves. Being able to spam the charge up for the super attack was a strange inclusion. I feel like an inclusion of a block move and being able to time a block or counter would have added more of a strategic/tactical gameplay element to thisThey nailed the nostalgic aesthetic with this game in the visuals and music. Something about the gameplay still feels off even though there's similar moves. Being able to spam the charge up for the super attack was a strange inclusion. I feel like an inclusion of a block move and being able to time a block or counter would have added more of a strategic/tactical gameplay element to this game which is what it really needs. The gameplay is just way too simply for modern gaming tastes. The nostalgia wears off fast and the levels get repetitive and then I couldn't wait till the game was over with.… Expand
  3. Kinokee
    Aug 21, 2023
    7
    Nostalgia and the animations are good but the gameplay feels lacking and doesn't feels sluggish. Sometimes your character attacks the wrong direction and for needing precision on things you get warped around the screen based on how you're attacking. It was a pain trying to line my character up with flying stuff. Trying to beat shredder without getting hit has made me hate this game. ItNostalgia and the animations are good but the gameplay feels lacking and doesn't feels sluggish. Sometimes your character attacks the wrong direction and for needing precision on things you get warped around the screen based on how you're attacking. It was a pain trying to line my character up with flying stuff. Trying to beat shredder without getting hit has made me hate this game. It doesn't feel, skill based, but it feels highly luck based. The overworld map numbering and layout annoys me, and the game feels lacking substance after one playthrough. The super shredder fight itself is like 3/10.… Expand
  4. kedireturns
    Sep 23, 2022
    7
    Well… This is my 2nd time playing beat-em-up after Streets of Rage 4 (which I loved). Probably now that I’m used to the Beat-em-up formula which felt so fresh when I 1st played SOR4 recently, I guess TNMT:SR wasn’t as fun.
    Nothing to do with TNMT: Shredder’s Revenge ofcourse, if I played this 1st instead of SOR4 probably I would’ve love TNMT:SR too!
    However, I don’t like repetition and    Well… This is my 2nd time playing beat-em-up after Streets of Rage 4 (which I loved). Probably now that I’m used to the Beat-em-up formula which felt so fresh when I 1st played SOR4 recently, I guess TNMT:SR wasn’t as fun.
    Nothing to do with TNMT: Shredder’s Revenge ofcourse, if I played this 1st instead of SOR4 probably I would’ve love TNMT:SR too!
    However, I don’t like repetition and this is more of the same. Probably best to stay away from Beat-em-ups me thinks!    … Expand
  5. Throttle
    Jun 19, 2022
    7
    It's pretty fun but way too short and the story is too simplistic... i'm a bit disappointed
  6. hrubi
    Aug 28, 2023
    7
    For TMNT fans it is mush have game. We were playing with 3 players via online coop and it was a very very good beat 'm up game with the classic characters. But the story was too short.
  7. Mahrio
    Jun 25, 2022
    5
    A direct continuation of the Super Nes classic, this new episode evokes each easter egg to make every fan nostalgic. Despite being a game of easy assimilation, it definitely seeks to please the fan born between the 80's and 90's. A charm aside.

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 47 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 47
  3. Negative: 0 out of 47
  1. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    80
    In this brand-new adventure, you step into the shoes of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael or Michelangelo, sensei Splinter or reporter April O'Neil and must save the world from the main villain Shredder. You do this entirely in the style of the beat 'em ups of yesteryear. It is a brawling game with wonderfully pixelated retro graphics and a pumping soundtrack, in which just about all the locations, characters and enemies of the past pass by in rapid succession.
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  2. LaPS4
    Aug 17, 2022
    85
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a love letter to beat'em up fans, with innovations that deepen the genre and make it the perfect excuse to return to it.
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  3. PLAY
    Aug 1, 2022
    80
    A must-play for any brawler fan, this levels up retro fun to new chaotic heights. With lots of love for ’80s TMNT, it’s a feast for the eyes and for the fingers. [Issue#17, p.72]
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