Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan

 Xbox One
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
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  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jul 14, 2016
    70
    Flashy and frantic brawler hamstrung only by its devotion to online co-op. [Aug 2016, p.79]
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  2. ZTGD
    Jun 1, 2016
    70
    All in all, it’s not a bad TMNT game. Sure, the bosses may take too many hits to take down, and the combat will become a mash-fest after a while, but with a few buddies online, I had a pretty fun time seeing the lean green fighting machines back in action.
  3. ICXM
    May 24, 2016
    70
    Overall, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan is a solid brawler focused around co-op, but also enjoyable and easy to manipulate while playing solo.
  5. 4P.de
    May 27, 2016
    65
    Platinum and Activision deliver again. But even with the action flowing fast and an art design straight out of the comic books, this brawler lacks the certain “something” that is evident in Platinum’s proprietary franchises.
  6. Gamers' Temple
    Jun 11, 2016
    55
    I'm not really sure what happened with Mutants Over Manhattan. On paper and from a presentation standpoint, it is the most perfect TMNT game ever released. All that changes when you actually play it.
  7. EGM
    Jun 3, 2016
    55
    Another misstep with the TMNT franchise leaves me wondering if anyone will ever make a good Turtles game again. As is, Mutants in Manhattan works, but it’s just terribly boring.
  8. IGN Spain
    May 30, 2016
    52
    Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey deserve something better. Platinum Games can (and should) develop a better game.
  9. TrueAchievements
    Jun 10, 2016
    50
    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.
  10. Arcade Sushi
    Jun 2, 2016
    50
    As a Turtles fans I’m mildly satisfied seeing the characters in a new light, but playing the game just doesn’t cut it for me.
  11. Pure Xbox
    May 28, 2016
    50
    While there's a moderately entertaining co-op experience underneath the lazy level design, short game length, bland missions, occasional bugs, and minor kinks in the combat system, the quality and value most certainly aren't in line with what we expect from a $50 game.
  12. MondoXbox
    Jun 12, 2016
    47
    A very disappointing game, especially considering it was made by Platinum Games. Boring, chaotic and irritatingly repetitive.
  13. Destructoid
    May 25, 2016
    45
    It's a very short game that still manages to be far too long.
  14. Stevivor
    Jun 26, 2016
    40
    The lack of local multiplayer is Mutants in Manhattan‘s biggest sin.
  15. Critical Hit
    Jun 16, 2016
    30
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan's greatest sin isn't that it's a bad game that feels like the result of minimum effort. It's that it takes a great concept, and makes it unrelentingly boring in every way possible.

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 47
  3. Negative: 17 out of 47
  1. Deiradinn
    Jun 11, 2016
    8
    There is no way that this game is a 5 out of 10. It's not perfect but man is it fun and full of TMNT goodness. Don't buy into the hate at all.There is no way that this game is a 5 out of 10. It's not perfect but man is it fun and full of TMNT goodness. Don't buy into the hate at all. I've been playing this and it's a ton of fun.… Full Review »
  2. Arnithus
    May 24, 2016
    8
    So I will not be the foolish one that says this game should receive anything but a perfect score. I ignore the price point of a game toSo I will not be the foolish one that says this game should receive anything but a perfect score. I ignore the price point of a game to because "expensive" that is all relative. Here is what I wanted out of this game... I wanted it to be arcade, fast, fun, multiplayer, and mindless. It gave me most of that in this game so that works in my favor. NO COUCH CO-OP!? Disappointment...

    The good:
    Plenty of special skills to keep the fighting fresh over several plays.
    Your turtle levels up and the use of charms is a nice touch.
    It's a Turtles game!

    The Okay:
    The camera needs to be better.
    After you kill an enemy there needs to be an auto target to the next one.
    The tutorial is fine for what it does but needs to put you in more of an open environment.

    The Bad:
    It is too short if you are a once and done player.
    The tutorial doesn't prepare you for the "Missions in a mission" style of play.
    It took me the entire first level to figure out how to actually complete missions.    … Full Review »
  3. VegeST
    Jan 21, 2022
    8
    Cool parody on games like Naruto Shippuden UNS, DB Xenoverse and etc. I also don't thing that TMNT Games from activition were that bad, forCool parody on games like Naruto Shippuden UNS, DB Xenoverse and etc. I also don't thing that TMNT Games from activition were that bad, for example Danger In Ooze.… Full Review »
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