If you are TMNT fan and like some beat em up , AND you are a fan of this new art style then I would definitely recommend.
The game is simple yet enjoyable. Fighting is solid and different combos get unlocked over time. There is bit more to do in it than just hopping from mission to mission kicking butts. With progression you also unlock more game mechanics.
All in all..... buy it, enjoy it and support devs for stepping into very difficult Franchise like TMNT. We want more TMNT games..... right?

Like most games nowadays its unfinished. Enemies get stuck behind or between objects, you get stuck behind or between objects, collectibles get stuck behind or between objects. Game did not track some achievements. Fell through the map on 2 missions. The amount of cut-scenes or loading screens is unnecessary. Lengthen the "missions" or playtime and shorten the wait times. Not sure what the plan is for season pass holders but as of now it looks like just cosmetics for the turtles. No new missions.
In my opinion just wait until its on sale if you really want to play this game. There is content in the trailers that is not in the game.

I did NOT expect a Yakuza/Persona style game to accompany my fixed camera beat-em-up...but I am absolutely here for it.

I DO wish the dodge had some i-frames because, as is, the combat is a bit obtuse. Especially if youre switching between turtles.

so far 8/10 IMO

Edit: After putting more time into the game I wanna change my score, I think its more of a 7/10

I have not quite finished the game (75%) but my biggest issue is the combat. It gets stale and there are some frustrating sections where enemies just bully you. That combined with some awkward camera angles and arena hazards can make it a bit tooth gritting. If you die you have to restart the level, no checkpoints. Overall a lot of small things add up and brings the fun down a few notches, unfort.

I was looking forward to this game since I love TMNT so much but found myself extremely disappointed. The art style is fun, but the animations are not, especially in cut scenes. The trailer was cut really well but when I played the game it felt lazy compared to today's standards in basically every aspect which made me feel like the trailer was a bit dishonest. There wasn't really much for story, they kind of just spoon feed you a basic plot. The camera was irritating at times and the combat felt awkward on everyone least of all being Donatello, Raphael possibly being the worst feeling.

I've mostly been playing the PS5 version and I have a bit over 8 hours in that so my sentiments are based on that but truth be told at first, like maybe my first two hours or so the game wasn't clicking with me, I liked the movie, cartoon, etc. and I like Heart&Slash, I had a lot to be excited about pre-release but when it was finally in my hands combat felt strangely limited and restricted and I felt so defeated because I liked everything else, but once I started getting midway through the skill tree and started really paying attention to the demonstration vids and looking at my move-lists, It really started to come together and now I've been having a blast with this game, the one I was hoping for before release.

The Persona inspired elements of the game are greater than expected and a big part of the games charm, the time management, presentation and social links are pretty much pulled straight from those games while the social links don't have the same level of nuance, the stories told within them are simple, heartwarming and/or have great dialogue bits, there's one with Michelangelo that homages the classic NES Turtles game, in a really fun way, you can tell the people behind this were not just fans of Mutant Mayhem but the Turtles in general.

The 3D Platforming aspect while subdued in comparison to the Hack & Slash and Persona stuff, is still very much involved and feels like all the best parts of the 2007 TMNT movie game's movement without the drawbacks, and there are cases where the movement and platforming really get to shine, in the pizza delivery challenges which are set up like obstacle courses and very much designed to encourage flow and speed-running, for the first time in a long time we've got a TMNT game utilizing the ninja aspect of them for more than just fighting.

The combat is probably the most important part of this game for most, and I'm seeing comparisons to Yakuza and the TMNT 03 games and to those people feel how you want to I've played both of those, but honestly this is a character action game, its got its own flair and feel overall, but it blatantly is inspired by Devil May Cry, right down to enemies getting their own introduction scenes, to the slow-mo zoom on the finishing blow dealt in an encounter, to straight up lifting the style meter mechanic and I mean wholesale the ranking will stagnate if you continue to use the same attacks over and over again you're encouraged to mix it up, XP is pretty much red orbs, each of the turtles not only fights differently within their moves but they all have their own mini-mechanics pretty much ensuring that they are to be approached differently, We've had two other great TMNT games before this, Shredder's Revenge and Splintered Fate, but my biggest qualms with those is how Identical each character feels to control, I'm happy to report this game doesn't have that design choice and for me that'll do wonders for replayability.

But it took a while to click, there's no jump cancelling and while you can guard or roll cancel some moves you can't do it for all of them.
The game's enemies actually attack at a pretty frantic pace so for me its a little odd for your attacks to typically feel more like a commitment, I was so fixated on this early on and it took a while for me to get comfortable but please stick with it, the longer you play this game the more new features, side activities, mechanics etc. get introduced in addition to the skill-trees and move-lists getting quite deep and opening up your options tenfold, there are a number of people jumping to review this barely 1 or 2 hours in, and I'm saying it myself I wasn't won over early on but the game really does start taking off as you play.

I should just address the game as it is, and not the sentiments I've seen thrown around on this discussion board but there's a lot of weird takes regarding identity politics, or a lack of online co-op, or something insane in between, while the latter would have been nice, the developer has never made an online game and If it came down to investing resources into the games various features and mechanics or cutting back on them to implement an online function that to be honest isn't all that suitable for this game, as it's really story/narrative driven and there would be a ton of time passed outside of the action bits where a second player doesn't get to do anything, I understand opting for the former, not to mention most character action games are single player anyway, that they squeezed in 2 players at all is kind of a feat in itself.

There is just a strange amount of people trying to get their dream TMNT out of a $39.99 AA release with it's own unique ideas and people aren't judging it for what it is, rather they're judging it for what they want out of some hypothetical ninja turtles game.

I think this game more than justifies its asking price, it is roughly 12-15 hours in length and that is without completion, 4 characters to master if you're the type to dig deep in these games, a cool dynamic difficulty mechanic that introduces itself a few hours in, and even fun little bonuses, like unlocking really cool alternate costumes for each character, and you can decorate the lair with graffiti you find in stages there's a shocking amount to see and do in it and there's going to be an extra mode released soon enough that will no doubt bolster it's replay value even further.

It's not perfect the game takes a minute at least for me to really come together, took well over 2 hours for me to start liking it wholesale, the camera not often but early in the game and in rare cases there are encounters where it feels like its there for enemies to utilize it against you, there's a couple goofy instances of collision jank, and unfortunately their are some bugs I have the game essentially soft lock itself 2 or 3 times, forcing me to reset a level or an activity, but these issues aren't really enough to get me to not recommend it, and hopefully we see some patches for bugfixes and QoL add ons.

This game is a clear labor of love I feel like I had to say my piece on it with how things are going atm despite preferring to wait until I've finished it, if you like TMNT and you're contemplating it but not sure because of the price or anything go for it, game is completely aware of it's price tag and does everything and more to justify it.
This is the best 3D TMNT game to date and one of their best game outings in general, and probably the first genuinely good game out of Outright Games(no offense) Would love to see more like it some day.

This game is really interesting. The gameplay is nothing special. It's solid and has some nice aspects. The only legit issue with it is the game is not just difficult and even as a kid I don't think I'd ever struggle with it. Where the games shines is literally everywhere else. It stays true to the film and you really feel like youre in that world. Same VAs, for the most part, the animation is properly realized, the story makes sense within the world of the movie, and it has a shocking amount of side content and content in general for that matter. The game is over 10 hours long with a lot of cutscenes and majority are fully voice acted. The surprising thing is it has this persona inspired hub system. So inbetween the main missions, that're classic beat'em up style, you have the turtles home in the sewer. Where you can talk to everyone, upgrade the turtles, do extra content on their phone or computer, and theres areas you can go to from the map that're also in that persona style where there's side stuff to do. The main use for them is to interact with people and each turtle as a quest line through a specific person. Every time you do one the turtle's upgrade path is leveled up. There's not a ton of depth to these persona inspired moments but it's still a cool addition and lets you live in that world more and not just feel like you're mindlessesly doing fights over and over. I think that adds a lot to a game like this where most people are coming for the TMNT world not just a beat'em up expierence. Overall this game is impressive and isn't just another run of the mill beat'em up. Hopefully they can build on the ideas from it and make a even better version along side the sequel to the movie.

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Just not it... sucks because I love TMNT... huge fan... but the cut scenes are uninteresting, the combat is clunky and slow, and overall just not a fan of this game... :(

I'm really loving the combat in this game, especially playing as Raph. His parry and ground-pound are fun mechanics. But my favorite thing? My kids like watching me play...and pointing out where all the purple coins are. Only disappointment is that some of the Persona-style side stories aren't voiced, so my kids are making me skip them since they can't read :(

I'm disapointed in this one. First off, only 2 players. The story line is Meh. Voice acting is Meh. I just can't see myself ever turning this back on. I"m requesting a refund.