A newly introduced TMNT recreation, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, will see Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello eschew their ordinary style of sidescrolling beat-em-up for a brand new turn-based journey.
TMNT: Tactical Takedown comes from developer Unusual Scaffold, the minds behind House Warlord Organ Buying and selling Simulator and this yr’s I Am Your Beast. The developer guarantees a “daring new strategy” to the TMNT universe, and never simply due to the sport’s turn-based ways gameplay, a primary for the franchise. It is also because of the recreation’s story, which can see the Turtles rising aside as they teeter on the sting of maturity in a world the place Grasp Splinter and their arch nemesis Shredder are each lifeless.
In response to the sport’s Steam page, there shall be 20 ranges for gamers to battle via, divided into 4 campaigns specializing in completely different characters. Battle arenas will “develop, shrink, and add new threats every flip,” with the sport’s visuals adopting a comic-book-style look mixed with mini-figurines and dioramas. TMNT: Tactical Takedown will even sport a “multi-genre” soundtrack from El Paso, Elsewhere composer RJ Lake.
Every Turtle may have a customizable transfer set that appears to capitalize on their distinctive combating kinds whereas additionally permitting for intelligent use of the surroundings. Regardless of being turn-based, the sport’s debut trailer reveals loads of shifting round, because the Turtles leap and bounce off enemies and reposition to arrange their assaults for fulfillment.
There is no such thing as a launch date for TMNT: Tactical Takedown simply but. It additionally seems to be like the sport is at present solely introduced for PC, however that would change sooner or later.
The TMNT have been busy on the planet of video video games not too long ago. TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, a return to the traditional model of sidescrolling beat-’em-ups the heroes in a half shell are recognized for, launched in the summertime of 2022, adopted by TMNT: The Cowabunga Assortment, a package deal of 13 old-school TMNT video games, only a few months later. This yr alone has seen the discharge of two TMNT video games: The co-op roguelike TMNT: Splintered Destiny and action-platformer TMNT: Mutants Unleashed (set in the identical world because the well-received 2023 TMNT: Mutant Mayhem movie).