Battletoads Reviews

Battletoads is ranked in the 56th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8 / 10
Aug 20, 2020

Battletoads is an excellent return for the series. It has stunning hand drawn graphics, a story that will make you laugh and backs it up with tight varied gameplay. It is a great game to play solo but really comes into its own with a friend playing and experiencing together.

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4 / 5.0
Aug 19, 2020

Battletoads revives what was thought to be a long-dead franchise without missing a step.

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5 / 10.0
Aug 19, 2020

Battletoads, with its vibrant animations, captures the spirit of the original, but also does so by bringing in all of the lousy gameplay elements that dragged the original game down.

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7.5 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2020

Despite an amazing art style and some seriously fun beat ‘em up gameplay, the Battletoads reboot struggles with its identity due to the excessive inclusion of minigames

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8 / 10.0
Aug 19, 2020

Battletoads might just be Summer's sleeper hit. Despite some shortcomings, it's a punchy brawler with insanely charming animations and genuinely funny humor.

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8.5 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2020

Battletoads is fun, challenging and self-indulgent, but in ways that are respectful and reverent.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2020

With its tens of games inside the game and humor, Battletoads is a pleasant surprise, witnessing the sheer amount of Xbox portfolio's diversity. It could be a little deeper here and there, and co-op could be online too, but Dlala's take on the franchise is a fresh and fun, recommendable experience.

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GamingBolt
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 25, 2020

Battletoads' grand return largely sticks the landing. While some shortcomings make it a recommendation with caveats, it's still a fun, engaging, and clever game that fans of the genre should look into.

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7.5 / 10.0
Aug 24, 2020

Battletoads is fun to play but far from perfect.

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3.3 / 5.0
Sep 2, 2020

I suspect that fans of the original will find a good dose of nostalgia here that may well make it worth the price of admission. For everyone else… well, if you grew up in the 80’s and 90’s you might get a touch of nostalgia as well, unless you were more a Turtles fan like me, in which case this will simply continue making the Battletoads look like also-rans.

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4 / 10.0
Aug 23, 2020

Battletoads 2020 is for fans of Rick and Morty, and for those who enjoy insufferable hipster humor. The joke is that Rash and the boys are outdated, and the writers constantly reinforce this agenda of theirs; robbing Battletoads of its identity and making it indistinguishable from the endless dreck that oozes from Adult Swim’s sewer.

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Cubed3
Top Critic
8 / 10
Aug 20, 2020

Battletoads is a retro comeback that not only revives the much-loved series for fans, but one that elevates it to new heights! Truly, the development team has worked some magic to make this the best it can be, truly knocking it out of the park. There is very little wrong here that can stop from this being a star recommendation. The small amounts of missteps it does have don't hurt the experience in a meaningful way, leaving this to be an absolutely fantastic retro revival. It's great to see Rare credited on a game that is genuinely great.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 19, 2020

There’s been a lot of great games released this year, but Battletoads will surely prove to be one of the most memorable.

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8 / 10 stars
Aug 19, 2020

Battletoads returns after 26 years, and it's a love letter to gaming past and present.

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6.5 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2020

Battletoads isn't bad, but it is boring. It starts off relatively strong and quickly devolves into uninteresting minigames. When the title returns to beat-'em-up gameplay, it shows the potential to be something more, but then you're forced to play "rock paper scissors" or mash buttons for a few minutes, and it all fades away. The concept, characters and visuals are excellent updates of the original, so it's a shame that the gameplay isn't.

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Heavy
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2020

Battletoads is a short yet incredibly varied and jolly adventure.

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7 / 10
Aug 20, 2020

For me, I've been waiting for the game since it was announced. I believe it was a fun and unique experience, especially nowadays. But it's flawed by the shortness of the game as a whole and the lack of Online Multiplayer

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8 / 10.0
Aug 25, 2020

Battletoads are back and they are going full meta with this genre hybrid.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 27, 2020

As a game and entertainment product, Battletoads is a safe bet, easy to consume and accessible to all audiences, so it is definitely a title that you can give a try to on your Xbox One.

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6.5 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2020

The new version of Battletoads lacks character and seems that it's trying to escape its past. The game starts strong, but as you progress it loses its steam and becomes an average experience that can only excite the fans of the series at best.

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