Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Reviews
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a decent game. The Casey Jones & the Junkyard Jam DLC is worth it if you’re interested in the base title, though I’d only give it a full recommendation if you have a friend or three to play with.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a new adventure for the Turtles, and their foray into the roguelike genre is mostly positive, though ultimately unremarkable. The game features various systems to explore, plenty of customisation and progression options, and all four Turtles have been designed for close, mid, and even long-range combat with unique abilities. Unfortunately, the fights become predictable, difficulty spikes often feel unexpected and even undeserved, and the campaign’s linearity — with no option to choose the next arena — eventually becomes tiring due to its rigid, repetitive structure. It’s a good game with solid ideas and a narrative focus that fans of the franchise will appreciate, but it’s far from the most replayable roguelike currently available.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a fantastic entry in the broader Ninja Turtles universe. The story, despite its simplicity, does a great job of paying tribute to the history of the franchise. Plus the gameplay is extremely fun and filled with great opportunities for experimentation. While the glitches, forgettable soundtrack, small cast of playable characters, and lack of any unique qualities that separate it from other entries in the genre, it's still a great game if you're a fan of the iconic heroes in a half-shell.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a fun and engaging game to play when you just want something to get lost in and not really think about.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is an enjoyable multiplayer roguelike starring one of entertainment’s most long lasting franchises and it’s now getting some DLC, bringing Casey Jones into the game.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate mixes roguelike action with TMNT’s classic style. Each Turtle’s unique abilities, co-op mode, and randomized levels keep gameplay fresh. The dynamic visuals and high replay value add to the experience, making Splintered Fate a great fit for TMNT fans and roguelike enthusiasts alike.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate successfully blends the charm of classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Roguelike mechanics. The fluid combat, diverse upgrade system, and co-op multiplayer mode provide a compelling experience for both franchise fans and Roguelike fans. Despite the apparent lack of dialogue and repetition. The game remains as engaging as a TMNT game or a Roguelike.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
We have a roguelike with solid foundations, which delivers what is expected of the genre along with fluid and fun gameplay for up to four players. In addition, the variety of turtle abilities and upgrades give a good variation to the formula, allowing the use of several builds so that no player can find fault.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate succeeds in delivering nostalgic and replayable TMNT action, featuring simple roguelite elements that don't get in the way of the game's arcade feel.
The roguelike action gameplay and unique character abilities provide depth, while the fast-paced combat and mini-boss encounters keep players on their toes. However, the game has some drawbacks, including control limitations, repetition, and unclear multiplayer progress. Despite these issues, the game offers a satisfying experience with continuous unlocks and a variety of enemy types, making it a worthwhile addition.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a fun co-op roguelike; however, it shows the limitations of a straight mobile port and could use some work, both on the depth of its content and its controls.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a great roguelike that takes full advantage of both the popular genre trappings and the massive franchise it’s based on. Outside of runs becoming a bit repetitive over time, the game is a fantastic combination of two excellent ideas that fans ought to check out.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is an enjoyable and accessible roguelike that caters to both fans of the genre and TMNT fanatics. It doesn’t break new ground with its simple yet effective roguelike mechanics (and its VERY clear where its inspirations lie), but it still offers plenty of fun with its satisfying combat, deep character variety, and co-op multiplayer action. If you’re looking for an in-depth roguelike with intricate progression or complex gameplay mechanics, Splintered Fate might be a bit too simple. But if you’re a TMNT fan seeking an action-packed and addictive game that’s packed with shell-tastic charm, this will definitely tick a lot of the right boxes for you.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate might not be a revolutionary entry in the roguelite genre, it’s a really enjoyable and new kind of experience for TMNT fans. The diverse combat styles of the turtles, coupled with the engaging skill tree and well-designed levels, create a compelling core gameplay loop. The co-op mode shines even brighter, allowing players to team up and combine their turtle power in a truly satisfying way online, and off. While the repetitive enemies and sometimes uneven difficulty hold it back from greatness, Splintered Fate offers enough charm, challenge, and TMNT spirit to warrant a playthrough, especially for those who grew up yelling “Cowabunga!” alongside their favorite shelled turtle – I even found myself shouting it during my own runs.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate confirms all its good qualities, already appreciated at the time of its launch on Apple Arcade. A light and fun (yet challenging) action roguelike that is clearly inspired by the top of the class, that Hades capable of garnering major recognition even at The Game Awards in 2020. The excessive similarity to the Supergiant Games masterpiece is both a virtue and a flaw of the Super Evil Megacorp production, on the one hand wise in shaping an accessible and cooperative-friendly declination of the genre, on the other hand far too conservative in ideas. Kind of like a good all-you-can-eat pizza: you never turn it down, but there's definitely something more delicious out there.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is an appreciable roguelite that attempts to gather all Hades fans now waiting for the second chapter, due next year. Super Evil Megacorp's latest endeavour, however, is a production that struggles to stand out qualitatively, mainly due to a shaky technical compartment and a difficulty set too low, all the more so when played in co-op.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is a mostly successful Hades-like that’s a blast to play and really gels well together across all of its key components. It’s a little easier-going, the loading screens are a bit of a slog and the overall balance and storytelling isn’t as compelling or as tight, but Turtles is a fantastic IP to mesh with the genre, and this is about as close (and as enjoyable) as Hades as I’ve seen any other game in recent memory. Totally bodacious!
It captures the spirit and form of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but introduces a concept and a series of well-designed mechanics from a less explored genre within this universe.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Splintered Fate is inspired by one of the best games of all time, so coming up short was always in the cards. I think a sequel that provide truly unique runs with more variety in the environment is a must. I like the idea of what the perks and abilities offer, making you stronger, but when you are fighting the same enemies in the same locations, it’s hard to get that excited for the next run. The TMNT have a wide catalog of some pretty mediocre games and just plain awful titles and thankfully, Splintered Fate is not one of them.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate may not be the most original roguelike out there, but I had a blast playing it and would easily say it's one of the best TMNT games yet.