These unlocked characters have some interesting and unique special abilities of their own and can help to keep things fresh. The game also incorporates a handful of unlockable characters such as the aforementioned splinter and Casey Jones (a violent vigilante sports fanatic). Michelangelo can shoot out a ball of fire and can also use his nun-chucks like helicopter propellers in order to extend his jump distance a little bit. He can also shoot out a laser beam from his armband as opposed to throwing shuriken like the rest of the turtles. Donatello for instance can create a force field around himself which knocks back enemies and temporarily protects him from attacks. On the upside the developers did include some unique special abilities for each character making them more interesting than they could have been. These things make the game hard and not in a hard I am being challenged way but hard in a throw the controller across the room at your younger sibling way. Of course that’s not all as many of the enemies explode when you take them out and the explosion will damage and knock down the turtles. To make things even more difficult when you get attacked while in the middle of performing your own attack it seems to stun your character causing them to be dizzy for a few moments (oh and while dizzy the AI has no problem smacking you around a bit). This problem is frequently compounded by the fact that many of the enemies have projectiles and can attack from a distance. Often when fighting multiple enemies you end up getting hit by one while attacking another. The game is also hard to defend in you can’t cancel an attack into defense (ala Ninja Gaiden). It got really frustrating at times trying to make and time jumps correctly (I ended up falling more often than not). Also the combat is separated by platformer style dynamics which do not mesh well with the controls and camera angles. The laggy controls make the combat instances a bit of a chore and less entertaining than they could be. Despite being more entertaining I would hesitate to say that it is exactly fun. Ultimately the game is way more entertaining with a few friends than it is alone which is not a bad thing in and of it self. This makes the game MUCH easier in multiplayer mode than single player which is peculiar to me. When you do multiplayer this does not seem to be the case and each player has their own health measurement. No big deal here… Well sort of, the characters share health so for instance if you are playing with just one player all four turtles have the exact same health and if Donatello gets mauled then Michelangelo might as well have been as well. That means one player can choose four characters or two players can choose two and two or one and three so on so forth (You can add to four right?). The game hosts up to four players and four characters must be selected by those players. The fairly sloppy control made the parts where I was actually interacting with the game less than ideal. Depending on your opinions of the gameplay this could either be refreshing or annoying. There were points I was wondering if I shouldn’t have just rented the DVDs and watched those instead. I felt as if I was playing as much or less than I was just watching cartoon clips. Walk around for about a half of a minute, jump from platform to platform for a minute (plus another minute or so if you count in the time you spend falling to your horrible death) and then fight here and there to cover the rest of the time. Each stage is stupendously short taking on average what seemed to be 3-5 minutes to complete. One small concern I have about the design is that it is hard to tell if the stages are just filler for these cartoon clips.
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While I personally like the cartoon and enjoyed being able to feel involved in the story I do not imagine that it will appeal to most of the people out there (then again it might be a way for you to watch a series you know you want to watch without having to be ashamed of watching Saturday morning cartoons). The story telling takes place during cut scenes each essentially just a clip from the cartoon series. The basic premise is that splinter (your giant mutated rat sensei) has been kidnapped and it is your task to go and rescue him.
While the game offers nothing new or unique as far as the story goes, it is kind of cool to be able to play through a story I already enjoy. So as you can expect, I kind of enjoy the story as it is. It has been ripped straight from the cartoon series, I personally am a fan of the cartoon show and watch it whenever I am awake early enough on Saturday morning (that’s right I still watch Saturday morning cartoons however through the anonymity of this review I can say that with little fear of harassment).
I have mixed feelings about the story in this game.
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