Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown comes out on May 22
It's being developed by Strange Scaffold, who made the fantastic El Paso, Elsewhere. There's a new trailer with plenty of gameplay, which is always nice. One thing that sets this tactical RPG apart from rivals like Unicorn Overlord is that the battles take just a few minutes to complete. As a matter of fact, they look even zippier than the streamlined fights found in the Mario + Rabbids series.
The story sounds downright depressing for a TMNT game. 'Splinter and Shredder are dead, and as the Turtles approach adulthood, they're not just growing up... they're growing apart,' a description reads. To that end, most of the levels are played solo with just a single turtle. Come on guys. Hash things out over a large pizza pie!
There's no price yet, but preorders are open. Publisher Paramount Game Studios has yet to say anything about a potential console release.
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