TMNT (2007, PC) – review from Hamilton |Requiem for the past

A nostalgic review of perhaps the last good game about ninja turtles. Attention: In the review there is a “company humor” of the author, as well as, through the fault of the author, some important gameplay elements are missed, the request not to throw slippers! Enjoy viewing/reading!

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Nostalgia – a feeling that occurs at the sight of a particular phenomenon or object with which a person has a past, and causing warm memories, warming the soul. Oddly enough, I like nostalgic reviews, because it is an occasion to play the old and warmly beloved games that cause me that most pleasant feeling of nostalgia, even if some of them are strange objects of adoration. Hello everyone, Hamilton is with you, and today I suggest you get acquainted with my Relative Requiem, and this time the 2007 turtles-ninja turtles game.

Ninja turtles from its very appearance were a little strange, but interesting characters with their history, worked out the world and a solid setting. Could Kevin Eastman and Peter Lard, the creators of the original comics about the mutated reptiles, think about how hotly their brainchild will become beloved by numerous fans even to this day. Comics as classic turtles, full of cruelty of the original comics of 1984, which were conceived both a kind of parody of the Servilov and other popular superheroes then, and about a more stringent version of the young spectators, the beginning of the 90s are published and sold now around the world, a couple of years ago even a crossover with Batman was released a couple of years ago. With animated series and films, things are not as rosy as we would like. The 2012 animated restarts gave great hopes for the franchise and was generally even not bad, but due to the failure of the second film about turtles, which, like the first part, was covered by Michael Bay for the producing of Michael Bay for 5 season. The new restart of the series in September of this year was generally perceived by fans of bayonets because of all kinds of and pretty hesitated rethinking and gender-red changes. Alas, modern trends take their own, and if they take it, then in most cases they spoil, although they say that it is irreversible and original.

The video game industry is also far from perfect. The last few large games were rarely estimated above 5/10, and any person who has never felt these crafts can, with one quick look at the gameplay of these games, evaluate the game with the standard “meh”, and then forget about their existence. I can’t even believe that really good games about our young mutants in our time and during the day with fire you will not be found, which is why you have to turn to older projects. That the games on Segu and the dandy, that the ATV in the 2003 animated series could really attract an ordinary gamer for 4-5 hours of fun, especially they were often played in the company of friends, still we have 4 turtles 4. And unfortunately, but our patient today with a small stretch, but can be proudly called the last good game about turtles. And why it can be called so with a stretch we will find out throughout this review, to which, after the next long preface, we will finally cross.

Screenshot from the game “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2012)

So, in the yard 2007, undoubtedly considered one of the best in terms of the release of varying degrees of goodness of games and films. In March, a new full-length cartoon about ninja turtles, which continued the three previous play films that came out from 90 to 93, is released. At the same time, in any case, with a difference of a couple of days, a game of the same name made by the plot of this cartoon goes on sale of video game stores. For the development and publisher, the Ubisoft studio that had not yet been instructed in the eternal assassins, and specifically the unit in Quebec. By the way, the first Assassin’s Creed was released in November 2007, so that the studio was already waiting for world censure for conveyor and inability to player. The turtles came out first for PlayStation 2, the first (not one) and round Xbox, GameCube, as well as for WII. A little later, the game came out for personal computers, and a little later – the version for PSP and Nintendo DS, which differed in their frank mediocrity. The plot of the game far from the plot of the cartoon does not leave, except that the story begins with the fact that Leo, Raf, Mick and Don, not without Splinter, of course, recall the story of the helmet that was injected at the end of the cartoon at the end of the cartoon. Both there and there the story begins with Leonardo, who went to Latin America in search of himself and for further spiritual training. At this time, in New York, the rest of the turtles are engaged in daily routine: Donatello is working as a computer analyst, simultaneously walking on the sewer in search of various technical lotions for their inventions, Michelangelo begins to work on children’s holidays in the image of a giant cranch named Kawabang Karl, but Rafael decides to become a local dark knight, and Rafael decides to become a local dark knightput on iron armor and saddle a motorcycle. With the name of his alter ego, namely with Nightwatcher, our localizers managed to mock, and I always liked the game translation of this name. The night guard also sounds more humble, and the hearing does not cut, like the same nightly all -see. However, we will talk about localization at the end, as usual, but for now we move directly to the gameplay.

This is Rafael in a night guard costume, and he looks at New York, like a native

The game is an action-an adventure with https://hustlescasino.uk/ a length of 16 chapters of a single campaign. During all this time, we will have the opportunity to run for all four turtles that differ in weapons, as well as some features, well, the color of the bandages, of course. Actually, the first few chapters introduce us to each of the turtles, as well as with the night guard, for which we will also be given to play. Leonardo is armed with katani and is able to pass through the lattices thanks to the amulet found in the first chapter. Rafael, like the night guard, is armed with the saga trident, like this is your Milena, with the help of which he is able to climb the walls. Donatello is armed with the BOA staff, with the help of which he can be repulsed from the ground and make a leap forward, thereby overcoming the long abysses between buildings or pits in rooms with a low ceiling, where you do not particularly jump. Michelangelo is armed with nunchaks, and when he is in the air, he can spin them over his head, which allows him to soar for a short time and thereby overcome the abysses between buildings or balloons. Since the word “ninja” stands after the “turtles” for a reason, our wards are able to quickly move and make a double jump, as well as climb through the steep walls and bounce between two walls to rise higher. Among other things, at the levels when you have to control all the turtles in turn, and such levels could not help but appear, you will be able to overcome long distances between buildings and abysses thanks to the collaboration between two of the turtles, depending on which you play for which you play.

The sewage system has always been for turtles not only the house, but also the best training site

The fighting in the game, by the way, is quite simple. It is carried out using two buttons, legs hit and weapons attack. If you hold the attack key with a weapon, then you can attack several opponents at once, moving between them aki flash on speed, which makes skirmishes a little easier. In addition, holding the key with, or one of the triggers on the gamepad, you can evade enemy attacks, and also roll away from them. Also, if you press the attack key during the jump, then you will fall on the ground with a roar, thereby pushing the opponents. After each murder of opponents, a scale will be filled at the top of the screen, consisting of 10 stars. By its filling, you will enter into a super-mode, in which each enemy will be killed from one blow, and when you properly dexter, you can stay in this mode until the very end of the skirmish, which will quickly deal with the pack of opponents. If you are hit during the work of super-mode or in the process of filling out the scale, then all the existing stars will rudely fly, and the accuracy of the battle will be broken, well, you will receive damage, of course. In addition, during the battle, you can also call your brothers to the rescue, which allows you to make unique attacks. Playing Leo, Mick will throw you into the air and then abruptly throws you to the ground, which will allow you to stun and push the opponents on the ground. Playing Mika, you can take Don by the hands and spin like Yula will beat them with opponents. When playing for the Don, you and Raf will stick the boa staff in the ground that will create an electric impulse that affects opponents nearby. When playing for Raf, you will be able to launch Leo into a crowd of enemies or a boss as a shell. For any team attack, you will be accrued with command glasses, which we will talk about a little later. As for management in the game, it is quite intuitive and simple both on the keyboard and on the gamepad.

Original joke about how guys poke sticks in Donatello

And until I completely forgot about the night guard, which is an integral part of the story. For him, we will be given to play 5 chapters out of 16, and the gameplay is not very different from the main one, but differs. Let’s start with the fact that Raf is moving a little slower here. During skirmishes with opponents, you don’t have to collect stars anymore to move to super-mode, it is called rage here, and when the scale of rage in the upper right corner will be filled to the maximum, you will be offered to press the appropriate key and activate this mode, after which the raf will first shave out as if it would be planted on its own sai, then it will jump out and its furious will break out, killing all the opponents available.nearby. With each of your blow, rage will quickly be reduced, which will not allow you to cover a pack of enemies in the same way as during the work of super-mode, and t.To. Fury is also activated, then you can enter it before filling the scale. Another feature of the game for the night guard is that if you get damage you, you cannot restore health until you reach the control point and die next to it, and this is really the only way to replenish health when playing for the night guard. When playing for turtles, they are able to restore their health both with the help of meditation, if you stand in one place for some time, and on their own, if this is the command level. Just change the broken turtle to a more whole until it restores its health.

»What blushes with anger, but turns green with envy?”©

As I said earlier, the game is a trip to 16 chapters of the main plot history. Each chapter is essentially a large linear location and each passes from 5-6 to 20 minutes in an increase in. Here and there, small respaws of local opponents in the form of fighters of the Red Dragon gang, the military at the levels in Latin America, as well as the ninja of the clan of a large leg or simply feet, which are distributed in the form of masquerade costumes are constantly scattered. If all opponents are placed in the degree of killing, then the soldiers and fighters of the Red Dragon will be the easiest, and the feet will be more or less pose that the feet will be. Each of the opponents’ fractions is in the form of several units. Soldiers come from only two types – hilyaki with a machete and fats with guns. Red dragons are a gopot with bits, a more trained gopot with pipes and local majors with jaguar bottles, which will be drew to throw it in you, and believe me if you or one of the opponents will enter it-it will be bad both to you and them. The prize for a wide variety of units again departs feet, and swordsmen, and ninja with spears, archers, and even a local boss, who calls three swordsmen, apparently with the help of shadow cloning, and also throws shurikens at you. Unfortunately, I did not find a footage with him, so here’s a footage with Schredder, which is essentially this boss. And no, in this game Schredder is not the head of the head, so exhale calmly, I will not spoil your plot, all the more knowledgeable people themselves know what’s what.

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At the end of each level, you will be shown a small final table of results, which take into account such parameters as accuracy in the battle, compiled by the results of each of the skirmishes with enemies in the form of a filled scale and rank nearby, the time spent on the passage of the chapter, the number of collected coins, here and there scattered in levels, and found in the command chapters of the team attack. For each parameter, final grades will be set, from A+ to F, as in the American assessment system. After summing up all the results, a final assessment of the passage of the level will be made, on which it will depend on how many carapys you will receive by the result. Oh yes, the shell. Why do you think, coins were added to each of the levels? Maybe they will be here by a local currency for the store, which we will talk about later? Al-no, coins are presented only as collectors that affect only the successful passage of the level. And by the way, at command levels this counter can be easily deceived, t.To. If during the performance of a team attack in a super-mode or outside his enemy will die, then in his place an additional coin will certainly remain, which may disappear if it does not choose. The currency here is the same shells, which are given to you in the amount of up to 5 pieces for the passage of each chapter. The shells can also be assembled with an additional pepper of the chapter in the form of 5 pieces, as well as on additional virtual reality maps that pass for a while, and, after which you can get up to 3 carapers. All these cards, which, like the levels themselves, are exactly 16, open after passing the head of the main campaign. They are races for a while and fights for a while, and in general they are not very interesting. The shells themselves can be spent in a local store both on various concept arts and vidosiki, and on features in the form of masks for turtles and night guards that you see on the screen now, replacing your weapons with all sorts of things, bizarre costumes for your rivals, and also for such an unusual and important thing as a foam. Still love jokes about farting?

There are also battles with bosses in the game, which, in general, are the most ordinary clashes with bosses, no matter how trite it sounds. The boss has its own health scale, and to predict what you need to do with it is quite simple. Nevertheless, fights with stone statues may seem quite complicated to you, especially at the end of the game, whose footage is not for obvious reasons, but take my word for my word – at the end each of the bosses needs your own approach, but you can easily find it, because the game itself tells you what to do what to do.

The delivery of the turtle soup was ordered?

Finally, we made out all the main gameplay features, you can finally go to the other elements of the game, which I would like to talk about more about. And I’ll start with the plot, which in general I think not bad. It is almost completely based on the plot of the picture, according to which the game was made, but I personally are a little offensive to me in the game neither April O’Neill, nor Casey Jones, but they were to some extent an important part of the film. The only mention of Casey is in only one dialogue, and then a rather fragile. For the rest, as I said, the plot is presented quite well, both in the form of a KAT scenes before the start of the mission, and while passing in the form of remarks of characters telling history or commenting on the screen on the screen.

Now a few words about graphics, and you know, for the game 2007 it is good, but only in terms of filling the world around him and some models. The turtles themselves and some of their opponents do not look very attractive. They are some kind of too angular, as for me. And imagine, almost six months later, these guys will release the first assassin! It seems to be a difference of six months, but a rather significant. I also did not like the fact that the game did not want to sign up at 60 FPS, while without recording it goes to them quite stable. I checked the record from three different programs, and in all three the game issued 30 FPS when recording, which is why you are now watching a review in the usual 720r, for which I ask you to forgive me.

By local standards, the development of levels is really good

We move on to the sound component of the game, and you know – it is magnificent in every sense! The music in the game is quite good for itself, and it plays almost constantly, whether you will run around the jungle for Leonardo, will you jump on the roofs for the night guard, whether you jump for Don in the sewer, whether you are firing in a masquerade costume, whether you have a fuck, and I can give such examples countless! No, seriously, I really like the musical component of the game, like a voice acting. Oddly enough, but the voices that sounded in the game are also able to influence the effect of nostalgia, and the ninja turtles were no exception. Here, we can say, they gathered real voices of our childhood, because Vsevolod Kuznetsov himself speaks behind Leonardo, for Donatello – Nikita Prozorovsky, Alexander Komlev for Michelangelo, and for Rafael – Sergey Burunov! I literally heard their voices every second of the game, but everything spoiled, oddly enough, the translation of the dialogs. Some dialogs are made simply strange and illogical, as if the original lines of the text were passed through a google translator or PrOMT, and this really sad. By the way, it would be funny to hear a verse about Lambert from the Third Witcher performed by Leonardo with respect to Raphael.

And now you will think why I still have not mentioned some disadvantages or controversial moments of the game, and, perhaps, now is the time for this is the time. Personally, it seemed to me disputed by the presence of an attack not by the weapon about which I already spoke. I have never used it for the whole game once, except only for a footage, so why is this attack needed? About localization of the script without adaptation and adjusting the text, I already said, hmm, what else … Ah, I did not like the graphics, if only because it was possible to make it Sellshydinova, such as in the Ultimate Spider-Man man. About KAT-scenes in the form of poorly known models, they also slightly annoy me, because it was possible to do better. And for the most part, I can’t single out anything so controversial or bad, maybe I myself forgot about something, it’s hard to say for sure, and therefore, so as not to make a release for half an hour, I propose to move on to the results.

Typical frame from kat-scene

2007 “Turtles-Ninja Turtles”, as for me, can wear the title of the last good game about turtles. Yes, critics and players accepted it in the same way as the cartoon itself, t.e. not very, but it is impossible to deny the fact that in 2007 Ubisoft made good games, well, or in any case, they still tried to make them like that. Personally, I recall this game once in 2-3 years and pass it with pleasure, and all the passage, by the way, takes 7-8 hours, and if you don’t have much to stupid, then all 5-6, which, of course, will be a minus for someone, but as for a single play about ninja turtles, this is even a plus. I honestly and sincerely enjoy intra -game music, voice acting and gameplay, and I can say with confidence that this game can bring pleasure to the usual gamer. The game boldly gets from me 7/10 and goes to the shelf to the rest of the games that I like to play in the rush of nostalgia ..