For those of you who own Out of the Shadows...

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Is it any good? Like maybe Batman Arkham potential?

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

Is it any good? Like maybe Batman Arkham potential?

It's mediocre.

I'm not even a big fan of the Arkham Games. It's nowhere near that quality.

[Powder]

Man, you sure do live up to your name. Why don't you try reading one of the MANY threads in this very section about this very topic?

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Dude, I have but I'm asking if it's a good enough game to purchase. Considering I have to wait til the end of the month since I own a PS3 and not a 360.

[Leo656]

Even asking anyone here is a waste of time, since everyone only speaks in hyperbole, as in, "It's Great!" or "It's trash!"

It's fine, it's just not terrific. Just don't expect to breeze through it without practice, and don't expect the Story mode to take more than a few hours to get through, although there is replay value in replaying it for upgrades and whatnot. If you take the time to get good at it, it's fine, unless your copy is glitched, in which case I don't know what to tell you, because I'm still seeing zero bugs or glitches in mine, so apparently it's entirely random.

General consensus on other forums seems to be, "It's fun if you take the time to get good at it and Level Up." Which is how I feel.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Powder

Man, you sure do live up to your name. Why don't you try reading one of the MANY threads in this very section about this very topic?

Because...
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=44521

[gobo]

It reminds me of that lame movie tie-in for The Matrix. It's not unplayable, but whether or not it's worth buying depends on your level of fanaticism.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by Leo656

it's fine, unless your copy is glitched, in which case I don't know what to tell you, because I'm still seeing zero bugs or glitches in mine, so apparently it's entirely random.

Uh, yeah.

Digital releases don't work that way. It's the same file for everyone.

[Leo656]

I'm sure you're right, but it doesn't explain why I don't get the same glitches you do and others have. I've had pretty much NO bugs at all, so far. Don't ask me to explain it, but I'm sure it's partly why I'm having more fun with the game than some.

[Peanut]

The ignorance is almost palpable.

[Leo656]

It really is your trademark.

No, seriously, I did at one point in another thread say, "I wish someone could explain why some people see more bugs than others," since I know for a fact some people on here know about stuff like that. But nah, that'd be too easy, and might actually enlighten someone. You're right, snark is much better.

[BODYCOUNT]

if you got 15 bucks to blow its worth it. me and my sons barely play it . but maybe thats cuz we dont let them play video games during the week. ill report back after tomorrow.

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

Dude, I have but I'm asking if it's a good enough game to purchase. Considering I have to wait til the end of the month since I own a PS3 and not a 360.

You arn't getting new information here than what you could have gathered in the other topic(s).
It's fun to some and the worst thing ever to others. Either take the risk or wait for a "safer" TMNT title to come out later down the line.


If the team spent a bit more time on the game, it COULD be at a level like Batman's Arkham series.
But Arkham is very basic with the 4 buttons for attack, stun, counter, etc and then all the gadget/ quickfire buttons. It's simple and it works (but it isn't without it's flaws too... but it's nothing to hurt the game).

This game is similar to Arkham but I compare it more to Afro Samurai which also has the same system of running through "eh" story maps just to get you from one fight to another. As you leveled up Afro, he learned new moves using button combos.
That's basically this game except you get 4 skill trees for each Turtle, so you can kinda customize your Turtles.
There are a good amount of moves for each Turtle to learn. Like Afro's game, it's a 'lil rough to play in the beginning because you're given the bare minimum. As you progress through the game and apply ability points and unlock secondary weapons and their various special attack levels, the battles open up more and allow for better gameplay (still flawed but not unplayable for me).
Right now I'm in the Krang base and it's really fun now to be doing combo finishers with the other Turtles.

I think it's fun, I really haven't had much of anything get in the way of me enjoying of the game. Maybe I'm too forgiving?
I have a feeling a lot of the hate on this game is because the end result isn't the end-all-be-all TMNT game I think we all thought it would be (or atleast I did). It's still fun and one of the best TMNT titles, but the game it's self really isn't $60 quality.

I would love to see the team fix the bugs, learn from this game and put out a followup with the polish and precession this game clearly wants to have.
The camera would be a great thing for them to adjust in a patch so it's a little smarter.
And there are a few moves that dont work the way the game says to do it, and other moves I'm still unsure of doing (a few being Turtle Power moves like RT+A with another Turtle to flip/throw each other, etc).
But it's $15 and there is a few modes too and a few bonus things. I have seen better games with less game modes aside from the story.
But I enjoy it and I know there are a few of us who do enjoy it. I don't think it's as bad as people make it seem like.

Leo and I both seem to enjoy it but there are a lot of people who dont like it. Whatever.

Originally Posted by gobo

It reminds me of that lame movie tie-in for The Matrix. It's not unplayable, but whether or not it's worth buying depends on your level of fanaticism.

lol which one?
The one with Neo or the one with Ghost and Niobe?

[slingtheory]

imo its a good game for $15. its not exactly arkham caliber combat but its closer than any game has gotten to it so far. the main difference being that the arkham titles have a pretty simple combat system that's easy to pick up but kind of hard to master while this one is much more complex and the game doesn't really do a great job of teaching it to you. when I first started playing it made it frustrating but after I spent more time with it, started learning the system, practicing the special moves, and upgrading the turtles I've been having a lot of fun with it. its not perfect but its what I wanted from a current gen turtle game. free flow combat and the turtles fighting as a team. yes there are some bugs but nothing that broke the game during my playthrough. its definitely a step in the right direction and for me personally the best tmnt game since the arcade days

Originally Posted by FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza

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And there are a few moves that dont work the way the game says to do it, and other moves I'm still unsure of doing (a few being Turtle Power moves like RT+A with another Turtle to flip/throw each other, etc).
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I've found it works best when hold rt first and as you get next to the turtle you want to do a team attack with you hold down the a button instead of tapping it

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

Originally Posted by slingtheory

I've found it works best when hold rt first and as you get next to the turtle you want to do a team attack with you hold down the a button instead of tapping it

Thanks for the advice! I'll give that a try!

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

Is it any good? Like maybe Batman Arkham potential?

it's a fun game, but the camera is a struggle to use, it's very glitchy and the fighting is a straight up half finished Arkham Asylum clone.

it do have a lot of issues, but th character animation and th banter between the turtles are marvelous. great designs on all models. Cut scenes are lame cheap made comic book styled pages, when the turtle models do have a full facial rig for animation as you can see when they are taking to each other.

despite it's (huge) flaws, I do have a lot fo fun with the game, but I might be biased as a TMNT fan...

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

I wouldn't say the controls are an Arkham clone.
Batman's moves were, like, the 4 basic buttons and then holding down RT to hotkey a few gadgets and double tapping another shoulder button to quickthrow something.
You didn't need to press a succession of buttons to get a certain move like in a fighting game.

But they are similar in nature. It could be more closely compared to Afro Samurai or God of War with the type of button combos that must be met to preform specific moves to link into others.

[Julio]

I can't stand the art style, they just look ugly.

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

So and I dig the art style because it separates the game from the other incarnations and gives us something we havn't seen before.
We know the next game looks like the Nick cartoon and the games before looked like the 2007 movie and the 4Kids cartoon.

They tried something new, something that wasn't "safe" and something that would maybe appeal to the older fans who grew up on the game... since we're constantly talking about more darkness and realism in the franchise here on the Drome already.

[Leo656]

I don't really like Donnie's face, but the rest of them look fine to me. At least in the actual game. The single-page cutscenes, yeah, they could have been drawn better, for sure. Donnie in particular looks pretty bad in those. But in motion, I think they all look great. It's not like you get a lot of facial close-ups unless you purposely zoom in for them.

I liked the "cutscenes" from Smash-Up a lot better, since they tried to essentially do the same thing. I think some less-simplistic art would have made them less jarring in this game. The drawings barely resemble the characters sometimes. But at least they're short.