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Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 3/14/2009 5:16 PM · Permalink · Report
It capitalizes on none of the strengths of the popular franchise, is frustrating and repetitive. Virtually all the other TMNT games were of a different genre and style and it was no accident!
chirinea (47496) on 3/14/2009 7:14 PM · Permalink · Report
And yet I think that diverging from the traditional way of making TMNT games is something that wouldn't be completely bad, if done well. I mean, I like the overall design of this game, I really enjoy the change of perspectives. The problem is that you spend too much time on the side scrolling sequences, and those play really bad. There's also the fact that the game is repetitive, yes. So, I guess the idea was good, the problem was the implementation.
Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 3/17/2009 1:19 AM · Permalink · Report
I think that diverging from the traditional way of making TMNT games is something that wouldn't be completely bad, if done well. I mean, I like the overall design of this game, I really enjoy the change of perspectives.
Here's a winner for you: a "the Lost Vikings" clone with four turtles instead. (Or as "Gobliiins" instead if you prefer.)
Big John WV (26954) on 3/14/2009 7:15 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Pseudo_Intellectual wrote--]It capitalizes on none of the strengths of the popular franchise, is frustrating and repetitive. Virtually all the other TMNT games were of a different genre and style and it was no accident! [/Q --end Pseudo_Intellectual wrote--]
I agree, I remember playing this game when it first came out and I was the biggest TMNT freak out there at the time, I even had the article from the Weekly World News that boasted about "The real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle that existed in the New York City sewers" and to me this once a huge, huge disappointment. It was to a point where I was disillusioned with the franchise and actually this is the first game I remember playing that I was very upset over. Thankfully TMNT II: The Arcade Game revived my interest.
Indra was here (20756) on 3/14/2009 7:51 PM · Permalink · Report
Gawd I hate it when you're awfully nice and helpful, mom. :)
Unicorn Lynx (181780) on 3/15/2009 3:57 AM · Permalink · Report
It is kind of sickening, isn't it :)
No, it's not :) It just makes me feel I'm back in highschool, we are all silly kids, and you are a patient teacher who is strict only with particularly naughty boys :)
I can imagine the scene:
DJP Mom: Now boys, how much is 2+2?.. Does anyone know? Yes, Sciere?
Sciere: Four.
DJP Mom: That's correct, Sciere, thank you! You are always so quick to give the correct answer!
FrakesJoe (mumbling): Asshole.
DJP Mom (frowning): Please do not use such language in my class, FrakesJoe!
FrakesJoe (mumbling): Yeah, whatever... (almost inaudible): assholes.
DJP Mom (raising her voice): I heard that, FrakesJoe! Please leave the class immediately!
(noise is heard)
DJP Mom: Oleg and Zovni, stop that immediately!
Oleg (red face, shouting): He started first! He started first!
Zovni (maliciously): Who is shouting now? I'm not shouting, am I?
DJP Mom: Stop that NOW! Drunken Irishman, leave St. Martyne alone! How many times did I tell you not to provoke people?! Such a bright student, and such terrible behavior! Indra, put away that terrible Japanese porn magazine! Put that away, I said! (desperately): I need a vacation.
Big John WV (26954) on 3/15/2009 5:21 AM · Permalink · Report
Holy crap Jazz, I cracked up laughing at the classroom bit, that was brilliant. Shame I can't be there, I'd be the brain dead one in back going "BOOBIES", lol.
St. Martyne (3648) on 3/15/2009 8:24 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start JazzOleg wrote--] It just makes me feel I'm back in highschool, we are all silly kids, and you are a patient teacher who is strict only with particularly naughty boys :) [/Q --end JazzOleg wrote--]
Hahaha! Worst of all is that her nickname and field of contributing don't seem to contradict much to this theory. ;-)
Sciere (930479) on 3/15/2009 8:40 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
Now that's a vivid scene. DJP Mom indeed pretty much has that kind of authority on the site, especially when she turns her tone of voice to make a user think he has done something naughty and should be ashamed of himself =)
There are days when teaching is a lot like that, but in the end it's the still the greatest job in the world to me.
Big John WV (26954) on 3/16/2009 12:54 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--]Children en masse are scary, scary, scary, but if you show your fear they go for the throat! [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--]
Ain't that the truth, my buddy is a bus driver I'm not sure how he hasn't strapped any to the roof or the radiator yet. One or two kids I can handle, but once you start getting past three to me it's like a zombie invasion to me, I just can't stand it.
Slug Camargo (583) on 3/15/2009 6:02 PM · Permalink · Report
Looks like someone is enjoying his review copy of The Path, n'est-ce pas?
Slug Camargo (583) on 3/16/2009 3:08 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Sciere wrote--]Definitely, but I'll be quiet about it until the actual release =) [/Q --end Sciere wrote--] RPS sort of first-looked it already, and it sounds pretty unreviewable. Or at the very least quite a challenge for reviewers.
In any case, it sounds (and looks) all kinds of interesting, that's for sure.
Sciere (930479) on 3/16/2009 10:00 AM · edited · Permalink · Report
The problem is you can't write about it without spoiling it entirely. it's something you need to experience without knowing what it is about exactly. I was very glad I had forgotten almost all that I knew, because then the first two hours of the game made for some of the most mesmerizing game time in my life. It is so different compared to what you would generally expect of a "game" (whatever that means).
Also, it's terribly depressing. There is horror, but exactly the opposite of what you expect. It leaves you sad, bruised and battered, and you feel sorry for anyone who wants to grow up and make something of his life based on a possibly naive desire. Also prepare for some uncomfortable scenes, but again, as the opposite of excess.
Someone needs to throw buckets of money at them so they can keep making these types of projects.
Simoneer (29) on 3/14/2009 11:23 PM · Permalink · Report
I have no intentions of writing a review. I don't even know what it is I like about the game. Well... I suppose I find the gameplay to be intriguing. And I love the Turtles... Bah.
But yeah, everyone do have different tastes... which is something I've been going on about alot just about everywhere.
Oh well. Thanks for the replies, guys.
Foxhack (32100) on 3/17/2009 3:37 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start The Simoneer wrote--]Holy crap... Never before have I seen off-topicness of these epic proportions. [/Q --end The Simoneer wrote--]Welcome to MobyGames.
This is nothing. You should see us when most of the approvers are out in full force...