PSN Review – TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time was originally released by Konami, back in 1991. The arcade title then made a transition over to consoles, appearing on SNES on April 12, 1992. Now, more than 17 years later, a remake of the classics beat ‘em up title has come to PlayStation Network.
In the game, you can play as one of the four turtle heroes, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, or Raphael. Each hero has a different weapon set, however, they don’t really differ in terms of movesets. The game has two modes to play from, either Single-Player or Multi-Player. Singleplayer throws you into the campaign with one player only, which can be quite difficult at some points. The multi-player mode features Local or Online, which is nice. Local can have up to four players, each being assigned to a turtle of their choosing. Online is the same, except you can team up with anyone in the world.
The game has a simple premise. Shredder is causing mayhem, after Krang steals the Statue of Liberty during a news broadcast. Your objective is to stop Shredder, and get the Statue back. The game starts at 3:00AM, in New York City, as you try and find Shredder. However, your chase stops suddenly, as Shredder opens up a time warp with the player being sucked in. Hence the title of the game, right?
Gameplay is exactly like what you would expect from a remake; the gameplay has not changed. You have two attacks, using the Square and Triangle button. You go through levels, such as New York 1991, to the Old West 1885, and beat the bad guys. It’s very simple, with the player not being able to get by a certain area until all the enemies are killed. Once you get by all these areas, you will have a boss to face at the end. During the course of the levels, you’ll be able to pick up boxes of pizza for health. Also, power ups are handy, which give the turtle of your choice invincibility, while you spin and take out enemies. The gameplay is changed up once in a while, with two surfing levels in the game (one in the sewers of 1991, and one in the sky 2020. The first surfing level is tricky, and incredibly so if you want to get a trophy for avoiding all the traps. Trust me, it’s hard.
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19 Responses to “PSN Review – TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled”
Great review. brings us back in time. Although the $9.99 price tag is too much.
I felt the gameplay in the demo was much too shallow, but great review nonetheless.
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The time isn’t awful. I mean it’s an arcade game essentially. This is the game you play with a bunch of friends because Acardes don’t seem to exist anymore and most of the ones that do are either in large cities, or are poorly maintained because we don’t live in Japan.
I mean this is like a 3 button arcade machine that was originally done in 2D probably around a decade ago. It’s for people who like the old TMT side scrollers and no one else really.
I know this game was also on consoles, but the arcade machines are what I think made this most popular. Oh and think of it this way. Fairly easy trophies with some to actually work for. I don’t know if it’s as good as the old game since I only played the old game a few times in arcades, but 10 dollars really isn’t that bad. I’ve already put in 5 or so hours into it just messin around.
I agree with MakaiOokaimi
its an old game and the review was great, except i would have given it a 4 strictly based on the simple mechanics and co op. its an old school remake not a new game. you cant compare a remake with new game.
Anyone looking for the four player trophy just add me, my username is also my PSN ID. Turtle power lol.
Under an hour, 10 bucks, no thanks
Excellent review. I agree with… all of it. $10 kind of put at an unease or otherwise turned me off at first but after taking into consideration the following: the fact that I cannot buy the actual arcade machine for $10 and that finding this actual SNES cartridge would cost me close to, if not $10– and the simple fact that it’s conveniently available on the PSN not only as an original title but that it’s also been given a graphical face lift, the choice was easy… I bought the game.
Also, I whole-heartedly agree with your final score… albeit originally an arcade game, nine levels just aren’t enough for a platform game, even if it’s nearly 20 years old!
5/5 review
@oldblood,
…you reviewed the review?
I was excited for this, I had not played the ARCADE version but the SNES version, the gameplay was sweet, but the trap Waterboard, hoverboard areas, one of these would have been enough in a game of this length. Not recommended.
l agree with the final scoring of this game. l say the original snes or the arcade is better than this remake
Cool review, thanks Massi.
nice review.
[...] The game itself is a lot of fun and for the most part the staff really enjoyed it. It really brought back the nostalgia of the original, but the gameplay definitely seems dated. The demo is worth a try and if your thinking about buying the full game be sure to check out our review. [...]
HAhahaha, ‘radical dude, totally gnarly review bro’.
5/5
@OldBloodAndGuts
lol
this is a good game very retro.
@steelfox
it seamed easier than the original TMNT.. also the freaky arm throw doesnt look the same.
I love the Arcade version more even the SNES version only cause it has the exclusive Techodrome level to make the game longer and adds the Rat King as a boss in the sewer level. As for the remake its a good but not great and has low replay value expect for trophies. I really wish the arcade version was included in this.