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Dlala Studios · Action · Aug 20, 2020

It depends on what you're after.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

68%
Mixed
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 105 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 52 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
this is a solid game, very old school style difficulty, with a modern touch, such as the use of structured checkpoints (i'm just saying the checkpoints happen often). i can't say much on how optimized it was when it was released, but today, with a 3070 Ti (laptop), i'm getting 300+ FPS at 4K resolution, although the graphics are cartoon style and it's a 2D game so it makes sense. the game is similar to the originals from back in the day. it's got beat'em up combos, mini games (which are fun and challenging), boss fights, and even has a story, voice acting and animated cutscenes. they could easily make a cartoon out of this, i think gen z or gen alpha would appreciate this kind of humor. i will be spending more time playing this game and update my review accordingly.
105 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
this is a solid game, very old school style difficulty, with a modern touch, such as the use of structured checkpoints (i'm just saying the checkpoints happen often). i can't say much on how optimized it was when it was released, but today, with a 3070 Ti (laptop), i'm getting 300+ FPS at 4K resolution, although the graphics are cartoon style and it's a 2D game so it makes sense. the game is similar to the originals from back in the day. it's got beat'em up combos, mini games (which are fun and challenging), boss fights, and even has a story, voice acting and animated cutscenes. they could easily make a cartoon out of this, i think gen z or gen alpha would appreciate this kind of humor. i will be spending more time playing this game and update my review accordingly.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
so the game is pretty old school. people might not like it because it doesn't have a online coop mode, there's only couch coop, so you have to be in the same room to be able to play with your friends. it's hard for me to go back to that retro-style of games cuz i've been spoiled by modern games, but damn, they should've added this feature, considering this game came out in 2020, would've made it a much better game and more fun. but hey, the recent ninja turtles game, now that one comes with online coop. also, the main characters' dialogue could've been better, it feels like they rushed it. the dialogue for all other characters is fine though, it's more tailored towards kids, maybe that's why i wasn't a big fan of it, like it's got that ADHD type dialogue.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
this is a solid game, very old school style difficulty, with a modern touch, such as the use of structured checkpoints (i'm just saying the checkpoints happen often). i can't say much on how optimized it was when it was released, but today, with a 3070 Ti (laptop), i'm getting 300+ FPS at 4K resolution, although the graphics are cartoon style and it's a 2D game so it makes sense. the game is similar to the originals from back in the day. it's got beat'em up combos, mini games (which are fun and challenging), boss fights, and even has a story, voice acting and animated cutscenes. they could easily make a cartoon out of this, i think gen z or gen alpha would appreciate this kind of humor. i will be spending more time playing this game and update my review accordingly.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
so the game is pretty old school. people might not like it because it doesn't have a online coop mode, there's only couch coop, so you have to be in the same room to be able to play with your friends. it's hard for me to go back to that retro-style of games cuz i've been spoiled by modern games, but damn, they should've added this feature, considering this game came out in 2020, would've made it a much better game and more fun. but hey, the recent ninja turtles game, now that one comes with online coop. also, the main characters' dialogue could've been better, it feels like they rushed it. the dialogue for all other characters is fine though, it's more tailored towards kids, maybe that's why i wasn't a big fan of it, like it's got that ADHD type dialogue.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters105 reviews
Graphics60 reviews
Co-op36 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Multiplayer20 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay81 reviews
57%
Difficulty59 reviews
76%
Controls11 reviews
55%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat52 reviews
46%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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Player review score
68%
Mixed
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