29th May 2010, 1:41 PM
Genesis
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (w/max life/continue settings, Normal difficulty)
A bland and disappointing game, easily the worst of the classic TMNT beat 'em ups. All of the stage areas rehashes from prior TMNT games, it has only five levels (sure they're long, but still there are only five of them and they're not THAT long), the fourth level is mostly a boss rush so it's not even a full-length stage, the game has very little of the variety and great touches that make the Arcade, NES and SNES beat 'em up so great, and it's not that hard either... so yeah, it has a lot of problems. Of course, it IS a classic TMNT beat 'em up, so it is fun, and was definitely enjoyable to play. Still, compared to the other classic TMNT beat 'em ups, this one doesn't come close. It's too simple, too lacking in the things that make TMNT games unique, has stages and backgrounds that are far too plain and simple (where are the angled areas like TMNT 3, or the great level designs like TMNT 3, or the throw-enemies-at-the-screen move of TMNT 4, or the sewer where you actually go into the water (and there is both a side platform and water in the sewer), instead of just walking on water for absolutely no apparent reason like you do in this game (seriously, they just ... walk on the water as if it was land. No special animation, nothing. Yet the Pizza Monster enemies jumping at you jump out of the water with a big splash. Um, STUPID!), etc, etc, etc... yeah, it's fun, but it really is a disappointing game, sadly.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (w/max life/continue settings, Normal difficulty)
A bland and disappointing game, easily the worst of the classic TMNT beat 'em ups. All of the stage areas rehashes from prior TMNT games, it has only five levels (sure they're long, but still there are only five of them and they're not THAT long), the fourth level is mostly a boss rush so it's not even a full-length stage, the game has very little of the variety and great touches that make the Arcade, NES and SNES beat 'em up so great, and it's not that hard either... so yeah, it has a lot of problems. Of course, it IS a classic TMNT beat 'em up, so it is fun, and was definitely enjoyable to play. Still, compared to the other classic TMNT beat 'em ups, this one doesn't come close. It's too simple, too lacking in the things that make TMNT games unique, has stages and backgrounds that are far too plain and simple (where are the angled areas like TMNT 3, or the great level designs like TMNT 3, or the throw-enemies-at-the-screen move of TMNT 4, or the sewer where you actually go into the water (and there is both a side platform and water in the sewer), instead of just walking on water for absolutely no apparent reason like you do in this game (seriously, they just ... walk on the water as if it was land. No special animation, nothing. Yet the Pizza Monster enemies jumping at you jump out of the water with a big splash. Um, STUPID!), etc, etc, etc... yeah, it's fun, but it really is a disappointing game, sadly.