Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is the first turn-based game in the franchise's long history<p>There’s a new TMNT game in town, and it’s unlike anything the franchise has attempted before.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, as the name suggests, is a turn-based strategy RPG. This means that players will control characters on a grid-based map, with each turn representing movement or an action of some sort.</p>
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<p>There’s one thing that sets this game apart from its SRPG cousins. Battles take “minutes” to complete, which is a far cry from the time-consuming affairs <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
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found in games like Unicorn Overlord[/url]. From the trailer, the fights look even zippier than the Mario + Rabbids series. Also, players control each turtle independently on a solo campaign before teaming up to take on a boss. </p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>The graphics look cartoony and on-brand, bringing to mind a tabletop session with D&D miniatures. It looks like all of the turtle’s favorite hang out spots are represented here, from the sewers to the NYC subway system. This could be a neat way to bring new players into the genre.</p>
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<p>This is a unique entry in the TMNT franchise, but it’s also a new type of game for developer Scaffold Games. This is the company that brought us the <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
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absolutely disturbing Clickholding[/url] and the third-person shooter <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
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El Paso, Elsewhere[/url]. The company also made
I Am Your Beast and
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator. None of these titles are turn-based tactical RPGs.</p>
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown will be released for PCs sometime next year. You can preorder the game <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_Tactical_Takedown/">
right now via Steam[/url]. Publisher Paramount Game Studios hasn’t said anything about a potential console release, so perhaps hold off on organizing that pizza party. </p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is the first turn-based game in the franchise's long history
