Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (2022)
Played on Xbox Series S (Gamepass)

Before this year, I never got into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles like ever lmao. I’ve seen the 2007 film and I played a good amount of Donnie in Injustice 2. It was honestly the movie from this year (Mutant Mayhem, it’s incredible, please check it out) that kind of got me into a TMNT kick. Ultimately, that led me into playing this.

Played it with some friends (1-6 players online btw) and holy shit this game rocks. All the characters are fun and feel smooth to play. The combo system isn’t revolutionary, but the satisfaction of landing combos into team combos into super moves is perfect. The game is colorful, and it has plenty of style and charm that separate it from other in its genre. All while remaining faithful to the 90s era beat ‘em up games.
It’s funny, I was gonna dedicate this past Saturday to playing Starfield, but I saw this on Gamepass and just decided to play it on a whim, and I turned out to be one of my favorite games I’ve played this year. My only gripe would probably be it isn’t as in depth as other beat ‘em ups (I.E River City Girls). Other than that, if you have even a small interest in beat ‘em ups, please play this