TMNT: Turtles in Time Reshelled released Today!

[Luminus]

Anyone else excited about this? I'm about to go see if it's ready for download.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/t/tmnttitrsxboxlivearcade/

Hmm. Won't be ready until 5 A.M., apparently.

 

[miraclefan]

Don't have X-Box.

 

[Too Much Fun]

I still play it on Super Nintendo. Very fun, but extremely easy. It's really not that difficult to pass it in less than an hour.

 

[Luminus]

The graphics have been updated. And I don't remember it being a half-hour game.

 

[CorporalClegg]

It is really easy.

The NES games were better ... And a little harder.

 

[ALF]

I don't think games have to be hard to be good. Ghostbusters (Xbox) was one of the most fun games I've ever played, and it was extremely easy.

I still play TIT (Turtles in Time) sometimes.

 

[Sheep]

The graphics have been updated. And I don't remember it being a half-hour game.

I'd never played the original arcade game before playing it on XBLA at my friend's house. Playing co-op, the three of us beat it in no more than an hour so I can really see those who know the levels blowing through it in less than that.

 

[Anthony Sabre]

Anyone else excited about this?

I will be if it's ever available on PS3.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I still play it on Super Nintendo.

Same here. Great game to play if you have a second person to play with (does the X-Box version support 4 players simultaneously?).

BTW, just for kicks, go to the dinosaur level and see what year it is listed as. Not only did Dinosaurs not exist then, I'm not even sure if the universe existed then

 

[Luminus]

The graphics have been updated. And I don't remember it being a half-hour game.

I'd never played the original arcade game before playing it on XBLA at my friend's house. Playing co-op, the three of us beat it in no more than an hour so I can really see those who know the levels blowing through it in less than that.

Stop playing on EASY.

 

[Sheep]

The graphics have been updated. And I don't remember it being a half-hour game.

I'd never played the original arcade game before playing it on XBLA at my friend's house. Playing co-op, the three of us beat it in no more than an hour so I can really see those who know the levels blowing through it in less than that.

Stop playing on EASY.

Is that the difficulty the game defaults to? If so, that's a rather big flaw because I'm 99% sure we never touched ANY gameplay options.

 

[firehawk12]

It's a sidecrolling beat'em up though... you can't really expect a lot of depth from it.

 

[TheBrew]

Yeah, it's one of those games where you need a group of friends over and that you play through every once in a while to kill 30 min.

 

[FordSVT]

The graphics have been updated. And I don't remember it being a half-hour game.

I'd never played the original arcade game before playing it on XBLA at my friend's house. Playing co-op, the three of us beat it in no more than an hour so I can really see those who know the levels blowing through it in less than that.

Stop playing on EASY.

I have a MAME arcade emulator and pretty much all those games from the TMNT, X-Men, GI- Joe, etc, can be beat start to finish in 30 minutes to an hour tops. Not the first time you play it, but once you know where the enemies are coming from and which of the 3-4 attack strategies to use you can generally face-roll them. Difficulty level isn't the issue. You can beat Streets of Rage 2 in under an hour (I did it in recent memory), and that's a longer and arguably less forgiving game than Turtles in Time on SNES.

 

[Brikar99]

It's a sidecrolling beat'em up though... you can't really expect a lot of depth from it.

Yeah it's just the style of game - I mean, it's an ARCADE game designed for you and your friends to throw quarters into. These are not games like Final Fantasy or whatever where it's like 7 discs and 40 some-odd ours of gameplay.

 

[Luminus]

Is that the difficulty the game defaults to? If so, that's a rather big flaw because I'm 99% sure we never touched ANY gameplay options.

There are 4 difficulty levels:
EASY (Default)
NORMAL
HARD
HARDCORE

Or something like that.

I have a MAME arcade emulator and pretty much all those games from the TMNT, X-Men, GI- Joe, etc, can be beat start to finish in 30 minutes to an hour tops. Not the first time you play it, but once you know where the enemies are coming from and which of the 3-4 attack strategies to use you can generally face-roll them. Difficulty level isn't the issue. You can beat Streets of Rage 2 in under an hour (I did it in recent memory), and that's a longer and arguably less forgiving game than Turtles in Time on SNES.

If you already know where the enemies are coming from and which attack strategies to use, then you're missing the point. Mirror's Edge can be beat in roughly 47 minutes and 94 seconds, IF you know where the enemies are coming from, which routes to use, and how to execute perfect acrobatics. Otherwise, it can turn out to be a long and frustrating game.

As I said, stop playing on EASY and stop using the web to cheat. There were no online FAQs when Turtles in Time originally came out. I don't think so, anyway.

 

[Sheep]

Is that the difficulty the game defaults to? If so, that's a rather big flaw because I'm 99% sure we never touched ANY gameplay options.

There are 4 difficulty levels:
EASY (Default)
NORMAL
HARD
HARDCORE

Or something like that.

That explains it. I'm guessing the devs were going for the true arcade experience so it was set to easy? Again, their fault...not mine. I just wanted to see what the hype around this game was all about and managed to finish it without breaking a sweat.

As I said, stop playing on EASY and stop using the web to cheat. There were no online FAQs when Turtles in Time originally came out. I don't think so, anyway.

WTF are you going on about?

I played this game the way I play 95% of all games--not changing any settings, not using cheat codes and not using any web guides along the way. The game is dead easy when you have three co-op players who have played video games all their lives pounding away at it. The fact is that it can EASILY be beaten in an hour or so. You make it sound like that's our fault for somehow playing it wrong or even cheating when just about every single review of the game I've seen indicates it's arcade perfect and VERY short. Take off your rose colored glasses--this game is what it is, and that's EASY.

 

[Luminus]

WTF are you going on about?

I played this game the way I play 95% of all games--not changing any settings, not using cheat codes and not using any web guides along the way. The game is dead easy when you have three co-op players who have played video games all their lives pounding away at it. The fact is that it can EASILY be beaten in an hour or so. You make it sound like that's our fault for somehow playing it wrong or even cheating when just about every single review of the game I've seen indicates it's arcade perfect and VERY short. Take off your rose colored glasses--this game is what it is, and that's EASY.

WTF? Wait, wait, I KNOW you're not getting angry over a video game discussion. No, this is just to damn silly.

I played the game by myself. I don't play online. It's not my thing. I also make a habit out of going into the options menu and changing the difficulty to something reasonable. If playing on easy is your thing, hey, that's all you, buddy.

I'm just making a point.

 

[TheBrew]

Guys, guys... what would Splinter say in face of such disagreement?

 

[Luminus]

"I am proud of you, my sons. Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind. Together, there is nothing your four minds cannot accomplish. Help each other, draw upon one another, and always remember the power that binds you."