Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a 2013 hack and slashvideo game developed by Red Fly Studio^[1] and published by Activision based on the Mirage Studioscharacters of the same name. It also borrows inspiration from the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.

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The game was released on August 28, 2013 for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.^[1] The game features a four-player online mode and offline two-player co-op.^[3][4] The PlayStation 3 version was delayed, to polish the game more before release and to address issues from the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows versions of the game.^{[citation needed]} On April 1, 2014, it was announced by Red Fly Studio that the PlayStation 3 version would be released on April 15.^[2]

Gameplay[edit]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a hack and slash video game, played from a third person perspective, where the player assumes the role of the titular characters. Players are able to switch between the four turtles - Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael - and, as such, up to four players can play the game at the same time; even if there aren't four players, the remaining turtles are controlled by an AI and will be following the player. Each of the four turtles has a diffrent play style, depending on their weapons: Leonardo wields two katanas, making him the most basic one out of the turtles; Donatello wields a bō, which comes with an increased range at the expense of agility; Michelangelo wields two nunchaks, making him the fastest turtle and allowing him to quickly build up combos; and Raphael wields two sai, making him fight his enemies more directly and aggresivly.

Hacked games. The gameplay emphasize teamwork, with players being able to perform team combos or KOs on enemies. Special moves fill a green bar located in the upper left side of the HUD, which, when filled, allows players to perform a powerful combo to quickly finish off enemies. There are also collectibles, such as pizzas, which restore health, and shurikens, which are used as ranged weapons.

The game is linear, with levels taking players to various locations, including the sewers, Shredder's lair, and a secret Krang facility. Enemies vary from street thugs to Foot Clanninjas and Krang soldiers. Some levels incorporate have stealth segments, where players need to sneak around and take out enemies quietly. There is also an Arcade mode, where players go through all the levels in the main story in an arcade game style, and Combat Challenges, where players fight waves of enemies in various locations from the story; some of these levels also have a boss fight at the end.

Plot[edit]

The game begins with April O'Neil waking up in a warehouse at the docks. She makes her way through the warehouse, avoiding laser beams fired by something outside. After getting outside, she attempts to call the turtles, only to be kidnapped by Karai. The game then flashes back to several hours prior, when the turtles' daily traning session interrupted by Donatello and April, who reveal the former's newest invention: a series of tiny transponders built into one of April's boots that will allow them to keep track of her movement anywhere in the city. Checking the boot's map against a police scanner, they then learn that a series of robberies have occured at several labs across Manhattan and decide to investigate.

Arriving at the location of one of the robberies, the turtles defeat several Purple Dragons gang members and learn where their next robbery is going to take place: the Krangs' TCRI facility. After foiling the robbery, the turtles chase a Dragon who stole a truck full of Krang tech into the subway. There, they defeat more Dragons and discover they are working with the Foot Clan to transport stolen Krang tech through a disfunct subway system. Boarding one of the trains, the turtles fight Karai, but she escapes after blowing up the train with explosives. After defeating some more Dragons, the turtles fail to learn anything new about the subway and prepare to return home.

Choosing to go through the sewers, they come across more Dragons, as well as numerous of Baxter Stockman's Mousers. Fighting their way through all of them, the turtles manage to call April and give her their wherabouts. April arrives at the docks and infiltrates Stockman's secret lair inside a warehouse, finding information that he's working on a secret project for the Foot Clan using the stolen Krang tech. Meanwhile, the turtles make their way out of the sewers and arrive at the same warehouse, but are forced to fight a giant three-headed Mouser called Cerberus Mouser, piloted by Stockman himself. The turtles destroy the Cerberus Mouser, but Stockman escapes via jetpack, and Karai kidnaps April.

Returning home, the turtles seek Master Splinter's advice. Donatello is able to track down April to Shredder's lair using the trasponders in her boot and the turtles head there to rescue her. They make their way up a to the rooftops, defeating numerous Dragons and Foot Clan ninjas along the way, and eventually arrive at a construction site right outside Shredder's lair, where they are forced to fight Karai once again. After defeating her, Leonardo offers her a chance to join them, but she refuses, saying that her father will eliminate them, and vanishes using a smoke bomb. The turtles then use the crane at the construction site to break into Shredder's lair, where they face Shredder himself, but he overpowers them and flees after being informed by Stockman that his secret project is ready. The turtles soon rescue April, who reveals that the Foot Clan have used Mousers to dig a tunnel into TCRI.

Using the tunnel, the turtles arrive at the Krangs' secret facilty, where they proceed to fight through numerous Krang soldiers and Foot Clan ninjas. After closing a portal to Dimension X to prevent more Krangs from coming, the turtles finally confront Shredder, who reveals the secret project Stockman built for him is a new helmet that gives telekinetic powers, including the ability to fly, which should allow him to finally defeat the turtles. However, they work together and manage to defeat Shredder, destroying the helmet, before returning home to celebrate with April and Splinter. Back at his lair, Shredder grows enraged over another defeat at the turtles' hands, swearing revenge against them. At TCRI, the Krangs also make plans to eliminate the turtles as soon as possible, before they become a threat to their invasion plans.

Reception[edit]

The Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows versions of the game were received generally negative by critics, and the Xbox 360 version holds a score of 38/100 on Metacritic.^[5]Game Informer gave the game a 2/10, calling it 'terrible in every way'.^{[citation needed]} The PlayStation 3 version of the game was awarded a disappointing score of a 4/10 by Push Square.^{[citation needed]}

IGN was slightly more positive, as it gave the game a 6.1/10, while praising for its video within the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and its arcade mode.^{[citation needed]}

The game was pulled from all digital stores in January 2017 as Activision chose not to renew the license.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdNarcisse, Evan. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Brings Turtle Power Back to Video Games This Summer'. Kotaku. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
2. ^ ^ab'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Wiki Guide'. IGN. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
3. ^ ^abSliwinski, Alexander. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows this summer'. Joystiq. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
4. ^'Activision Support'. Support.activision.com. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
5. ^'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows for Xbox 360 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-01-22..