The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles strategy game kills Splinter and Shredder before a moment of gameplay happens, all so it can tell its own story
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Turtles aside, Splinter and Shredder are perhaps the most iconic characters in theTMNTseries, but that doesn’t matter to developer Strange Scaffold as they do away with them in the prologue to their upcoming turn-based strategy game.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedownis a turn-based beat-em-up featuring the titular reptiles being developed by Strange Scaffold, an indie team behind the release of several recent gems like El Paso, Elsewhere and I Am Your Beast. In avideoposted to Twitter, the game’s creative director Xalavier Nelson Jr. excitedly spoke about the game, and more specifically, about what would happen to Splinter and Shredder.
“Not only is Strange Scaffold making a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, not only am I the creative director of that TMNT game, but they let me kill Splinter and Shredder,” Nelson gleefully explains, “and then tell the story of what might have happened next for one version of the turtles as they go towards adulthood.”
Following this, we’re treated to some footage of the game—a grid-based strategy game reminiscent of the likes of Into the Breach, but with a colourful, comic book style to bring a bit of that requisite TMNT flair to the game. Alas, while the game has been announced, there’s no news yet on the release date, so if you were hoping for some tactical TMNT action any time soon, you’re sadly out of luck.
In the meantime, why not bide your time with some of thebest strategy gamesyou can play right now?
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