Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Review (GameCobra)
Had alot of fun playing this as a fan of Hades and TMNT in general.
The biggest selling points are multiplayer and the unique abilities of the turtles. As it stands right now, this game is basically alot more simplified in terms of how you get stronger: As you do maps, you get Dragon and Dreamer currency to buff up. Eventually, the price gets too steep or requires you to do challenges to unlock more powerful stuff, but the important thing is that once you unlock enough stuff early on, the game becomes much easier without the challenges.
Story-wise, the game surprisingly is taking a much longer route than other games. Once you expect to beat the boss, you then realize the post-game content is actually where the meat of the game heads towards and is actually where the heart of the game goes. You can breeze through the story once you're familiar enough with the game and bought enough buffs (Or you can just play Easy mode. Definitely not a bad option) you can proceed to just finish the story in it's natural state and continue the cycle of buying buffs and testing them to your heart's content. The game offers alot of powerful purchases afterwards and I had alot of rewards seeing just how strong the turtles become.
Another factor that I enjoyed personally about this game is the story taking pages from IDW Turtles. Not many people know IDW turtles these days and this feels like a great refreshing take on the characters we see and if the DLC that's coming is true, i'm hoping that they introduce us to much of the IDW cast. (Alopex, Mutanimals and Koya/Bludgeon, i'm looking at you!)
All in all, a very solid game. It maybe compared to a Hades clone, but it's actually a very solid, if also simple game for your money. Hoping for some good things in the future with this series.