TMNT: Out of the Shadows

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“Inspired by the Nickelodeon animated series, the third-person brawler features a “hyper-realistic 3D-style”, “true-to-life” environments and a combo-driven battle system.

Four-player online co-op sees players control Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael as they attempt to defeat the Foot Clan in New York City.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will be developed by Red Fly Studio, the team behind Thor: God of Thunder and the Wii ports of Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2.”
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Essentially from a design perspective, this is to the Ninja Turtles what the Arkham Game Series is to Batman. They're built from a new version of the 2012 universe. One of my favorite things is how they took effort to make each of the turtles recognizable in their physiology, so you can tell who's who, even without seeing the colors. They took those design concepts, and then hybridized them with the proportions from the characters in the current series to get the final models. Additionally, the other awesome element from the 2012 series is that they have normal eyes that allow them to emote well, but they instantly go that comic-book glowing white as soon as they draw their weapons for combat. (Full interview in this article).


Concept Sketch
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Colored Sketch
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Donatello hybridization progress
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Michaelangelo Color Design
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All four brothers
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Leonardo
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Raphael
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Donatello
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Michaelangelo
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-Aaaaaaand last, but not least, there's a pre-alpha gameplay analysis by the folks over at IGN (generally, I don't care about anything that IGN does, but this is pretty good).





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Is Donatello taller than the others in the new show?

I saw an episode a couple weeks ago but I didn't notice.
 
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Tennyo said:
Is Donatello taller than the others in the new show?

I saw an episode a couple weeks ago but I didn't notice.
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He is. He's a lot lankier than his brothers. It helps to distinguish him from Leonardo in lower / colored lighting.

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Raphael's trailer is out!! Same format as Mikey's and shows off their WAY different combat styles.






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A tiny bit of new footage showing general gameplay, and some of Leo's combat between 0:21-0:31





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Am I the only one who feels like the turtles actually like kind of creepy in those screen shots? Like, especially with that Raphael one, if I saw that coming at me I'd probably pee my pants. :P

But what I want to know is...

WHERE'S THE LEONARDO TRAILER?!

Leo was always my favorite turtle when I was a kid. <3
 
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I actually think that's precisely the point. EVERYONE (including April) screams and totally freaks out when they first see the turtles. I think that's because they ARE kinda freaky-lookin' mutants, and they always have to convince people that they're not monsters there to attack them, they're the good guys. You always SEE that, but you don't ever really feel like the people aren't just panicking over nothing because we're so used to a comfortable, relatable design for them that they seem normal to us. That (and the fact that they DO look like turtles, which I love) is what makes me really pleased with the designs, and why I think that they're practically perfect.

Really, imagine getting mugged, and these guys show up and beat up the muggers. Do you feel like you're being saved or things suddenly got worse? THAT is why they live in the sewers and they don't go crawling around NYC around most normal people. It makes the "Arkham" version of this universe connect to the mythos properly.

Also- Leo should be here in a week or two (they've all come out about 2-3 weeks apart).



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Aaaaaaand double post because ComingSoon/SuperHeroHype just confirmed that the 2012 Voice Acting cast are (apparently) all playing their same roles in Out of the Shadows and that the game is being released ON JUNE 26TH!!!!

http://m.superherohype.com/features...-turtles-out-of-the-shadows-first-impressions


TWO FRIGGIN' WEEKS, GUYS!!!! :D


More opinions here: http://worthplaying.com/event/E3_2013/E3_2013_June_13/89614/


Aaaaand gameplay footage from E3! This seems to suggest that it's not the original VA cast, but I have no way to tell, since there isn't any audio to be able to tell either way. It looks fun as hell though. (Tenny will appreciate all the early on Leonardo gameplay).






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We should organize a mass TLS game-fest.

So this game is download-only, then? I wonder why they chose that route.
 
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Tennyo said:
We should organize a mass TLS game-fest.

So this game is download-only, then? I wonder why they chose that route.
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I think because it's a smaller studio / game (I'm guessing that it'll probably be closer to a $15 indy title), and not having to print physical copies would save them a lot on distribution costs for smaller games like that.

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Can I get in on dat :geek:
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Hell yes, you can!



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What console would we be doing this on? :/

I love everything said in the interview. Especially his line about wanting to draw in the 30yr old turtle fan.
 
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What console would we be doing this on? :/

I love everything said in the interview. Especially his line about wanting to draw in the 30yr old turtle fan.
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I'll have it for PS3, but I'm assuming that my roommate will have it for 360, so that we can play with my little brother who lives in Seattle, so... yeah. PS3 for certain. 360 likely.


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