Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate – Alopex Character DLC Review
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate was released on PC and consoles in July 2024. I thought Super Evil Megacorp’s TMNT-themed roguelike was content complete, barring some smaller-form balancing and quality of life changes. I was corrected when the Casey Jones & the Junkyard Jam DLC was released several months later, surprising me with a new character and a new area (with appropriate ...[Read More]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate – Metalhead Character DLC (Nintendo Switch 2)
When Casey Jones was added to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate in the Junkyard Jam DLC earlier this year, I was surprised for several reasons. First, I didn’t expect Splintered Fate to get DLC (as it felt pretty complete on its own). Second, I didn’t expect a partially ranged character to join the Turtles in this roguelike. Splintered Fate was designed around close quarters combat wit...[Read More]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate – Casey Jones & The Junkyard Jam DLC Review
My return to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate was a positive one. Last summer, I spent a good eight hours playing Splintered Fate for my original review of the Nintendo Switch version, with a handful of additional hours spent playing it on planes, trains, and automobiles when traveling for work. It grew on me, convoluted upgrade/currency systems and all, especially once I had managed ...[Read More]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Nintendo Switch) Review
In Ryan K. Rigney’s 16th edition of Push to Talk, he began with the following statement: “Approximately 8 million games released on Steam last week. Tragically, 7.9 million of them were roguelikes. (The remaining 0.1 milli were roguelites.) That’s PC gaming for you, folks.” While that intro gave me a good chuckle (as someone who has reviewed quite a few roguelikes in the past two years), I couldn’...[Read More]