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2. Platinum Games' Signature Beat Em' Up Style

Platinum Games
Platinum Games

Anyone who's anyone knows that Platinum are no strangers to the ostentatious. Having championed the success of Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising, and Transformers: Devastation, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themselves would seem a natural fit. Indeed, confirmation of that fact has come in the past few weeks - supported by the turtles' inherent zaniness and the apparent ease in which the studio have taken to the characters.

It's not all visual however, as classic boss fights, skirmishes and more are all accompanied by the combo-centric gameplay that the studio have, up to this point, arguably perfected. There are no cheap gimmicks with this one, it's all just classic beat em' up hack n' slash action from start to finish, which, to be honest, is all the turtles really need.

In retrospect, it really is quite hilarious just how often studios have managed to fudge what by all means should be an easy enough universe to tackle. In a generation marketing itself on HD visuals, gimmicky virtual reality and motion controls, it is ironically the back to basics approach that's finding an audience best.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.