Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Dimension Shellshock DLC is an expansion to the original game that adds more characters, new music, and a new game mode. The DLC has some great new characters and levels with stunning art design and soundtrack. The levels in Dimension Shellshock aren’t pulled from the campaign at all, but have the same stellar art design that made the base experience such a visual treat. The apocalyptic, Japan-centric, and futuristic stages are brimming with color and detail and have their own brand-new enemies. The comic stages are the most visually striking.
The rabbit samurai Miyamoto Usagi is one of the new playable characters alongside the Foot Clan’s own ninja Karai. Karai is quick with her elementally charged attacks and plays mostly like the other characters, albeit with wildly different effects that give her her own identity. Usagi, on the other hand, is much more unique. His ability to double jump and continue his combos in the air gives him more utility and demonstrates that everyone in the cast should have had their own one-of-a-kind traits. Both can also be played in the main campaign, which is a fitting bonus.
However, Dimension Shellshock is underwhelming because it’s not that deep of a roguelite. Being dropped into a bunch of combat challenges isn’t much different from the combat-heavy campaign, but the bigger issue is that it lacks the hooks that a decent roguelite needs. There aren’t even achievements or trophies to chase.
Even though this mode points out its control-related inconsistencies — it still needs an aerial evade and recovery move, as well as a dodge that shifts players vertically — there is an intrinsic reward to playing Shredder’s Revenge and hacking away at the Foot Clan’s finest. But the stunted nature of its underwhelming extrinsic rewards is what makes it lose value as a roguelite and wave-based survival mode.
Overall, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge – Dimension Shellshock DLC is worth buying if you’re looking for more content to play in this game.
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