X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

You should be asking how many minutes of gameplay can you expect. I player through the SNES version last night in half an hour and that has a couple of more levels than the original arcade game and this updated version.

According to IGN, the game can be completed in less than an hour.

A LIFETIME!

XBLA in Brief is not a review. The purpose of the feature is to give viewers a quick impression of what the game has to offer.

XBLA in brief RAWKs, it's not a review, they never give a score. It's just there to give you a peak at what to expect.

Richard, just put an arbitrary score at the beginning so Havok doesn't have to go thru the entire video.

New to the site Havok? Or can't read that it says XBLA in BRIEF.

This was not a review, HaVoC. If you seek out reviews, go to review sites. This is a news site for gaming. It's just that simple.

I want to drink your blood for that comment you heartless bastard. Someone was either born in the late 80's or 90's. This has been my fanboy rage moment of the day.

Yeah 1990 :P
I dunno what it was it just seemed a little simple to me, judging from the control scheme im pretty sure the game doesnt get much deeper than mashing the X button.

I'm basing my opinion on the contents of the demo, which is what the demo is there for. Every consumer that tries the demo will form opinions about it. The only difference here is that my opinions are on video. I'm sorry you interpreted my tone to mean that I'd played the whole game. I certainly never said I had.

Also, it's established here that these aren't reviews. I'm not going preface every video by saying that it's not a review. I suppose I could add a disclaimer to the post (which David Hinkle does with VC in Brief. http://www.joystiq.com/tag/vc-in-brief).

Again, the idea is simply to give people a glimpse at the game without having to download the trial themselves. Not everyone downloads every trial game, and these videos are for them.

Hey after watching this, at least I now know that "$10 is better than $15"

Havoc you seem to be basing what you say on journalistic professionalism. Theoretically you are right. This is Joystiq however and they are bloggers that rarely have an original story that wasn’t reported someplace else first. Very little they do is to be taken seriously. The reason that it is not mentioned in the video that is based on the is because it makes Joystiq look like more of a credible a news source than it really is off of the first glance.

realgmer,

If you wanted to be my friend, all you had to do was ask.

Actually, you can’t even go to real gaming news sites anymore because, according to Xav, they are all out of jobs, apparently.

i guess we're stuck with shitty joystiq. =/

You guys could always start your own "shitty website" if you're so ahead of the curve.

@HaVoC: So, if I said, "I watched the Harry Potter trailer and wasn't that impressed, I'd rather see Narnia," you'd count that as a full-scale review of the entire Harry Potter movie which I did not watch? Because that is what you are holding Richard to for expressing his IMPRESSIONS of a DEMO. It makes absolutely no sense. If you want 2-page game reviews with stars and numbers that read like Wikipedia articles infused with vague shades of opinion, you are at the wrong site, sir. But if you DO want to read Joystiq's full-scale game reviews, then why not read Joystiq's...game...reviews. You know, the features on this site NOT called "Impressions" and "XBLA in Brief."

@realgmr: Yeah, you're totally right. Blogs like Joystiq have absolutely NO journalistic integrity. I mean, refusing to accept gifts from companies? Not shying away from writing strongly opinionated articles? Calling companies out on their mistakes, consumer rape, and general shittiness (e.g. E74)? Those asswipes!

You're also right about them NEVER writing original content. Why, take a look at this article: http://www.crispygamer.com/columns/2009-05-07/press-pass-blogging-by-the-numbers.aspx I mean, look at that, these blogs do nothing but spew other people's...oh wait.

If you're going to be hostile and attack people, at least do some thinking before you open your mouth and demonstrate to everyone that you have no fucking clue what you're talking about.

@Saria: You said “So, if I said, "I watched the Harry Potter trailer and wasn't that impressed, I'd rather see Narnia," you'd count that as a full-scale review of the entire Harry Potter movie which I did not watch?” Do you realize that your own statement defeats the point that you are trying to make? If you said that you watched the TRAILER then the person that you are presenting your opinion to understands that you are not basing your opinions on the complete product. It is the journalist’s/video maker’s responsibility to make sure that this is understood by their reader/viewer to maintain journalistic credibility.

A “review” does not necessarily mean that a grade or a score is given based on the opinion of the reviewer. You can review anything that you experience because a review is just an account of a persons personal opinions and impressions. The video fails to reference that the opinions expressed are based on the demo and not the whole game. And because of that the opinions in the video of value or “fun factor” are of no merit. How can someone say that a game isn’t worth a price or another game is better if they haven’t experienced both products completely? If there was any kind of disclaimer anywhere that the opinions expressed were from a demo, the entry/blog/video/whatever you wish to call it would be taken for what it is, a review of a demo.

Maybe you should follow your own advice and “at least do some thinking before you open your mouth and demonstrate to everyone that you have no fucking clue what you're talking about.” because right now to anyone that has two brain cells to rub together you look like a retard.

@Mauricio - GT: Zed Word: You have completely twisted my words.

@realgmr: You're right, the title of the feature is sooo misleading. I don't know why anyone would assume Richard was doing a brief impressions of an XBLA game. Oh wait.

And, at least in this case, are you trying to make an argument that the rest of the TMNT game is going to be much more evolutionary than the actual demo, so it would be unfair to judge the game based on this? This demo seems to give away the majority of the gameplay and mechanic. Not to mention the fact that it's a remake of an OLD game that Richard (and others) have already played. WYSIWYG.

I can see the argument being made about judging other games unfairly by the demo (e.g. 'Splosion Man, since the demo is easy but the actual game wicked), but this is a good example of a demo representing 99% of what you'll find in the actual game.

In any case, my comments about you not knowing what you're talking about were aimed at you claiming grave things about Joystiq and its writers without any basis, such as that they lack journalistic integrity and/or just rehash other peoples' content.

Finally, please don't be ignorant and hateful and use the R-word.

@Saria: Please read what you write before trying to make your argument. You said “You're right, the title of the feature is sooo misleading. I don't know why anyone would assume Richard was doing a brief impressions of an XBLA game.” YOu are right the title and wording gives the impression that he is giving his brief impressions of the game. But, he isn’t giving brief impressions of a XBLA game, he is giving his impressions of a demo. Throughout the video he refers to what he is basing his opinions on as “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled” which he is not doing. You want to argue in Joystiq terms while I am discussing journalistic integrity. It would have been very different if Richard had started the video saying “This is Richard Mitchell for Jostiq.com and XBLA in Brief and this week we are looking at THE DEMO OF Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.”

Your argument is that demos (at least this one) leave a real impression of the entire game with the player and that because they played the old arcade version they can forgo playing the actual game based on their knowledge of the original. Really? That is termed "yellow journalism" which means that it is over sensationalized, based on little to no fact, and/or written or produced simply to attract readers or viewers. Even if a demo shows off a game's mechanics it is still not representative of the entire game, and thus commentary that references the game in entirety, value, or comparisons with other titles would be irrelevant and unwarranted.

Jostiq is not itself a news source, it is a blog. They do rehash other people's content. My claims about it’s writers do have basis. A “journalist” even when reporting a story that is covered elsewhere verifies the details with the source of the story before relating their opinions and details, otherwise they relate the story in it’s context from the outlet source while refraining from adding their own twists. A journalist takes the time to make sure that their audience is getting accurate information. I hate to break this to you, but Joystiq isn’t the begin all, end all of video game journalism. It is simply a blog where they gather news from other blog, news, and magazine sites. That itself is fine because it is a collection of stories in one place and has a purpose, but Joystiq is really starting to try to make itself out to be something it isn’t. If it wants to run with the big dogs, the writers need to understand that they have to play by the big dog rules or they will get eaten.

*supposed to be

Totally agree!

We just got the new intro last week. It was made for us by an awesome fan. (Thanks again, Cody!)