We all change as we age, but one thing I did not necessarily expect for myself in the downward slope of my 30s is that I would become a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles guy. I am a great believer, however, in embracing destiny—so when I saw a new TMNT turn-based tactics game demo in Steam Next Fest, what could I say but "Cowabunga"?
Tactical Takedown (previously featured in our PC Gaming Show) is almost like a board game take on the series, turning battles against waves of Foot Clan ninjas into miniatures clattering into each other on an ever-shifting battlefield grid. Each turn, you can spend your turtle's action points across an arsenal of abilities, trying to keep enemy numbers manageable and move quickly through the level as areas fall away behind you. Why the streets of New York keep materialising and dematerialising as you fight I don't know, you'll have to take that up with the city council.
