TMNT: Empire City – New Dev Diary Gives First Look at Traversal/Parkour Gameplay

As we exclusively announced earlier this year, we're yet getting our archetypal first-person Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crippled – and archetypal TMNT crippled successful VR to boot. It's called TMNT: Empire City, and successful the caller developer diary video above, you'll get a look astatine immoderate first-person parkour/traversal gameplay successful this aboriginal look astatine the upcoming co-op action-adventure starring your favourite heroes successful a half-shell.

Creative manager Ace St. Germain gives immoderate penetration connected the first-person VR parkour mechanics of Empire City: "Movement done sewers is slower and stealthier, portion above-ground question emphasizes parkour, allowing for accelerated and vertical exploration. We’re not recreating the afloat New York City but are focusing connected cardinal areas. The city's haze and mist are communicative devices, alternatively than invisible walls. The architecture is inspired by existent New York buildings, similar the Confucius Plaza (renamed “Wise Man Building”). Using hands for parkour, players tin drawback ledges, dash mid-air, and motorboat themselves dynamically. Zip lines and uninterrupted momentum mechanics heighten state of movement. This verticality is indispensable for exploration, combat, and subordinate expression.

You tin wishlist TMNT: Empire City connected Steam if you're interested.

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