We’re finally getting our first first-person Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, and the first one in virtual reality, as we exclusively revealed earlier this year. TMNT: Empire City is a co-op action-adventure game that stars your favorite heroes in a half-shell. In the latest developer diary video above, you can see some first-person parkour/traversal gameplay.
Ace St. Germain, the creative director, provides some details about Empire City’s first-person VR parkour mechanics: While above-ground mobility stresses parkour, enabling quick and vertical exploration, movement in sewers is slower and more covert.
We’re concentrating on important areas rather than re-creating the entire city of New York. Rather than being unseen barriers, the city’s haze and mist are narrative elements. Real New York structures, such as the Confucius Plaza (now known as the “Wise Man Building”), served as inspiration for the architecture. Parkour players can dynamically launch themselves, grasp ledges, and dash in midair with their hands. Uninterrupted momentum mechanics and zip lines improve mobility. Player expression, fighting, and exploration all depend on this verticality.
If you’re interested, you can add TMNT: Empire City to your wishlist on Steam or the Meta Store.
