**Here after the 12/16/24 patch: The gameplay is a lot smoother now. They heard us out, there's no delay lag and no delay after dodging before you can strike. The hitboxes feel more accurate. I would actually recommend this now. Updating from 3 star rating to 4.**
Honestly, disappointed. Following the release of TMNT Shredder's Revenge, the blueprint is there for a GREAT retro style beat em up.
Unfortunately, MMPR Rita's Rewind does not capture the same magic. The building blocks are there, down to the rangers out of suit having the same outfits from the SNES game, and the level names having clever references to episode names. The first level is all you need to see the issues though.
The hitboxes feel slightly off for some enemies, where you feel you should be connecting with them but you won't, same problem with health items. Speaking of health items, while they should be less frequent, they are way too infrequent by level 3. The input lag is delayed and clunky.
The game just gets unnecessarily hard by levels 2-3 when you're just casually trying to play. I even lowered the difficulty but have found myself already not wanting to play. Disappointed entirely.