I vaguely remember the first Turok game for the N64 other than "killing things with a bow and arrow is cool." Killing Dinosours with a bow and arrow is doubly cool albeit probably not very efficient. I was looking forward to trying the next generation Turok. Dinosaur in HD!!!
First I would like say that I really like the name Turok. I like yelling it. TUROOOOOK!!!!! It feels good. Try it! Makes ya feel tough. I can’t really explain it but I thought I would just interject that.
The game unfortunately is not as fun as screaming Turok. Your character is Joseph TUROK!!! A Native American warrior on your way to way to hunt down your old mentor and now terrorist outlaw. Yeah, this is not exactly the most original story-line but whatever it’s the future and that means cool weapons, right? Oh wait, so the bow and arrow is still the best weapon in the future. O- kaaaaay. And what’s with the basic machine guns? Come on people!! Don’t start me off on a space cruiser jumping out of light speed and then give me a couple shity Uzis. I will say that some of the knife kills are cool but the game never decided if it wants to be a stealth game or not leading to a bit of frustration. And no duck and cover? Also, the save points come too few and far between. I had to replay the same long sequence a bunch of times before I randomly got to the next save point.
I did have fun shooting dinosaurs and they do hide in the tall grass and jump out which gives it a cool feel of realism. That is to say that the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are realistic. I guess we don’t know how they really were. They could have been cute cuddly lil bastards for all we know. Then I guess they could have named the game the Dinosaur Whisperer. Again, I digress.
The voice acting overall is pretty good and I saw that they employed some actual actors which is nice, like Ron Pearlman of Hellboy and Donnie Walberg of… um….. New Kids on the Block.
First I would like say that I really like the name Turok. I like yelling it. TUROOOOOK!!!!! It feels good. Try it! Makes ya feel tough. I can’t really explain it but I thought I would just interject that.
The game unfortunately is not as fun as screaming Turok. Your character is Joseph TUROK!!! A Native American warrior on your way to way to hunt down your old mentor and now terrorist outlaw. Yeah, this is not exactly the most original story-line but whatever it’s the future and that means cool weapons, right? Oh wait, so the bow and arrow is still the best weapon in the future. O- kaaaaay. And what’s with the basic machine guns? Come on people!! Don’t start me off on a space cruiser jumping out of light speed and then give me a couple shity Uzis. I will say that some of the knife kills are cool but the game never decided if it wants to be a stealth game or not leading to a bit of frustration. And no duck and cover? Also, the save points come too few and far between. I had to replay the same long sequence a bunch of times before I randomly got to the next save point.
I did have fun shooting dinosaurs and they do hide in the tall grass and jump out which gives it a cool feel of realism. That is to say that the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are realistic. I guess we don’t know how they really were. They could have been cute cuddly lil bastards for all we know. Then I guess they could have named the game the Dinosaur Whisperer. Again, I digress.
The voice acting overall is pretty good and I saw that they employed some actual actors which is nice, like Ron Pearlman of Hellboy and Donnie Walberg of… um….. New Kids on the Block.
But when one of my objectives is to “Go find Radio” I cringe a bit. How many times have I had to fix a radio in video games. Again, it’s the fricken future! No high powered cell phones? Nanotechnology? Earpieces??!!!
Overall, the game isn’t bad but it doesn’t really take any risks or offer us anything new. Maybe its more like "Jazzersize with my Turok out."
TUUUUROOOOOK!!!!!!!
Overall, the game isn’t bad but it doesn’t really take any risks or offer us anything new. Maybe its more like "Jazzersize with my Turok out."
TUUUUROOOOOK!!!!!!!
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