Overview- Critic & User
Reviews - Videos &
Screenshots
News- Codes
& FAQs - Gameplay
Controls - Similar
Games
Answers
Bundles
Critic & User Reviews
9
Excellent
A True Review for an overall Good Game
posted by BmwFreak (HACKETT, AR) Feb 6, 2008
Member since Jan 2007
65 out of 78 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
I personally love the button control scheme. What is so wrong with a company saying, "Hey, every FPS in the market uses R1 and L1 for the trigger, but why can't we use R2 and L2 instead?" The only difference between Turok's buttons and CoD is the trigger button. If you can't play Turok because R2 and L2 are the trigger then your not a true gamer anyways. Adapt. Turok is a different game than CoD and so should be its control scheme.
As far as I'm concerned Turok is more original than CoD. CoD is a Standard Warfare game that has you follow a specific route, run here, shoot everybody that runs out, then run there, and repeat cycle. I've never played a single FPS creature/monster game that has the creatures attack both you and the enemy soldiers, its completely original. There is so much more to this game than just run through the level and kill everybody single handed and then advance to the next level. If you find that your heavily outnumbered shoot a flare into an enemy group, then sit back and watch a Raptor tear them to pieces. Then run in and dispatch of the remaining Dinos or Soldiers. This is a Stealth game with James Bond Action areas.
Another thing I seem to see gamers complain about is the long checkpoint times. Quit Complaining. I'm tired of playing a game that saves every two minutes like CoD for example. If I died in CoD no big deal cause I would restart at the exact area I died. Where's the reason to stay alive in a game if I know I'll just restart from where I died? In Turok your pushed to become a better player or suffer the punishment by having to replay the last 10 minutes of insane action. I love it! If you don't want to restart then don't die.
This is a must play that is unlike any other title.
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
7
Good
Good game
posted by xander1972 (FAIRBORN, OH) Mar 4, 2009
Member since Jan 2006
17 out of 20 gamers (85%) found this review helpful
From the very first set of cut scenes, before any gameplay, there was one thing that made me say, "This game shows some promise." Two words - Ron Perlman. NICE!! I LOVE THAT GUY!! There are few that do better sarcastic humor than Ron. If you don't know who he is, (HOW? WHY?) it's Hellboy, or for you older folks, Beast from the old Beauty and the Beast TV series.
Anyway, once you get into the game, the storyline itself is pretty cool, and the gameplay is pretty much like every other shooter on the market. Of course being Turok, there had to be lots of dinos, and I must say, overall they were done pretty well. It would have been nice to see a few more non-lethal ones though, maybe a Triceratops or Stegosaurus in there somewhere, but I guess we can't have it all. Of course there are evil humans trying to get you as well, who bare a striking resemblance to Helghast from Killzone might I add.
Overall, the graphics are pretty darn good the AI of the humans is better than I've seen in a lot of nextgen shooters, the dino AI however, not quite as good, you can kill pretty much every raptor with your knife if you time it right.
Overall though, I really enjoyed Turok, and by the way, the cast doesn't end with Perlman, Timothy Olyphant, Powers Booth, and lil Donnie Wahlberg join in the fun too. Not too shabby.
So don't listen to your friends, give it a rent. You won't regret it. Wow that was a long review.
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
7
Good
Good graphics...good story...but just not the same
posted by Vertisce (TOOELE, UT) Feb 11, 2008
Member since Jul 2006
7 out of 9 gamers (78%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
7
Good
This Doesn't Work...
posted by andrewka (ROCKVILLE, MD) Feb 12, 2008
Member since Nov 2007
20 out of 28 gamers (71%) found this review helpful
Other than that, one of the fundamental problems with first-person shooters these is the complete lack of peripheral vision and unless you have a game that really uses surround sound and have a decent sound system, you are not really aware of your surroundings.
That's fine with most first person shooters as targets are usually far enough away for that not be an issue, but in a dinosaur shooter, it just doesn't work. These dinosaurs just encapsulate the whole screen and then you are left in this phase of frantically looking around to see where it went. The fact that you can't see just left, just right, and just down from you means that constantly these things sneak up at you and you don't even realize they are there.
I have surround sound, but there is very little audible warning that a dinosaur is near until it is too late. One could say it adds challenge, to me it is just annoying because of the fundamental restrictions on vision in video games. This kind of close quarters and hand-to-hand combat just doesn't work well in this game. In some games, like Oblivion it works great, but just not in this, it's too fast and just frustrating.
Besides that the weapon don't make any sense. A knife and bow does more damage than a machine gun. I can't explain that, and the fighting between non-dinosaur opponents is just run of the mill. Besides that I don't think the graphics are all that spectacular and this type of gameplay doesn't work as a first person shooter.
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
6
Above Average
frustrating
posted by ck0007 (PINSON, AL) Feb 4, 2008
Member since May 2007
8 out of 16 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
6
Above Average
I have to agree
posted by shobiz (WINTER PARK, FL) Feb 5, 2008
Member since Dec 2006
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
1
Horrible
Don't waste your time
posted by ledzeppd92 (LA JOLLA, CA) Dec 13, 2009
Member since Dec 2009
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Dino's are fun to kill but in the end it's just a way to spice up the boring gameplay. When you aren't getting mauled by them, raptors are easy to kill- unfortunately, most of the time you end up getting mauled to death by them. I haven't even made it up to the first boss yet and I'm ready to break the disk out of pure frustration.
So please, for the sake of your sanity, don't rent this game.
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
7
Good
Yet Another Game...
posted by tank017 (GLENDALE, CA) Sep 28, 2009
Member since Sep 2005
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Turok is not the best game ever nor is it the worst..
deserves a 7-7.5....if you want a fps fix,then this will fulfill it.
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
7
Good
Will the Next One be As Good as the first
posted by bioresistt (NECEDAH, WI) Oct 15, 2008
Member since Jul 2008
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
10
Perfect
Got game 2 days early! AWESOME
posted by adminwendt (EASTON, PA) Feb 1, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
8 out of 18 gamers (44%) found this review helpful
This game is right up there with Call of Duty 4.
Watch out for the Raptors!
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
1
Horrible
One of the worst games that i ever played
posted by Fisher (SHERMAN OAKS, CA) Feb 23, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
8 out of 20 gamers (40%) found this review helpful
First of all they decided to cut their budget on integrating story line in to the game play. So now we have nice cartoon on a one side and lots of cliches on the other. Elevator scene with exploding barrels – very original.
On other hand the way they decide to locate save points is very irritating. It is probably the first game i ever seen when save point was before a dialog .
and don't make me started on games AI. One of the games tips stated that you could use dinos as your allies in the fight with the MP. I was surprised when the dino that was fighting MP made 180 degrease turn and run for me the second he got in my visual range.
Usually i do not write reviews, but this game made me do that.
So i gave it rating 1
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
8
Very Good
good game but hate controls
posted by gamelister (UNION, NJ) Feb 1, 2008
Member since Mar 2006
3 out of 9 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
2
Really Bad
What the HECK!
posted by Philiooo (OLYMPIA, WA) Oct 5, 2008
Member since Sep 2007
2 out of 6 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
10
Perfect
BEST DINO GAME
posted by itsrnike (NEW YORK, NY) Feb 10, 2008
Member since Dec 2007
2 out of 6 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
Intense with perfect graphical dino's.
The graphics are amazing on their own, the scenery is great.
Just like the original with 10x graphics
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
3
Bad
Mehhhh....
posted by neogammama (Killeen, TX) Feb 8, 2008
Member since Jan 2005
1 out of 4 gamers (25%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
10
Perfect
I'd give it 20 if I could!!
posted by sbs350 (NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV) Feb 23, 2008
Member since Nov 2007
1 out of 6 gamers (17%) found this review helpful
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
8
Very Good
Great Game
posted by celticdude2011 (TALLAHASSEE, FL) Jun 11, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
5
Fair
it was alright
posted by ErTh32 (ALBUQUERQUE, NM) Jun 10, 2011
Member since Jun 2011
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
10
Perfect
One of the best games EVER
posted by Tredeez (EDGEWOOD, NM) May 29, 2011
Member since May 2011
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
2
Really Bad
Horrible
posted by wackysam712 (OCONOMOWOC, WI) May 12, 2011
Member since Feb 2011
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
8
Very Good
Turok
posted by mrkushington (MOLINE, IL) Mar 8, 2011
Member since Mar 2011
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
4
Weak
More annoyance than entertainment.
posted by Joesafario (SAN ANTONIO, TX) Feb 5, 2011
Member since Jul 2010
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
4
Weak
Not even average PS3 FPS
posted by ChazinPA (BLOSSBURG, PA) Nov 7, 2010
Member since Apr 2009
The aim was not precise, killed the play control. Guns jumped around terribly while shooting, even when shooting in short bursts. You are given this big survival knife as your first weapon, but you can only use it as a stealth weapon effectively, no actual melee attack to speak of. So in close action if you run out of ammo, you have to reload and get killed, because the bad guys are tough in this game. The dual wield was a decent way to fix this by shooting one gun, and reloading the other, but still no melee is lame.
I will say the stealth portion of the game was fun to play, sneaking with the bow and pinning guys to walls was cool. However then you have to play the parts that are not stealth and that ruins it. The bad guys were tough, and had incredible aim... the elevator sequence in the MG facility was brutal.
Which brings me to my main problem with this game. A "SAVE" option in the pause menu, but no "LOAD" so I could save at any point, but I would still start at the same checkpoint every time I died or continued the game. This was what did it for me, I don't mind a hard game, if I can save my progress without having to play an entire portion over again. But when I've played the same sequence 6 times because I keep dying later on, enough is enough, it better be a great game for this to be enjoyable and this wasn't.
Don't buy or rent it, not worth it.
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
8
Very Good
I think it's pretty cool
posted by wtfmuck (ROCKLIN, CA) Oct 9, 2010
Member since Oct 2010
A lot of the reviews say the graphics are bad, the cut scenes are bad, when really neither make up a game. Cut scenes CAN be skipped, so you shouldn't have to complain about that. And graphics? If you can tell what's going on and can easily tell if that's a bird, that's a plane, and that's a big freaking dinosaur that's about to bite your head off, the graphics are decent. People in the reviews are also complaining about the fact that L2 is zoom and R2 is fire. I'm not sure if there's a way to change that or if there are custom bound controls or switchable controls, but the purpose is [to my knowledge, take this with a grain of salt] to make it feel like you're actually squeezing the trigger of a gun, although I don't get the point of L2 being zoom besides the thought that it'd be awkward shooting with R2 and zooming with L1/R1.....
I will definitely agree with the people who say it should only be rented - this game doesn't seem to have much replay value except for being able to go back for 5 minutes so you can go Rambo mode with a knife and bow only to slit the necks of both dinosaurs and army men in epic and gory 5 to 10 second cut scenes, or trying to get only headshots with the overpowered bow, then get owned by the immense amount of enemies, realize why you haven't picked up the controller in so long, and put the game back in its case and play something else.
Still though, it's worth a try if you want a decent dinosaur killing game that gives a pretty good challenge that apparently has made people want to snap the disk in half, throw the controller through the wall, break the box that their PS3 came from and then think about throwing the PS3 itself at the wall with the controller but then realizing it might not be worth it....Or would it?
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse
4
Weak
As a turok fan, this game is a complete insult
posted by thumbwars (HARTFORD, CT) Oct 1, 2010
Member since Oct 2010
Was this review helpful? Report Abuse