• Publisher: Acclaim
  • Release Date: Aug 31, 2002
Metascore
61 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 20
  2. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. The sickest shooter this side of Xbox killer app "Halo."
  2. It's been too long since I've played an FPS that contains this much engaging challenge and fierce energy. [Oct 2002, p.80]
  3. The lackluster play control cannot be denied. [Oct 2002, p.82]
  4. A solid title - but still, we would have loved to see a game that was less evolutionary and more revolutionary. [27 Sept 2002, p.89]
  5. A bread-and-butter console shooter that will let you blast enemies to your heart's content, but not a whole lot else. If that's good enough for you, then go for it.
  6. What you have is a mish-mash of two gameplay styles, neither of which is particularly enthralling. Particularly not when you’ve got games like "Timesplitters 2" hitting the streets at almost the same time.
  7. A difficult FPS-style game that suffers from a few short-comings that prevent it from being a truly great game.
  8. 70
    The problem is that most of Turok feels as if the developers were trying to emulate another game (mostly "Halo"), with exceedingly mixed results.
  9. If you have other consoles and are going to get a version of it, it's probably better to look at the GameCube and Xbox versions.
  10. 65
    It's an unpolished game that will drown players in nostalgia for the first several chapters, but it's nothing we haven't all played before.
  11. 63
    Isn't a horrible game, but underneath its pretty exterior and impressive CG work, is a mediocre, linear game, replete with erratic AI, annoying voice acting, an over-reliance on weapon animation and kill animations.
  12. The AI ranges from pretty good to downright lame. [Nov 2002, p.41]
  13. Oh well, at least the flawed PS2 ports of "Max Payne" and "Blood Omen 2" now have something else to point at that has just as much unfulfilled potential as they did when they were released.
  14. 60
    With subpar graphics, the action doesn’t get as bloodied as it should.
  15. The game's visual bugs, familiar gameplay, and suspect framerate make this game seem more like a devolution.
  16. 48
    I enjoy certain parts of this game, however a big majority of the game is rather boring, and once you beat it, there's absolutely no reason to play it again.
  17. It's the boring level designs that annoy me the most. [Nov 2002, p.296]
  18. Though the gameplay, levels and story are exactly the same across all three platforms, the PS2 version is the worst of the lot due to the choppy graphics and limited multiplayer.
  19. The GameCube and Xbox versions outshine the PlayStation version by a wide margin. Textures, framerate and clarity are all done far better on the Xbox and Cube, while the PS2 suffers greatly from poor framerates, bland textures, and bad draw in.
  20. A sad, painfully executed experience that can't hold a candle to the former glory. [Nov 2002, p.192]
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. 8
    The game in my opinion is fun. It reminds me a bit of N64 due to graphics and the voices that the enemy makes. The weapons are good there are a few there that ou will have fun with. The difficulty for me was pretty tough but this game is good and not as bad as everyone says Full Review »
  2. Sam
    3
    Alex s. is a fool. The graphics are on par with the worst of NES, the plot is terrible, and the controls are horrible. Suprisingly however, the controls are the same but feel smoother in multyplayer, and there is no plot, so the multyplayer is suprisingly entertaining, but the single player still is sickinglily bad and the graphics are still terrible in both so the multyplayer is entertaining, but the remainder of the game has way to many flaws so if you want to enjoy this game, go with the multyplayer. Or if your not a big fan of multypalyer overall, get the orignal classic for your dino-asskicking spree. Full Review »
  3. RigelT.
    10
    This game is the best game I've ever played it has action beyond gaming. Its like a virtual world it realy gets your skills to the test and thats why I gave it a ten! Full Review »