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Turok: Evolution
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 8 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Acclaim
Developer: Acclaim Studios Austin
Genre(s): Action, First-Person Shooter
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: August 28, 2002
Summary
Turok: Evolution is a prequel that takes us back to the origins of the Turok lineage. In the beginning of the game, we see our hero, Tal'Set, fighting his nemesis Captain Tobias Bruckner in 1886 Texas. During the battle, a rift between their world and the Lost Lands opens and Tal'Set is sucked into it. Tal'Set, injured and near death, is nursed back to health by the natives of the River Village, a colony in hiding from the Lost Land's greatest threat: the Lord Tyrannus and his reptilian hordes. Tal'Set becomes a reluctant participant in the brutal war that is raging in the Lost Land. Bent on a "holy mission" to purify the land through slaughter and misery, Tyrannus appoints a new general to his armies, and Tal'Set discovers to his horror that it is Bruckner, who was also swept into the Lost Lands through the rift. [Acclaim]
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What The Critics Said
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Play Magazine
To get the most out of the Turok experience, don't hesitate to go with the superior GameCube version. [Oct 2002, p.80]
Game Informer
If the developers concentrated on refining the action and devising even more creative ways to destroy, I would've loved Turok. [Nov 2002, p.133]
Armchair Empire
There are quite a few cleverly incorporated puzzles and intriguing level layouts for those that like to play with their thinking caps on, but TE still manages to pack in the action for those that like to run and gun.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
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]
GameSpot
Exactly how much the Turok series has evolved with this latest installment is debatable, but the game does provide a healthy dose of shooting lizards with big guns, and, in the end, that's why we play Turok.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Lacking innovation, the repetitive gameplay will only appease fans of the series, but the multiplayer mode makes it worth a look.
Read Full Review >IGN
At times I was thoroughly amused, sniping enemies and causing mayhem, while at other moments I was frustrated and in a state of pure tedium.
Read Full Review >Nintendophiles
The developer’s weariness with the franchise was accentuated by the drastic difference in quality between the flight and ground missions. The actual shooting in this FPS is only half complete, and it was greatly overshadowed by the in-game flying.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
The first-person perspective viewpoint can be disorienting, especially with no map or radar feature. [Nov 2002, p.220]
GamerWeb Nintendo
It suffers from average-at-best graphics, questionable sound effect and voice-over quality and the longest load times of any GameCube game I've ever played.
Read Full Review >eToychest
The final nitpick I will make is the load times. Dear god! They are easily over a minute. It's like the code for the game is being written on the fly between levels.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
It's a shame that some poor game design choices mar an otherwise pretty game, one with potential and one that they clearly spent a lot of time on.
Read Full Review >All Game Guide
Perhaps Turok would have been more acceptable had it been released a few years ago, but the genre has, interestingly enough, "evolved" to the point where this game looks and plays downright primitive.
Read Full Review >Nintendojo
Load times in the game are unbearable. It takes one full minute just to load the options menu. No joke...Turok Evolution screams two words: rush job.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Tal’Set gave it an8:
This is a good game which i bought for AU$15. definitely worth the money i spent. its full of action with meaty weapons and good graphics. theyre not the best graphics but a lot of the weapon effects and environments like the lush jungles are nice. the character models are a bit blocky and sometimes bland, but overall i dont have anything to really complain about. in many missions it plays similarly to halo where you are in warzones and you have to help your allies. the only real complaint i have is a BUG in chapter 5 where doors open up but you cant go through. what you have to do though is blow up the respawning portals and then you can go through. this bug sorta spoils an overall fun shooter while it lasts (and it lasts for a pretty long time!).
Ryan M. gave it a 4:
This game blows chunks.
Chris gave it a 9:
This is one of the most enjoyable games that I have ever played ! You can just sit down and go.... I bought it for $10 !! and I played it for 6 straight hours after I got it. The only complaint that I have is you can't save during a mission so you'll have to keep on killing the same tigers again and again ! 9....
[Anonymous] gave it a 7:
Good graphics.
