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Turok

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Game Info
Publisher: Touchstone
Developer: Propaganda Games
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Action
Players: 16
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Summary
Turok is an epic, story-driven FPS game set on a dark, mysterious planet in the near future. Players take on the role of Joseph Turok, a former Black Ops commando, now part of an elite Special Forces squad on a mission to take down a war criminal on a genetically-altered planet. After the ship is shot down while approaching the planet, Joseph Turok must use his instincts and elite military training to elude an army of well-trained soldiers, and the ravenous, unpredictable creatures that populate the dangerous environment. Joseph Turok’s mission? Survive at all costs. [Touchstone]
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What The Critics Said
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Play Magazine
Even with a weak script, Turok's flexible play mechanics, strong level designs, and high production values make the story mode alone worth the price of admission. [Jan 2008, p.49]
Read Full Review >Da Gameboyz
Overall, Turok is a great addition to the Xbox 360 library and stands as the best game to arrive on the console so far in this early part of 2008.
Read Full Review >Pelit (Finland)
A highly entertaining dinosaur killing game that suffers from witless human enemies and a sparse checkpoint system. The few interior parts are horribly ugly and boring, but luckily most of the game happens outside in lush rainforests. [Feb 2008]
GameTrailers
It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, but working within its accepted elements it does a great job of dumping you in the jungle and making you feel like you’re fighting for your life.
Read Full Review >PGNx Media
As mentioned above, Turok isn't perfect (decent but not great human opponents, too few checkpoints, sometimes repetitive waves of enemies) but if the prospect of man-versus-dinosaur appealed to you, then Turok doesn't disappoint.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
Turok may not be original, or genre-bending, but it is a great deal of fun. It's the classic summer movie syndrome: sure, it won't win the Oscar, but it's still a movie worth seeing.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
As a first release and a re-launch of the Turok franchise, the team should be proud; the action moves at a good clip, it looks great, the sci-fi clichés make us comfortable, and it’s fun.
Read Full Review >MS Xbox World
As it stands, Turok is a good game, that should be taken at face value, because if you are expecting the next Halo or COD 4, then you might be a little disappointed.
Read Full Review >Totally360
A good game, but there is definite room for improvement. It is a good jumping off point for a potential sequel.
Read Full Review >Gameplayer
When the gameplay is playing to its strengths – three faction combat, survival-hunting element, spooky jungle terrain – it is thoroughly enjoyable. Only occasionally does it slip into the old-school generic FPS territory which should, like the game’s reptilian protagonists, be well and truly extinct by now.
Read Full Review >Gaming Target
Turok has a lot going for it in the next-generation, more than it did in the last generation with Turok: Evolution.
Read Full Review >Gaming Nexus
Turok’s return from death isn’t exactly a monumental occasion, but it’s not all that bad either. The new Turok is pretty average as FPSs go, but there’s definitely potential for a sequel if the developers innovate a little.
Read Full Review >MEGamers
It pales in comparison to last year’s brilliant first person shooters but by no means is a bad game. A definite must try.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
The addition of dinos to this often generic genre of gaming is refreshing. And whether you're blasting them to bits, planting arrows in their eyes or slitting their scaly throats, you'll never tire of your next man-versus-beast brawl.
Read Full Review >ZTGameDomain
There is plenty of fun to be had here, especially in the online modes. If you were a fan of the original series than Turok is a must buy. For anyone with an interest in the genre Turok is a prime example of how to make a safe and solid experience.
Read Full Review >Team Xbox
Turok is fairly solid technically, very compelling via its good storytelling and proper direction and somewhat interesting gameplay-wise with its mixture of human/dino enemies and stealth/traditional combat. Turok, however, is still a bit too familiar and cookie cutter to compete with the big boys of the FPS genre.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Turok is a solid enough shooter that won't wow you the way triple-A titles like "Call of Duty 4" or "Bioshock" will. [Mar 2008, p.85]
Read Full Review >PTGamers
Turok’s reinvention comes out with a positive balance. Those who are able to overlook the clichéd setting and the B movie side of things will enjoy an interesting and capable FPS, far from ground-breaking, but with some good moments.
Read Full Review >Xbox360Achievements
Neatly presented to the gamer, with aesthetically pleasing menus and a generally tidy, easily accessible interface throughout. Over-sensitive controls are a major letdown.
Read Full Review >GameShark
The new and improved Turok is easily the best since it left its roots on the Nintendo 64. Even though the title takes great liberties with some of the lore it manages to retain its integrity while at the same time delivering on a completely over the top albeit predictable experience.
Read Full Review >Planet Xbox 360
The game is much better than what I expected it to be, but the flaws cannot be overlooked.
Read Full Review >Extreme Gamer
Unfortunately, this first-person shooter revived from the N64 title doesn’t live up to the status of the original hit.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
Turok is a fun and entertaining game that could have been significantly better.
Read Full Review >Gamer 2.0
So while this Turok may not be of the same quality of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter on the Nintendo 64, but it will leave you will an enjoyable experience. Still, dinosaur throat-slitting can only go so far, and that along with some other cool features isn’t enough to warrant a definitive purchase.
Read Full Review >ActionTrip
Turok is a fun FPS game, but one that lacks depth in many aspects. In the end, odds are players will fail to immerse themselves in a setting as bland and superficial as this.
Read Full Review >IGN
There's no doubt that Turok can be fun, but ultimately, the feeling of satisfaction that comes with slitting a raptor's throat or pulling off a headshot with your bow is lost in the shuffle of swarming enemies, less than stellar visuals and a story that disappears.
Read Full Review >Game Almighty
The most glaring problems with the game arise in human AI and weird graphical hiccups. Human AI, sorry to say, is dumb.
Read Full Review >Kombo
Turok manages to revive the ailing franchise. The dinosaurs look awesome and fighting them is just as cool.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
It succeeds at being an enjoyable, trigger-happy adrenaline fest, but it certainly doesn't push any envelopes or blaze any new trails.
Read Full Review >Game Positive
Turok offers a few entertaining hours of play, but isn't spectacular enough to keep you coming back long after you've slain the last dinosaur.
Read Full Review >Gameplanet
A solid game with some interesting twists, but overall it's about interacting with dinosaurs and killing them. The story feels quite superfluous, so don’t have any expectations of a gripping sci-fi tale - but do expect lots of shooting and killing.
Read Full Review >GotNext
The action is solid and fun, but ultimately lacks anything truly exceptional to stand out from the pack.
Read Full Review >GameZone
The game would have benefited from a release date of last summer. It is a decent enough game, but just does not hold a candle to the other group of truly next-gen FPS on the 360.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Poorly spaced checkpoints, dank too-similar environments, and magical teleporting allies are a few other annoying and strange traits that cause this game to fall down a few notches.
Read Full Review >PALGN
On the one hand, it is weaker then the mass of counterparts in the genre and doesn’t quite know how to ‘honour’ its heritage. However, on the other hand, it does a couple of things much better and allows you to take on cold mercenaries and dinosaurs with dual wielding shotguns and a knife that makes Rambo look like a boy scout.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Like the mindless Hollywood blockbusters that it emulates, Turok features plenty of dinosaur-hunting action and not too much else.
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
Without getting too worked up, Turok delivers a solid enough reboot of the dino hunting franchise, even if it will upset some of the brand's more loyal fans.
Read Full Review >Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Basically, it's just extremely generic and has that 'safe' feel about its design that suggests that its spent more time with the marketers than it has the artists - but the other side of this coin is that in a functional sense, Turok is dependable.
Read Full Review >GameTap
The gameplay itself represents a disciplined FPS effort that lifts it above recent mediocre titles such as Blacksite: Area 51, though it doesn't hold a candle to the big guns of The Orange Box, BioShock, or Call of Duty 4.
Read Full Review >Maxi Consolas (Portugal)
If you’ve enjoyed the previous Turok adventures, you can still find something interesting in this game. Besides fighting dinosaurs with a bow and knife, it’s standard routine stuff, including the set, the human enemy AI and the story. [Feb 2008]
Official Xbox Magazine
A hardcore, old-school shooter. In many ways, it feels like the "Ninja Gaiden" of shooters, so if that sounds appealing to you, you'll probably love it more than we did. But if you're looking for a more modern experience, something from the current crop of shooter stars like "BioShock" and "Call of Duty 4," the frustrating bosses and save system will seem positively prehistoric. [Feb 2008, p.46]
Read Full Review >Games Master UK
A few nice ideas, but dig away at the gloss and you're left with a pit of old bones. [Mar 2008, p.70]
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Deciding whether to fend off those carnivorous foes or sic 'em on your human enemies adds a teensy bit of strategy to the otherwise typical run, gun, and reload approach. [Mar 2008, p.81]
GamingTrend
Another game that really has a lot of potential but ultimately comes out to be disappointing.
Read Full Review >1UP
No, it's not going to go head-to-head with the onslaught of great FPSes we saw at the end of last year (though its slick, well-designed, robust multiplayer should give it some legs). But the unusual premise, solid writing, and nicely varied play make it worth a look for shooter fans looking for that next fix.
Read Full Review >IGN AU
Unrelentingly mediocre and unrelentingly derivative. Turok is not a bad game, but almost every element, from the visuals to the weapons, the AI and the level design are regressive.
Read Full Review >AtomicGamer
The game tries to seriously make you believe that this mohawk-lite-sporting tough guy fits in this sci-fi world, and then expects you to slog through one annoying or frustrating encounter after another.
Read Full Review >GamingExcellence
Sadly, a fun game gets annoying due to omniscient AI and nebulous level design.
Read Full Review >Console Monster
Overall Turok is mediocre at best, offering a somewhat engaging experience with impressive sound, average visuals and some solid replayability if achievement hunting is your passion. The dinosaurs save Touchstones effort, from what would have been a very dull FPS without them. Dinosaurs are still cool.
Read Full Review >Gamervision
There are several moments when you are told that stealth is an important part of Turok's hunting ethos, but when it comes time to be stealthy, the AI are able to see you even if you're hidden. It basically amounts to a useless stealth system.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
Turok is at its best when you slow down and make use of your surroundings and arsenal. The reason it loses so many points is that it can be at its absolute worst ten seconds later, and that while its lows are paralysingly dreadful, its peaks are never much more than competent, or fleeting novelties spoilt by cliché, repetition or sloppiness.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
Unfortunately, what aim-assist there is in Turok is woefully inadequate. Getting the reticule to move that last quarter inch often proved impossible and aggravating.
Read Full Review >GameDaily
Getting knocked down proves disorientating, the lack of quick weapon switching sucks and the game's weapons aren't nearly as imaginative as the ones from previous Turok games. Multiplayer adds value, but not enough to make this one a keeper.
Read Full Review >360 Gamer Magazine UK
Turok isn’t just another below average shooter. It’s slightly better than that. While it may seem a little short and over-familiar come the end, its positive points are at times excellent and it does come with an extra layer of polish that's often lacking in other games. Plus, you can stab dinosaurs in the neck. And that’s awesome.
Game Revolution
It ain’t a keeper. The online game is more disappointing than comet-induced extinction, and there is no reason to play the single campaign twice.
Read Full Review >X360 Magazine UK
Moments of fun punctuate an otherwise dull, generic blast. [Apr 2008, p.84]
Edge Magazine
The sad fact is that this combat mostly fails to ignite interest, and combined with its cruel difficulty spikes, occasional glitches and a severe differential in graphical quality between 360 and PS3 versions (the latter losing out), Turok's strong contextualisation and smattering of brave ideas get buried. [Mar 2008, p.92]
Official Xbox Magazine UK
Idea-free shooting. With dinosaurs. [Mar 2008, p.90]
Gaming Age
The edgy style, giant boss battles, big guns, and third-person dino-mauling bits certainly show that Propaganda Games have a lot of respect for what the franchise has meant to its fans, but at the same time it seems they either played it too safe or didn't let it sit in the oven long enough.
Read Full Review >Gamer.nl
At first, Turok places the player in a game with impressive atmosphere and basic but satisfying shoot-out moments. After cutting through another of those dinosaurs though, the feeling of repetition starts to kick in. In the end, the game restricts the player too much.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Even playing on the easiest setting, the difficulty regularly spikes to bowel-clenching impossibility. This wouldn't be so bad if the checkpoints flowed a little more freely, as most of the difficulty spikes tend to arrive after a protracted battle has already left you tattered and bleeding.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 83 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jesse blah gave it a9:
This game gets a lot of flak for being a sequel. Turok 2 was a great game but, take the bias away and take the game for what it is, and you'll see it's a solid game. Along with beautiful graphics the engine is smooth and so are the mechanics. The gameplay is fun with a decent story to boot. You feel like you're playing in a movie. The dialog is raw, well written and with great delivery. It should remind you a little of Gears of War. Touchstone did spear head the project as far as script and directing, after all. One of the down sides are that the game does not have multilayer for those who like to invite friends to play on one console. For PS3 owners this is more of a disappointment. For XBOX360 owners, it's not quite as much as a blow, due to XBOX360 gearing it's consumers to play online. Still. Another down side is that the story isn't terribly long. Granted the game has good replay value, it can get repetitive at points. (No vehicles. A larger variety of dinos would've been nice.) Cons aside the game is a solid choice. Lower your expectations if you have to but, give it a chance before you get caught up in the biased wave of Turok fanatics. And of course, if you love gore, guns and/or dinosaurs, this is your game.
Bob P gave it a4:
Exceptional production values and immersion completely cripped by horrible AI and story and direction. The atmosphere is great, then your 'friendly' AI runs right in your line of fire and stands and stares at you as you try and aim around him to kill a guy *shooting at you*. You find yourself in a tense showdown with a giant dino only to have 'get over here' played over the radio every 5-10 seconds. The situations you are in and the gameplay are really good, and if the game only focused on that instead of trying to inject a worthless story, it would be worth getting.
Mango Pork gave it a2:
This game killed my inner child. Why? Because This is not Turok. It's Call Of Halo. Yet Another great franchise ruined by pseudo-tactical gameplay and no new (or old) ideas. Turok lost his soul, weaponry, and his indian heritage. The only good feature in this game are the top quality dinosaurs. The developers of this game should have just re-released the original "Dinosaur Hunter" with updated graphics and online multiplayer. What a travesty. The trend of Militarizing shooters needs to die.
Matt W gave it an8:
Great Graphics, voice acting and loads of Turok fun...a very fun title to play but not as good as it should have been. Needed some better and more consistant weapons, better enemy AI and I really hated the constant enemy respawning...that's an old school technique games used. Despite the negative that do accompany the graets, this game definitely warrants a purchase and is a great addition to the 360 library of games.
Stormy C. gave it a9:
A great! game for the xbox 360, if you into late nights wondering if your going to survive or not...the hand to hand combat style at the end is classic!..but the T-Rex's are a bit to ridiculous.
marc h gave it a1:
God this game is awful, the developers should be stoned or maybe hanged from the neck until dead this game should have stayed in the stone age nothing about it is redeeming it looks like a high end xbox original maybe worse stay away from it I think we finally have a contended for worse game ever its neck and neck between turock and vampire rain.
Nick B. gave it a9:
Fun. That is all I can say. It might not be as high quality as Call of Duty4 or any of the AAA blockbusters out there but it is definitely just as fun, if not more. Provides some great thrills and pure entertainment as you take down humans and dinosaurs alike. AI does have some problems though. Online is not bad but is nothing revolutionary.
