02-06-2008, 10:26 AM
Just picked up Turok last night and started playing it a little bit. I haven't read any reviews on it, but snagged it more out of nostalgia because I always liked the games on N64.
Few quick things I've noticed from the first 30 minutes of playing:
It uses the Unreal engine. I played a good bit of UT2k4 back in the day, my buddy in Newcastle got me into it who was in one of the top ranked clans in the UK (#3 iirc... search the w3b for "FatZ promo vid" to see some sickkkk FPS skills, his name is Venael). I loved the engine and how lightning fast and smooth it was. On the 360, it's not as smooth as what I remembered from PC gaming, but that's kind of apples to oranges. The game still looks good... not Bioshock good or CoD good, but good. Aiming is a LOT faster and this was a tough adjustment for me since I've pretty much had an overdose of CoD.
The storyline so far is above average and the progression through the game is pretty straightforward...so far there isn't much problem solving it's just point and shoot and follow the paths. One of the things I liked about the original game was the weapons you used. So far it hasn't disappointed; I've got an SMG, the signature Turok bow, and a pistol that fires explosive things. Each weapon has an alternative firing mode which make it interesting, and the knife you got ROCKS. You can do 1 kill moves on pretty much any enemy with it, and it makes big melee battles go a lot faster.
I was a little disappointed how easy "medium" mode is. I started on medium just to get a feel for the game, but it's actually *hard* to die. I think I only died legitimately once so far, all of the other times have just been falling off of ledges trying to find secret / alternative paths. I'm going to switch to hard when I get home tonight if it lets me. I do like the fact that you fight both dinosaurs and humans, and you can trick dinosaurs into fighting your human enemies, or just let them wipe out each other before you jump in.
So far I'll give this game 3.5 out of 5. If you liked the originals, you'll probably dig this one. It's got more of a Gears of War feel to it than the originals (my buddy even commented it reminded him of Gears when I was playing it).
EDIT: As a side note, after I opened the plastic wrapper to the game last night the thicker plastic that coats the game case itself and keeps the paper cover inside just peeled off. It was kind of ghetto, I've never had that happen before.
Few quick things I've noticed from the first 30 minutes of playing:
It uses the Unreal engine. I played a good bit of UT2k4 back in the day, my buddy in Newcastle got me into it who was in one of the top ranked clans in the UK (#3 iirc... search the w3b for "FatZ promo vid" to see some sickkkk FPS skills, his name is Venael). I loved the engine and how lightning fast and smooth it was. On the 360, it's not as smooth as what I remembered from PC gaming, but that's kind of apples to oranges. The game still looks good... not Bioshock good or CoD good, but good. Aiming is a LOT faster and this was a tough adjustment for me since I've pretty much had an overdose of CoD.
The storyline so far is above average and the progression through the game is pretty straightforward...so far there isn't much problem solving it's just point and shoot and follow the paths. One of the things I liked about the original game was the weapons you used. So far it hasn't disappointed; I've got an SMG, the signature Turok bow, and a pistol that fires explosive things. Each weapon has an alternative firing mode which make it interesting, and the knife you got ROCKS. You can do 1 kill moves on pretty much any enemy with it, and it makes big melee battles go a lot faster.
I was a little disappointed how easy "medium" mode is. I started on medium just to get a feel for the game, but it's actually *hard* to die. I think I only died legitimately once so far, all of the other times have just been falling off of ledges trying to find secret / alternative paths. I'm going to switch to hard when I get home tonight if it lets me. I do like the fact that you fight both dinosaurs and humans, and you can trick dinosaurs into fighting your human enemies, or just let them wipe out each other before you jump in.
So far I'll give this game 3.5 out of 5. If you liked the originals, you'll probably dig this one. It's got more of a Gears of War feel to it than the originals (my buddy even commented it reminded him of Gears when I was playing it).
EDIT: As a side note, after I opened the plastic wrapper to the game last night the thicker plastic that coats the game case itself and keeps the paper cover inside just peeled off. It was kind of ghetto, I've never had that happen before.
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Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks