Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3294 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Touchstone
• Released on: 2008-02-08
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

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Customer Reviews

Lost World or Lost Opportunity?!
I agree with the review on here by Black Tooth! I litetrally just finished this last night (an oddly enough Jurrassic Park 3 was on TV later on, but I will come back to this). Having read other reviews before ordering from amazon, I guess I was expecting something pretty basic. BUT.. Turok turned out to be a fairly decent game. I was a big fan of the N64 game, never played the ps2 addition and have recently played the rather seriously pitched and boring FEAR.

So Turok is quite alot of fun. The graphics are easily better than ps2 and far better than those of FEAR, Fall of Man and Jericho. The story is good, although fairly run of the mill and features some very cliche'd character's. But they are all well rendered and superbly voiced by a decent cast. There is alot of topography in each level which I felt was massively important given most maps are in the jungle and underground, and this add's to the realism of the environments. You get your standard Rambo knife, which now comes with a stealth kill option. This provides a 'Man Hunt' style series of cut scene ''kill sequences'' for both bad guys and dino's. You also get your bow, which can prove useful. In addition you can carry two more weapons and duel weald most of them.

So quickly the good points. Well its light hearted entertainment with an air of hollywood about it. Each level is fun and some are quite tricky. The use of both enemy soldiers and creatures add's a welcome element of chaos, danger and forms of attack as you can use the dino's to your advantage. The game is longer than some of the other FPS's I've mentioned, and will probably take you a few hours longer than usual because some levels are quite difficult due to numbers of opponents and some surprises thrown in for good measure.

The bad points are the limited weapons. I dont mind the number you can carry as that makes things interesting; but the Nuke and Ceribal Bore to name but a few from N64 would have been very welcome - if only for a laugh. The bad guys in Turok (forgive me) seem to have been pinched from the Helgarst Army (Kill Zone). They look the same, move the same (squads of 4) and sound the same when being killed. This is not a massive issue as the A.I is good and will provide a challenge fos most.

Next is the Dino's.... there aren't enough of them. You got the T Rex (obv..) the raptors (obv..) some other big thing with sharp teeth but not bigger than the Rex, the little chicken size things and one dosile vegi. Then you have some big ass scopions. These are all okay but having sat through half of Jurrassic Park afterwards, I realised how many additional dino's they could have added to spice it all up either as enemies or just set pieces to look at and if nothing else, demonstrate the power of the ps3. Its also worth noting that the game is set of a mystery planet, not earth, so this should have given some artistic licence for some bigger and more unusual creatures. Another thing I missed was the tribe's people from N64 and the village environments that they lived in. This would have added an extra flavour and set of enemies.

After this little moan, it is important to remember that this game is called Turok. Not Turok Dinosaur Hunter. There will be a sequel but I do hope that the developers will build on the good points of the game and include some of the better points of past attemts.

Overall, Turok is fun, entertaining and provides one hell of a boss battle at the end (Kane's Ship, Kane vs Turok Knife fight and Turok vs Mama T Rex with no guns and no ammo......). No its not as good, or as serious as COD4 but its a solid FPS and far better than people are giving it credit for.

Pure fast-paced fun!
This has fast become one of my most loved PS3 games! The game is quite dark, and almost pitch black at some points (save for the moon and lightning!) so you have to rely heavily on listening out for things.
Nearly all situations allow you to come at a challenge in different ways, not only using stealth or big guns, but different angles and vantage points on the map.
I can't honestly understand why people are giving this such low reviews on Amazon. The graphics are great - No worse than any other PS3 games out there. The storyline's very interesting and the whole game is quite atmospheric, with nice additions like heavy rain.
The way the soldiers attack you, trying to sneak around behind you while one of them keeps you distracted is great. Keeps you on your toes. The other enemies are very fast, making for intense battles. The way the different enemies interact with each other is wonderful to watch. You can sometimes get the dinos to attack the other soldiers, killing them for you.
Weapons: The weapons are as varied as most other First-Person Shooters now-a-days. One of the best weapons in the game is the Bow. While it has a long but limited range, you can't beat pinning a man to the wall by his head! With this weapon, the longer you hold the fire button the more powerful the shot becomes, allowing you to kill off most of the common enemies with one shot.
At certain points in the game, you work through the levels with your team mates. While you can't control them, they are quite handy with their weapons. Another good point is that you cannot abuse the fact that they are there helping you. If they take too much damage, they fall to the floor, struggling, and remain there until you can clear the area...So no hiding behind walls and letting them do all the work!
The level design is good. The jungles are brillient in the way the overgrown grass reduces visability of both you and the enemy, letting you crouch to avoid detection, or having dino's jump out from hiding to tear off your head.
The controls took me a little getting used to, but after about 10 - 15 minutes it becomes easy and comfortable. The controls feel different to most other First-Person Shooters, which is refreshing. There's also a nice 'roll' move, that can be done by moving sideways and pressing jump. This comes to great use when having to avoid dinos which are very fast.
The sound quality is very nice, with some awsome voice acting and chilling sounds from the dinos.
Over all, a very good game, indeed!

Waste of money
You can see that this game has blatently nicked some things from Epic, (the character Slade looks a lot like a typical unreal tournament character). Secondly it's not actually that fun. I played the first couple of levels and it was rubbish. Really don't get this game, its glitchy and just not fun to play