Comments on: Turok: Realistic Dinosaurs, Unrealistic computer game

By: William

William — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:08:36 +0000

You use the phrase “a far cry from” a lot.

By: Zach Miller

Zach Miller — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:08:23 +0000

Played it? Sir, I own that shit, on both the SNES and Game Boy. I hope someday to find a copy of the PSOne port, which was a direct port of the arcade game. Beautiful game, loved the stop-motion animation. The SNES version has a lot of “banned” content, including two finishers (one for Diablo, one for Chaos), but better graphics and sound than the Genesis version.

By: romunov

romunov — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:49:15 +0000

Have you ever played Primal rage? What a game that was!

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:42:49 +0000

I remember playing the other N64 and later titles, too (through Turok: Evolution on the Xbox). There was too much hi-tech dino stuff, so it was a relief to get back to “basics” with the new game. My only regret was that my computer could barely handle the new game, so it probably didn’t look as visually stunning as it should have, but it was still a lot of fun.

By: Zach Miller

Zach Miller — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:21:37 +0000

I will always have a soft spot for the first Turok game on the N64, despite its fog and unbelievably bad jump precision. Fighting Dimetrodons with machine guns strapped to their sides is not just wierd, but downright bizarre, and I really liked fighting the big cyborg T.rex.

The second game (Seeds of Evil) departed too much from that formula to be entirely enjoyable, although everything about it was better than the first game. Graphics, sound, textures, aiming…but there weren’t enough dinosaurs. I think compies and raptors were the only holdovers.